Discover Marrakech

General information

Marrakesh is a city in the center of the north African state of Morocco. Located between the mountains of the High and Middle Atlas, between the Atlantic Ocean and the desert to the south, the climate of Marrakech is hot semi-arid.
Is the fourth most populated city after Casablanca, Rabat and Meknés. Throughout the old city, the Medina, was listed as a new UNESCO heritage formation in 1985.

Featured Hotels in Marrakech

The phenomenon of tourism has developed a lot over the years and is a significant revenue in the economy of the city. The accommodation facilities are many and of different categories, as in the following proposals:

- Hotel Atlas Asni - 4 stars
- Hotel Agdal - 3 stars
- Hotel Kenzi Farah - 5 stars

Wonders to see in Marrakech

This city has historical roots of Islamic tradition, and for this reason, in the Medina, the mosques are very numerous, and the greatest of these is the Koutoubia Mosque, built in 1120, with a seventy meters tall minaret, which was built about 70 years after and is much more decorated than the main complex.

The main square is, instead, Jamaâ El Fna, around which develops the old city and could be considered the nerve center of Marrakech.
During the day, in fact, a market filled with bacherelle selling goods, including fabrics ,dates, freshly squeezed orange, ostrich eggs; craftsmen are dedicated to their activities with their decorations in public, along with snake charmers, musicians and storytellers.

In low Medina, the area further south than the old city we find the Kasbah mosque containing two great mausoleums, with the Tombs Sadiane, where the tombs of al-Mansur and his children, his mother and Lalla Messaouda Mohammed al-Shaykh, the founder of the dynasty Saadi, and other tombs dating back to 1557.

Of particular beauty is, instead, the Garden Majorelle, made by French artist Jacque Majorelle, who gathered here his collection of plants from locations across the world.
Among the plants they include banana trees, jasmine, palm trees and expanses of red and purple bougainvillea, cactus, bamboo and coconuts. It 'a park to spend the day.
Today frequented by students and local families, the park is equipped with modern tools such as columns touch screen and free wifi .

How to reach Marrakech

The city is served by the train station which provides access to the cities of Fez, Rabat, Casablanca and Meknes. Marrakech-Menara Airport is served by numerous flights to the international airports of Madrid, Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, Cologne, Bonn or Frankfurt.