Marrakech has been the southernmost city I have ever been, and also the first city in Africa I visit, and I am not really happy about it, I must say. I did enjoy the trip because of the company, but I did not fall in love with the city. I guess some externalities helped to this too.
First, for the whole first day it was pouring. Generally, I do not like rain when visiting a city, but Marrakech is definitely not the place for that. Come on, it is “Sahara’s Door”, and what did we get? Rain!
Secondly, political relationships between Morocco and Spain led to a demonstration in Casablanca during the weekend I was there against some Spanish decisions… People from all around Morocco attended that demonstration and the Zoco in Marrakech was mostly closed for one day (the sunny one to make it worse).
Last but not least, it is a touristic city, and hence many people live with a bunch of euros they get from the tourists. Fair enough. The problem is how some of them try to get it. They really push for offering you any kind of service and do not understand a “no” unless you repeat it 15 times… Too much for me.
Anyway, I am looking forward to a new trip to the south… but it will probably be more nature-related, and avoid the cities for the moment… 😉
More pictures from Marrakech in this slideshow.
