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Morocco: Desert and Imperial Cities

ALalex79bis ·19 photographs ·30 May 2009 – 6 Jun 2009 ·8 days
Where
Marrakech
When
30 May 2009 – 6 Jun 2009
8 days · trip of 2009
Who
Alessandro Pesce · @alex79bis · Piombino Dese (Padova)
How
Travel diary
The story

What struck us, more than the imperial cities, were the wonderful landscapes of the High and Middle Atlas. As for the desert, at Merzouga we ventured in too little to truly admire the desert: if you want to do an excursion on the dunes at Merzouga, arrange with your more than one day. Anyway, Morocco is wonderful and worth visiting at a slower pace, giving it no less than 2 weeks!!

The journey's photographs

19 photographs · click to open them full screen

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The Koutoubia minaret in Marrakech rises among palm trees and green gardensArched fireplace decorated with colorful zellige tiles and carved cedar woodCarved wooden door beneath a scalloped arch, blue zellige tiles, Moroccan medinaFireplace with blue zellige mosaic and carved stucco under painted ceiling and lanternMarble columns and carved stucco arches inside the Ben Youssef MadrasaMarble columns and tombs with geometric zellige tiles, soft indoor lightPink oleander blossoms in full bloom among long green leavesSaadian Tombs in Marrakech: carved plaster arch and colorful zellige tileworkBerber rugs hanging on a pink wall along the street, daylightPainted wooden ceiling with octagonal medallion and hanging lanternInlaid wooden ceiling with geometric and floral patterns, lit by hanging lampsCourtyard with arches and fountain at Bahia Palace, MarrakechThe Koutoubia minaret in Marrakech among trees and traffic under cloudsDried fruit and sweets stall in a souk, veiled woman lookingPunched metal lanterns hanging in a souk, warm light glowing among lampsMan in cap drinking from small glass beside stall of trinketsCrowds and smoking food stalls on Jemaa el-Fna square in MarrakechCrowds and bicycles on Marrakech's Jemaa el-Fna square in afternoon lightCrowded Jemaa el-Fna square with the Koutoubia minaret rising on the left

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