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This district is always lively thanks to the kids playing on the street. But be carefull, most of them already received money or other things from tourists and won't let you go until you give them something. But I don't know if it's a solution to give them something because they will always ask for more. Think of the tourists who will come after you ;-) You'll see that some kids are only nice when they expect something and they insult you if you don't give anything. Leave a Comment Address: Near place des Ferblantiers
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The Kasbah quarter is the oldest part of the city and once was a walled citadel around the royal palaces built by the Almohad Sultan Yacub el-Mansour. The wonderful gate Bab Agnaou gives entrance to this part of Marrakech. The main sights in this area are the El Mansouria (or Kasbah) Mosque - its minaret with the decorations and green tiles looks like the Koutoubia - and the Saadian Tombs.
But we liked this quarter very much; for us it was the most authentic part we visited; hardly tourists, a lot of Moroccans on the streets and on their way to the mosque for ‘another’ prayer. It is a crisscross of narrow roads, lined with chaotic shops and small restaurants, alleys and little (market) squares. Garbage is collected by open horse or donkey drawn cart, while meat is hanging outside the butcher’s shop.
We had a real Moroccan coffee in one of the small cafés, with ‘bad’ chairs and plastic tables. But people were really friendly and grateful for our visit. A bakery offered fresh baked bread or croissants or have a lunch on one of the roof terraces (woth view of some storks).
Take a side road and you will enter the more quiet residential areas When we walked around a Moroccan woman invited us into her home.
It was really fun to stroll around in the Kasbah, for us the most authentic part of Marrakech. Leave a Comment Directions: Southern part of the Medina, more or less between Bab Agnaou/El Mansouria Mosque and El Badi Palace
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The Qzadria Square is a small pedestrian only - means rather quiet - square officially belonging to the Jewish ‘Mellah’ quarter of Marrakech. Its name can de translated as ‘tinsmiths square’ and the square with its palm trees is indeed surrounded by shops and workshops, where craftsmen are busy making new and more lanterns; most of them in traditional Moroccan style.
Just north of the court - halfway on the way to Bahia palace - is the 'Sagha', a jeweller’s souk, but during our visit most of the shops were closed. Also nearby is a covered market - Souk el-Kheir - with a lot of food stalls, also selling chickens and other small stock. The stench inside the market was terrible and we had to ‘flee’ after a very short visit.
Qzadria Square has a couple of cafés/bars and is a nice place for a drink or a lunch. It is not as overcrowded and touristy as Jemaa El Fna. Leave a Comment Directions: Just north of the El Badi Palace - between Kasbah and Mellah - in the southern part of the medina.
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Our walk through the medina was mid morning during Ramadan religious fasting. The streets were not crowded which gave us an easy walk but did not present us with the normal busy activity within the medina which is what we were looking for as a tourist.
It would have been better to visit the Medina after sunset when the religious fasting is broken and normal activity commences. We were booked for the evening show at Chez Ali and this was the only opportunity we had to visit the medina. Leave a Comment
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Guéliz is the modern downtown area of Marrakech, also called Ville Nouvelle (New Town). It was built by the French during their Protectorate and meant to house the Europeans living in the city. It is named after the sandstone mined in local quarries with more or less the same red/pink colour like the walls and houses in the medina.
Avenue Mohammed V is by far the most important (and busiest) road in Guéliz, running from the Koutoubia Mosque and passing Bab Nkob. The road is lined with offices, travel agencies, rental car offices, banks, shops (in side roads also some boutiques), restaurants and sidewalk cafés. In and around the area are also a lot of (western style) hotels. The gift shops offer the same Moroccan/Berber souvenirs as anywhere else in town and contrary to what I had read we had to bargain as well.
The best thing we did in Guéliz was drinking a morning coffee on one of the pavement cafés, watching modern Guéliz life and eating a croissant from a confectionery. But that’s hardly enough to travel all the way to Marrakech. It was just a short visit and we were happy staying in the medina.
Guéliz is easy accessible from the medina by a ‘petit taxi’; it will cost 20 Dirham. Leave a Comment Address: GuélizDirections: Downtown area of the Ville Nouvelle (New Town).
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