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Advantages: Stunning scenery! Disadvantages: food, a bit of a culture shock
Marrakech has always been high up on my list of places to visit, so earlier this year I packed my bags and set off with a friend to explore the city.
We flew with easyjet from London Gatwick to Marrakech Menara airport, convinently located around 15 minutes taxi ride from central Marrakech.
Morrocco has a closed currency system meaning that Morrocan Dirhams cannot be brought into the country or taken out. There are Bureau de Changes located throughout the city and they accept most major currencies including pounds and euros. The two main languages are French and Arabic, although English is widely spoken along with many other languages.
A word of warning - Marrakech is a city where you have to haggle and haggle hard. Never accept the first price and be prepared to walk away! Prices quoted are usually 2-3 times as much as ...
Advantages: A simply stunning building overall, it's free Disadvantages: The "blue" aspect may disappoint you,can be very busy
In Istanbul's Battle of the Buildings, the Blue Mosque is, for me, the outright winner. It was built in the seventeenth century on the orders of Sultan Ahmet I with the intention that it should rival the Hagia Sophia which stands opposite it. The image of these two fantastic buildings square up to each other is one of the most breath-taking sights in Istanbul, a city that's not short on visual magnificence. Both buildings are quite extraordinary but it's the Blue Mosque that wins me over with its six stately minarets and awesome courtyard; I'd go so far as to say that every trip (at least every first trip) to Istanbul should include a visit to the Blue Mosque.
With its six minarets, the Blue Mosque is easily identifiable from all over the city - even in a city that is teeming with mosques. There is a story that claims that the Sultan ...
Advantages: Beautiful climate, friendly + helpful locals,respectful people, great shopping,out of this world! :) Disadvantages: hassel to buy, quite dusty (not great when you've got a cold)
your money before you go, unless of course you are going back soon, which in that case it's probably worth keeping hold of rather than paying more commission on it.
I along with four friends, travelled to Marrakech - three of us only staying for 2 nights (literally 48 hours!) and the other two for 3 nights.
Believe it or not, there is an abundance of things to do and places to see in such little time! From the famous Souks, Djemaa el-Fna, The Kutubiyya Mosque, and of course the delightful Atlas Mountains! And so much more!
We left the cold and rainy London on December 7th 2007 and just 3 and a half hours later landed in a warm and sunny Marrakech! To leave a climate of probably less than 10 degrees Celsius and in the same day be in a climate of more than 20 degrees Celsius, is pretty amazing!
I stepped out of the plane and my ...
Tink27 19.12.2007 (21.12.2007)
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