In your tourist trip to Marrakech, in Morocco, when visiting the ancient Medina best is “lost” among its cluster of alleys to discover its beautiful places to live the great atmosphere there throughout the day.
However, to make good use of the visit from the tourist point of view, and don’t miss out on the top corners, you should know what are the essential visits in the walled enclosure of the Medina of Marrakech.
Then, and from my point of view, tells you 5 essential visits in the Medina of Marrakech.
1 Square Jemaa El Fna square and the Minaret of the Koutoubia mosque
This huge square divided into two areas is the hub of life in Marrakech. With totally different environments during the day and night, your visit to Marrakech should be marked by repeated visits to the Jemaa El Fna square.
Among its many attractions, from seeing the snake charmers, until hasta cenar dinner cheaper on the beach that night every day are installed in the square.
Likewise, from the Jemaa El Fna square you can see the Minaret of the Koutoubia mosque, the biggest in Marrakech and is the major hub of the city.
2 Souks of the Medina
Souks, a large conglomerate of covered streets where, grouped into different areas and offices extend northwards from the same square Jemaa El Fna square, the most many-colored tents where it is impossible not to fall to the temptation to buy, you find that Yes, with the typical process of haggling.
3 Madrasah Ben Youseff
Right in the Northern límte of the souks in the Medina of Marrakech, you find the Madrasah Ben Youseff, a former Koranic school of the 16th century, from the architectural point of view, one of the most beautiful spots in the Moroccan city.
During your visit to the Madrasah Ben Youseff you can enjoy a sublime decoration that blends the stucco, cedar wood, marble and mosaics.
4.-Palace of the Bay
South of the Medina of Marrakech, and just on the northern edge of the fortress of the Kasba, you find the Bay Palace, a building which is a true work of art of Moroccan architecture.
Built at the end of the 19th century, the Palace of the Bay of Marrakech, extends in a single plant with a labyrinth of rooms and courtyards (has more than 150 rooms, although we will visit only a part…), where you can discover beautiful architectural places.
5 Tombs Saadies
And already within the precincts of the Kasba, on the back of the mosque, you should not miss the Saadíes tombs. It’s a mausoleum of the dynasty Saadi, built between the 16th and 17TH centuries, and that was hidden for a long time until it was rediscovered in 1904.
There are several mausoleums in a small garden and walled enclosure, but will it be worthwhile queue to see the impressive Hall of twelve columns, the corner most beautiful aquitectónicamente of the Saadies tombs, and possibly all Marrakech.