http://www.zest4travel.co.uk/blog Travel Specialists Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:37:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.zest4travel.co.uk/blog/2009/05/gnaoua-bout-this/ http://www.zest4travel.co.uk/blog/2009/05/gnaoua-bout-this/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 15:48:05 +0000 Gareth http://www.zest4travel.co.uk/blog/?p=181 Essaouira’s hypnotic Gnaoua and World Music Festival takes place from 25-28 June this year. Celebrating Gnaoua heritage, the music has influences as widespread as Haitian voodoo and Brazilian Candomblé. As trance music permeates the picturesque port, its purple ramparts and whitewashed medina, Essaouira’s bustling streets slow down, and become eerie and evocative. Held across ten medina stages, the free festival is a meeting point for foreign artists and a melting-pot of worldwide rhythms. Stay at the Heure Bleue, a Relais et Chateaux riad, and you can snooze to the beat of distant drums from its rooftop pool. A four-night stay costs from £1,190 pp (two sharing) during the festival, including flights (Gatwick), private transfers and B&B. Call The Best of Morocco on 0845 026 4588.

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