Marrakech Hostels

... are his only flaws, as far as we saw, and not the reasons why he is our favorite Moroccan). So, a quick two things about Marrakech.  First, the old part of the city (the medina) is completely functional, but it’s like time stopped 700 years ...

... besides a 15kg bagage limit, no food on board and no seat tickets, lowcost Ryanair is just like normal airlines. Finally Marrakech, 9:30, 20°C. After dogs having checked some baggage for money or drugs, we got some amount of inconverible dirhams (1e ...

... despite our knowledge otherwise, that the local bus is broken, not running, etc etc) we made our way through the Marrakech airport terminal. The architecture provided an intro to Moroccan ornament at an extreme scale. The terminal looks as though it were ...

... and confusing local transit options. We got into Marrakech around 8pm. This time we booked the Equity Point in Marrakech. It's a small chain with hostels in Spain and Asia. We paid 180dh which includeed breakfast. The place was huge. It had an indoor ...

... overbooked it, so for the first 2 stops, tons of us piled into the walkways for the standing room only experience. Finally got to Marrakech, and there was a huge group, so a few of us coerced everyone into splitting up. Got a taxi over to the old medina ...

... a large sweaty man who awkwardly hit on Nick by rubbing on his legs!!!  I'll try to explain later.) We arrived in Marrakech around 6 pm on Friday and our time here since has been awesome.  This truly is an amazing place.  With a few ...

... a feast of cheap merchandise, though if you want a good price you need to take some time (and a few deep breaths). At times, Marrakech is intimidating; mostly, though, it is charming. One thing you can say for certain is that you will not be bored.  ...

... the stones. Needless to say we parked up the road, walked back and took some photos over the fence... Now we are in Marrakech in Morocco. And what a culture shock it is (the biggest since we were in Cambodia). We are in the Medina, which ...

Today started at ridiculous o'clock in the morning, but everything went well at the airport and we landed in Marrakech around midday. It was supposedly 13 degrees when we landed but meh, the sun was out, it felt like summer! Passing through customs, the ...

... Even if I don’t think about it at the time, it always is. Yes, you are exotic. Get used to it. Flying over Marrakech I am further worried as it seriously looks like shanty town. The houses made of red or grey clay with falling in roofs, and covered ...

... lovely double room with a little sitting area and a nice bathroom. It was very comfortable and made a very nice change from the hostels we’d mostly been in. That afternoon we headed out for a walk around Marrakesh. We found ourselves in a giant ...

... know why.  Then this guy came up to me and offered to find me a room.  We must have went to 6 different hotels/hostels until I finally found one.  I gave him some money and thanked him. Sometimes it's worth paying just to get a place to ...

... He just brought out lots of couscous and food! It was a really relaxing and fun meal. That night, we walked around Marrakech; which was exactly what I envisioned when I envisioned the lively culture of Morocco. It was especially busy because of Ede. ...

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