This is a city where everyone will get a lot more than they expected. Walking around the Medina, countless doors with impressive ornaments can be seen, behind some of them we will not understand what is hidden, but through many others, we can enter and be initiated into the secrets they hide. Marrakech is called the Red City because of the color of its houses and walls, but it is much more colorful in the small streets and bazaars, everything gray is left behind and the bright tones are all around you. Most Muslim buildings are off-limits, but the most interesting ones allow visitors, such as the old Koranic school or the Saadiens cemetery, whose walls are painted with exquisite carvings. It's impossible to miss the large Jemaa el Fna square, which is in the center of the medina and is a hotspot, and the Koutoubia mosque, the symbol of Marrakech and visible from near and far, not because it's so tall but because there's a ban that says no building can be taller than a palm tree. The square is where Arab food, jugglers, musicians, and exotic animals collaborate. Try the fresh fruit, salted almonds, lamb tagine, chicken kebabs, olives, and couscous that more than 100 stalls offer every night and it is so delicious and easy to try if it is your first-time Moroccan cuisine. Outside the Medina in the new part of town, the Majorelle gardens are a beautiful botanical oasis and tranquility where you can hide away for a short while from the hustle and bustle of Marrakech. If you raise your head and look around, you will notice that storks live on the roofs of houses and mosques, this is because they were sacred animals in the past and are still present in the culture and lifestyle of Moroccans. Once you have even a tiny idea of this attractive city, you will undoubtedly fall in love with it when you visit!
