This guide aims to help travellers to maximise on time and resources, with suggested itineraries and easy-to-get-to sights. It features, what to do in Marrakech from exploring the palace museums to wandering through the mythical Red City, adventure highs in the High Atlas including trekking up Toubkal (one of Africa's highest peaks), skiing in Outkaimeden to four wheel drive excursions, and where to sample the best Morrocan cuisine.
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Justin McGuinness began travelling in North Africa while still at school. After studying Latin and Arabic at Cambridge, he lectured at the University of Tunis. Justin's interest in Morocco began with research on the traditional architecture of North Africa.
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The Best Book on Marrakech,
By Faisal Salman (Chicago, Il USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Footprint Marrakech & the High Atlas Handbook (Paperback)
I have purchased serveral books on Morocco and marrakech and thisone is far the best one. It is detailed and gives good insight into the culture and good suggestions on etiquette.they also have a wonderful riad section that no other book has. i love the book and will return the others i purchased
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Indolent and overwhelming, often sensuous and occasionally illicit, with the odd patch of Disneyfication and too much traffic, Marrakech will never bore you. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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High Atlas, Ave Mohammed, Beni Mellal, North Africa, Bab Doukkala, Tin Mal, Zaouiat Ahansal, Kasbah Tadla, Riad Zitoun, Rue Mohammed, Blvd Mohammed Zerktouni, Setti Fatma, Place Prince Moulay El Hassan, Ben Toumert, Moulay Ismail, Aft Bougmez, Jebel Siroua, Koutoubia Mosque, Assif Melloul, Middle Atlas, Ave Hassan, Red City, Sidi Mohammed, Jebel Toubkal, Middle East New!
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Indolent and overwhelming, often sensuous and occasionally illicit, with the odd patch of Disneyfication and too much traffic, Marrakech will never bore you. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
grand taxi, petit taxi, grands taxis, ville nouvelle, flight agents, basic hotels Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Atlas, Ave Mohammed, Beni Mellal, North Africa, Bab Doukkala, Tin Mal, Zaouiat Ahansal, Kasbah Tadla, Riad Zitoun, Rue Mohammed, Blvd Mohammed Zerktouni, Setti Fatma, Place Prince Moulay El Hassan, Ben Toumert, Moulay Ismail, Aft Bougmez, Jebel Siroua, Koutoubia Mosque, Assif Melloul, Middle Atlas, Ave Hassan, Red City, Sidi Mohammed, Jebel Toubkal, Middle East New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956 by Gavin Maxwell on 4 pages
- Hideous Kinky: A Novel by Esther Freud on page 73, and page 74
- Full Circle by Michael Palin in Back Matter
- Morocco, 4th (Footprint - Travel Guides) by Justin McGuinness in Back Matter
- The Game of Forgetting (Modern Middle East Literature in Translation) by Mohamed Berrada on page 73
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