Marrakech Madness

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May 17th 2009

Saved: June 29th 2010

Next destination: Marrakech, the pulse of Morocco. From Casablanca, we purchased two train tickets to Marrakech (168DH/$21). A few sweaty hours later, we arrived and asked a taxi driver to take us to the riad (guest house) we had booked in advance -- Riad Abbassia (online at ). Our taxi driver did not have a meter in his car and thus after negotiating what seemed a good price to us (200DH down... Read Full Entry

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Medersa Ben Youssef

The Medersa Ben Youssef is the one of the finest and largest Koranic boarding school in the Maghreb

Beautiful bronze door of the Medersa

David at the entrance of the Medersa

Inside the Medersa

Wall details

Details

Beautiful zellig tilework

Guardian of the Medersa

David in the Medersa

David at the window of a dorm room in the Medersa

Medersa

Marrakesh Museum

The museum is in the style of a Moorish house. It has a beautiful open courtyard with marble basins and a beautiful light fixture in the center.

Marrakech museum

The museum is laid out in the Dar Menebhi, a palace built at the end of the 19th century.

Marrakech museum

Almoravid Koubba Ba' Adiyn

This is part of a mosque which was demolished by the Almoravids in the 12th century.

Door in the streets of the medina

Door in the medina

Another beautiful medina door. Wonder what is behind it?

Turtles

We saw cages full of turtles everywhere at the market. We thought they were a food specialty but we were told that they were just house pets!

Streets of the Medina

Donkeys and motorcycles seemed to be the most common modes of transportation in Morocco.

Koutoubia Minaret

The minaret (230ft tall) is the highest building in Marrakech. Only muslims are able to enter the Mosque though.

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19th January 2010

Aldo Solari
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... and so we did ...
The ryads ("ryad" means "paradise") are built around the concept of "paradise". We just returned with my wife from Marrakech. Yet, we have to process all the wealth "stimuli" during eleven days in Marrakech. After the third day, we started to move onto the non-tourist places of the city. We love Morocco, the education and good character of the people, their culture (music, cusine, pastries, architecture ... you say it). All the best from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Aldo.

14th June 2010

Sophia
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Riad Abbasia
Dear Laure and David, Me and my boyfriend are going on holiday to Marokko.. And to Marrakech at Riad Abbassia! That's how I found your blog and photo's. I am really excited to go to Marrokko and especially to Marrakech. I cant wait to see how the Riad is looking! But if I look at your pictures, I am sure it's going to be just fantastic!!!

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