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Morocco - Marrakech the Red City

Marrakech souq-

Marrakech , Marrakesh or Marrakech is a city in southwestern Morocco , is known as the "Red City", the "pearl of the south" or the "south gate".

Marrakech is a mythical and mystical place, a meeting place for explorers of unusual sensations and breathtaking. Let yourself be fascinated by the warm colors and the setting of the sun's magical Marrakech, the city of a thousand and one nights!

Like many North African cities and the Middle East, Marrakech has a fortified city (the Medina or Almedina) and an adjacent modern city (called Gueliz). It is served by Menara International Airport (RAK) and a rail link to Casablanca and the north.

To know Marrakech, the city should be lived. Diving into the nest of its busy streets, its markets and the people that seem to wander aimlessly or reason.

The former Imperial capital of southern Morocco is one of the most prestigious and emblematic cities of Morocco and today the epicenter of tourism in the country. Far from being an ancient city, was modernized and became a cosmopolitan city today.

Besides visited by tourists, is now home to many actors, artists, writers and politicians in their modern and luxurious residential neighborhoods found their refuge.

Marrakech is chameleon, a city that has many faces depending on the area where we are and even the time of day.

Despite the steady pace, is the setting of the sun Marrakech reaches its maximum splendor. When the light at the end of the day timidly invades the small streets of the souks (markets) and quickens the warm colors of spices, further enhances the geometric designs of carpets and awakens the heart of the city, the square Djema el-Fnaa.

Charms of the city of a thousand and one nights. Marrakech is the ideal setting to explore a world of unprecedented sensations and get lost in moments. Everything on this site appeals to awaken the five senses.

The explosion of warm colors of spices, the tempting aroma of street restaurants, the constant buzz of traders in the souks, the infectious rhythms of the drums that pack the dancers and the flute to charm snakes Berbers ... This stirring constantly invades Djema El -Fna, the heart of Marrakech. It's the end of the day that the city reaches its flagship maximum splendor, with a sunset, dazzling sun! Enjoy this magical time in a carriage ride through palm, feeling the caress of a slight breeze, is undoubtedly the most romantic tour of Marrakech.

Do not miss:
Place Jemaa el-Fna
This square is the emblem of the city and was classified as World Heritage by UNESCO.

In the morning hosts a vast market and in the evening, it attracts many visitors because of a huge and diverse outdoor show, with dancers, musicians, storytellers, fortune tellers, artists and snake charmers.

Come up traditionally, couscous, the national dish, mosli (roast lamb with herbs), brik (flaky pastry with egg), tagines (omelettes cooked in the oven), ojja (scrambled eggs with tomatoes and spices) and various fish specialties . We point out beyond the couscous Tangia. This is the name of a delicious meal of lamb-based stew with spices, cooked on fire all night. A treat not to be missed!

Candy, are based on almonds, honey and dates. Drink up mint tea, domestic beer, wines and liquors and also bourkha of figs and dates of thibarine.

Admire not only the end product but also the ancestral gestures of tanners skin tanneries in the souk. Here the centuries that nothing changes. Among the skins stretched in the sun on straw near the bowls, the craftsmen use continuously for saffron yellow, poppy red, indigo for blue and antimony for black. An essential look of the past.

Of the major articles are: Articles of leather, silver, carpets, articles of wood , silk or cotton. Do not forget to haggle over prices, the stranger here will not do! The haggling is almost a ritual of buying market (souk) and thus achieve a significant reduction in the price.

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