Historical and Cultural Marrakech Tours.

Whether you sojourn in Marrakech or you start your tour by it, or even if you end up in it; we suggest for you a very informative, extensive and in-depth tour that offers, at the same time, a good introduction and a digest to and of Moroccan spirit, culture, history, architecture, traditions and the daily life, through making you visit the main features of the red city Marrakech.
If you are short in time and looking to know more about all this, this is certainly the place you are looking for, and for all this we ar committed.
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Badii palace, “grandeur and decadence”, after his victory over th Portuguese at a famous battle known as the battle of the Three kings, king Ahmed Al-Mansor decided to treat himself to a palace of Arabian Night proportions. Chroniclers of the time described it as one of the wonders of the Muslim world. The palace however came to a sorry end. In 1680, the great work of art was plundered by another sultan to build his own lavish palace in a different place.

Bahia palace is a 19th century vast dwelling, built by Si Musa, the grand vizier of the Sultan of Morocco 1859.

The palace was enlarged by his son Ahmed Ben Musa known as Ba Ahmed who a regent; the effective ruler of Morocco as the Sultan was only sixteen.

Today, the palace is the most visited touristic site in Marrakesh.

The eight thousand meters square site contains Riads, courtyards, gardens, and corridors linking its different parts.

Built in in an Islamic and Moorish architecture style that was and still predominates the luxurious and lavish palaces and residences.

The Mellah quarter, (Jewish quarter) is part of the fabric of the city, a liminal space for the Muslims inhabitants of the city. This was an exclusive area for the Jewish community, and in which Muslims were allowed to enter in the daytime but remained closed at night, a space in which Muslims came to pursue economic activities and pay reverence to the Muslim saints found in the area, an area that Muslims identify with as part of Marrakech. Yet, it was also a space that was “betwixt and between” because, it was not a Muslim area.

The Mellah quarter of Marrakech is one of the biggest Jewish quarters of Morocco created by the Jews arrived from Spain and Portugal.

These Jews, known in Hebrew as the Megorashim, or the exiles, changed the make-up of the Moroccan Jewish by introducing new customs.

The Koutoubia Mosque is a masterpiece of Spanish-Moorish art, this Moorish jewel was born out of the whim of the Almohad sultan, Abd el-Mumin.
Completed by the sultan’s grandson, Yakub al-Mansor

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• All sights mentioned are stroller accessible except for the Culinary arts museum they are left to a keeper there while visiting.

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• Admissions fees to the sites are not included in the price, in general they cost around 10 USD each

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• This Tour is Provided by Features of Marrakesh.
• Tour Timezone & Starts at Africa/Casablanca.
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• Minimum 1 Travelers is required to book.
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