A trip to Marrakech

  A trip to Marrakech


The author of this article is Leszek Gottfried


One of the most popular tourist cities of Marrakech and Morocco is it today I would like some say. For Marrakech bus arrived straight from Agadir. Crossing the pass of the Atlas exchanged ocean breeze cooled the air to the heat pouring down mercilessly from the cloudless sky.Even in the way stopping at a stop heaving experienced hot air from the desert landscape and strong sun tanning, seemingly so different from that in Agadir.The city itself also has its own unique and inimitable charm. The first thing we see is a mosque Koutoubia minaret, the tall, colorful "tower" a small park surrounded by orange trees and date palms.Further steps directed to the great square of Jemaa el-Fna, which together ended the day turns into a crowded, charming marketplace. You can take a picture of yourself with cobras, monkeys, you can enjoy a Berber whiskiey, strong but soft. You can taste the tea with menthol or juice from freshly squeezed oranges. The smell of local delicacies, spices, spreads and saturates the air ... All seems to be the heart of the city, a bit sleepy, quiet during the day, the evening lively and crowding the vast crowds of people with incredible efficiency.Next go down in the maze of local Souku, there already we can see only the narrow streets, an incredible variety of colors and produce. Spices, perfumes, scarves, wood products and leather, all manufactured in the depths of a thousand small shops. We see and hear the buzz of people selling, haggling, everything is so different from what we have every day. We visit the Berber pharmacy of drugs for every evil in Polish salesman explains to us in a wonderful way to cure us of the specificity of any ailment. Will also include a small factory where manufactured in the traditional way and are colored scarves. Here you can buy for a song on the truth of interesting products.Despite the burning sun of Marrakech and we can get into places that can easily be called the Oasis. Majorelle Garden, because of the question is filled with vegetation, like a botanical garden. Enormous cacti, trees and small pond where turtles swim gives it a unique charm.Another important point of the expedition are the mosque and madrasah Ben Youssef, Saadian tombs. Architecture of these places are so different from our gray and repeatable blocks and houses. You just have to see.Perhaps not everyone knows this, but low-cost Ryanair can fly to the "black land". If you want to go with the Polish, we will have to reckon with the change, but for wanting to not hard :)