Lonely Planet Best of Marrakesh (Lonely Planet Marrakesh Encounter) [Paperback]

Alison Bing (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2006 | Series: Lonely Planet Marrakesh Encounter

This is the only full-colour guide to Marrakesh with fold-out city maps. It features mapped walking tours, including Marrakesh by Design for the best of the city's elegant interiors. An entertainment chapter provides myriad options from clubbing to performing arts. Marrakesh was an oasis of tolerance for gay travellers long before Yves Saint-Laurent settled down here with his partner in the '60s, and today many same-sex couples report a greater sense of ease here than in their hometowns. Palais el-Badi was reputed to be one of the most beautiful palaces in the world when it was built in 1578-1602. In the traditional cosmetics corner of the Rahba Kedima Market, tourists experiment with kohl eyeliner and cochineal, perhaps unaware that this all-natural lip-stain is actually made from ground-up bugs! 70 fresh fruit juice stalls, pulp over 100,000 oranges, lemons and grapefruits every day.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Sherman's Travel, April 2007
'...Encounter guides...discreet in size, but generous enough on page count to provide a fuller city experience minus the hefty guidebook load.' --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications (February 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1740595947
• ISBN-13: 978-1740595940
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #706,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #77 in Books > Travel > Africa > Morocco

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marrakesh Encounter, October 1, 2008

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Carlene P. Chew "wanderer" (San Clemente, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Marrakesh Encounter (Paperback)

Marrakesh Encounter was exactly the guide book I needed for my first trip to this fascinating city. This Lonely Planet 'book' has 176 pages and is pocket sized. It is organized, well illustrated, and has a excellent city map. The author, Alison Bing, has included everything from a quick reference page to geographic sections describing the various neighborhoods, each with their own map. This comprehensive guide made me feel at home before I even got there. I was able to book my lodgings, plan my itinerary, and have an appreciation for the cultural differences I would be experiencing. The perfect guide book!Marrakesh Encounter (Best Of)

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Eating, December 27, 2010

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This review is from: Lonely Planet Marrakesh Encounter (Paperback)

If you're spending a few days in Marrakech and need good dining options, I highly reccommend this book. I had other guide books for the attractions and sites in Marrakech that contained more details than this one, but it was absolutely great for choosing restaraunts. Every dining recommendation in the book was up to date and the food and service were as good as described. Very useful tool if your first time in Marrakech.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Recommended, January 18, 2008

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bobbyo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet Best of Marrakesh (Lonely Planet Marrakesh Encounter) (Paperback)

If you buy this book, make sure to also buy another guidebook. And once you have that other book, you won't need this one.

This book did not have enough detail; we were in Marrakesh for several days and this book had so little detail that we had to buy another guidebook--which was hard to find in English in Marrakesh. Once we finally found anther guidebook (Rough Guide Morocco, ~US$35) it had all this one contained & more. You will want a more detailed guidebook in Marrakesh since everything is in Arabic or French. Very, very little is in English.

Also, the writer had a fun, flowery style that unfortunately did not leave room for information. Descriptions of Riads/hotels, restaurants, etc. came across as if the editor had removed key details to leave room for enthusiastic but non-descriptive language. We are big Lonely Planet fans but this book is Not Recommended.