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Entertaining visitors is nothing new in Marrakech, Morocco's southern capital and northern hub of ancient Saharan trade routes. It's always been a place where travellers could kick back, recharge, find some amusement in the Jemaa El Fna and do a bit of haggling in the souks. But in the last decade the Red City has gone into hospitality overdrive, with the Medina refurbished as hundreds of grand old houses have been converted into boutique 'riad' hotels.
Dar Yacout
Moroccan dining as show
Dar Yacout is the ultimate in a certain kind of Marrakech dining experience....
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Djemaa El Fna Food Stalls
A nightly carnival of street food
Together forming what is probably the world's largest open-air restaurant, the hundred Djemaa el Fna food stalls are set up in the square at the end of every day and dismantled again before midnight....
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Badii Palace
Ruined remnants of Saadian wealth
The Badii Palace was constructed over 25 years in the late 16th and early 17th century during the reign of Saadian Sultan Ahmed El-Mansour....
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Ben Youssef Medersa
Serenity and tiling at Quranic school
Entered via a long, mysterious corridor and centred around an impressively tranquil courtyard, the Ben Youssef Medersa is a former Quranic school that was founded in the 14th century, expanded 200 years later under the Saadians, and still in use until the early 1960s....
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Maison Tiskiwin
A virtual trek across the Sahara
Dutch anthropologist Bert Flint owns the Maison Tiskiwin and within it is displayed his interesting collection of artefacts from the Sahara....
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Dar Si Said Museum
Everything you always wanted to know about wood
Housed in what was once the residence of the brother of a late 19th-century vizier, the Dar Si Said Museum contains an extensive collection of crafted wooden objects....
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Dar Cherifa
Elegant old house exhibiting local artists
Dar Cherifa is a wonderful, and wonderfully restored, old house near the Mouassine Mosque, parts of which are 400 years old....
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Matisse Art Gallery
Art, caligraphy and more
The Matisse Art Gallery is a decent space devoted to solo shows by young Moroccan artists such as calligraphy painters Nouredine Chater and Nouredine Daifellah, and figurative painter Driss Jebrane....
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Mustapha Blaoui
Treasure trove of Marrakech crafts
A vast Aladdin's cave piled high with chests and chandeliers, lanterns and lampshades, candlesticks and coffee tables, teapots and tagines, armchairs and ashtrays, Mustapha Blaoui is a one-stop shop for every kind of Moroccan craft and homeware item....
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Akbar Delights
Luxury shopping for custom clothes
Akbar Delights, an extremely upmarket French-owned boutique, specialises in luxury clothing and textiles from Kashmir, with some items made to their own designs....
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Le Comptoir
Still the height of Marra-chic
A noisily relaxed bar, restaurant and nightspot with a variety of convivial spaces for eating, imbibing and lounging about, Le Comptoir has long been a Marrakech fixture....
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Montecristo
Expansive dance club
On the ground floor of Montecristo is the Bar African, a world music venue, where French musicians indulge in interminable twiddly solos....
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Les Bains de Marrakech
Escape to a whole new world
Enter the gates of the Medina, and make your way to Les Bains de Marrakech spa....
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Les Bains de l'Alhambra
Experience the true meaning of spa
Les Bains de l'Alhambra believe that a spa should encompass the true meaning of spa: salus per aquam or health through water....
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La Maison Arabe Cooking Workshops
Learn how to cook Moroccan-style
La Maison Arabe Cooking Workshops are hosted by the famous La Maison Arabe restaurant....
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Souk Cuisine
A traditional Moroccan cooking experience
Learn how to cook like a real Moroccan with Souk Cuisine....
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