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Sunday, 27 October 2019 -
Casablanca, Morocco
Dock 12:00 Sail 20:00 (8 hours ahead of PDT)
Casablanca is Morocco's largest port and city, with population of
around 2.6 million. This is also Morocco's biggest industrial
center. The port is located on the Atlantic Ocean, and is one of
the world's largest man-made ports.
Even though it has a history going back several centuries and
was colonized by the Portuguese until 1755, it declined into
insignificance by the mid 1880's. The renaissance came with the
French protectorate under the first resident general, Lyautey. He
gave Casablanca its public parks, fountains, wide boulevards
and imposing Mauresque civic buildings.
Don't miss the Hassan II Mosque, gleaming, white medium high-
rise 1930's architecture, many Art-Deco touches and pedestrian
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