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Marrakesh - "Morocco City", as early travellers called it - has always been something of a pleasure city, a marketplace where the southern tribesmen and Berber villagers bring in their goods, spend their money and find entertainment. For visitors it's an enduring fantasy - a city of immense beauty, low, red and tentlike before a great shaft of mountains - and immediately exciting. At the heart of it all is a square, Djemaa El Fna, really no more than an open space in the centre of the city, but the stage for a long-established ritual in which shifting circles of onlookers gather round groups of acrobats, drummers, pipe musicians, dancers, storytellers, comedians and fairground acts. However many times you return there, it remains compelling. So, too, do the city's architectural attractions: the immense, still basins of the Agdal and Menara gardens, the delicate Granada-style carving of the Saadian Tombs and, above all, the Koutoubia Minaret, the most perfect Islamic monument in North Africa.
Unlike Fes, for so long its rival as the nation's capital, the city seems much more rooted in the present than the past. After Casablanca, Marrakesh is Morocco's second largest city and its population continues to rise. It has a thriving industrial area and is the most important market and administrative centre of southern Morocco. This is not to suggest an easy prosperity - there is heavy unemployment and poverty here, as throughout the country - but a stay in Marrakesh leaves you with a vivid impression of life and activity. And for once this doesn't apply exclusively to the new city, Gueliz ; the Medina , substantially in ruins at the beginning of the twentieth century, was rebuilt and expanded during the years of French rule and retains no less significant a role in the modern city.
The Koutoubia and Saadian Tombs excepted, Marrakesh is not a place of great monuments. Its beauty and attraction lie in the general atmosphere and spectacular location - with the magnificent peaks of the Atlas rising right up behind the city, hazy in the heat of summer and shimmering white with the winter snow.
Marrakesh has Berber rather than Arab origins, having developed as the metropolis of Atlas tribes - Maghrebis from the plains, Saharan nomads and former slaves from Africa beyond the desert, Sudan, Senegal and the ancient kingdom of Timbuktu. All of these strands shaped the city's souks and its way of life, and in the crowds and performers in Djemaa El Fna, they can still occasionally seem distinct.
For most travellers, Marrakesh is the first experience of the south and its generally more laid-back atmosphere and attitudes. Marrakchis are renowned for their warmth and sociability, their humour and directness and there seems a greater openness too, with women enjoying a more public presence, often riding mopeds around on the streets. And even at its heart, Marrakesh feels more like a conglomeration of villages than an urban community, with quarters formed and maintained by successive generations of migrants from the countryside.
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Hotel El Andalous Rak
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Avenue de President Kennedy, Marrakesh , Morocco
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This 4 star hotel is set in a traditional style building surrounded by a luxurious garden. The hotel is located in a quiet area, very close to all the city attractions. The bedrooms are spacious and equipped with a small balcony and varied decor. The hotel also has 3 restaurants offering a wide range of international and local cuisine.
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Hotel Myriem´s Rak
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154, Med El Beqal Street, Marrakesh , Morocco
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Hotel Myriem's Rak is located in the heart of Marrakesh. All local attractions easily accessible from the hotel. The hotel has 152 air-conditioned guestrooms all well equipped with television, minibar and telephone. Facilities include a restaurant offering a varied menu and a bar for guests to relax in. This Hotel provides a good base for exploring the city of Marrakesh.
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Hotel Kenzi Farah
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Avenue du President Kennedy, Marrakesh , Morocco
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Hotel Kenzi Farah is located just 10 minutes away from the airport, set in private luxurious gardens with an exceptional view of the snow capped mountains of the High Atlas. The hotel has 397 spacious rooms all of which are equipped with excellent facilities including fully equipped bathroom, television and air conditioning. The hotel also offers an International Buffet and a Mediterranean restaurant.
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