Hotel deals in Marrakech, Morocco

... 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 and ...

... it being a prime destination for tourists and it has become very touristy. Our guidebook describes Marrakech (population 970,000) as the "lodestone" of Central Morocco; the oasis was the finest many traders had ever seen. Although many of the ...

... the english say, and are constantly repeated by the touts. Palais El Bahia? Average. No further elaboration required. Marrakech impresses as a genuine city, certainly not free of the exploitative blemishes that come with tourism, but not ...

... . Then there were the food stalls, more like outdoor restaurants, that serve up delicious Moroccan fare at cheap-even-for-Morocco prices: cuscous (a North African grain) with "the fixins" (my term, not Moroccan), tanjine (a Moroccan stew), olives, ...

... after a few moments of awkward silence and stares, the guy gave in and reluctantly handed us our change. Only in Morocco! After a few days in Marrakech, we really needed to get away from the chaos. We took the bus a couple of hours to the sleepy ...

... 's one case down, only a few dozen to go! We spent the day yesterday riding the rails from Fes to Marrakech. Trains in Morocco are actually quite pleasant. The coaches are air-conditioned and situated with six seats per compartment. After our ...

... have to hire a car.... 5 hours on the train (no driving this time) and I am in a taxi with two local Moroccan guys in Marrakech, one who has spent 6 years in the USA - so now I am set English chit chat and local chit chat to get good prices. Last ...

... top of my list. If I asked to go in the poll today, I could name many more places I would not return to. Marrakech, I love you !!! As a parting word, unbelievable as this might seem, I haven't had one drop of alcohol so far this journey, ...

... cleared for a brilliant day and the high atlas mountains (biggest peak over 4500m!!) which rim the southwestern edge of Marrakech revealed their splendour for the first time. Spent a full day together wandering and eating. Really nice to catch up ...

... a bathroom that had seen its better days. We then took an 8 hour train ride across the plains and the desert to Marrakech, which fortunately seemed like a different world. It is much cleaner and paradoxically for a city on the edge of the desert, ...

... battling the flooding out of Rissani and a bus change at Erfoud, we found ourselves stuck on leaky, noisy and crowded overnight bus to Marakech which ended up taking an extra 2 hours due to the rain. Not the best time we've ever had. And not only was ...