Ten days in Morocco to appreciate the fashion of its most charming cities (part 2)

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We go out to dinner at a nice restaurant for the usual modest figure of about 150 in two dh (14 €) and then to bed!
On October 4 we make a nice breakfast at the riad, then we go out to discover Essaouira, Mogador in the time of the ancient Portuguese. Unfortunately the weather is dry after 30 degrees of Fes is piovviginoso, but just wait a Oretta and everything passes to give way to a beautiful blue sky. We visit the ramparts built by the sea Cornut (French architect who worked 'for Louis XV) to protect the city from the sea and land, are still equipped with cannons Spanish. Then we visit the port where dozens of fishing boats dock daily loads for each type of fish, is a boon for the palate! Then proceed to visit the Medina and the various souks (fish, spices, leather, silk, silver) and art galleries that characterize it, 'cause Essaouira is a city' is not only dealers but also to artists. We end the day at the beach where huge number of tourists delight in kite surfing, very popular here. In the evening we decided to go to eat one of around 10 kiosks white fishermen operating grilling fresh fish on the spot, the fruit of their labor, the good thing is that dh-to-head with 100-150 (10-13 euro) you make eat incredible fish.
On October 5, after breakfast we decide to use the entire day at the beach, there is a bright sun and we take advantage, the sea is very cold so we only bathe her legs, but stay on the beach is a real pleasure to do a sunset Visit the medina to buy some gifts, always negotiate the price and then back out to dinner by the fishermen to eat grilled fish!
On the morning of October 6 After breakfast we go outside the walls in the area where the Bus Supratur for 140 dh buy two tickets to Marrakech (about 7 euro each), starting at 11.30 and at 14.30 we are at the station in Marrakech , take a taxi for 40 petite dh that brings us to our riad (http://www.riad-alwachma.com/accueil-en.html). It 's wonderful, even here we welcome you with' mint, then give us a beautiful room with bathroom, satellite TV and air conditioning, all for € 45 a room per day with breakfast. Take a shower and go out so impatient to see the "infamous" MARRRAKECH! We are 10 minutes away from the mosque Koutouibia and the famous Jemaa el Fna. Once in place we are struck by sounds, noises, smells, smells and chaos of cars, horses, carts, from any type of seller who wants to propose any kind of thing just to have a few dirhams. It passes from the woman who wants to make henneè, the enchantment of snakes, by the seller of water, all'ammaestratore of monkeys, the storyteller, the seller of orange juice, the type coach who wants you to do around, the seller of leather, fabric, essences, to jewelry, any kind of thing you can imagine. Know that in the square just take a picture of the money they ask for the "copyright", but just give you some coin ,3-4-5 dh at most if you really want to do, I will ask dh to 100, but do not give them straight, not even if you do not give anything more will follow 'that much, are not dangerous, it's all scripted. We went to the souk for a ride before dinner, as well as all of them will ask to see anything, but just say NO GOODS will leave and go. At the end we decided to eat at one of kiosks that are installed in the square every night and give food at ridiculous prices, dh 80-90 with two people dine!
On October 7, after a nice breakfast at the riad portataci HAKIM by now become our friend of the riad, we discover Marrakech, visit the mosque immediately Mouassine, then the Koutoubia and its park, and then the walls that surround the city until then at the Mosque Kasbah of the tombs and Saad (10 dh) dynasty reigned in Morocco XVI-XVIII, then the ACT building, the Berber market and the Bahia Palace (10 dh) simply beautiful with its stucco decorations, carvings, mosaics and the fountains. Finally we visit the Ben Youssef Medersa (60 dh) to return to the souk to the Jemaa el Fna is where I intend to stay in one of the terraces (Cafe de France) where while sipping mint tea, wait for the sunset and take pictures most 'beautiful of the square. So 'we did not tell you the show, a must at sunset and at night the square is even more' magic! Met back in Riyadh, take a shower then back to dinner in the square in kiosks.
The October 8 After breakfast we decided to see what we have not seen in Marrakech, we start with the gardens and the house of Majorelle (30 dh) French painter 800 here where I create 'a garden with plants from all over the world . It's worth it. We then see the district GUELIZ, the more 'modern, full of beautiful buildings, boulevards and bars typically French style, later went to Menara, and imperial garden oasis where stands a basin of water with a residence which the sultans used for their gallant meetings (10 dh). Exhausted by the walk and the sun got back to the riad, take a shower then go to dinner in one of the many terraces on the square to enjoy the whole show for the last time ever at ridiculous prices (150 dh in two).
On October 9, after breakfast to pack their bags to leave the riad, we move one last time in the souk, where we buy the last gift, to 14.00 petite take a taxi from the center that brings us to the airport for 80 dh. ... Our journey ends here with the return flight to Bergamo from Marrakech. ... goodbye MOROCCO chaotic and surprising.
Tips: take flight, Morocco you can 'do it just by himself' by train, bus, taxi and hire achines. Book Riad well at home, they are beautiful and cheap, just look at the comments of travelers to be safe. For each important thing you buy bargain and always pretended to go away because it is expensive for you, we ask them to return. I do a puff from 1400 that I made dh 500, three T-shirts left from 670 to 200 dh I took, pure soap argan asking dh 40 dh take them with 10 and so 'on. For safety, do not worry, there's police and gendarmerie as well as plainclothes police everywhere, there will never be harassed, they ask you to buy any, but not beyond that. Dine at any place, the costs are very low even in the best restaurants. Morocco will give strong emotions, strong color contrasts with pockets of poverty alongside extreme wealth almost European, very strong odors that we are not used and why sometimes it is hard getting used to, and especially so disponibilitaà without needing to stretch a few dirhams . Enjoy it without pregiodizi. Have a good trip at all!