After a delicious breakfast in the riad we walked to a bank to take some money from an ATM. Morocco is definitely cheaper than Europe but still you need cash all the time.
We slowly walked south in the medina and visited the Saadian Tombs. Sultan Ahmed elMansour ed Dahbi though it would be a good idea to take with him to the afterlife his objects that he used. So he burried them. A lot of them. He also buried his servants there. They can be still useful after all. So as he died he got buried there too. This resulted in a gorgeous building and a beautiful garden. The tombs are all around the place, in the building and in the garden. I hope his plan worked out. I wouldn't throw in my two cents though. The tombs were discovered in 1917 and were completely restored.
We then realized we were very close to the Mellah, the Jewish neighborhood of the city. There is a huge project going on renovating the Mellah. We meandered in the narrow streets, dealt with force sellers who claimed that they had a Jewish shop. There are tons of Jewish stuff sold in Marrakech.
We visited the Bahia palace which is located nearby. The beauty of a palace is actually in its intricate decorations of the walls, the ceiling and the floor. The floor is typically made of tiles. The walls have stone geometrical forms all around, so do the wooden ceilings. You just always have to look up to discover the hidden design.
Then, following lonely planet's recommendation we found just off the square a place for lunch. A couple of shops next to each other. One of them cooks mechoui lamb for several hours. There you purchase your lamb and sit in one of the restaurant rooftops nearby. We were served a huge chunk of meat, must have been a quarter of an smaller animal. Ribs and yummy yummy meet served with bread and spices. As omnivores we felt obligated to the 1250 gramm of pure animal flesh. I'll go out on a limb and say: the best lamb of my life. Just bones and some skin were left behind... For 18+...
We were chilling out in the afternoon on the rooftop of our riad. Later we went to la maison de la photographie not far from our riad. The exhibition shows old photos on Marrakech and Tangeer in the late 19th and early 20th century. Nothing much has changed since then, there are hardly identifiable signs of development. Same donkey cart transportation of goods as today, and same leather and wood workshops as today using the same technology. Nothing much has changed since then.
Sweet pigeon pie paired with a fresh souk salad was a perfect dinner to close the day.
Some photos of the Riad:
We slowly walked south in the medina and visited the Saadian Tombs. Sultan Ahmed elMansour ed Dahbi though it would be a good idea to take with him to the afterlife his objects that he used. So he burried them. A lot of them. He also buried his servants there. They can be still useful after all. So as he died he got buried there too. This resulted in a gorgeous building and a beautiful garden. The tombs are all around the place, in the building and in the garden. I hope his plan worked out. I wouldn't throw in my two cents though. The tombs were discovered in 1917 and were completely restored.
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We visited the Bahia palace which is located nearby. The beauty of a palace is actually in its intricate decorations of the walls, the ceiling and the floor. The floor is typically made of tiles. The walls have stone geometrical forms all around, so do the wooden ceilings. You just always have to look up to discover the hidden design.
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Then, following lonely planet's recommendation we found just off the square a place for lunch. A couple of shops next to each other. One of them cooks mechoui lamb for several hours. There you purchase your lamb and sit in one of the restaurant rooftops nearby. We were served a huge chunk of meat, must have been a quarter of an smaller animal. Ribs and yummy yummy meet served with bread and spices. As omnivores we felt obligated to the 1250 gramm of pure animal flesh. I'll go out on a limb and say: the best lamb of my life. Just bones and some skin were left behind... For 18+...
Sweet pigeon pie paired with a fresh souk salad was a perfect dinner to close the day.
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