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Trips to Imperial cites,Atlas mountains and Camel trekking in the Desert Morocco
A Travel Blog by wide-experience
... 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 ...
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The Middle Atlas, Fez, and al-medina
A Travel Blog entry by jaredwall from Fez, Morocco
... 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 ...
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High Atlas & Marrakech
A Travel Blog entry by lyncraven from Marrakech, Morocco
... 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 ...
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Meknes - Funky Cold Medina
A Travel Blog entry by adrianmurray from Meknes, Morocco
... 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, ...
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Medina and mountains
A Travel Blog entry by travellin.light from Marrakech, Morocco
... 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 ...
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Lost in the Medina
A Travel Blog entry by segacs from Fes, Morocco
... 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 ...
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Achmed from the Fez Medina
A Travel Blog entry by bradmccartney from Fes, Morocco
... 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 ...
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La Medina que embelesa
A Travel Blog entry by opsviajera from Marrakech (Marruecos), Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Morocco
... 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 ...
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trekking in morocco /atlas mountains
A Travel Blog entry by trekmorocco from Marrakech, Morocco
... 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 ...
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Our crazy trip to Rabat, Marrakech, and the Atlas!
A Travel Blog entry by tamerin from Marrakech, Morocco
... 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 ...
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The Medina of Fes
A Travel Blog entry by susiewoo from Fes, Morocco
... 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 ...
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Volubilis, Fes, High Atlas Mountains and Marrakesh
A Travel Blog entry by andrewsinclair from Marrakesh, Morocco
... (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 ...
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Funky old medina
A Travel Blog entry by beck from Marrakesh, Morocco
... 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 ...
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The Land of the Atlas
A Travel Blog entry by vikram78 from Marrakech, Morocco
... 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 ...
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Mountain biking the Anti-Atlas Mountains
A Travel Blog entry by adamz from Tafraoute, Morocco
... 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 ...
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D's Birthday Day in the Atlas Mountains
A Travel Blog entry by gvnkelly from Marrakech, Morocco
... 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 ...
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medina
A Travel Blog entry by nick.iprogram from Marrakech, Morocco
... 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 ...
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Ait Ben Haddou to Marrakech
A Travel Blog entry by wareameye from Marrakech, Morocco
... 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 ...
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The Kasbah at Imlil / Farewell Dinner at Yacout
A Travel Blog entry by wareameye from Marrakech, Morocco
... 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 ...
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heart of the city
A Travel Blog entry by kathytan from Marrakech, Morocco
... 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 ...
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Atlas Medina & Spa Marrakech
Ave Hassan 1er, Marrakech, Morocco
... positive areas we found in our holiday. Dont worry about this hotel- staff are wonderful. Truly 5 stars from lgalvin This Atlas Medina & Spa in adjacent to the other 4 star Atlas hotel in Marrakesh, but is definitely better. The ...
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Dar Les Cigognes Marrakech
108 rue de Berima, Marrakech, Morocco
... We booked here on the strength of previous reviews, and our expectations were met and more. The location is superb ( all the Medina attractions are walkable ) and the feel of the building is stylish, comfortable and authentic Moroccan. It is a skilful ...
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