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Marrakech (all images)

Marrakech (aka Marrakesh) is the major city in southern Morocco and lies in the foothills of the Atlas mountains. It consists of a big old town, the Medina centered around the Djemaa el-Fna square with souks and ancient palaces and mosques, and a big new town (Ville Nouvelle) to the west. Marrakech draws a large number of tourists and is an ideal base to explore the nearby Atlas mountain range and the desertic regions to the southeast.


01 Inner courtyard	02 Main entrance with decorations	03 Main gate with wood carvings and stone decorations	04 Stone decorations	05 Carved cedar wood roof


06 Carved cedar wood roof	07 Inside the mosque	08 Islamic patterns	09 Islamic patterns


10 Stone decorations and Arabic characters	11 Inner courtyard and windows	12 Inner courtyard with colonnade and windows	13 Window with stone decorations	14 Stone decorations


15 View from student cell window	01 Snake charmer	02 Cobra snake	03 Dried dates and fruits stall	04 View of square with restaurants


05 View of square with restaurants	06 Panorama view	07 View of orange juice stalls


08 Panorama view	09 Mosque minaret	10 Snake charmers	11 Open air restaurants


12 Sunset view with Koutoubia mosque	13 Panorama view	14 Panorama view	15 Mosque minaret at dusk


16 Mosque at dusk	17 Chez Chegrouni restaurant at night	18 Night view with smoke	19 Snails stall


20 Snails stall	21 Dried fruits stalls at night	01 Square with palm trees	02 Pink wall with decorated windows	03 Stork nest


04 Palais el Badi	05 Palais el Badi	06 Palais el Badi	07 Koubba al-Khamsiniyya in Palais el Badi


08 Palais el Badi panorama view	09 Spices bags	10 Spices bags	11 Spices bags


12 Conical spices heaps	13 Door and pink wall	01 Minaret	02 Minaret	03 Archaeological excavation


04 Minaret	05 Gate	06 Gate	07 Minaret	08 Mosque at sunset	09 Mosque at sunset


10 Minaret at night	01 Decorated wooden door with carvings	02 Decorated columns	03 Inner hall with mosaics	04 Floor with Islamic mosaics and fountain	05 Colourful Islamic patterns