Morocco is an initiation into the exotic magic of the Islamic, Arabic and African world yet it almost touches Western Europe and, for all the differences, retains a European patina, the legacy of the French Protectorate. Morocco’s charm lies in its diversity. For sun-worshippers, there are miles of beaches, while inland lies Berber country where, among the snow-capped Atlas Mountains, the energetic can walk or trek. Beyond the Atlas are the fringes of the Sahara.