Hotel Douar Al Hana
Marrakech
Phone (212)22 20 67 49
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Marrakech
The capital of southern Morocco, Marrakech is one of the four imperial cities with Fez, Rabat and Meknes.
Marrakech is vested prestige of having given his name to the kingdom.
This is one of the most spellbinding cities of Morocco, pearl red in the Haouz Plain, surrounded by palm trees and framed in the distant peaks of the High Atlas, Marrakech gives the impression to dock in an oasis.
The city now has two souls that historic medina surrounded by walls, and that the new modern city.
The hotel Douar Al Hana offers a free shuttle to get to Marrakech.
We advise you to visit:
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The Jemaa El Fna
This is the heart of Marrakech.
At any time of day and night this place is the Mecca of meetings.
She welcomes every evening a large outdoor show.
Acrobats, sellers of spices, arracheurs teeth, snake charmers are each evening at the rendezvous as gargotiers offering tasty dishes Moroccan.
Bells of water carriers, sounds of trumpets, tambourines, piaillements birds make the area a tintamarre rocking sound and spellbinding.
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The Menara
This monument was created in the twelfth century at the time of the Almohads.
Moulay Mohammed Abderrahman Ben refurbished gardens at the time of the Saadian.
He built a pavilion pleasure with thick walls and topped by a pyramidal roof tile green.
All around lies a vast garden where the olive tree dominates.
The calm waters of the immense pool of water reflects the flag saadien and chains of Atlas.
It is a true masterpiece of balance architectural and landscape design.
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The Souks
The Marrakesh souk is the largest of the entire kingdom.
There are the best handicrafts, jewellery and Moroccan cuisine.
They are maze of alleyways ochre with shadows and bursts of sun.
The souks with that of babouches announced by the smell of leather, carpets with its scent of horsehair, kaïssaria with its modern clothes.
The bazaar dyers includes many family workshops.
The local production of fabrics made with ancient techniques, handed down from father to son.
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The tombs of the Saadian
Deployed in the areas of the Kasbah, the Saadian tombs were built around 1590.
These are the necropolis of sultans Saadian.
They recall the influence of this chérifienne dynasty which ruled for two centuries.
Moualy Ismail enferma the latest in a forum to erase all traces of the dynasty.
Access to these mausoleums was sealed until 1917.
They include three rooms including the Mirhab and twelve columns, the most impressive.
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The garden Majorelle
The painter Jacques Majorelle french son of the famous cabinetmaker nancéen Louis Majorelle fell in love with Marrakesh and its lights in 20 years.
He built amid a garden of a villa Art Deco.
He returned plant species from around the world: palm trees, bougainvillea, banana, coconut, bamboo ...
Abandoned after the death of painter, the garden found a second life thanks to Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé.
Their artistic touch surrendered all its charm to this place in the very heart of Marrakech.
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