Marrakech Trip Overview
Marrakech is not world-famous for its monuments nor for its surprising museums, it’s rather a voyage to another world which impacts travellers. Marvel at the day to day of its inhabitants, stores and winding streets. Nevertheless, there are several attractions which cannot be missed.
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* Duration: 3 to 4 hours
* Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
Marrakech is not world-famous for its monuments nor for its surprising museums, it’s rather a voyage to another world which impacts travellers. Marvel at the day to day of its inhabitants, stores and winding streets. Nevertheless, there are several attractions which cannot be missed.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
Great travel will offer participants opportunities to sample the varied Geography and diverse urban environments of this fascinating city. between a morning departure at 9am or an afternoon departure at 2 pm.
Stop At: Saadian Tombs, Rue De La Kasbah, Marrakech 40000 Morocco
One of the most visited sites in Morocco is the Saadian Tombs which were only accessible
via the mosque next door. However, in 1917 they were opened to the public and can now
be accessed via a narrow passage that leads to an enclosed garden watched over by two
mausoleums that include more than one hundred mosaic decorated tombs.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Koutoubia Mosque, Rue el Ksour, Derb Sabai, 13, Marrakech 40000 Morocco
The centerpiece of Marrakech is the square tower of the Koutoubia minaret, attached to
the Koutoubia Mosque, built in the late 12th century. It’s not particularly high—about 250
feet—but it towers over the Medina thanks to a long-standing planning ordinance that
forbids any other building in the old city to rise above the height of a palm tree
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Palacio da Bahia, 5 Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid, Marrakech 40000 Morocco
This 19th century palace is elaborate in its decoration and was built over a period seven
years for
Ba Ahmed, the son of the Grand Vizier Si Moussa, there are row after row of
apartments—that once housed Ahmed’s harem—a trapezoidal garden, a huge tiled
courtyard, and many hidden treasures, both in the form of antique objects d’art and the
palace’s convergence of Andalusian and Moorish architecture.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
At the heart of Marrakech, filling the alleys north of the central square, are the souks, mile
after constricted mile of tiny, closet-sized emporia. The sheer number of shops is
overwhelming—100 of them in 100 yards. Every section of the souk has its own specialty,
with alleys devoted to everything from spices and ironwork to the ingredients necessary for
casting magic spells.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
Jemaa el-Fna, is the main open space in Marrakech, and as old as the city itself.
Jemaa el-Fna is now the city’s cultural epicenter, thronged day and night with a carnival of
local life, including snake charmers; dentists; scribes; herbalists; and entertainers. In the
evenings, the square becomes a venue for alfresco eating and entertainment of a bizarre
nature with troupes of costumed acrobats, storytellers, magicians, and semi-mystical
Gnawa musicians attended by small knots of wild-eyed devotees giddy on the repetitive
rhythms.
Duration: 1 hour
