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Cheap Hotels in Marrakech
Hotel Aday - 111, derb Sidi-Bouloukate, Marrakesh - Morocco. Tel. +212 524 441 920. A small, well-kept cheap hotel, pleasantly decorated in traditional style; something of an overflow for the nearby Medina and Essaouira, but actually a pretty good alternative to both of them. Hotel Afriquia -...
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Marrakesh Accommodation
There's a choice between staying in the Medina or the Ville Nouvelle (Gueliz), with further options in the hotel-dominated quarters of Hivernage or Semlalia, out on the Casablanca road, and a couple of places even further out, in the palmery. The Medina has the main concentration of cheap hotels,...
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Marrakesh Map and Transport
Once in the city, and despite its size and the maze of its souks, Marrakesh is not too hard to navigate. The broad, open space of Djemaa el Fna lies right at the heart of the Medina, and almost everything of interest is concentrated in the web of alley ways north and south of the square. Just to...
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Marrakesh – Getting There
Arriving at the train station, on the edge of the new town Gueliz, a petit taxi is a good idea, unless you fancy a fifteen-minute walk to the Gueliz hotels, or a longer walk or bus ride to the Medina; the taxi fare should be no more than 15dh ($20) to the Medina, less to hotels in Gueliz. The bus st...
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Marrakech History
The original date of Marrakech's foundation is disputed, though it was certainly close to the onset of Almoravid rule - around 1062-70 - and must have taken the initial form of a camp and market with a ksour, or fortified town gradually developing round it. The city's founder (as that of th...
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Marrakesh
Marrakesh – Known as being a pleasure city, a place where all people come to buy and sell and find ente...
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Tafraoute
TAFRAOUTE stands at the edge of a rambling palmery - quite unexpected after a rather barren approach over...
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Sidi Ifni
SIDI IFNI is uniquely interesting: a town that was relinquished by Spain only in 1969, after the Moroccan...
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Mirhleft
Heading south from Tiznit to Guelimim, you have a choice of routes: a fast inland road across scrubby des...
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Guelmim
GOULIMINE (also spelled Guelmim or Gulimime) sounds pretty exciting in the brochures: "The Gateway to the...
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Cheap Hotels in Marrakech
Hotel Aday - 111, derb Sidi-Bouloukate, Marrakesh - Morocco. Tel. +212 524 441 920. A small, well-kept cheap hotel, pleasantly decorated in traditional style; something of a...
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Marrakesh Accommodation
There's a choice between staying in the Medina or the Ville Nouvelle (Gueliz), with further options in the hotel-dominated quarters of Hivernage or Semlalia, out on the Casablan...
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Marrakesh Map and Transport
Once in the city, and despite its size and the maze of its souks, Marrakesh is not too hard to navigate. The broad, open space of Djemaa el Fna lies right at the heart of the ...
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Marrakesh – Getting There
Arriving at the train station, on the edge of the new town Gueliz, a petit taxi is a good idea, unless you fancy a fifteen-minute walk to the Gueliz hotels, or a longer walk or ...
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Marrakech History
The original date of Marrakech's foundation is disputed, though it was certainly close to the onset of Almoravid rule - around 1062-70 - and must have taken the initial form o...
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Marrakesh
Marrakesh – Known as being a pleasure city, a place where all people come to buy and sell and find entertainment. Marrakesh is a city of enormous beauty and excitement. Djemaa...
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Tafraoute – Getting There
Approached by beautiful scenic roads through the Anti-Atlas from Tiznit or Agadir, or on a newly surfaced and less traveled road from Igherm and Tata, Tafraoute is worth all the...
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Tafraoute – Moving On
Leaving Tafraoute, follow the "new road" out past Agard Oudad, turning left around 3km south of the village. This road climbs over the hills, with superb panoramas back across T...
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Tafraoute – Attractions
To the west of Tafraoute, the road along the Ameln Valley crosses an almost imperceptible watershed into a valley. At Ait Omar, a piste heads north to TIRNMATMAT, a welcoming vi...
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Tafraoute – Activities
The Ameln Villages are built on the lower slopes of the Djebel el Kest, between the "spring line" and the valley floor, allowing gravity to take the water through the village an...
