Marrakech Travel Guide

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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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Riad Dar Najat
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…

Hotel Oudaya
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…

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…

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, …

Majorelle Gardens
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 …

Plaza Jamaa el Fna
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…

Bahia Palace
2 reviews

This beautiful building is an excellent example of Eastern Architecture from the 19th century that represents trends and standards of the we…

Badii Palace
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…

Dar Najats Kitchen
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…

L'Avenue
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 …

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…

Dar Essalam
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…

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…

Cooking course
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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Jad Mahal
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…

Théatro
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 …

I can only recommend! Only slightly more expensive than the cheapest hotels in Medina, Equity Point offers great value for the money paid. I…

Dar Zaman
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…

Equity Point
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 …

Riad Maison DO
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 …

Solo in Marrakech
Nov 12, 2010
I had wanted to visit Marrakech, Morocco for years and was a little concerned about traveling as a solo female.  Looking t…
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Feb 02, 2009 – Feb 05, 2009
It is quite exciting to think that this month is the second country I am visiting. Last year I had so much work that I did not …
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This blog was featured on Wednesday February 11th, 2009
Nov 23, 2010 – Nov 28, 2010
In the far distance I hear an alarm ringing. Realizing after a while that it is my alarm and that I have to wake up. It is…
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This blog was featured on Tuesday November 30th, 2010