Today I look back to a trip Mrs P and I took just over four years ago to Marrakech, Morocco. It was a fabulous trip, with all the key ingredients. Warm sunshine on our faces, generous hospitality, culture, art and the beautiful, intricate architectural wonders that exist across the Islamic world. The destruction of large … Continue reading #TBT Marrakech
Let's continue my brief tour of Marrakech, with a couple of excursions thrown in for good measure. But firstly, Marrakech or Marrakesh? I'd seen both spellings in abundance. I had to look up the answer, which turned out to be fairly obvious. Marrakech is the French spelling. The English spelling ends with 'esh', because that's … Continue reading Marrakesh – Part Two
Marrakech is a very do-able short break. In fact, such is the pollution from the scooters and cars that infest every little lane, your sinuses couldn't probably withstand anything more than a short break. Ours was four nights. Just right. Let me show you around 'our Marrakech'. First stop, the main square, Jemaa El Fna. … Continue reading Marrakech – Part One
Marrakech is a city of cats. Plagues of them. Few dogs and, I suspect, fewer mice or rats. It's a city of mopeds and scooters. I differentiate because, whilst they've come to mean the same thing in the UK, they still have real mopeds here. With pedals. Marrakech is a city of dust and fumes. … Continue reading Snapshot Marrakech
The Mexile 