Marrakesh
A walled medina that becomes a different city after dark. Bargain hard, get lost on purpose, and book a roof for the evening.
Marrakesh in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Marrakesh
Where to stay in Marrakesh
Marrakesh in a day, two days, three
Landmarks in Marrakesh
The Bahia Palace is a mid to late 19th-century palace in Marrakesh, Morocco. The palace was first begun by Si Musa, grand vizier under the Alawi sultan Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, in the 1860s. It was expanded by his son Si Ba Ahmed ibn Musa, grand vizier of Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz, between 1894 and 1900.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Mar 2026
Val Traveler · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jemaa el-Fnaa, also Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa, is a square and market place in the medina quarter of Marrakesh, Morocco. It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 23 May 2026
Boris Macek · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque is an oil on canvas painting by Winston Churchill, from 1943. It depicts a view of the Kutubiyya Mosque, in Marrakesh. The painting, the only one Churchill undertook during the Second World War, was completed on 25/26 January 1943, during a visit to the city by Churchill and President Franklin D.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 27 Jun 2026
The Majorelle Garden is a one-hectare (two-acre) botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakesh, Morocco. It was created by the French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle over almost forty years, starting in 1923, and features a Cubist villa designed by French architect Paul Sinoir in the 1930s. The property was the residence of the artist and his wife from 1923 until their divorce in the 1950s.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 7 Aug 2026
Viault · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marrakesh or Marrakech is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh-Safi region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Sep 2026
Acp · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Saadian Tombs are a historic royal necropolis in Marrakesh, Morocco, located on the south side of the Kasbah Mosque, inside the royal kasbah (citadel) district of the city. They date to the time of the Saadian dynasty and in particular to the reign of Ahmad al-Mansur (1578–1603), though members of Morocco's monarchy continued to be buried here for a time afterwards.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 19 Jul 2026
C messier · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Bahia Palace is a mid to late 19th-century palace in Marrakesh, Morocco. The palace was first begun by Si Musa, grand vizier under the Alawi sultan Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, in the 1860s. It was expanded by his son Si Ba Ahmed ibn Musa, grand vizier of Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz, between 1894 and 1900.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Mar 2026
Val Traveler · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jemaa el-Fnaa, also Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa, is a square and market place in the medina quarter of Marrakesh, Morocco. It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 23 May 2026
Boris Macek · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque is an oil on canvas painting by Winston Churchill, from 1943. It depicts a view of the Kutubiyya Mosque, in Marrakesh. The painting, the only one Churchill undertook during the Second World War, was completed on 25/26 January 1943, during a visit to the city by Churchill and President Franklin D.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 27 Jun 2026
The Majorelle Garden is a one-hectare (two-acre) botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakesh, Morocco. It was created by the French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle over almost forty years, starting in 1923, and features a Cubist villa designed by French architect Paul Sinoir in the 1930s. The property was the residence of the artist and his wife from 1923 until their divorce in the 1950s.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 7 Aug 2026
Viault · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marrakesh or Marrakech is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh-Safi region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Sep 2026
Acp · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Saadian Tombs are a historic royal necropolis in Marrakesh, Morocco, located on the south side of the Kasbah Mosque, inside the royal kasbah (citadel) district of the city. They date to the time of the Saadian dynasty and in particular to the reign of Ahmad al-Mansur (1578–1603), though members of Morocco's monarchy continued to be buried here for a time afterwards.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 19 Jul 2026
C messier · CC BY-SA 4.0
From the airport
When to go to Marrakesh: Mar or Apr or Oct or Nov
Warm days, cold desert nights, no summer furnace.
Guides about Marrakesh
Three days in Marrakech with the Majorelle ticket tiers, the taxe de sejour collected in cash, and the phrase that gets a petit taxi to use its meter.
Yasmine Belkacem · 3 Sep 2026
The Sahara is not a day trip from Marrakech and half the tours sell it as one. Six trips that work, the drive times, and what the desert actually needs.
Yasmine Belkacem · 2 Sep 2026
Marrakech, the Sahara and Fez in 10 days. The trains that work, the desert drive that eats two days, and the nightly tax collected in cash.
Yasmine Belkacem · 2 Sep 2026
The riad is the reason to come and it is not right for everyone. What a riad actually is, which medina quarter, and when Gueliz is the better answer.
Yasmine Belkacem · 2 Sep 2026