Moroccan gastronomy
What to eat in Marrakech?
Moroccan gastronomy is very varied and colorful. Typical world famous dishes are couscous and tagines.
Couscous is made from semolina grains of wheat, mutton and / or chicken, as well as vegetables or eggs. Moroccans consider couscous to be the main dish on Fridays.
Tagines are named after the container in which food is prepared and served. This is a meat or fish stew with fruit or vegetables.
In Marrakech you can also taste other typical dishes such as salads, seasonal fruits, merguez sausages and sausages.
Pastries and tea
Tea is a drink that accompanies Moroccans on a daily basis. You can taste this traditional drink everywhere in Marrakech, you will even be invited to have tea in some shops and public places. The specialty is mint tea. If you like tea, you will certainly enjoy this moment of sharing.
Dinner at stalls in Jemaa el Fna
Many locals and tourists curious about Moroccan culture opt to dine at stalls located in Jemaa el-Fna Square at night.
The dishes sold there are typical of Marrakech; the food is fairly good quality and the prices are low, without being much cheaper than the prices displayed at nearby restaurants. If you want to soak up the ambience of the city, you can't leave Marrakech without having dined at one of the stalls one evening during your stay.
Priority to leisure
Nature to do everything!
The sites favored by nature are numerous around Marrakech. Varied, they allow you both to quench your thirst for adventure and to nourish you with culture and thrills! Sports enthusiasts, do not hesitate to go to the foot of Lake Lalla Takerkoust: the place is magnificent and gives you the opportunity to indulge in all kinds of water activities such as jet skiing and canoeing. In the surroundings, the Ouzoud waterfalls are also worth a visit. They are easy to access and are the perfect opportunity for a family outing: the waters that break from the heights make up a marvelous picture that enchants young and old. Finally, if you want to combine nature and culture, go to the altitude resort of Oukaïmeden: there, rock sites abound and are so many stops during a hike that gives you the opportunity to rest and to admire the art of the men of the Bronze Age. Marrakech is also that, a rich hinterland, enough to spend in the middle of treasures as only nature can discover!
The mountain as a playground
The ocher walls of Marrakech lean against the Atlas Mountains. These steep reliefs invite to adventure: we walk on their slopes, we cross them with air bridges and we also descend from snow-capped peaks.
For the more enduring, dare to climb the Djebel Toubkal. Under the guidance of a guide, you trudge on the trails, you sleep in a bivouac, finally, you reach the summit of the mountain: the views of the surroundings are magnificent and reward you for your efforts!
Backed by the Toubkal National Park, an eco-responsible nature reserve will welcome you with the largest aerial course in Africa. You will get your fill of sensations thanks to the zip lines, tree climbing and airlift!
The mountainous surroundings of Marrakech also give you the opportunity to indulge in the pleasures of skiing. Culminating at 3200 meters, the Oukaïmeden ski area offers all the expected amenities and allows you to ski the day before, in the evening, to join the gentler atmosphere of Marrakech.
Finally, 40 kilometers south of the city, Lake Lalla Takerkoust forms an ideal playground for motorized sports enthusiasts: quad rides, jet ski trips are organized there and guarantee their lots of sensations.
The hinterland of Marrakech is another world! A few minutes from the comforts of the city, you will discover a wild but welcoming nature, large spaces where you can exercise at leisure!
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Shopping in all its forms
In Marrakech, tradition and modernity always blend harmoniously. Shopping is no exception to this rule!
In the souks, you will discover an authentic trade: in front of the merchant, you negotiate local foodstuffs, works of craftsmanship matured by ancestral know-how. But, at the same time, a few steps from these shopping streets, the Guéliz district unfolds. Here, there is no longer any question of debating the prices of such and such an article! The biggest local and international brands, on the main arteries of the city or in shopping centers, open their doors to you and offer you jewelry, clothing and shoes. From store to store, you indulge in the exhilarating pleasures of shopping!
This union of tradition and modernity is found particularly in the conception of the design of some of the city's artisans. These give ancestral creations a new patina. They think them, revisit them. Thus, the metalwork arts that the Maillechort has completely renewed: this alloy of copper, zinc and nickel is particularly prized by Moroccan designers and is used as a base for mirrors, trays, also jewelry which is go perfectly with the most modern interiors and adornments.
From the crowded alleys of the souks to the sometimes luxurious shop windows of the Guéliz district, shopping is practiced in all forms in the ocher city!
Marrakech, a concentrate of Moroccan history
Bathed in the rosy glow of its adobe walls, the beautiful Marrakech opens its doors to all lovers of culture. Inside its walls, architectural masterpieces rise up, the humanities mingle. Marrakech is that, a mix of influences that come together at all times, a mosaic of colors where the wonders of the past and the present emerge.
Stroll through the city. Pass under a door to the medina and venture into the old quarter. This is where the historic heart of the former royal capital beats, where the famous Koutoubia minaret stands. Soaring towards the sky, culminating at 77 meters, it is the lighthouse of Marrakech, one of the lighthouses of Islamic art also since its design, its proportions have inspired both the Hassan tower in Rabat and the Giralda in Seville .
A little further, the Menara gardens, founded by the Almohad dynasty, are spread out: enjoy the freshness of the place, its alleys of olive trees. As the sun descends on the horizon, the place shines with an enchanting amber glow, apt to evoke the tales of the Thousand and One Nights!
Other beauties still line the streets. Lost in time, you marvel at these treasures bequeathed to the ocher city by history.