Marrakech Travel Doc Part 01

Marrakesh or Marrakech (Amazigh: Murakush, Arabic مراكش Murrakush), known as the "Red City", is a city / wilaya with a population of 1,036,500 (as of 2006), the capital of the mid-southwestern Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz (#11), near the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Until a few decades ago, Morocco was known as Kingdom of Marrakesh by Arabs, Persians and Europeans. European names of Morocco, Marruecos, Maroc, Marokko..etc are directly derived from the Berber word Murakush.

Marrakesh city has the largest traditional market (souk) in Morocco and also has one of the busiest squares in Africa and the world, Djemaa el Fna. The square bustles with acrobats, story-tellers, water sellers, dancers, and musicians, as well as drug lords by day; By night, the square turns into food stalls, becoming a huge open-air restaurant with busy life that include the infamous Ladies of the Night (prostitutes).

Like many North African and Middle Eastern cities, Marrakech comprises both an old fortified city (the médina) and an adjacent modern city (called Gueliz). It is served by Ménara International Airport (RAK is the code for the airport) and a rail link to Casablanca and the north.

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[aitouchen]

Maison MK in marrakech has been voted one of the “Top 100 Hotels in the World” by the Sunday Times Travel magazine, which is no surprise in light of this creative chic guesthouse owned by fashion photographer Paul Hopkins.

The classical Moroccan architecture of the riad was treasured and preserved during its renovation, but imaginative, curvy interiors and a sophisticated range of facilities prove Maison MK to be a very special boutique guesthouse....

maisonmk.com

[LostandFoundTravel]

@bartekkaj Boy that sounds fun.

[bartekkaj]

lllllllllove it! this year, by car, from Milton Keynes... to Poland, through Germny,France,Andora and Spain to..... Morocco!!! by Land Rover Discovery!!! enyone whant to join? message me!! start may or late may, three weeks

[zmazu]

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