Thursday 25 February 2010

Travel Marrakech, Morocco

WHY MARRAKECH
Marrakech is the best option on the budget schedules for a real feeling of escape. Don’t come to relax, though. The skinny medina streets teem with hawkers, where £1 gets you 12.88 dihrams.

EXPLORE MARRAKECH
Start with mint tea (about 50p) at the Cafè de Paris, which overlooks the main square, the Djemaa el Fna. Catch it at dusk and you’ll see it come to life as food stalls, jugglers, storytellers and musicians set up their stalls. Grilled sausages or fish with heaps of salad is yours for a fiver anywhere in the square. To escape the hectic city streets head to the Majorelle Gardens, restored in the Eighties by Yves Saint Laurent (entrance £3).

SHOPPING IN MARRAKECH
There are few better places in the world to shop than Marrakech. Buy wrought-iron lamps, cedar-wood boxed, leather slippers and hand-painted ceramics, and expect to pay about 40 per cent of the asking price. If you hate bartering, head to Twizra on Bag Agnaou, where there are three floors with set prices.

STAY IN MARRAKECH
One of the best-value riads in the medina is Jnane Mogador, doubles from £35. Click here for latest offer on Hotels in Marrakech.

GETTING THERE
easyJet flies from Gatwick to Marrakech from £59.98 rtn.

Travel Marrakech, Morocco

1 comment:

  1. Prices at Twizra are not at all set; they are very high and you MUST barter, start at less than 25% and settle for 50% if you really WANT the piece offered

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