Sarah Slattery

And then your supposed 15 minute transfer will probably take you about 45 minutes.

So I'd say pre-book a restaurant that night and allow yourself plenty of time.

Because when you land and you're walking through the crazy Medina and you've got this whole culture shock, you're like, you don't want to be wandering around aimlessly looking for a restaurant.

So I'd say book a restaurant, which we did have in fairness.

But then when we got to the rooftop restaurant, it was like a completely, it was like this trendy, amazing, fabulous rooftop, stunning interiors.

like great music playing, real kind of trendy and modern.

And you're kind of going, it was such a contrast from walking up through the streets before we got there.

So yeah, the whole city is, I suppose, is just so different and so diverse.

But I suppose that's what makes it so appealing as well.

I would say 100% if it was the top tip, I would say, particularly for anybody who was a little bit apprehensive, book a city tour.

I mean, I do that in most new cities anyway, but the morning you arrive, they'll take you through that main square, Gemma Elphina Square, which is the kind of beating heart of the city.

It's one of the most iconic squares in Africa.

And it's just like street...

performers, traders, snake charmers, fruit stalls, musicians, everybody's coming out of everywhere.

And your guide will just walk you through it and kind of, you know, just go through etiquette, go talk about haggling, talk about whether you should take photos and pay people, all that sort of stuff.

So you feel like completely relaxed then.

And so much so that we come back at night time the next day, following days, and it was just great.

We were just completely relaxed.

The people were actually really nice, really friendly.

And there was obviously a few people on that particular square trying to, you know, get money from me for taking photos and things like that.