Marrakech City Guide - Long Weekend, Marrakech, Morocco
This Marrakech city guide gives you an honest insight into our first impressions of Marrakech, highlights, details of our itinerary, useful links and top tips. We hope you enjoy!
Welcome to Marrakech! - ‘The red city’. This bustling vibrant city is full of life, tradition, music and colour. Learn about centuries of Islamic history and culture. Explore the souqs, lose yourself in the maze of the medina and relax in the wonderful restaurants and gardens.
Marrakech is the 4th largest city in Morocco with a population of just under 1 million; 20 percent live within the medina (the old town), and 80 percent in the new town, where there are roads, pavements, apartments and villas.
We decided to book this weekend getaway because we saw that EasyJet were flying from Bristol and a return flight was only £89.
We opted to book a riad stay at Riad Adriana £288 for 3 nights. This wasn’t the cheapest riad, but it had a great score and fantastic reviews.
The owner, Melanie, is very helpful and organised a transfer from the airport to the riad and dinner for our arrival.
As we only had 2 whole days, I did my research and asked for recommendations for the best things to do. We booked a free walking tour with GuruWalk for our first morning. We made reservations for Le Jardin and Dardar restaurant, bought tickets for Jardin Marjorelle and arranged a private hammam and massage (see links in our itinerary). ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
Welcome to Marrakech! - ‘The red city’. This bustling vibrant city is full of life, tradition, music and colour. Learn about centuries of Islamic history and culture. Explore the souqs, lose yourself in the maze of the medina and relax in the wonderful restaurants and gardens.
Marrakech is the 4th largest city in Morocco with a population of just under 1 million; 20 percent live within the medina (the old town), and 80 percent in the new town, where there are roads, pavements, apartments and villas.
We decided to book this weekend getaway because we saw that EasyJet were flying from Bristol and a return flight was only £89.
We opted to book a riad stay at Riad Adriana £288 for 3 nights. This wasn’t the cheapest riad, but it had a great score and fantastic reviews.
The owner, Melanie, is very helpful and organised a transfer from the airport to the riad and dinner for our arrival.
As we only had 2 whole days, I did my research and asked for recommendations for the best things to do. We booked a free walking tour with GuruWalk for our first morning. We made reservations for Le Jardin and Dardar restaurant, bought tickets for Jardin Marjorelle and arranged a private hammam and massage (see links in our itinerary). ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Marrakech City Guide - Long Weekend
Guide Location: Morocco » Marrakech
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Joanne Roberts
Read it on Author's Website: https://diytravelagent.blog/2024/02/04/marrakech-city-guide-long-weekend/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: Morocco » Marrakech
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Joanne Roberts
Read it on Author's Website: https://diytravelagent.blog/2024/02/04/marrakech-city-guide-long-weekend/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Jemaa el Fnaa
- Jardin Marjorelle
- Riad Adriana
- Secret Garden
- Museum of Marrakech
- Bahia Palace
- Riad Al Ksar and Spa
- Medina
- Le Jardin restaurant
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Insider Tips Overview
