Cldowsett

We loved Morocco! I cannot encourage people enough to travel with their small children to this amazing country! As long as you have a man with you...here is my blog post about my experience as a woman in northern Africa. Do yourself a favor and just wear baggy clothes in the cities and villages that are not along the coast.

https://www.hidenseekglobal.com/home...agadir-morocco

MmePerdu

The advice to be protected by a man when you travel may or may not be good advice. It depends on the woman, doesn't it? And women who go alone despite that advice may be pleasantly surprised when it turns out not to be much, if any, problem at all. I only object on behalf of those it will discourage from traveling in Morocco. I accept that it was your feeling about your experience but hope others take those feelings with a grain of salt.

Cldowsett

I completely agree with you mmeperdu! I myself have travelled around the world solo and absolutely loved it! Hence the part in my blog post about how it could have been the fact that I had my young son in my arms that I felt over protected and noticed it more. Unfortunately every solo or duo of women we met on our backpacking travels in Morocco were trying to find their way home and had not had a great experience. It's just a tid bit of advice in which I plainly write to take or leave in my blog. I often take bits and pieces of posts with a grain of salt myself

MmePerdu

"Unfortunately every solo or duo of women we met on our backpacking travels in Morocco...had not had a great experience."

Well that's the issue with which I disagree and it seems to be your main point. In all the years I've been traveling to Morocco I've never met anyone who wanted to leave. Quite the contrary. I guess we run in different circles, the only explanation I can think of.

Cldowsett

You're absolutely right again mmeperdu! Perhaps I misspoke regarding every women as I did not speak to all of them. And yes there is a very good chance we travel in different circles these days as we now travel with a child. I myself can't wait to go back to Morocco. We loved the country and the people. And having very close friends who live there I would like to think that most who read this post understand that I only mean to give advice on respecting the culture and being advised that wearing what you could wear back home could get more unwanted attention. Have you taken the chance to read the blog? It may clear some things up for you, or perhaps I am naive to warn my fellow females, simply a warning, I hope it does not deter people from going to one of my favorite places. I did not intend for this post to focus on traveling with men, I am sorry that it came across that way. I should have spent more time writing in my post about what I was trying to say instead of hoping people could just read it themselves in my blog. Thank you mmeperdu! I will spend more time reviewing my posts in the future!

xcountry

I just asked our daughter to read your blog entry. She spends a lot of time in Morocco, both with her boyfriend and without, sometimes in touristy areas but most of the time not (for work).

She said to congratulate you for writing what you did. While a man may not be required, it can help. Another woman can help too. She/they have been asked on multiple locations if a single female traveller can stay with her/them for awhile when the attention gets too bothersome.

thursdaysd

Like MmePerdu I (female) have traveled solo in Morocco with no issues. Of course, I am no longer young, and I wear long pants and at least short sleeves.

I find advice to travel with a man (very!) old fashioned and patronizing. Now, if you are traveling with a child, you may well want someone, male or female, along to help, but that is a different matter.

Bedar

I traveled all over Morocco with my 6 yr old daughter and had no problems whatsoever.

ToujoursVoyager

It is my personal experience that as woman of "childbearing age" the level of sexual harassment was extreme in my trips in Tunisia and Egypt. My sister and I wore long loose clothes that covered us from the wrists to our ankles. That said, I loved my trips, especially in Egypt, for the extraordinary history that one can explore. My best advice to woman wanting to travel in North Africa would be: it is worth it but don't be naive.