My Ultimate Guide to Marrakech - Part 2
Ok, so my travel guide is shaping up just fine. In this sequel I would like you to get familiar with what I'm going to write about an how I'm going to introduce every attraction I feel it's well worth introducing in Marrakech. Enjoy! Comment! Ask! Suggest!
Unlike the regular Top 10 model I thought to do
things differently this time. That’s exactly why I will be segmenting my
Ultimate Marrakech Guide according to the following categories:
About the Marrakech travel guide's structuring
Unlike the regular Top 10 model I thought to do
things differently this time. That’s exactly why I will be segmenting my
Ultimate Marrakech Guide according to the following categories:
- Top 5 Marrakech landmarks for great and authentic photoshoots: because it’s natural everyone wants to make
some outstanding photos of Marrakech of some outstanding and history things
which will mean a lot later one when you look back on the photos. These
also provide the scene for some of the most beautiful professional
photographs you can see on photo sites.
- Top 5 places in Marrakech to learn about arts and history: Marrakech is very rich in culture and
therefore it’s also rich in great museums and other historical sites which
you ought to check out.
- The best places to feel the mystical oriental side of Marrakech: ok, so all in all, this is the main
reason people visit Morocco. To feel that mystic Arabic, Islamic, Middle
Eastern, African blend of cultures you cannot experience anywhere else but
in Morocco. This is the blend of just everything, the old narrow streets,
the Muezzin chanting the Adaan ( call for prayer), the smells, the sight
of everything so foreign to our eyes and our senses. I will represent you
with the best ever places you can really dig deep and experience this
mystic side of the city.
I feel this will make the whole guide way easier
to go through according to personal preferences.
What you need to understand about Marrakech
Marrakech is a very big city with lots of alone-standing
districts. Unless you have a close friend living there you won’t see much of
these because the touristic areas are limited to the downtown area and the
Medina. As the city was the centre of the French too while Morocco was a French
colony, the name of everything is either in Arabic or in French and French is
also the primary language everyone speaks, though they are getting better in
English too these days.
There are mainly 3 districts where tourists
generally move, namely:
- Güeliz: the modern city centre
district of Morocco with the Railway Station and Central Bus Station also
located in here.
- Médina : it has 10 different small
districts and from the South-West it’s bordered by the charming Jamaa El
F’na which makes it all the easier to get there.
- Districts between Médina and Güeliz:
Bab Doukkala, Rmila, Mouassine, Riad Laarous, Bab Taghzout: these are the
districts with the highest numbers of Riads, though most of these are
still technically considered as part of the Médina.
- Ville Nouvelle ( as an extra for shopping and shopping centres and some great cafés - watch out for my Cooking Morocco blog where I will soon release a Marrakech culinary guide!
The largest density of things/attractions to see
is definitely in the Medina area. This is where you will get to see the highest
number of attractions without having to take a cab. We will start up with the first 5 attactions.
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