Welcome to the Inspirational Traveller
Welcome to the Inspirational Traveller; a Curated Travel Guide to some of the World’s more Interesting, Unusual & Adventurous places.
Let us inspire you to travel the road less travelled. Read about our experiences, make us your first stop when you are planing a trip, let us advise you when, where & how to go and where to stay when you get there.
Let us share with you 30 years of travellers knowledge.
We are constantly adding new destinations, so keep checking in to see whats new. So step on in, the adventure starts here!
Welcome to the Inspirational Traveller
Welcome to the Inspirational Traveller; a Curated Travel Guide to some of the World’s more Interesting, Unusual & Adventurous places.
What's New on the Inspirational Traveller
What's New on the Inspirational Traveller
Morocco is the country that the Arab geographers called Al-Maghreb al-Aqsa — the Farthest West of the Islamic world. It sits at the north-western corner of Africa, separated from Spain by fourteen kilometres of water at its narrowest point, bordered to the south and east by Algeria and, beyond that, the Sahara.
That geography — straddling continents, facing two seas, backed by mountain ranges that include the highest peak in North Africa — has shaped everything about Morocco: its history, its culture, its people, and the startling variety of landscapes you can cross in a single day’s drive.
Morocco is the country that the Arab geographers called Al-Maghreb al-Aqsa — the Farthest West of the Islamic world. It sits at the north-western corner of Africa, separated from Spain by fourteen kilometres of water at its narrowest point, bordered to the south and east by Algeria and, beyond that, the Sahara.
I have been coming to Morocco for the last thirty years, initially to source new producers and new products for my fair trade business One World is Enough.
Over the years of visting and getting to know Morocco I have fallen in Love with the country, the people and the food!
It is one of those countries that is both immediately welcoming , but the more you explore off the beaten track, the more rewarding your travels become.
You think you understand it, and then you turn a corner, or sit down at a table, or arrive in a town you had not expected to stop in, and you realise you have barely started.
This is a country that keeps pulling you back, and each time you visit you discover something new.
I have been coming to Morocco for the last thirty years.
Over the years of visting and getting to know Morocco I have fallen in Love with the country, the people and the food!
It is one of those countries that is both immediately welcoming , but the more you explore off the beaten track, the more rewarding your travels become.
This is a country that keeps pulling you back, and each time you visit you discover something new.
Download our comprehensive ‘Inspirational Guide to Morocco’ if you want to explore Morocco.
We believe in slow travel, travelling as a journey of discovery and adventure.
We believe in getting to know the country and the people.
If you share our ethos, then download our guide and help fund independent travel writing.
Download our comprehensive ‘Inspirational Guide to Morocco’ if you want to explore Morocco.
We believe in slow travel, travelling as a journey of discovery and adventure.
We believe in getting to know the country and the people.
If you share our ethos, then download our guide and help fund independent travel writing.
We have produced a range of self guided itineraries. Our itineraries are meant to be used as a framework, a possible route for you to use in planning your trip.
Our itineraries are guides to how we would spend a week, or more touring a country, trying to see as much as is feasible in the time available. The travelling is part of the experience, we always want to see as much as possible without the actual travelling becoming a chore.
Sometimes I think you discover more about a country by spending a few days in one place rather than racing around trying to tick of as many sights as possible.
Each country has a number of itineraries, dependent on the amount of time that you have, together with your interests. Each itinerary has links to our own exclusive detailed guides on the bigger places included on the routes. For smaller places we give a bit more information in the itinerary itself.
So let me share with you, our curated guides , each itinerary includes an interactive google map, links to more detailed guides to each of the cities we visit, a guide to the food, practical notes on the itinerary plus a bonus practical section on important information for independent travellers.
Click here to see our travel itineraries
Enjoy the ride!
Writing guides and itineraries is a time consuming job, but we are adding new destinations as quickly as time and resources allow.
We have produced a range of self guided itineraries. Our itineraries are meant to be used as a framework, a possible route for you to use in planning your trip.
Our itineraries are guides to how we would spend a week, or more touring a country, trying to see as much as is feasible in the time available. The travelling is part of the experience, we always want to see as much as possible without the actual travelling becoming a chore.
Each country has a number of itineraries, dependent on the amount of time that you have, together with your interests. Each itinerary has links to our own exclusive detailed guides on the bigger places included on the routes.
For smaller places we give a bit more information in the itinerary itself.
So let me share with you, our curated guides , each itinerary includes an interactive google map, links to more detailed guides to each of the cities we visit, a guide to the food, practical notes on the itinerary plus a bonus practical section on important information for independent travellers.
Click here to see our travel itineraries
Enjoy the ride!
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The first thing that struck me about Laos were the trees, as we came into land, there were trees, trees everywhere, an unbroken canopy of beautiful trees. I had a powerful sense that we had gone back in time to a simpler place. away from the problems of the modern world.
The French Colonists used to say; ” The Vietnamese plant the rice, the Cambodians watch it grow and the Lao listen to it grow.”
We found the Lao people some of the gentlest people we had met in Asia, they did everything in a calm collected way. Everything worked and we didn’t experience the usual hassles of travelling that we usually did in Asia. The longer we spent in Laos the more time we spent just sitting and watching, I loved watching the beautiful landscape and especially the wide slow flowing rivers that are the main transportation arteries in this mountainous country.
The first thing that struck me about Laos were the trees, as we came into land, there were trees, trees everywhere, an unbroken canopy of beautiful trees. I had a powerful sense that we had gone back in time to a simpler place. away from the problems of the modern world.
The French Colonists used to say; ” The Vietnamese plant the rice, the Cambodians watch it grow and the Lao listen to it grow.”
We found the Lao people some of the gentlest people we had met in Asia, they did everything in a calm collected way.
The longer we spent in Laos the more time we spent just sitting and watching the beautiful landscape and especially the wide slow flowing rivers that are the main transportation arteries in this mountainous country.
Sun drenched, arid, Andalusia, is the area in the deep south of Spain that borders Gibraltar and looks across the narrow straits of Gibraltar to Morocco and the continent of Africa.
It feels different from the rest of Spain and that is not only down to topography and climate.
For almost 800 years Andalusia was controlled by the Moors. This time was a golden age for Andalusia.
The Moors brought with them the new religion of Islam and with it many architectural and cultural innovations, as well as many modern ideas.
It is the history, the traditions, the way of life and the deep peacefulness of the Andalusian countryside that have made us fall in love with Andalusia!
Click here to read our guide to Andalusia
Sun drenched, arid, Andalusia, is the area in the deep south of Spain that borders Gibraltar and looks across the narrow straits of Gibraltar to Morocco and the continent of Africa.
It feels different from the rest of Spain and that is not only down to topography and climate.
For almost 800 years Andalusia was controlled by the Moors, who named the province Al Andalus.
This time was a golden age for Andalusia, the Moors brought with them the new religion of Islam and with it many architectural and cultural innovations, as well as many modern ideas.
The Moors were far more advanced than the Europeans of the time and brought with them knowledge of medicine, mathematics and maybe most importantly knowledge of hydrography and irrigation.
It is the history, the traditions, the way of life and the deep peacefulness of the Andalusian countryside that have made us fall in love with Andalusia!
Click here to read our guide to Andalusia
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