Morocco's oasis city of Marrakech is mecca for tourists seeking all kinds of exotic. With a psychedelic pop soundtrack playing in our heads, my wife and I board the train to Marrakech in Casablanca. In three-and-a-half hours we'll see if Morocco's interior oasis city lives up to the melodic promises made famous by Crosby, Stills and Nash in the 196...

Morocco's largest city is newly accessible with an Air Canada year-round, non-stop, seven-hour flight from Montreal. On cue, an hour before sunset, there's an explosion of activity on Lalla Meriem Beach. Surfers catch a distant wave, swimmers amp up their splashing, soccer and volleyball games break out on the wide swath of dark, fine sand. Arabian...