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Marrakech Overview
Not long ago, Marrakech was a poor, bustling caravan town. It’s still bustling, but the poverty has long since drained away, replaced with moneyed European tourists and plenty of air conditioning. Fortunately, though, most visitors agree Marrakech’s soul lives on, in the marketplaces, mosques, and surviving whitewashed, crumbling architecture.
The ‘souks’ are particularly astonishing, small, covered areas that sit amongst sheltered lanes and often lead to tiny squares specializing in particular enticing crafts of products. They can seem vast and confusing, but drifting … read morearound lost if half the fun, and you’ll stumble across some astonishing souvenirs. End up in the famous Djemaa El Fna, for example, and you’ll find snake charmers, acrobats and storytellers entertaining the masses in amongst the rusty fairground rides, and Moroccan market cuisine.
The Marrakech Museum is an exotic taste of North African art and sculpture, while The Tanneries offer a truly bizarre experience, where you can watch skin being tanned and dried amongst pigeon dung. The Koutoubia, a seventy-meter tower visible from miles around, is perhaps Marrakech’s most distinctive tourist attraction, peaking up amongst the low-rise buildings north of the city, and surprisingly ornate close up.
In fact, there’s plenty here in the way of flamboyant styles, beautiful locations and tropical, leafy, Oasis-like botanical gardens. Check out the Jardin Majorelle, for example, where cobalt blue roofs poke their way through the canopies in amongst date palms, bamboo thickets and vivid flowers. The selection of extravagant tombs and impressive city gates are well worth peering over, too.
To top it all off, Marrakech’s new selection of hotels - invariably featuring pools, roof terraces and plenty of shapely local architectural traits of their own - make the city a far more appetizing attraction for travelers who like a bit of luxury than it used to be.
Spend your days drifting around the backstreets, slurping mint tea and snacking on perfectly-spiced couscous and you won’t bore of this newly modern yet still traditional city in a hurry; the harrowing sounds of the mosques early in the morning stays with you long after you leave.
Marrakech also offers a new town that offers lots of modern coffee bars and a girls paradise for shopping with lots of big name brands.
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4 reviews I've stayed at several Marrakech riads, but this one is certainly the best, all-around, "bang for the buck" that I've experienced in the cit…
4 reviews I went to this hotel on January 2009 and I had a very unpleasant experience. The evening of my arrival, before going out to dinner , I rea…
3 reviews We spent a week at the Moroccan House Hotel in Marrakech & found it fabulous & very good value for the price we were paying. The rooms were…
3 reviews having decided to leave our Riad that was way too deep in the medina, we ended up in a junior suite of the Sofitel... as usual in Sofitels, …
8 reviews Visiting Majorelle Garden is like stepping into paradise. It´s a green and quiet lung in a loud, hectic and chaotic Marrakech. If you …
6 reviews Djema el Fna is thé beating heart of Marrakech. You can't visit the city without having been there. I've lost my heart there. My best frien…
2 reviews This beautiful building is an excellent example of Eastern Architecture from the 19th century that represents trends and standards of the we…
2 reviews Located in the heart of Marrakech's Medina in the Kaspah lies the ruins of the Badii Palace. Begun in 1578, this palace was completed in 15…
2 reviews Traditional Moroccan food, the type of food Moroccan people eat at home. You can either pre-book your meal or turn up and have the tagine o…
1 review It is a shame that L'Avenue in Marrakech is not as well known as the one in Paris. People coming to Marrakech obviously want to enjoy many …
1 review If nobody tells you about this restaurant you would not go in. I read a review in Lonely Planet so I decided to go and try it out! I did not…
1 review This restaurant was recommended to us by the staff at Riad Bab Marrakech and boy, were they right! The architecure was really special: La…
1 review Drivers Car hire; forget it! If it’s too late to tell you that, consider the following in order: 1. Park your car ANYWHERE, pay any ne…
1 review If you're tired of finding good restaurants, why not prepare your own dinner? I love Moroccan food and I joined my friend with a day cookin…
1 review Like Fes, Meknes and Rabat, Marrakech is one of Morocco's famous Imperial Cities. Renowned for its wonderful climate and for a setting as re…
1 review If you hear "Bilek! Bilek!", jump out of the way before you get run over by a donkey cart. Stay near the square - you'll need many breaks…
1 review Nikki Beach is the best place to go on warm summer days in Marrakech. An absolutely gorgeous place, big pool, cool music and DJs, and it is…
1 review Start off the evening in Jad Mahal being WOWed by the amazing animation and ambiance and once that has got you into the party mood go throug…
2 reviews Part of the Jad Mahal restaurant/club empire in Hivernage, this is one of the few places to go in Marrakech to catch the local cognoscenti s…
1 review The night at Theatro was unforgettable. The club /disco itself is located beside the casino of Marrakech. We were brought to the club by a …
5 reviews I can only recommend! Only slightly more expensive than the cheapest hotels in Medina, Equity Point offers great value for the money paid. I…
3 reviews I have to agree with the other reviews of this hamlet in bustling Marrakech...it's a cozy, quiet, friendly place with excellent food and gre…
1 review This hostel was really good. It has a great location and is an oasis of calm amidst a city of chaos. Although it can be a bit hard to …
1 review When I started organizing the trip I had to decide whether to go to a hotel or a Riad. For some reason I thought a Riad was a better option …
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