Both traditional and contemporary, Marrakech seduces with its many facets. At 3 hours from Casablanca, it is easily accessible and attracts visitors wishing to change the air for a weekend. With the Atlas Mountains, the city and its different neighborhoods are full of treasures. Alternately vibrant and quiet, electric and serene, everyone will find happiness, whether in the picturesque streets of the Medina, the historic city center guarded by the ramparts, in the lush gardens of Majorelle and Menara, or good in the trendy shops of Gueliz, the modern part. The Palmeraie is propitious for quad biking or camel rides. Bewitching and generous, Marrakech extends your arms.
The beating heart of the city. Located in the heart of the Medina, Jemaa El Fna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the meeting place for locals and tourists alike. Always buzzing, day and night, this vast marketplace is home to merchants and street vendors. Between snake charmers and fortunetellers, you will make your way to access the entrance to the souk. In the evening, it’s better you find your place on the terrace of one of the many restaurants lining the square to enjoy Moroccan specialties while admiring the sunset.
Passage required during a stay in Marrakech, the souk is a veritable maze of narrow streets, where it is difficult not to get lost. Better to have a plan before walking the narrow paths that Moroccans know as their pocket. Then starts a tangle of small shops full of bags, slippers and various objects from Moroccan crafts. If you are looking for souvenirs to take home, head for the spice square, where the scent of turmeric, coriander, cinnamon, and other aromas perfume. At the corner of an alley, you will come across some cultural institutions like the museum of Marrakech, or the house of photography. Nearby also, the Ben Youssef Madrasa, Koranic school, and jewel of Moorish architecture is not to be missed.
A landmark of the city, the Koutoubia is the iconic minaret of Marrakech that can be seen for miles. A few steps from the Jemaa El Fna square, the tall silhouette of the minaret is easily recognizable and has served as a model for the famous Giralda of Seville. Attached to the mosque of the same name, the building reveals all its beauty at dusk when it lights up.
Another essential step during a first visit to Marrakech, the Majorelle Garden. A bubble of greenery and serenity in the midst of the city. A haven of peace where you will wander through exotic vegetation, between fountains, pools of water lilies, and flowering shrubs. It is not for nothing that the famous French couturier Yves Saint-Laurent fell in love with it and decided to buy it in 1980 with his companion Pierre Bergé. The garden also houses a memorial dedicated to the artist, and adjacent to the garden is the museum dedicated to the work of Yves Saint-Laurent. Since 2011, there is also a museum dedicated to Berber culture, located in the heart of the Majorelle Garden.
Located in the medina, near the rest of the tourist attractions, the sumptuous Saadian Tombs alone testify to the magnificence of Morocco at its golden age. Built in the 16th century, by order of Sultan Ahmed Al-Mansur Saadi, they house the remains of kings and princes of the Saadian dynasty, who reigned over Morocco between 1524 and 1659. Richly decorated in Arab-Moorish style, this site is all the more exceptional because it is the only vestige left of this period, the Sultan Moulay Ismaïl having taken care to make disappear all traces of this dynasty. Walled and forgotten for several hundred years, the site was again unearthed in 1917 and fully restored by the Fine Arts Service. Of the three funerary rooms in the complex, the one that should not be missed is the room of 12 columns, beautifully decorated, and whose tombs are made of Carrara marble.
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