{"id":21723,"date":"2019-09-25T02:39:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T16:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=21723"},"modified":"2020-07-25T07:53:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T21:53:50","slug":"marrakesh-morocco-%f0%9f%87%b2%f0%9f%87%a6-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=21723","title":{"rendered":"Marrakesh, Morocco \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 21-22nd September 2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: only by foot around Marrakesh <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Marrakesh <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Parking Koutoubia Mosque \u20ac14, the usual services. N31.6238, W07.99534<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: xx days @ \u20acxx per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of Marrakesh, the icon on our overnight parking spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Locally known as Marrakech, international as Marrakesh, our guide book describes it as the heart of Morocco. Rabat is the administrative capital of the country, whilst Marrakesh has shared that honour several times over the past thousand year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We went for a short wander last night, firstly for a cash machine (in Morocco cash is King, no one takes a credit card) and secondly for something to eat. Koutoubia Mosque parking is expensive by Moroccan standards, but it\u2019s like parking your motorhome adjacent to the Sydney Opera House when it came to being amongst the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just 200m from the Koutoubia Mosque, Rue Beni Marine is buzzing with tat and small restaurants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marrakesh has been an in-place to be seen since the 1960, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and LED Zeppelin have all lived here for a period of time although I doubt they can remember it. Our plan for today is to walk our guide books half day tour of the Medina. Breakfast done we walk across into the Medina to find the starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A daytime photo of the Koutoubia Mosque as opposed to the nighttime one I posted last blog. Built in the 12th century is 70m in height.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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