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Best for getting lost: Fez
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Every great city is entirely itself and nowhere else. At the same time, they're all like ... somewhere. Somewhere that doesn't exist. A Platonic copy, perhaps; an embodiment of the idea of the city, whatever that may be. Morocco has several versions – all different – but in the end Tangier, Rabat and Marrakesh seem to me just rehearsals for the world's great masterpiece, Fez. In particular, the Bali Medina, the walled Old City, of Fez. The traditional Great City – traditional now, in our post-Enlightenment eyes – is a place of visual harmony, of vistas and prospects, squares, spires and domes. Old Fez is the exact opposite. The alleyways of the medina are so sinuous, straitened and overbuilt that there is, quite literally, no view. You never know what is around the next corner as it tilts down towards the river. You barely know where the next corner is. There is no angle that can lead the eye upwards more than 30ft. The rooflines are a mystery. The medina from the air reveals nothing about the medina on the ground. The eye is made useless.
Best for the wild at heart: South Africa
Saturday, 6 February 2010
I was expecting to see the wildlife, not eat it. Yet here it was in front of me – springbok shank, with mash, washed down with a fine Cape red. I'm not quite sure how this reconciles with the avowed "eco tourist" mission of Richard Branson's Ulusaba Private Game Reserve in South Africa, but I suppose my meat was free-range and organic. If you haven't tried it, the national animal is like lamb, only gamier – and surprisingly fatty.
Zanzibar: Trouble on Paradise Island
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Robbery and power cuts – two of the problems awaiting visitors to the isle of Zanzibar
Mission Of The Month: Going to South Africa for the footie? Be on the ball
Saturday, 23 January 2010
A series of dispatches by diplomats from British Embassies and High Commissions around the world
Boating (and baboon spotting) for beginners
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Paul Gogarty tries Kenya's new Big Five – sail, surf, cycle, scuba and safari – at Mnarani beach, Neilson's first long-haul destination
In full bloom: South Africa's wild Western Cape
Saturday, 9 January 2010
With more than 8,000 plant species on display, South Africa's Western Cape is a nature-lover's paradise.
Travel challenge: 10 nights in South Africa
Saturday, 2 January 2010
Every week we invite competing companies to give us their best deal for a specified holiday. Today: a 10-night holiday in South Africa in early February. Prices are for two people travelling together and include flights from Heathrow to Cape Town departing 6 February.
Winter on the Beach: Cape Town
Sunday, 27 December 2009
It's a long way down to the tip of South Africa, but with very little time difference, you can beat jetlag and head straight for the sands. Ian McCurrach offers a guide
Malawi: Journey through a secret Africa
Saturday, 26 December 2009
With amazing scenery and culture, Malawi is a hidden gem
South Africa's Sun City turns 30
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Once the most controversial tourist resort in the world, South Africa's Sun City turns 30 this month – and with England's first World Cup match to be played nearby, it has cause for celebration
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