Visite Guidée de Marrakech

In this full-day trip, you will be picked up at 9 AM from your centrally located Hotel/Riad in Marrakech in an air-conditioned vehicle, avec votre propre guide privé qui vous accompagnera tout au long de la visite, your most vivid memory of the trip will probably be the beautiful Majorelle Gardens. Stroll through the two and a half acre botanical garden, created in 1923 by French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle, and revitalized in the 1980s by Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé. Explore the striking blue and yellow cubist villa, designed by Paul Senior.
○ Visit the Koutoubia minaret, the tallest in Marrakech. Within the city walls, no building is allowed to be taller than the Koutoubia’s 253 pieds. The minaret is part of the largest mosque in Marrakech, which was completed in 1199.
○ Stop at a Berber Apothecary shop, learning of the medicinal uses of many of the common spices and herbs that are still used across Morocco to treat common illnesses. While it’s not as picturesque as the heaps of spices you find in the market, it is far more informative!
○ Tour the Bahia Palace, a late 19th-century palace built for the grand vizier and named for his favorite wife. The rooms, set in a 2-acre garden, include the rooms which housed his harem, an often political position.
○ Explore Jemaa el Fna, the primary square in the medina and a UNESCO world heritage site. Though now filled with street performers, charmeurs de serpents, merchants, and orange juice stalls, when it was created in 1050, it was used for public executions, perhaps leading to its name which can be translated as « assembly of death ».

Note latérale: nous prendrons une pause de midi autour de 1 PM for lunch.