If you’re traveling to Morocco, Marrakech is one of the destinations required, since it is impossible to conceive the full essence of the undiscovered country of its most historic cities. Located at the foot of the Atlas, this city of over a million and half people has numerous world heritage monuments.
The origin of Marrakech in 1062 occurs when one named Yusuf Tashfin morávide pitched his tent in the place and raised a palm of that arise after the city. Marrakech is a very touristy city with hundreds of people trying to hand-held camera photographing everything. If you want to capture the true essence of the place it is recommended that you set aside a little from the crowd and let yourself lose its streets and its culture.
In their markets and souks you can find everything: snake charmers, charlatans, street vendors, henna tattoo artists, all kinds of fruits and exotic juices. If you want to see you can visit several monuments: The Tombs Saadi (a cemetery in the Saadi open to the public for the first time in 1917), the palace of the Bay (Bay comes from the most beautiful, referring to the most beautiful concubine Ba Ahmed, a vizier of Morocco in the late twentieth century), the medina or the Jewish Quarter.
But surely the heart of all Marrakech is the Jemaa el Fna A symbol of identity of this city, where people go to get involved in their frantic commercial and social activity. If you want to buy and haggle in the souk of the Jemaa el Fna square at the entrance of the Medina, you can find almost anything. If you find a good fun atmosphere, with a large number of cafes and tea houses.
Before you go, do not miss the adobe walls of the city that change color during the day as sunlight is incident, the royal palace and gardens of Menara. Finally say that Marrakesh has more than 300 mosques, among which are the Ben Youseff and booksellers. You can find more information about Marrakech on the official website for tourism in Morocco or nomadic path, where our friends took a trip recently.
