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Website	www.houseinfez.com	American born, David Amster, is the man ‘in the know’ in Fez having lived there for several years and passionately restored a number of old, traditional homes inside the medina. His website not only invites people to stay at his small 18th Century guesthouse, Dar Bennis, just off the main street of Talaa Sghira it also provides readers with an in depth knowledge of the architecture and design of typical Fassi homes and links to some of the main movers and shakers in Fez bent on sensitively restoring the city’s heritage. There is an excellent buying guide for properties in Fez, which is well worth a read along with links to agents and notaires in the city.
Book		Andalusian Morocco: Written by scholars in art, architecture and archaeology, Andalusian Morocco is unsurprisingly, more of a tome or pocket sized museum than a quick whiz beach book. Anyone with more than a passing interest in Islamic architecture will find dipping in and out of this manuscript quite enlightening as, with the help of photographs and diagrams it tells the story of how Islamic Morocco came to look as it does today.
Website	www.friendsofmorocco.org	This website is managed by American peace corp volunteers with experience in Morocco and Moroccans in America keen to promote their homeland and its links with the US. What makes it particularly good are its news clips obtained from a very wide number of sources dating back several years. It also offers over 600 Moroccan recipes and a number of useful links to primarily educational and government links relating to Morocco.
Book		Buying a House in Morocco: An in depth, heartily good read all about buying property in Morocco. This is the only book that exists on the subject and covers everything one could possibly wish to know about the house buying process, where to buy, what to buy and how to get by. Packed with facts, this book manages not only to educate and inform readers on the Moroccan property market it also writes clearly and entertainingly managing somehow to make even the taxation chapter sound interesting.
Website	Maghreb Arabe Press	Good, factual news site to keep you up to date with what is happening in Morocco.
Book		Culture Shock! Morocco: Everything you could possibly want to know about living in Morocco with an excellent insight into Moroccan customs and traditions.
Book		Time Out Guide to Marrakech; Essaouira And The High Atlas: Just for the quality of writing, the Time Out guide to Marrakech is worthy of a read. Written in a cutting edge style, the guide manages to get beneath the skin of Marrakech and its surrounds offering a lively, colourful insight into Marrakechi lifestyle, fashion and trends.
Website	View From Fez	A news and blogs website about life in Fez with myriads of information on all things Moroccan from arts and culture to architecture, travel and riads.
Book		Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook: A really useful language book published by Lonely Planet filled with all the most necessary Arabic words and phrases that you just might need when out and about in Morocco. The book is divided into chapters each with different language scenarios that include meeting people, getting around, accommodation and shopping.
Book		In Morocco: First published in 1920, ‘In Morocco’ is a travel book written by Edith Wharton author of the Pulitzer prize-winner, The Age of Innocence. This book provides a wonderful insight into Morocco in the days when people travelled into its ports in steamers and around its countryside on pink saddled mules. Being written by a woman makes it all the more interesting as it talks about life in the harems as well as sultans, tribesmen and ‘boy dancers’. It shows a Morocco that is fast disappearing before our eyes as the old squares once filled with story tellers and snake charmers are being replaced by 21st century amusement arcades. A beautiful read and a great documentation of contemporary history.
Book		Living In Morocco: A coffee table tome with brilliant photos of Morocco from the Kasbahs of the south to the windy coastal Atlantic towns and across the Atlas mountains to the Rif in the north, this is an inspiring book for anyone looking for ideas to decorate their home or simply inspiration when trying to decide what type of property to buy. It gives a wonderful flavour of the tastes, feel and smell of Morocco and looks great on any bookshelf.
Website	Lexicorient	The travellers and property punters best guide to Morocco. With this website Morocco lovers have the country at their fingertips with excellent and very honest, personalised write-ups and photographs (and sometimes indigenous music renditions) from every inch of Morocco as well as useful bits and pieces such as a distance calculator for the number of kilometres between towns and cities and a currency converter.