One of my favourite movies is Hideous Kinky, about a single, free-spirited hippy mother struggling to bring up two children in Marrakech. As a single mother of two myself (with boho inclinations), I’d even fancied myself as a little like the cool

Marrakech is a marvellous, magical city with plenty for children to enjoy, including snake charmers, horse-drawn carriage rides and the musicians, dancers, and story tellers of Djemma El Fna – the central square. In the heart of the old walled

there was a soggy puddle at his feet and a trail of wet footprints behind him. It was our first morning at Club Med’s La Palmeraie Resort in Marrakech, and Joe had run off to survey the breakfast offerings – and somehow ended up in an ornamental pond

of vibrant Marrakech – where your child will love the jugglers, musicians and acrobats in the main square. You’ll then go on to explore the Berber way of life while trekking through villages in the Atlas mountains (with mules to carry children), before

North Africa has always captured the imagination and Simpson Travel have some wonderful ideas like cookery classes in a Kasbah and desert exploration by camel as well as city breaks to Marrakech. For active families, winter is ideal for a walking

Adventure with a two-day camel trek to some of the highest sand dunes in Morocco. After a stay at Chez La Pacha, a tented auberge, the trip concludes in Marrakech where you can explore the ancient souks for treasures. The trip departs in the Christmas