Atlas Medina

... or the date palms marry with ochre of the ground and give impressionist tone of fabric, the wadis, the Kasbahs, Ksars, the medina, quiet testimonies this thousand-year-old know-how, the souks: weddings of the words, the colours and the perfumes... for ...

... alleyways. Fez, the capital of Morocco's first Arab dynasty, was founded by Idriss II in 807 AD. Idriss also founded the medina, which is a place of significant pilgrimage for many Muslims (although our guide admitted that he is not positive the body is ...

... styles owes a lot to the various detail built many centuries earlier.  I walked thro’ part of the medina again, seeing a couple more fondouqs (originally rooming houses upstairs, artisan workshops downstairs and camel stabling in the ...

... in a cab to quickly inspect the old part of town. Meknes is one of Morocco's 3 imperial cities, but the least important. Its Medina is smaller and less extravegant. Night is coming along quickly, as it begins to get darker. I made it to Bab el-Mansour, ...

... over the streets, diverting the traffic, including us from our planned route!  However, despite all the odds, we did find the Medina wall, entered through a gate and parked! The only problem, we had no idea where we were. There was a distinct lack ...

... that this is actually considered one of the better places as far as that goes. Hard to imagine. Then, we headed into the Medina. The narrow streets are completely maze-like, and donkeys have the right of way. Just walking around inside the markets is an ...

... finest Jalaba uniform for the occasion, he looked like an Arabic Jedi. Ahmed guided us to all the local artisans in the Medina, including a Tannery that were operated by an Indian guy to perfume shops to a carpet shop. The Tannery was interesting at ...

... perfecto para disfrutar de un reparador descanso que nos prepare para una jornada recorriendo las intrincadas callejuelas de la medina de Marrakech. Porque si hay algo que es imperdonable perderse al visitar la capital imperial de Marruecos, también ...

... room rate. Check in time at any time. Check out time 12.00 pm. You can reach the house in just 1h30 drive from Marrakech airport by a private transport arranged normally by Houssine or a public taxi by own arrangement from the airport or the ...

... meat eating ruin a wonderful lunch amongst international colleagues.   The rest of the evening was spent wondering through the Medina, old town, of Rabat.  Although we have been to a few Medinas in other cities, this experience was especially ...

... police the children had to crouch down in the back so he wouldn't get into trouble for having too many people in his car. The Medina was beautiful, exciting, enervating and we were glad we'd made the effort, with all our bags in tow, to get there. This ...

... (sharing with Elyse, Heather, Tamara, Kira, Tamlyn and Martin).  The hotel is right beside Djemaa el-Fna, a huge square in the Medina and the backdrop to one of the world's greatest spectacles...the open air food stalls. We went to stalls 97, 47 and ...

... the south close to the deserts of the High Atlas and Sahara, with amazing crimson buildings and streets. Marrakesh also has an old medina (I can't get Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina" out of my head!), though not as interesting as that of Fes, instead it ...

... greeted us with roads lined by orange trees (something which had Malini jumping for quite some time), our first glance at what the medina (old city) looks like, and the famous Djemaa el Fnaa square. Situated at the north end of the medina, the Djemaa el ...

... to avoid them. found the bus for Tafraoute left at 5:30pm (only 3:30pm). Decided to walk through some nice gardends near the medina wall and Ended up finding the CTM office near where the bus departs.  Decided to try and get out of staying the ...

... for a short rest before braving the crowds in the main square for dinner. Apparently 800,000 people live in the old city or Medina so it's no wonder the narrow streets and alleyways can get a bit crowded. Each evening the main square is transformed into a ...

... of people on bikes or foot passed in and out of one of these tiny passings. This passing was one of many in the old Medina/city of Marrakesh. Our time there was first spent by being dropped off and walked back to our hotel. I still remember the fear of ...

... huge bottles of water, we find our way to the restaurant by asking people for directions as we proceed through the labyrinthine medina. The meal is a set menu and very expensive, but fantastic flavors. The 14 tasting starter dishes were worth the whole ...

... have enjoyed thus far on the tour, but today is simply beyond belief! We head south of the city of Marrakech into the High Atlas Mountains. In just a few miles we reach the village of Tahanaoute, which is having its weekly market day today. It is our ...

... important trading center in Morocco in the late 11th century. Like other cities, Marrakesh has an old fortified city center (medina) and a modern city surrounding it (gueliz).  Two memorable places here were (1) Koutoubia mosque and (2) Jemaa el Fna ...