Palm Plaza Hotel Marrakech
Zone Hoteliere de l'Agdal 1, PO.BOX 1419 Bab Agnaw Marrakech, Morocco
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Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel!
... could be as big as 10,000 camels! Women's carpet weaving co-ops are scattered along the route. We stopped at a couple and bought a very nice rug at the shop in Agna. It is a large, pile knot rug measuring at about 2.5m x 2m. Prices at these shops are fixed and the asking price was 1,750D, which is slightly over $200. The flat weave rug we purchased on our DIY day trip to Tangier three years ago was $700 after some very ...
Across the Atlas to the Real Morocco
... road to through the mountains. The car is a Peugeot 207, a whimpy compact car that winds up to 3,500 rpm at 100 kph. It is not made to go very fast, which is fine since there are traffic cops with radar everywhere and avoiding any encounters with the Moroccan police is a high priority. We rented the car through Autoeurope; Avis is the agency. The car is on the spendy side at $546 for the week but still far less than an excursion for four. We chose to pick ...
All Roads Lead to Marrakech
Since Marrakech is the hub of central Morocco there seemed no getting around another stop there. We booked a couple of rooms at the same hotel we had previously and set out on the LPG-recommended walking tour. About all we got done on the list of eight sights was the palace. It looked very much like the Alhambra in Granada, Anadalucia, only on a miniture scale and not on a hill top. But the intracate plaster carvings, wood work, tile work, and Moorish architecture were no less impressive. ...
All Aboard the Marrakech Express!
... to escape through the crowd but they cut us off and started painting Dorrie's and Alta's hands.
"How much for this?" I ask.
"1,000 diraham each sir" (that's about $120).
"STOP STOP STOP STOP!!!!"
"no we only joke you"
Me - "how much?" again
"we give you good deal. Pretty women you have here"
"how much NOW!"
They continue to frantically paint their hands. Dorrie and Alta struggle to get free but these ...
Oh let the sun beat down upon my face . . .
... stay in villages or in caves in the mountains. The women work a maximum of 2 hours per day make the carpets. It was reiterated a few times that Berber carpets are “quality, not quantity.” And quality they are, one large carpet will take about 6 months to create, all from a mixture of lamb wool, camel wool and agave silk. The Berber did not try the hard sell at all, they were happy to just have the publicity. Of course, that did not stop our group from collectively spending ...



