Marrakech

Travel tips for Marrakech (5)

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  Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech

  A garden of cacti, palms, bamboo and lily ponds created by the French painter Jacques Majorelle from the 1920s, around his studio painted i…

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  Jemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech

  The great square at the heart of Marrakech's medina, one of the most exciting places on Earth.

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  Souks of the Marrakech medina

  North of Jemaa el-Fnaa, the medina is a remarkable maze of covered souks, each lane devoted to a craft: leather, spices, lanterns, carpets,…

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  Bahia Palace, Marrakech

  A 19th-century palace built for a grand vizier, with courtyards, gardens of orange trees and rooms decorated with the finest Moroccan craft…

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  Ben Youssef Madrasa, Marrakech

  A 16th-century Islamic college, the largest in Morocco, with a courtyard of carved cedar, stucco and zellige tiles around a pool, and tiny …