Marrakech

Day 1:

We arrived at 10am, after a sleepless night and an uncomfortable, yet cheap, Ryanair flight we arrived at Marrakech airport, a red building like every other in the city.  A passport stamp later, we found our driver and we escorted to the car park and driven to our Riad, the Rose des Sables, in the Kasbah area of the Medina, the old walled city.  On arrival we had a well-earnt nap, after looking around every room and a cup of mint tea.  We then went out to explore the city and discovered some delicious ice-cream, the souks, initially stumbling into the mens' clothing area, where my friend bought herself some handmade flip flops.  We then went for a late lunch in a nice restaurant over looking the main square. After lunch we went to see the main mosque and had another stop for food at portofino, an excellent italien restauarant.

  In the evening w went to the main square to expereince the life there, before heading back to the riad.

 

Day 2:

After a lie in and a hearty breakfast we took a taxi to the stunning Jardins Majorelles and then had another lazy lunch.  We then decided that a day was too long to go without a drink and followed the guide book to the Chesterfield Pub, which turned out to be a lovely 5 star hotel bar with a gorgeous little pool.  We then stumbled across Moroccan Mcdonalds, which I insisted we went to, and then we wandered into a bar called Queens, after our favourite night club in Paris, where we watched the France-Italy game and had a drink.  Taxi-ed it back to the riad

Day 3:

Slept in late once again.  The joy of being the only guests at the riad being that breakfast was whenever we got up!!  Then lazed around the beautiful little pool and sunbathed, before wandering into town to cllect lunch from the bakery.

  We then went to la palmerie to go camel riding, and mint tea drinking, whcih was great fun! On the way back to the riad, our guide drove us around all the clubs in Marrakech and told us that Theatro was the place to be, so that's the place we went that eveing, after dinner in the riad.  We partied til late.

 

Day 4:

After waking up at lunchtime, we ate our breakfast as lunch before grabbing a taxi to Pacha, the biggest club in Africa, where we enjoyed the pool for a tenner each.  It was gorgeous, and Im still tanned!! Definite bikini marks...  Aftrwards, we tried to pay the riad, who wanted to charge us 30 euros for transfers which the woman on the phone of the company we booked the riad with assured us were included.  We met half way and paid 15 euros but it put us off, as we were intending to go back 1 day!!  But the manager and his 'this isnt my problem' attitude annoyed us!!  We then went for dinner, which wasnt very good, but the view was and we bought plenty of souvenirs on our way back.

 

Day 5:

Flying home from a great rip in Marrakech