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Located along Rue Bahia Bab in the Mellah district of the Marrakech Medina is the Bahia Palace, a stunning set of tranquil gardens enclosed within the beautifully decorated walled pavilions. Bou Ahmed, a former slave who rose to a position of power under sultans Moulay Hassam and Abd Aziz, built the palace in the last […]
» View: The Bahia Palace, MarrakechCultural & Geographical
Sunday, December 14th, 2014
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Dar Si Said was originally a mansion built by Sidi Said, royal Visir and half-brother of Ba Ahmed Ben Moussa (the former slave who built the nearby Bahia Palace), in the nineteenth century. Today, the interconnecting courtyards and beautiful wooden ceilings house the Museum of Moroccan Arts and Crafts: a collection of carpets, jewellery, weaponry, […]
» View: Dar Si Said Museum, MarrakechMonday, December 1st, 2014
The Tiskiwin Museum was founded Bert Flint – a Dutch anthropologist who himself has been a Marrakech resident since 1957– to display highlights from his personal collection of Amzigh Berber artefacts. Such is the importance of Flint’s collection that Tiskiwin is now part of the Marrakech University Cadi Ayyad. The stunning collection includes Berber tents, […]
» View: Tiswin Museum, MarrakechMonday, November 24th, 2014
In Marrakech you will see a lot of objects that hold a certain special place in Marrakechi’s hearts: there is the motorbike, the favourite tool for many locals to get around the city; the tagine pot, the implement responsible for making the country’s traditional, staple dish and the poof. The poof is a Moroccan leather […]
» View: The Moroccan Leather PoofMonday, November 17th, 2014
The Tagine (or Tajine) is perhaps the most popular dish in Morocco. It can be found literally everywhere, from the roadside café to the luxury restaurant, and remains a staple meal for both tourists and locals alike. The slow-cooked savoury stew is typically made with sliced meat, poultry, or fish together with vegetables – although […]
» View: The Tagine PotMonday, November 10th, 2014
Although Marrakech is often known as ‘The Red City’ thanks to the pisé-cement ramparts that surround the old town, once you enter the Medina it becomes clear that Marrakech actually holds a multitude of bright and vibrant colours. We noticed at this point in the ‘Needle and Thread’ Medina walk, as you turn south towards the Jemaa el-Fna Square, there […]
» View: The Mystery of the Hanging threadSunday, October 5th, 2014
I n the Marrakech Medina there are many shops selling a variety of leather bags ranging from massive travel bags to day s atchels to small leather purses. Despite the plethora of bags on sale, the traditional Moroccan Choukara is a bag which has eluded many Marrakechi stallholders. Traditionally made from Goat leather, the Choukara […]
» View: Choukara: from Shepherds bag to fashionable leather purseSunday, September 14th, 2014
The Marrakech Tanneries are perhaps one of the must-see attractions in red city. The traditional tanning process, as witnessed in the Marrakech tanneries, is laced with symbolism. It is often said that the position of the tanneries itself, the east of the Marrakech Medina, symbolizes the rebirth of animal skin into leather through the sun […]
» View: Symbolism of the Tanning process in the Marrakech TanneriesWednesday, August 13th, 2014
Don McCullin is an internationally renowned British photographer widely considered as a pioneer in the art of Photojournalism. His black and white photography documents a wide variety of subjects from traditional African tribes to warzones in Palestine, Vietnam and Northern Ireland, from stunning landscapes of his home in Somerset to images of urban strife […]
» View: Don McCullin, The Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Art (MMP+), Badi PalaceWednesday, June 12th, 2013
You are just a few days away from your trip to Marrakech and all you can think about are the wonderful relaxing days that you will spend there far from your daily routine. Finding the place of your dreams is not at all impossible given the great number of hotels and riads specially designed to satisfy […]
» View: The Hammam – Your Source of Inner Peace