Greetings from Casablanca, Morocco! part 1.

Oh, yes! I like Casablanca! A lot! 🙂

The Hassan II Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الحسن الثاني‎) is Casablanca’s landmark.
The mosque is beautiful and HUGE!



Wikipedia: “The Hassan II Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الحسن الثاني‎), located in Casablanca is the largest mosque in Morocco and the third largest mosque in the world after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca and the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque) in Medina. Designed by the French architect Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues.[1] It stands on a promontory looking out to the Atlantic, which can be seen through a gigantic glass floor with room for 25,000 worshippers. A further 80,000 can be accommodated in the mosque’s adjoining grounds for a total of 105,000 worshippers present at any given time at the Hassan II mosque.
Its minaret is the world’s tallest at 210 m (689 ft).[2]”

Shot from our hotel balcony…


Wikipedia: “The Casablanca Twin Center (Arabic: برجي الدار البيضاء‎) (French: Tours Jumelles de Casablanca) is a complex of two skyscrapers located at Casablanca, Morocco. The two structures, 
the West Tower and the East Tower have 28 floors each.”
Streets are clean…

and there are a lot of beautiful trees and 
pavements where you can WALK!

More pics coming soon!

0 thoughts on “Greetings from Casablanca, Morocco! part 1.”

  1. >>mythopolis
    Best pics coming soon… 🙂
    Greetings to Sam! 🙂

    >>Yaelian
    Kairo jaa taakse 31.3.
    Casa on pienempi, vain reilut 3 miljoonaa asukasta ja liikenne seka ruuhkat ihan toista kuin taalla!

    >>Vilijonkka
    Kylla Casa onkin hiljainen Kairoon verrattuna! Vaikka ihmisia ja liikennetta riittaa niin siella toimii ja uskotaan liikennevaloja!
    Taallahan ajellaan kuin ellun kanat miten sattuu ja kuka ensin ehtii ja royhkeys riittaa.
    Tepastelukuvia tulee ja paljon! 🙂

    >>Taru
    Wau – sita minakin! 🙂

    >>Linda
    And I can’t wait for taking more pics! 🙂
    The Mosque is much bigger than I thought. I’m going to visit there more than once! 🙂

    >>Gena @ Thinking Aloud
    We visited only for a weekend. We took our personal things to a friend’s place because we’re going to stay in a hotel until we find a
    place to live…Moving to Casa 31.3.!
    Is your friend in Casa, Agadir or Marrakech? or all of them?

    >>Lucy Corrander
    Why don’t you like Casa – have you been there? just curious…

    >>Ballerina Girl
    There are really beautiful areas in Casa. My favourite is the Atlantic Ocean! 🙂
    I’ve missed the sea for two years…

    >>tuuluska
    Yes, we’re back in Cairo.
    We’re moving to Casa 31.3.
    The trees are cut like that. I think they’re artistic 🙂

    >>NicoleB
    It’s amazing how clean it was in Casa! And there are pavements – I can walk again! 🙂
    Plus the traffic is not that bad…and there are traffic lights! 🙂

    >>SmartBear
    I’ve never been to Morocco before. I was positively surprised.
    Lots of traveling ahead…Marrakech etc.

    >>SusuPetal
    You never came to Cairo while we were here. Maybe you’ll visit Casa?

    >>J Bar
    You might be right because there were many other European countries missing from that wall…

    >>Melissa B.
    I’ve seen the movie several times but I can’t remember how Casa looked in that film. I have to check out that one day!
    We’ve planned already visits to other cities after we’ve settled in…

    >>lepis
    Casa on yolla hiljainen. Eika paivan liikenne ole lahellakaan Kairon kaoottista meininkia.
    Muutto reilun 20 miljoonan asukkaan kaupungista reiluun 3 miljoonan sekaan tuntuu inhimilliselta.
    Ja Atlantti naapurissa…aaah…

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  2. Olet tainnut herätä kukonlaulun aikaan kuvaamaan!

    Nyt kyllä romuttui mielikuvani hiljaisesta satamakaupungista, mutta ei se mitään. Näyttää mielenkiintoiselta paikalta.

    Tervetuloa takaisin!

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  3. Really great shots. BLOGitse, I’m not sure how they chose the flags featured in my post today but I suspect it might have had something to do with the backgrounds of the students at the school. I know there are plenty of people with a Scandinavian background in Sydney but maybe not too many of them in this area.
    Sydney – City and Suburbs

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  4. Nice to see photos from Casa. I was there when they had just started to build that big mosque.
    I’ve been twice in Casa, and also in Tanger and other towns. Liked Morocco a lot!

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  5. That looks indeed like an amazing place.
    And soooo much cleaner.
    Hey, even the builduings look like their original colour 😀
    That mosque is amazing!
    Looking so forward to your posts from there 🙂

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  6. So nice to see and read how beautiful city this is! Tours Jumelles de Casablanca sounds awesome! I also want to see more exotic photos. Some of the trees look funny in the last picture, I tried to peek if they are cut that way, I guess they are ^^. Are you back in Cairo now?

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  7. I just love having my own, personal travel guide in this part of the world. Can’t wait for more pics. The Hassan II Mosque is quite impressive.

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