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Angle Arset Lamaach et Dr. Linares, Marrakech, 40000, Morocco
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Hi, is it only French and arabic that will work in Marrakech or is the younger generation speaking and understanding english?
We are going to Marrakech in the end of the year and are very thrilled :)
Is the area around Djeema el fna a good place to be staying when we are not locals?
Hope somebody can answer us :)
Best regards
It is handy to speak a little French but Arabic is tough. Take a phrase book of each language with you it will help.
But you have nothing to worry about as English is spoken here because of so many tourist. Never stayed around Djeema el fna area, nearest I stayed is on the main road in front of the Koutoubia or New town.
Hi,
staying near the Djemaa El Fnaa presents absolutely no problems whatsoever, it is even better as you're closer to the main sites and sounds.
We either don't speak French 9although a little) and never had problems in Marrakech.
I also would recommend staying in a riad in the medina to get the right 'Marrakech feeling'. And you are close (walking distance) to most of the sights.
happy travels
Jaap
A riad near el fna is an excellent choice. You will be OK with English in Marrakesh but it is good to learn a few basic words in French and Arabic - please, thankyou, hello etc - to be polite.
not a problem.
i stayed near jamaa el fnaa which is one of the most exciting places i have ever been and loads of people spoke english.
From the window of our room we can look straight down on the street, where street salesmen gather, such as this guy who sells all sorts of weird and wonderful things – the usual sweets, cigarettes and chewing gum, as well as nuts, dried fruit and some goods which I wouldn’t even start to guess at what are. I love watching the street life in the cities I visit, so I spend ages in the window just absorbing what goes on below me.
There are thousands of carpet stores in Marrakech, selling Berber carpets and kelims, mainly to tourists. The salesmen here are some of the sharpest in the world and will manage to squeeze every last dirham out of you. Most customers later find out too late that they paid far too much for purchases that they had no intention of buying before they were lured in by a smooth-talking salesman. I bought a yellow, Berber kelim for a fraction of the original asking price, but stilll paid double the amount a local would have paid.
My advice is completely ignore the initial asking price as it will probably be anything from five to ten times the value of the carpet. Pay no more than half of what you would expect to pay for a similar carpet in your own country. The salesman will still have made a handsome profit and you won't feel that you have been cheated.
Souk Zrabia is the traditional carpet souk, where the Berbers come in every week to sell their carpets at auction, so it is probably the best place to look.
We ended up in this cafe every day, if not or lunch then for a cold drink and snack to hide from burning sun.
Cafe was tended to by young local people. The food was somewhat western, but with the local twist and local ingredients.
We usually had great refreshing salad, coffee, ice cold water, and orange juice.
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From the cafe we could watch little market with it's bustling life and "funny" tourists walking in large groups behind lady holding a stick, umbrella or any other object high in the air..... hm... Salad was really good and erfreshing.
I must confess that I was not impressed by th Medina, in Marrakesh. After visiting Tetouan, Tangier, Casablanca, and specially Fes, this Medina seemed a common commercial quarter, without the strong sensations lived in Fes. Of course, for a first contact with Moroccan way of life the sensation may be totally different, but... this was what I felt.
'Mellah' is a name that is used for the Jewish
quarter in every Moroccan city. The word 'Mellah'
literally means the place where salt is sold.
The first 'Mellah' was in fez. After a riot the
population of this place changed in almost
strictly Jewish people. Later the word was used
for every Jewish neighbourhood all over the country.
If you cross the street from the 'Sagha' or Juwelers
gallery you can enter this covered market
with a lot of different goods. I loved the colors
and the atmosphere here. IF you want to buy
something , like spices , I advice you to have
a look around. For instance cinnamon is
4 steps further half as sheep as at the entrance.
Yes , I was surprised to see that some of the
stuff had price tags. :-)
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