Marrakech Souk

Being woken up to chirping birds and a victorious Barack Obama is definitely one of the more pleasant ways to wake up! After a fantastic night of sleep, a great breakfast of OJ, coffee, croissant/bun megamix and omelette was a fantastic treat to wake up to. As we leisurely ate breakfast we planned the day, then headed out the door to explore …

Entry containing 65 photos titled: Chegando no Marrocos, Marrakech, Nosso hotel em Marrakech, Primeiro jantar, Primeiro Jantar, Djemaa El Fna, Djeema El Fna, Café Glacier, Jantar temático, Jantar temático , La Koutoubia, Jardin Menara, El Bahia Palace - a casa das concubinas, Essaouira

The walk to Djemaa el Fna was not far at all. It took around 20 minutes to walk at a reasonable pace. The streets are busy with traffic, cars, motorbikes, push bikes, horse and cart that it really is fun crossing the roads, some drivers in cars give way and some don't, copy the locals, take it easy and you will get across the road fine!

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After settling into our beautiful riad, we hit the busy streets of Marrakech! So many shops, the colours, the smell of spices... all very exciting. Worked our way down the first of many streets lined with shops of every description.

Had dinner on the edge of Jemaa el Fna square @ Chez Chequior... sat out the front looking over the square …

Well, its safe to say that Marrakesh wasnt the smartest place to start this adventure... About 20 degrees hotter than we were 4 hours ago when leaving london we arrived in Marrakesh-as the title suggests this place is hot and dusty, loud and dirty, bright and colourful and overwhelmingly in our face. I suggest that in a few weeks this may be a …

Heute gibt es bereits um 8 Uhr Frühstück. Um kurz nach 9 Uhr ist wieder unser Fahrer, der uns bereits vom Flughafen abgeholt hat, im Riad. Mit ihm geht es in das nahe Atlas Gebirge. Leider ist heute alles Wolken verhangen. Aber unserer Fahrer verspricht uns, dass später noch die Sonne herauskommen wird. Als Erstes stoppen wir in …

Arrived Marrakech yesterday. It is hot! Our hotel is a traditional Riad. Beds rather hard and no room to swing a cat but clean and atmospheric. Water in pool, though cold is warmer than swimming in sea at Pembroke! I swim my obligatory 50 lengths. Ian dips his obligatory toe in then sit on loungers refusing to join me. This morning finds us in the …

We arrived in Marrakech at 11am, and after checking into our hotel, of course the first place to visit was Jemaa El Fna. Having read a few reviews of Marrakech, I knew that every price starts high to be haggled and so when the taxi driver asked for 50 Dirhams, with a little hard work we managed to reduce it to 20!

The taxi ride was only 5 …

... Madrid to Casablanca for about 58 Euros per head with EasyJet. And with only a three hours train ride inland to Marrakech from Casablanca, we both looked forward to spend a week discovering this famous North African city and its surroundings. Carolina ...

... remember arriving at the airport when it was still dark, feeling very seedy from the night before. The immigration section of Marrakech Airport is a disaster and we waited for over an hour to go through, which is apparently the average waiting time. ...

... stall 2 doors down always carries the exact same thing), the prices are the best. (After finishing my trip to Morocco, I can tell you that yes, Marrakech IS the best place to shop. Fez is cheaper for some things, but there are less stalls close together ...

... of pure saffron soon remedied that! I am prone to getting lost, so putting myself on my own in the maze of a Marrakech souk was a recipe for disaster. I definitely regretted my impulsive nature as I wandered around, completely and utterly lost, far ...

... blown away! Marakech Souk After the Sahara, we headed to Marakech for the last 2 days of our trip.  Marakech is the main tourist hotspot in Morocco, so it was weird to see so many Westerners after we had barely seen any during the initial part of ...

... that to Chinese people, what’s our response to that supposed to be, “WE ARE MOROCCO!!!”? So far, my feelings on Marrakech are quite ambivalent, hating the constant harassment of hustlers and disliking how chaotic everything is.  ...

... would have done had we had more time. We decided to go for a little walk around and try and buy some gifts for people in the Souk its just really hard saw loads of things for people but try and haggle is annoying I just want to pay a price and it seems ...

Marakech Na een dagje uitrusten en klungellen aan boord nemen we de trein naar Marakech. De trein heeft een half uur vertraging en we weten de reden nog niet. Na tien minuten rijden staan we stil. Stroomstoring! Ja dat gaat al de hele reis zo, ...

... nbsp; But one more detour on our way to the market was the Koutoubia Mosque.  It is the largest mosque in Marrakech, and its minaret was constructed in the late 12th century.  The kids were reaching their saturation point in ...

At the end or our alley there is a stack of bread on the front counter of a very small market. The bread they use in Morocco is small, the size a tortilla but about one inch thick. They cost about ten cents apiece, and one piece is enough for breakfast ...