{"id":72,"date":"2026-07-24T19:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/?touriza_city=marrakesh"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:19:38","slug":"marrakesh","status":"publish","type":"touriza_city","link":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/?touriza_city=marrakesh","title":{"rendered":"Marrakesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why go<\/h2>\n<p>Marrakesh works on a rhythm: quiet riad courtyards behind unmarked doors, a souk that is genuinely disorienting, and a main square that changes function three times a day. The Atlas mountains are visible from most rooftops and reachable in an hour.<\/p>\n<h2>Five things to do<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rule-list\">\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">01<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Jemaa el-Fnaa after dark<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Food stalls, storytellers, gnawa drums.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">02<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Le Jardin Secret<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">A restored riad garden, quiet at opening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">03<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>A hammam, properly<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Black soap, a scrub, a cold plunge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">04<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Majorelle and the YSL museum<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Cobalt blue and cactus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">05<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Sunset from a kasbah rooftop<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Atlas snow behind the minarets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Neighbourhoods<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid g2\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">The Medina<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Souks, riads and the Ben Youssef Madrasa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Gueliz<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">The new town \u2014 galleries, boulevards, cocktail bars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Sidi Ghanem<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">An industrial quarter of design studios and outlets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Ourika valley<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Amazigh villages, an hour&#39;s drive south.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Getting around<\/h2>\n<p>Buy the transport card on arrival \u2014 every city on this list has one, and it is cheaper than single fares within about four journeys. Walking covers more than the map suggests: most of the districts above are within thirty minutes of each other on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Taxis and ride apps are worth it late at night and when you are carrying luggage. Everything else is faster on the metro, the tram or the ferry, in that order.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to eat<\/h2>\n<p>The rule that holds in Marrakesh is the rule that holds everywhere: eat at the busy place, at the hour the locals eat, and order the thing the kitchen makes most of. Reserve for dinner in the districts above; lunch rarely needs it.<\/p>\n<h2>Two days here<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Morning: Jemaa el-Fnaa after dark<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon: walk The Medina<\/li>\n<li>Evening: A hammam, properly<\/li>\n<li>Day two: Sunset from a kasbah rooftop<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A walled medina with the Atlas on the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"touriza_continent":[4],"touriza_theme":[],"class_list":["post-72","touriza_city","type-touriza_city","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","touriza_continent-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/touriza_city"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/72\/revisions\/203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"touriza_continent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_continent&post=72"},{"taxonomy":"touriza_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_theme&post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}