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Published: November 12th 2011
During our trip to Marrakesh, we visited Djemaa el-Fna several times, both during the day and night.
During the day, it's rather calm. It's really a huge square, where you can hang around.
From there you can do a little tour with the calèches or walk to the Koutoubia. Since the minaret of the Koutoubia is nearly 70 meters high, you can use it as a reference point when walking around. Atop of the minaret there are three copper balls, thought to be originally made of gold. The story goes that this was a gift by a wife of a sultan for breaking her fast during Ramadan.
The best moment to explore Djemaa el-Fna, is after fall of the night. When you smell the food being prepared in the food-stalls, you know the action is going to start. In fact we liked it that much, we spent basically every night around the square. We got our evening diners on the terraces in the restaurants just beside the square, with great view, so you can see what is going on. Afterwards we just walked around, feeling the atmosphere when looking at the musicians, fortune-tellers, snake-charmers, medicine-men,... This was the main
Koutoubia
Marrakeshreason we wanted to see Marrakesh, so we fully enjoyed it...
We can recommend the fresh orange juice (that you can buy on the square) to everyone. Very cheap but o so tasty! Strange to see that each stall has his own number. Also, if you want to buy dates, dried frigs and walnuts, the square is definitely the place to go.
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