04 RAPID RAIL ADVENTURE
Specialist tour operator Planet Rail has introduced a two-week adventure to Morocco, taking advantage of the country’s new super-fast LGV (Lignes à grande vitesse) rail service which began operating just in June. Departing from London’s St Pancras station, traveller will then be whisked to Barcelona and Cordoba at speeds of up to 320km/h, before boarding the short ferry from Tarifa to Tangier, where guests have two nights to explore the medina, whitewashed colonial houses and Great Mosque while staying at comfortable four-star digs. Then it’s off to Rabat and Casablanca, travelling along the Atlantic coast on the new high-speed line. The holiday then ends with five nights in Marrakech, Morocco’s most enigmatic city with its tangled souks, views of the distant Atlas Mountains and famous Koutoubia Mosque.
