I spent this holiday season in Morocco from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day. We landed in Casablanca on Christmas Morning, and had a short hour flight directly after that to our final destination, Marrakech.

From the airport, we took a car about an hour outside the city to our first luxury destination, Palais Namaskar. Hands down, the most beautiful place I have ever been. We checked in, and were treated to some of the best tea I've ever had, (I soon learned that Morocco was the king of tea.) To avoid any jetlag, we went to the spa first. Magically hidden within the palace-like structures of Namaskar, we entered into our treatment. We first were washed in a Moroccan hamman, which is like a steam room where Moroccans go habitually to clean themselves. I've never felt so clean in my life, haha. And we were washed with all kinds of magical essences and herbs. After the wash, we headed into a beautiful candlelit room where we got a very soft and relaxing massage.

That night at Namaskar, we dressed up with what we had (our luggage was stuck in Casablanca), and went to the french restaurant at the hotel. I had my first traditional moroccan tajine, which are slow cooked dishes usually served in this weird shaped cone-thing with couscous on the side. That night we played around in our beautiful hotel room (pictures to come) and swam naked in our private pool, hehe!

The next day we were served the most beautiful breakfast right by the pool palace. We adventured the Palais grounds that day and took so many pictures. We sipped champagne, tea, and tried new dishes and Moroccan sweets, ending our day laying fireside in our hotel room.

The next day we woke up early to head out to the desert. We stayed at the beautiful, Scarabeo Camp, which I highly recommend. The camp is located one hour outside of Marrakech in the Agafay desert. It's a very remote and private location, there is nothing else for miles. Upon our arrival, we were served more delicious tea (perhaps our favorite of the trip) with delicious Moroccan sweets. After we snapped some photos and took in the moment, we took some camels for an hour long ride through the desert. That camel ride was probably one of the happiest moments of my life, I've never felt so free, but learning so much at the same time.

That night they served us a delicious tajine, both meat and vegetables and some lovely Moroccan red wine. We snuck an extra bottle of red wine back to our tent and got super silly. I couldn't really use my phone, so we played games like truth or dare and hide and seek. It was so silly but so wonderful.

That next morning we headed to our final destination in the city, Royal Mansour. The most beautiful mind-blowing hotel I have ever seen, at first I wasn't sure if it was real. And if I wasn't already in a dream state, John Legend and his gorgeous wife, checked in at the same time as us!

We were escorted to our three story riad, equipped with gorgeous moroccan doors and elegance. There was a private pool on our roof and a dressing room fit for a king and queen. Despite falling a bit ill, we were able to adventure the city and visit other riads. We spent four magical days in the city of Marrakech. We ate in the local food stalls, and walked the streets. I liked played dress up every day in sunglasses, dresses and fur.

I've got lots more photos to come from my camera + film camera, so stay tuned!