Come with us to Marrakech & world’s most entertaining airports

Come with us to Marrakech & world’s most entertaining airports | The World Awaits podcast

Come with us to Marrakech with a shopping expert. When Melburnian Angela Mellak got lost in the 10th-century medina of Marrakech years ago, she found… a husband!

Fast forward a decade, and the Moroccan-Australian duo are now the owners of Riad Botanica, a classic five-room riad. The boutique hotel was awarded a Michelin Key and has been recommended by such travel luminaries as Conde Nast.

My guest on The World Awaits podcast this week, Angela joins us to chat about life in the medina and the changing face of travel in Marrakech.

One of the reasons for their success is Angela’s (not so) little book of local experiences for guests within Marrakech and beyond. Join Angela as she walks us through her favourite places in the wondrous city she now calls home, with restaurants, shopping tips, bars and experiential masterclasses, see riadbotanica.com

Click here to listen to the full interview with Angela on our weekly travel podcast.

Also on this episode, luxe for less – the most affordable luxury destinations from digital entertainment platform JB.com, and we reveal the airports with the best entertainment, from best shopping to slot machines, from casino.com

Discover more from GlobalSalsa: travel writer Belinda Jackson

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Belle

Fear is found on a creaking glacier in the Caucasus mountains and joy is encapsulated in the perfect Shanghai dumpling.
And while I love a $500-a-night hotel room (who doesn’t?), sometimes the best stories are found in a $20 guesthouse.
With an eye always out for good markets and great street eats, I write travel news and features for the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne’s The Age newspapers, and features for whoever else asks. I have a particular soft spot for the wilds of the Middle East, scarves and carpets.
My articles and photographs have been published in a range of consumer magazines and newspapers in Australia and abroad, and I chat about travel on radio, too, to ABC Australia or 3AW or the Irish Times.
I also host the travel podcast The World Awaits - take a listen https://theworldawaits.au

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Jill Collins
12 October 2026

We stayed there two years ago and LOVED it! I also have such a special
story of their service which involved lost passports, in room safes and a LONG train trip to Tangiers!
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Belle
12 October 2026

That’s amazing, Jill! Angela is so enthusiastic and generous with her suggestions, I now have a long, long list of new places to visit for my long overdue return to Marrakech. And you know I always need someone who can sort lost passports in my life 🙂 Thanks for dropping by x

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