Riad L’Hôtel Marrakech
A riad is a type of building with a garden courtyard that is rectangular in shape and with a fountain in the center. Riads are generally found in the Maghreb…
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Ghost of Yves St. Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent was born in Oran, Algeria, in 1936. When he rediscovered North Africa thirty years later, he rediscovered the region’s particular light and the color it revealed. Morocco…
Exploring the Marrakech Medina
In Arabic culture, a medina are the ancient cores of cities, typically enclosed by thick walls and entered through large gates called “Bab”. They are usually a maze of streets…
Bienvenue a Marrakech!
Wow. If you haven’t been here you know within 5 minutes that you should have come long ago. Founded almost a thousand years ago in 1070, it’s known as the…
On the way to Marrakech
When we booked this trip we bought our tickets into Casablanca. As the trip started to firm up we had settled on starting it in Marrakech. That meant either moving…