Hotel Menara Marrakech

Day 2 of the adventure - still at the Es Saadi Hotel in Marrakech. Today we started with a horse-drawn carriage tour of the city.  We rode over to the Menara Gardens, leaving our carriages across the street with a little pony and horse ...

... , included in our room rate, on the roof.  This was always a pleasurable experience.  In particular, Marrakech Riad's provided a better breakfast than any other hotel we experienced in the country.  It was a relaxed way to start each ...

... (the smells were much stronger than Fes ; possibly because in Fes we were about 4 stories above the actual tannery, but in Marrakech they were street level), we saw the "local" souk, and were basically the only tourists walking around the area for about ...

... to see it all at night. In the afternoon we took a walk in the opposite direction, to the Menara Gardens, about 20 minutes walk from our hotel. These are free gardens, but not really what you'd expect for "gardens". Its mainly orchards and olive ...

... fantastic. If you are coming to Marrakech, you absolutely must eat here. Check it out at toscamarrakech@menara.ma. The address is 4 rue Badr, Gueliz, Marrakech. Phone: +212.524.430.039. Adorable Chistopher is the manager, and he and his excellent staff ...

We left Heathrow on time, bound for Casablanca and a connecting quick flight to Marrakech. I was wide awake a couple of hours later when we dropped into Marrakech at twilight. I'd seen the red hills of Africa and the Mediterranean from the air. ...

Depois da terrivel viagem de ontem/hoje apesar de ainda cansados chegou a hora de conhecer Marrakech. Nos hospedamos no Hotel Kenzi Agdala Medina, um grande hotel que apesar de longe da Medina (ao contrário do que o nome diz), é novo, amplo, ...

... the stifling humidity in Rome and wanting to stay longer. Fortunately, I will be returning to Madrid right after Marrakech. I arrive in Marrakech Menara Airport at 5 pm. Expecting a prickly, desert-like heat, the climate in Marrakech was actually quite ...

... Christmas Day in the Northern Hemisphere! For a Christmas delight we attempted to navigate our way through the new part of Marrakech, the gueliz, and reach the Majorelle Gardens, which all our guidebooks had been raving about. It was certainly popular ...

... tourism....better structures, roads and signs.  Definitely a tourist town!  We grabbed taxi's for the quick ride to the hotel and dumped our stuff, I was eager to explore.  We are staying just outside the old city walls, which is handy for ...

... were gone. We just looked around for a bit before heading back. The next day we toured around the city of Marrakech. We started out by going to the Menara Gardens. It was a little pavilion on the edge of an enormous pool. It is considered the gates to the ...

... to be on an agenda any more. The group had departed at some God forsaken hour this morning so it was just me and Marrakech now.   Decided to spend the day sightseeing by hopping on and off the open topped buses that navigated the city. Highly ...

... spent our time exploring the city, the tombs of the Saddian rulers, the 19th century very ornate Bahia Palace and fabulous Menara Gardens. A very vibrant and friendly city, very used to tourists and very welcoming. The old part of Marrakesh reminded me ...

... was still dark. I woke up at a quarter to five in the morning, and took a taxi to the airport, arriving by six. Marrakech's sleepy little Menara airport was pretty quiet at that hour, with none of the airline service desks open yet and only a few frantic ...

... places, friendly cafes, numerous crafstmen and the delicious fresh fish make this a charming place to visit.Night in hotel. 10th day:Essaouira-Marrakech Traveling to Marrakech...Check into Hotel the rest of the day will be free. 11th day: ...

... expression and mystical force. On my last day, I visited Menara. Set slightly out of town, Menara offered a pleasant escape from busy Marrakech. It had a rectangular pool that looked stunningly attractive with the towering Atlas Mountains in the ...