Towns /Cities / Sights around Marrakesh, Marrakesh

We were very excited to have a look in this village at the marketday. When we walked around, it was as if we were back in another era. These pictures are not from 1975, but made in 2000.
It was very crowded in the village indeed, but it was also easy to find some more quiet places at the edges of the village with only a few donkeys and local men around.

When we entered the market village Ouriki, we saw also at the the other side of the bridge a lot of ''parked'' donkeys of the local people, visiting the market. Never before I had seen so many donkeys at one spot.
When we saw the huge amount of donkeys in the oued and all the people at the bridge, we were prepared, that the market must be very crowded.

In 2000 we visited the village Ouriki, south of Marrakesh for the weekly local market. Many villagers from the surrounding villages visit this market.
When we crossed the river, before entering the village, we saw a large parking lot, not with cars ...., but with donkeys, many many donkeys,shoulder by shoulder.

If you enlarge the picture you will see it better.

On our way to Ouriki, one hour south of Marrakesh, we saw many fruittrees and agricultural fields in the green Ourika Valley. The villages looked very nice. The kasbah village on the picture we saw just before we reached Ouriki. The red colour of the buildings fits very well against the mountainslopes in the same colour.

I am not quite sure where this was, but is took us approx one hour by bus to get there. The whole place looks like a caravan site and you eat inside the tents, sit on lovely carpets and get the most devine food to eat.

From TANGIER, DON'T FORGET to explore CAPE SPARTEL - the extreme North-Westerly point of Africa, close to the famous Caves of Hercules and Cape Malabata.

Photo Below: That's me having a blast right here in beautiful CAPE SPARTEL.

Visit the lovely city of TANGIER.

Tangier has been called the Gateway to Morocco and has been designated as the country's summer capital by the late-King Hassan II. Overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar with a view of Spain's southern coast, Tangier is set upon a spectacular bay and has been a magnet for travelers and celebrities (the likes of Liz Taylor) for centuries!

Photo Below: That's me walking along the tree-lined seaside area... here in Tangier.

And yes, NEVER leave Morocco without exploring the ancient capital city of FEZ.... That's me standing outside the Palace gates.

If you want to know more about FEZ, please check out my 'MOROCCO' travel page. Thanks!

I found the little villages that we passed in the country side most charming. They kind of blended in with the landscape, same colour etc.