A Great Way to Experience Morocco for the First Time

Mar 15, 2026

Kyle Elizabeth Freeman, an interior designer and solo traveler, shares her first-time Morocco trip. She talks about exploring Marrakech as a home base, hiring a local guide for safety and companionship, navigating the buzz of the African Cup of Nations, and savoring food, music, and medina life through a slow-travel approach.

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ADVICE

Hire A Local Guide For Your First Visit

Do hire a local guide and driver for your first Morocco trip to remove language barriers and handle logistics.
Kyle credits Noor for airport pickup, daily coordination, and translating when plans changed during her solo Marrakech stay.

ANECDOTE

Marrakech Came Alive During The Africa Cup

Kyle experienced Marrakech as intensely alive during the African Cup of Nations with crowded streets and scooters everywhere.
She learned to cross busy streets by following locals and found the city's energy made her feel vividly present and welcomed.

ANECDOTE

Stadium Staff Returned My Water Bottle

Kyle attended an African Cup match on New Year's Eve and praised the strong security and kindness of staff who saved her water bottle.
Despite huge crowds, stadium staff remembered her at Gate D and returned the bottle after the game.

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"A Great Way to Experience Morocco for the First Time"

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Kyle Elizabeth Freeman travelled to Morocco on a solo trip over the Christmas holidays 2025, a potentially tricky time to go! As Azdean always says, things over Christmas/New Year's can be booked up months in advance, and not just accommodation, but tours, guides and attractions as well.

And on top of that, this was right in the middle of Morocco hosting the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament, so it was even busier than usual!

But Kyle knew that she needed a break, to go somewhere completely different and original, and Morocco had been calling to her for ages.

To make it happen, she discovered the Destination Morocco podcast, and then turned to Azdean for as much support as he could provide, given the time frame. Happy to oblige, Azdean pointed Kyle in the right direction for bookings and expectations, hired a car, driver and a fabulous tour guide for her for the week, and together they put together an intriguing approach to visiting Morocco for the first time.

Most travellers understandably want to see as much of Morocco as possible, and cover lots of ground. That was always going to be tricky at this time of year, at a fairly last minute, and with a major event taking place at the same time.

So, they chose instead to focus on Marrakech itself, chose one accommodation for the week to avoid moving around, and used the city as a home base for activities and exploration.

The effect was remarkable, because it turned Kyle's trip into a mini-slow travel experience, and suggested a new way to enjoy the tour format, and your own private guide, without the disruption of constant change and moving around. By the end, Marrakech for Kyle was starting to feel like home, which is exactly the feeling we want you to have!

Our thanks to Kyle for joining us on this episode and sharing her story, her advice and her newfound passion for Morocco.

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