Hotel Atlas Medina

... 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, ...

... (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 ...

... 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 ...

... du client qui cherche à passer la nuit dans le calme et la sérénité des vieux villages berbères au pied des montagnes du Haut Atlas. Près d'une oasis de verdure. et à côté un témoin marabout l'année écoulée. dans la ville de taoirirt 1 km de ...

... water on our faces (I still can't get used to the pace of this trip), we headed out for drinks at a nice hotel that has a terrace overloking the Medina. We were hoping to make it there in time for the call to prayer at sunset, but we just missed it. The ...

... norte, llegamos al caótico Marrakech ya de noche y derrengados por el viaje. De nuevo, una agradable sorpresa. El hotel en la medina, riad, donde dormiremos es una pequeña joya escondida entre callejones estrechos y oscuros adarves. Riad Chi-Chi es ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... from the restaurant dropped us off at the square at 11pm and, as arranged, met us in exactly one hour – at midnight. We make it to the hotel just as we are about to turn into pumpkins! One more day of touring in this fabulous Kingdom yet to ...

... of the locals, who were very keen to take us there - again, up a crazy number of winding alleys, in the north-east of the medina. Our tour of the tanneries began pleasantly enough - a bloke welcomed us, shook our hands, and gave us sprigs of mint to hold ...

... the bus stop trying to entice us into their cabs instead. It was only a short ride to our accommodation, the Atlas Asni Hotel on Avenue Mohammed V, which was previously known as Avenue de France, presumably because it was modelled on French boulevards, ...

... nearly twice as expensive, yet most things are still substantially cheaper than in England. The palaces are towards the south of the medina, both uninhabited - there are a few royal palaces these days, but the public can't go in. The first was El Badi ...

... of North Africa at 4,165 meters. It is called Jbel Toubkal, and our activity today is to ride donkeys to a beautiful hotel called Kasbah Toubkal, where we enjoy a fabulous lunch on a terrace overlooking splendid panoramic views in all directions. Along ...

... It is fair to suggest that Marrakech can be roughly divided into two areas, the (walled) area of the old city, comprising the medina, main square, number one structure (Koutoubia), and then the new town, also known as Gueliz, where you'll find a cluster ...

I rise at 4:30am to send off the group of four leaving the hotel at 5 this morning. I get a couple more hours of sleep before arising to eat breakfast and send off the remainder of the group, departing the hotel at 10am. As we leave the hotel, we barge ...

... , and the group agrees to forego lunch in order to have more free time this afternoon to enjoy the pool at the hotel or do independent activities. We power through about five hours of nonstop visits, stopping occasionally for "comfort" breaks and water. ...

... decided to stay in the Ville Nouvelle or newer part of the city (created by the French) instead of in the medina in Fez. We stayed at the Grand Hotel de Fes which was obviously grand at some point a long, long time ago. Everything in our bathroom (sink, ...

... in order for the day, I checked out the terrace at the new hotel.  It provided a beautiful view of the Medina with the High Atlas mountains in the distance.  I introduced myself to a couple guys who were enjoying there breakfast on the terrace. ...