Marrakech has always been a marketplace for tribesmen and Berber villagers to bring their wares, spend their money and find entertainment. We spent a few days trying not to get lost in the labyrinthine alleyways of Marrakesh’s maze of covered market streets.
The narrow lanes of the Medina are crowded with scooters, bicycles, donkey carts, buyers and sellers……
Handmade leather Moroccan babouche slippers
Fossils and trilobites for sale – most of which are a tribute to Moroccan craftsmanship
The life of a pack animal in Morocco is hard
Djemaa El-Fna is the main square and market place in the heart of Marrakech’s Medina
Water seller
Locals gathering around performers and story tellers
Some of them had props which ranged from musical instruments (drums, guitars, horns) to a large vulture!!
At night it fills with food stalls
The Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakech’s most famous symbol
The twelfth century Bab Agnaou (Gate of the Slaves) is one of the nineteen gates into the walled city
The Majorelle Gardens were created in the 1920s and 1930s by French painter Jacques Majorelle and subsequently owned by Yves Saint Laurent
Ben Youssef Madrasa (Quranic school dedicated to the teaching of Islamic scripture and law), founded in the 14th century
Inside an ancient walled garden we found the Saadien Tombs
The Museum of Marrakech
The ruins of the once “incomparable” El Badi Palace
Storks are revered in Marrakech – their untidy nests can be found on many rooftops and on the ramparts of the city walls. According to an old Berber belief, storks are actually transformed humans. To this day the offence of disturbing a stork carries a three-month prison sentence.
The ornate and beautiful Bahia Palace
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