This blog is really just an excuse to show you some pictures of Marrakech, and to tell you why I liked it so much. Well, where to begin - there were so many things - but I think for an English person in January the colour of the sky was pretty amazing, and temperatures during the day were up to 27 degrees
The mix of modern and medieval was also very interesting and extremely picturesque
We love visiting houses, museums and gardens, and Marrakech has the famous Yves St Laurent garden that inspired Alan Titchmarsh in so many of his ground force makeovers; so we saw the cobalt blue and numerous cactuses.
More by luck than judgement we just happened to be in Morocco on the day of the Marrakech marathon. It is always interesting to watch how events are organised in other countries, and maybe take a leaf out of their book on how to organise traffic. We watched the 10k race for quite some time. This is it when we first started watching:
After about 45 minutes, the drivers were getting a little bit impatient, and the three traffic police on duty were struggling to hold them back, but the runners kept on going.
As we carried on walking we could see that the race had caused a little bit of congestion
We loved visiting the riads in the medina. Outside you can see nothing but tiny little streets, and high red walls, but when you get inside there are beautiful floors, ceilings, courtyards, and of course - cats
Marrakech is a great place for a winter break. I am really looking forward to going back - I might even enter the marathon!