| Marrakech | |
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| Country | Morocco |
| Region | Marrakesh-Safi |
| Surface | 6.2 km² |
| Population | 2 453 000 |
| Postal Code | 40000 |
Marrakech - city in the south Morocco, about 1.5 million inhabitants.
Characteristic
Drive
By plane
You can fly relatively cheaply with a direct flight from Krakow to Marrakesh airport using Ryanair.
On the other hand, direct return flights to Krakow can be even more than 5 times more expensive.
If you want to return to Krakow, you can hunt tickets up to 2-3 times more expensive from Marrakesh, but then you should take into account a transfer, e.g. in Eindhoven (EIN) or in Catani (CTA), and an extended travel time.
A cheaper and much easier to find option is to plan your trip so as to finish your trip / vacation in Fez and return to another city in Poland. From the airport there, it is worth taking a transit flight via Brussels Charleroi (CRL) / Milan Bergamo - Orio al Serio (BGY) / London Stansted (STD) to one of the airports, respectively, to Wrocław, Gdańsk and Warsaw Modlin.
By car
By train
By bus
Communication
From the airport you can take a bus to the center (20 Dh) or take a taxi (approx 50 Dh), but taxi drivers usually ask for 100 Dh.
Getting taxis is stressful. Taxi drivers are demanding about 3 times more than the fare should cost. You can either: negotiate before driving, which is not very pleasant and not necessarily effective, or give the exact amount after you get there and walk away. They will probably scream but won't leave the car. Getting taxis around the city is so stressful that sometimes it's better to walk.
Moroccans can be very arrogant, especially with women. Don't ask passers-by for directions - they may steer you in the wrong direction and charge you for a fee. If you appear to be someone who has lost your way, you may fall victim to a scam. They will try to get money from you for giving directions, and taxi drivers will charge you up to 5 times more than they should. However, if you have a basic map, you can't get lost. If there is such a need, it is best to ask another tourist for directions. You shouldn't give your children money to show you direction - it is demoralizing and ineffective.
Worth seeing
Saadian Tombs, Madrasah Ibn Jasufa, Al Bahia, El Badi, Majorelle Garden, Markets, Street Life.
Nearest neighborhood
Science
work
Shopping
It should be taken into account that, as in every Arab country, also in Morocco, haggling is the order of the day. The proposed price is usually three times the actual price. For example, if the price is 100 Dh, we start to negotiate from 10 Dh and finally pay about 30 Dh. "Negotiation" takes time, but it is possible to get a good price. You should only buy the essentials or souvenirs that you really want to have.
You can be cheated even when you buy water in a normal-looking store. You have to have a lot of change and give the deducted amount.
Possible advice for the brave: deviate a bit from the tourist routes and watch where the locals buy. For fruit and vegetables, it's best to go to the stalls where people put a lot of different things in the baskets and weigh everything together (two stuffed bags with different vegetables and one fruit: less than 90 Dh). For other stands, I recommend the approach: the more the shopkeeper is surprised that he sees you and that you buy from him, the greater the chances that you will buy at a price close to the local one (e.g. two black soaps: 20 Dh [standard 30-40 Dh for one next to the "tourist" stalls]).
Gastronomy
Most of the restaurants in touristic places are higher priced.
However, you can easily find less touristic places or eat at street stalls. The night of interest is the Jemaa el Fna square. It turns into a square with food. Colorful stands, various dishes, the aroma of freshly prepared dishes create an amazing atmosphere. Although the clientele is mainly tourists, the prices are much lower than in local restaurants.
For the more adventurous: proven inexpensive to eat and quite close to tourist places are the pubs on Rue Ibn Rochd. For more delicate stomachs, I recommend drinking a cola after most meals to "derust", as the hygiene standards "slightly" differ from European standards.
Thanks to the large amount of sun, all fruit and vegetables from the stalls taste much richer than in Poland. Also, all freshly squeezed juices (sugarcane) are highly recommended. It is worth equipping yourself with your own drinking container before the trip to reduce the cost of such a juice (it costs more in plastic, and glasses are often only rinsed).
Parties
Accommodation
Marrakech offers an incredibly wide range of accommodation options, from tent camps outside Marrakech, to cheap hostels and hotels that can be cute or dingy, to kasbahs in luxurious gardens or traditional riads (garden courtyard). Whatever you choose to do, when planning your stay, you really need to visit one of the riads to see this amazing architectural style. Most riad managers will be happy to show you around if the acrats aren't too busy. In some riads you can even book lunch or dinner without being a resident, as long as the riad is not privately rented. For example, see Riad Cinnamon, Riad Laksiba, and Riad Papillon.
There are three main areas for accommodation: Medina, Guéliz (also known as Ville Nouvelle) and around the city. The Medina has the highest concentration of very cheap hotels and riads (small palaces), while Guéliz is much quieter and most of the hotels are mid-priced. Traveling to Medina from Guéliz by taxi costs around 10-15 Dirhams and can take a long time during busy times (evenings and weekends).
Riads
The Medina is full of Riads and Gifts (old big houses turned into hotels and inns). Traditionally, riads should have gardens; with smaller gifts having open courtyards. However, the term "riad" is now used loosely to describe any home with an outdoor courtyard. It's a great place to stay in Marrakech.
Hotels
- Club Med Marrakesh, family-run ultra all inclusive hotel on the outskirts of the city on a former palm plantation
contact
Security
The city is safe with normal measures of behavior. It is best to ignore all kinds of taunts, the sole purpose of which is to get money from the tourist. Never give money for providing information, etc.
If possible, avoid talking to randomly met residents, in addition to hotel, restaurant and police staff.
Any kind of occasional encounter should be avoided guides, they may try to take advantage of an unknowing tourist in some way.
It is not very possible to be elegant with annoying residents. The tourist would not become prey scammers must either ignore the taunts or be very assertive and even aggressive at times.
Another important thing, people you meet may say that you should turn around, that the road is closed, that there is a mosque in front, etc. just to turn you back from the way you are going. 95% of this is an excuse not to go where they do not want you to go (because they cannot earn money from you or they are places where people normally live) or a smart ploy to ask a friend to escort you (of course, for a small amount of money). fee) to the market / hotel (which also often does not know where it is). Usually the road is open. Tourists can safely walk past the mosque (maybe not when it's time to pray, but then it's easy to hear it because there is a call). If you do not believe in Islam, simply entering the mosque is forbidden, but being next to it is not. As long as you are not walking through the small streets of the medina, you can trust google maps.
If you sleep in a hostel and no one asks for your passport details during registration, be especially careful when paying and using other services. Avoid ambiguities. For example, if you are offered breakfast, a city tour or anything else, you will often be charged extra for it at the end of your stay. It is also highly probable that when checking out, the owner of such a hostel will try to trick you, e.g. by charging a tax that is already included in the price, trying to convince you that the deposit paid when booking online is a commission of the website and that he has to pay the deposit separately or that he should be paid for readiness receiving you from some characteristic point (sic!).
You should not leave your passport "for the duration of your stay" to the hostel staff. They need your passport details to check in and that's it.
If we want to stay longer in Marrakesh, it is a good idea to book a hostel for one night. If everything was fine at all times, you can ask directly about the possibility of extending your stay. In addition to the fact that we already know where we sleep and know what to expect, we can often negotiate additional things, such as a discount, cheaper meals, the possibility of resigning from further nights for free, etc.
Trip
Footnotes
https://powroty.do/maroko/marrakesz-relacja-historie-zdjecia
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