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Here begins this blog about one of the most fascinating countries in the african region of Maghreb.
These are the polar coordinates of a nice, traditional "riad" -it means "garden", a place where to taste the genuine moroccan hospitality- in an authentic "qasbah"(house, building) inside the Medina, the 1100 a.C. old town, still nowadays the beating heart of Marrakech

-click to view more pics of traditional riads with Google Images

-To look on booking.com for a riad where to stay during your journey through Morocco, put the city you'll be visiting in the searchbox below and hit "search":

Jemaa El Fna

2011-02-25T10:10:00.000-08:00

"Big Square, Big Square!", as will suggest you, in a sometimes approximate yet effective English, most of the taxi drivers and merchants you will "encounter" during your journey across the Medina and its colourful, fascinating market.

-Or better "come across", since traffic, in the dephts of the many mazy lanes of the Suq(the moroccan bazaar) is sort of a toy freeway, -just add swarms of silent, deadly scooters, bikes and carts of all sorts: hence, as you walk along and experience the beauty of the local craftmanship and the costume of bargaining, be very careful where you step in!

Jemaa El Fna is awaken early in the morning by the hypnotic, penetrating melodies of the snake enchanters(take care about cobras, too, it's not just scooters and bikes), but it is at night that its true Spirit made of stories, sounds, glows, scents and tastes manifest itself.

And it is just a must-see, during your moroccan adventure.

MOROCCO

31°37'19.5"N 7°59'20.5"O

Jemaa El Fna