Indigo Gazelle Tours

13/03/2025

Marrakech Scenes

12/03/2025

How your full and fulfilling day might begin and conclude in Morocco. So many variations exist. A Café au lait start with French pastries and Moroccan pancakes. Then a round of golf with a gorgeous backdrop of snowcapped High Atlas Mountains. You took your eye off the ball more than once and that’s ok. Then a well-earned savory, steamy Monkfish tagine followed by a merciless Paris-Brest. A final retreat into an atmospheric, artisanal (a bit different than Panera) Moroccan salon (not the hair one) with an aromatic oak fire. Indigo Gazelle customizes such days in Morocco. And Greece. Allow us to create a string of memorable travel days just for you.

24/01/2025

Winter has us feeling in the mood for a bracing hit of Khunjul. On our Private "Moroccan Fantasies" tour featuring Celebrity Chef, Author, and Culinary Anthropologist, Amy Riolo, we visit Marrakech and this very stall on our nighttime tasting tour of Djemaa el Fna, the city's famous "Square of the Dead." Have no fear as this area is very much alive with storytellers, musicians, acrobats, snake (de-fanged!) charmers, fortune tellers, and row after row of flavorful street food and drink. A private group of friends and/or family are in store for an unforgettable experience. Fall dates still available. Join us: https://www.indigogazelle.com/private-morocco-2025

Khunjul, an infusion of chiles and spices, is sweet, tart and pungent.

10/12/2024

Breaking News: Greece was the 2nd most Googled country destination of 2024 and Ikaria, yes—Ikaria!—ranked 10th among the most Googled travel cities and islands in 2024. It just turns out that we know this country and this particular island very well…let us (re-)introduce you to them in 2025 on an immersive and revealing cuisine, culture, and wellness private tour featuring celebrity chef, culinary anthropologist, and Mediterranean Diet & Lifestyle Expert, Amy Riolo. Details: https://www.indigogazelle.com/private-greece-2025

A look at the places you were most excited to visit this year, according to Google

08/11/2024

Embrace the beauty of simplicity. Feel the spaciousness and breathe. Slow. It. Down. Be. Your post-election elixir, de-stressor, and social media detox happens here: Ikaria. Your gateway? A private small group wellness tour featuring celebrity chef and Mediterranean Lifestyle expert, Amy Riolo, or a travel experience customized to your interests and preferences. Whichever you choose, your psyche will thank you for it. Details via link in profile. DM us for more info.

22/10/2024

They offer a glimpse into Morocco's Indigenous heritage amidst some of the country's most ruggedly beautiful, untamed and lesser-explored landscapes.

27/09/2024

On World Tourism Day 2024, let us embrace and perpetuate the travel philosophy of the late Paul Bowles, expatriate author and composer who made Tangier, Morocco his home for over half a century: “Each time I go to a place I have not seen before I hope it will be as different as possible from the places I already know.” Alex Safos, owner of Indigo Gazelle Tours, captured the wonderful, magical difference that is the Fes “medina” (old city) in this 1990 photograph during his year teaching at the American Language Center. It was a seminal and revealing experience that has endured. Whether or not you have traveled to Morocco or Greece before, we can help you discover new and different dimensions of these two beautiful countries with rich cultures and storied hospitality. So…Gallop Further with us in the vein of Paul Bowles. Tour details via link in profile.

24/09/2024

Indigo Gazelle is excited to share its lineup of 2025 private tours to Morocco and Greece open to 6-12 travelers. Two different Cuisine and Culture tours to Morocco (Tangier and Fes explored in one, Marrakech and Essaouira in the other) featuring Celebrity Chef, Culinary Anthropologist, and Mediterranean Diet Ambassador, Amy Riolo. A wellness tour to Greece—a revealing immersion on the Blue Zone island of Ikaria—also featuring Chef Riolo. And a new Morocco golf tour that combines rounds at spectacular Nicklaus, Singh, and RTJ courses with iconic cultural encounters led by Alex Safos, Indigo Gazelle owner. So find your like-minded and curious family members and/or friends and message us to schedule your private tour to one of these beautiful, fascinating, and hospitable destinations! Customizations possible! More details at www.indigogazelle.com

07/08/2024

Aside a rocky road leading to an isolated cove, a seemingly random table and two chairs under the shade of blooming oleanders welcome passers-by. These genius tableaus are the secrets of this Blue Zone island, gently luring you to stop, be present, de-stress, and if with company, converse softly between the whirrs of cicadas. Travel with us here to Ikaria on a small group private tour and experience what quality longevity looks and feels like. Message us if curious. More info via link in profile.

06/08/2024

When catching a glimpse of a seemingly ordinary moment reveals the extraordinary beauty of the world if we open our eyes wide. A “street” scene from Morocco’s “Blue Pearl” of Chefchaouen. Let Indigo Gazelle Tours introduce you and a small group of family and friends to such colorful and vibrant places across welcoming Morocco on a private tour. Culture, cuisine, wellness, and now golf are interests we can customize exclusively for you. Message us if interested. Details via link in profile.

15/06/2024

And then the meltemi north winds reliably return, scrubbing and cleansing and polishing the tableau until the colors and shine are ridiculous and painterly.

12/06/2024

Iero Beach and Cove. Splendid, quiet, and thankfully unmanaged.

10/06/2024

In the Ikarian mountain village of Perdiki, its lone taverna doesn’t open until “around” 8pm. Until then, you can wend your way along its old rocky paths, admire its timeless dry stack stone walls, pluck ripe wild cherries that shamelessly dangle with invitation, lament those iconic, stalwart slate roofs finally succumbing to vegetation, then romanticize a village revival with delicate agrotourism and architectural preservation (the montane peacefulness, pleasant birdsong, fresh air, blooming flowers, and Aegean views to Chios and Turkey all beg you to make it happen). By now, you need to feed the hope and wipe the worry of an abandoned village. The one of your paternal ancestors. The taverna is now open and locals gather to eat, play cards, and converse. There is ample laughter. Village tsipouro and wine find brims, and perhaps the best μπιφτέκι patties and fries on the island arrive to feed that hope. Of course, the taverna owner and cook happens to be a shepherd as well.

06/06/2024

On the breathtaking road (mind the edge!) to Drakano Tower, the 4th Century BCE limestone sentinel of the sea competes for your attention with the volcanic profile of Mount Kerkis (Circe) on Samos, thrusting from the Aegean at 4,701 feet. The panorama is vast enough to appreciate them singularly or together. The green scrubland, rock outcroppings, silence but for the wind, goat pen, and surrounding waters seem fit for an Irish fairy tale—or Greek myth. Nature meets drama.

04/06/2024

This is the tasty dinner formation at the family-run Restaurant Klimataria: pastitsio; gigantes; rustic bread; and dolmas (not pictured). Served in an ambient alleyway with grapevines cascading from above. Yes.

02/06/2024

As those Grecian blues saturate the early evening scene, a couple enjoys a leisurely repast at Almira Beach Bar and Café.

01/06/2024

Καλό μήνα σε όλους! Wishing a Good Month to all!

31/05/2024

On the island of Ikaria, your gait naturally slows. The pines on Faros Beach undulate with the constant Aegean zephyrs and you surrender and release. Seconds meld into minutes morphing into hours, seamlessly. Healthy hypnosis happens here.