MOROCCO - Marrakesh
or Marrakech
Marrakech (or Marrakesh), a former capital city, is the third largest city in Morocco, after Casablanca and Rabat, and lies near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. The old medina is a densely packed, walled medieval city dating to the Berber Empire with mazelike alleys where thriving souks (marketplaces) sell food, traditional textiles, pottery and souvenirs. Food vendors line Djemaa el-Fna, a broad square where storytellers, snake charmers and musicians perform.
BEST TIME to VISIT MOROCCO
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to MARRAKESH
From April to October (hot in summer)
Koutoubia mosque
place Jemaa el-Fnaa - get a fresh juice
place Jemaa el-Fnaa
Souk (market) - spices
pool in a riad
Souk (market) - spices
place Jemaa el-Fnaa - Snakes show
Refueling before delivery
One of the gate of the Royal Palace
restaurant
storks in the Medina
place Jemaa el-Fnaa - Strange offer !
Souk (market) - olives
Souk (market) - colorful slippers
selling tomatos in a horse carriage
place Jemaa el-Fnaa - overview
horses carriage for tourists
Koutoubia Mosque with Atlas mountains
Majorelle gardens
relax
city walls
Garden
horse carriage for tourists
typical moroccan cuisine : the excellent tagine
Motobike
Moroccan cuisine : the Pastilla - just try it !
Djemaa El-Fna - Snake charmer with a cobra and a viper
Djemaa El-Fna - Snake charmer - Cobra drinking water
Djemaa El-Fna - Do you want to try a non poisonous snake around your neck ? don't forget the selfie
City walls - Gate
gate
selling Fruits
Mosque
typical moroccan architecture
Saadian Tombs
El Bahia Palace - ceiling
El Bahia Palace
El Bahia Palace - window
El Bahia Palace
Riads (or Ryads) are traditionnal house and many of them have been transformed in hotels or guest houses
Stairs in a riad
ceiling in a riad
place Jemaa el-Fnaa - this costume was used by water vendors (water was in the goat skin and the customer was drinking in the copper cups. Today they are looking for tourists to be paid for a picture.
relax at the pool
shopping
the souks - serving tea
El Bahia Palace
Saadian Tombs
Saadian Tombs
Saadian Tombs
Djemaa El-Fna - Souk - spices
Djemaa El-Fna - Snake charmer - Cobra and viper
woman
Djemaa El-Fna - snakes show
Koutoubia Mosque
El Bahia Palace
El Bahia Palace
El Bahia Palace
El Bahia Palace
El Bahia Palace
El Bahia Palace
El Bahia Palace
El Bahia Palace
place Jemaa el-Fnaa
place Jemaa el-Fnaa
shop at night
donkey carriage for deliveries in the kasbah
carpet shop
Musée des confluences is located in a former palace
an old lady on a motorbike
mosque
one of the gate of the Kasbah
Try the Pastilla, a sweet and salted dish - excellent
relax at the swimming pool
Horse carriage for tourists
the famous Koutoubia mosque
Gate
a horse carriage is entering in the Kasbah
breakfast
restaurant on a rooftop
sunset
Place Jemaa-El-Fna owes part of its fame to traditional snake charmers. The imposture of their talent would only be magic if it did not induce the mistreatment of cobras, striking vipers and others, for the purpose of the perpetration of a very dubious medieval spectacle. Snakes are deaf and cannot hear music. The "charmers" therefore charm only tourists who are not informed of the real customs of these remarkable species.
When taken from the wild, most of these animals have their venomous hooks torn off, causing abscesses that cause slow, painful death. These snakes, as they are handled in Place Djemaa El Fnaa (and elsewhere), are forced to systematically adopt an absolutely stressful defense position, and they die ALL and without exception of exhaustion after a few months, two or three at the most. These vipers were like rubber when the man touch them, probably dying or dead.
Morocco is well known for its spices - here a spice shop
Ceramic shop
spice shop
spice shop
Riad (or ryad) are traditional houses, often transformed in guest houses or hotels
spice shop
Medina - Gate
royal palace - one of the entrance
Medina - gate
Medina - view with a mosque
moroccan style hotel
Medina - Gate
Musée des Confluences is located in a former old palace
fountain with roses in a riad
Musée des Confluences is located in a former old palace
the famous Koutoubia minaret
The Majorelle Garden (French: Jardin Majorelle) is a two and half acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden
The Majorelle Garden (French: Jardin Majorelle) is a two and half acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden
The Majorelle Garden (French: Jardin Majorelle) is a two and half acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden
The Majorelle Garden (French: Jardin Majorelle) is a two and half acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden
The Majorelle Garden (French: Jardin Majorelle) is a two and half acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden
The Majorelle Garden (French: Jardin Majorelle) is a two and half acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden
The Majorelle Garden (French: Jardin Majorelle) is a two and half acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden
The Majorelle Garden (French: Jardin Majorelle) is a two and half acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden
YSL Yves Saint-Laurent museum
The Yves Saint Laurent Museum (YSL) in Marrakech is a museum dedicated to the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent
The Yves Saint Laurent Museum (YSL) in Marrakech is a museum dedicated to the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent - The french actress Catherine Deneuve was one of his muses
The Yves Saint Laurent Museum (YSL) in Marrakech is a museum dedicated to the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent