Marrakech — Sights
A red city whose main square turns into a night market at dusk.
- Jemaa el-Fnaa — Juice carts by day, a smoky open-air food court by night
- Medina souks — A maze of lantern, leather and spice lanes
- Jardin Majorelle & YSL Museum — A cobalt-blue villa, cactus garden and YSL's legacy
- Bahia Palace — A 19th-century vizier's mansion of painted ceilings
- Koutoubia Mosque (exterior) — The 12th-century minaret you'll navigate by
- Ben Youssef Madrasa — An old Islamic college courtyard carved floor to roof
- Saadian Tombs — A royal mausoleum forgotten until 1917
- El Badi Palace — A ruined palace with stork nests and wall-top views
- Le Jardin Secret — A quiet Islamic garden and lookout tower mid-medina
- Maison de la Photographie — Old Moroccan photos, then a rooftop over the medina
- Hammam experience — Black soap, a kessa mitt and a proper scrub
- Menara Gardens — A big reservoir, a pavilion and the Atlas behind
- Agafay Desert tour — A rocky desert half a day away: quads, camels, sunset dinner
- Atlas Mountains day trip (Imlil & Ourika) — 90 minutes from the red city: Berber villages under snowy peaks
- Essaouira day trip — White medina, blue boats, fish grilled straight off the market
- Marrakech Museum (Dar Menebhi) — A tiled courtyard under a giant chandelier
- Almoravid Koubba — A 900-year-old dome with a ceiling worth the stop
- Bab Debbagh Tanneries — Dye pits seen from a rooftop above
- Miaara Jewish Cemetery & Lazama Synagogue — A Mellah cemetery of endless whitewashed tombs
- Cyber Park Arsat Moulay Abdeslam — Quiet paths under olive and palm trees
- Bab Agnaou — A 12th-century gate carved in red sandstone
- Hot air balloon over Marrakech (Ciel d'Afrique) — Atlas and the city at first light
- La Maison Arabe cooking class — Cook your own tagine beside a dada