Riad D'Airain Marrakech
8 Derb el Hammam Bab Doukkala Marrakech, 40000, Morocco
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Marrakesch
... langen Nacht auf dem Jamaa El Fna (dem zentralen Platz in Marrakesch) mit ausschlafen, fruehstuecken und dann einem Spaziergang in einem der alten Souks verbracht, bevor ich dann wieder in Richtung Truck gefahren bin, der ausserhalb von Marrakesch steht.
Im Souk habe ich eine Faerberei gefunden, wie wir sie auch schon in Fez gesehen haben, aber hier war der Gestank dann doch noch einen Zacken schaerfer, da man ...
Starting it solo
... clouds. Took a nap. A hour later, decided that I needed drag myself out of the hotel to be a tourist. Started my discovery walk to the Ali Ben Youssef Medersa, take TWO. The walk started well and I was right on target. As soon as I finished congratulating myself on great orienteering, the back streets near the medersa started to change shapes and windiness. I later found out that I was 5 steps away from the medersa doors when I took a left ...
Souks & Spa
... with 7 plants & a 30 minute relaxing massage. 280 MAD each for both.
We went down the stairs of the riad towards the basement. Met by a large door- I couldn't open it so assumed it was a wall- It suddenly opened liked an Aladdin's cave. We got undressed and went into a light arched room with pools of water at the front. A lady threw buckets of warm water over us, then one at a time we lay and got scrubbed gently all over, then applied a ...
Exploring the crazy market square.
... glass of mint tea.
Guess what... it was a carpet shop, we must have been in their for over 30 minutes- He pulled out 10 big carpets all different designs layered onto of each other. I sat in the background while Mum touched the carpets. 'I'll give you a great offer like family' (Yeah right, he tells everyone that!) Right now the hard part- leaving 'I can't make decisions without my husband- I need to ...
You are never lost, only discovering
... a carpet. I did find out it takes 3 months to make a medium carpet by hand.
On the way back to our riad, we walked along to palace walls of El Badi Palace, taking photos of the storks. 2 young boys on rollerskates offered to show us the way to a mosque & garden- knowing no english they insisted on money by holding their hand out, we gave them a few centines- they looked disappointed.
We walked miles this ...



