Le Relais du Lac Marrakech
B.P 44 C/R Lalla takerkoust Marrakech, 42 200, Morocco
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Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel!
... with two ceramic bowls thrown in to sweeten the deal. So of you are in the market for a Moroccan rug, cut out the middle man and buy direct from the weavers! We made our way back to Ouazazate and figured we'd get a hotel in the middle of town closer to the local action. However, we found the road into the town center blocked off by the police. We followed some cars which seemed to know a way around only to find a police paddy ...
Across the Atlas to the Real Morocco
... road to through the mountains. The car is a Peugeot 207, a whimpy compact car that winds up to 3,500 rpm at 100 kph. It is not made to go very fast, which is fine since there are traffic cops with radar everywhere and avoiding any encounters with the Moroccan police is a high priority. We rented the car through Autoeurope; Avis is the agency. The car is on the spendy side at $546 for the week but still far less than an excursion for four. We chose to pick ...
All Roads Lead to Marrakech
... it all off, it was generously adorned witn plenty of stained glass.
Before making it to the Palace we were distracted by snake charmers and folks with monkeys. We stopped at one of the snake charmer booths and took anfew pics and the attached vid. I find snakes repulsive but still have a strange fascination with them. I gave them the equivalent of a few bucks and they insisted on more. They poor guy next to us gave them about $20 and they still wanted more from him. Whih leads me to a ...
All Aboard the Marrakech Express!
... to chase a bunch of locals out of our assigned cabin to Marrakech. Once there we hopped into a taxi who gave the obligatory fare reeming to the main square, except he was supposed to drop us off two streets south so as to avoid the touts. After shaking off the touts and getting our bearings, we headed to our target hotel area and found a very nice newly built place. It was spotless, all marble, and friendly albiet a bit pricey at 400D per ...
A few notes on modern travel....
... to look up Domaine de la Relais de Marrakech. On the outside of town and easy to find, it boasts a modern and (as the name suggests) relaxed atmosphere, for the camper, overnighter or "room-stayer" alike. I wanted to get that plug in whilst I remembered; it really is an excellent, and affordable (read "cheap") place to stay. Note for English speakers though, bring your French skills and/or phrasebook. Right, now for the other 150 odd entries...
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