Language - Arabic & French
by sue_stone
In preparation for my visit to Marrakech I tried to remember some Arabic words that I had learnt when I visited Egypt a few years prior. The only thing I could remember was 'La shukran', which means 'no thank you' - vital words required in cities such as Marrakech when you are constantly hounded to buy or look or follow!
So, besides that, I was a bit concerned about language issues during our stay, but was pleasantly surprised to discover that French was widely spoken, and that people automatically spoke to us in French, not Arabic. I can speak a smattering of French, and understand enough key words to get the gist of what someone is saying so we didn't have any issues. Almost all signs and menus etc that we saw were written in both Arabic and French (and sometimes English too) so that made life a lot easier, and we also found that most people we came into contact with spoke enough English for us to communicate. So don't worry too much about trying to learn Arabic - just brush up on your French and you will be fine.
Women clothes
by johnsakura about Clothes
You'll find lots of these type of dresses. The female djelabas are very feminine and look great. If you think like this: why should I buy one of these? if im not going to wear it on the streets of my town? it makes the perfect night dress to sleep.
Coffee and Cake
by TomorrowsAngel about Local Cuisine
There is a street vendor selling a hot spicy ginger drink with uncooked ginger brownie type cake. It's cheap and very addictive. All the men were lined up along the front of trays filled with coconut-encrusted dark balls of date/ginger.
By Day and By Night
by keeweechic
By day it is a live with snake charmers, henna artists, water sellers, fortune tellers and stalls. As the day goes on, the square gets busier but by early evening the day crowd starts to disperse to make room for the nights entertainment and food stalls and it all becomes like a bit huge restaurant with entertainment
Imported Tradesmen
by keeweechic
The palace is made up of 160 rooms opening off a maze of passageways and corridors. The bedrooms of the Harem varied in size depending on their importance. Some one thousand tradesmen were transported from Fez to work on the huge task which took around 15 years to complete
The Palace is also a favourite roosting ground for storks, seen all along the palace walls.
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Medersa ben Youssef
Cosmetic Pharmacy Notice & Phone Number
The Palmery
elaborate bronze entrance door,stucco and zellij
