Advantages: Lose weight on holiday
Disadvantages: None for me

The climb to Mount Toubkal in Morocco's Atlas Mountains is no light undertaking, although in hiking and mountaineering terms it is a very straightforward peak to attempt. On busy days over 100 hikers will climb Toubkal, and in summertime no special equi ... Read review

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Wow - thank you all for the kind reception for this review :o) by cr01

Amazing review, sounds like a fantastic experience. by Absinthe_Fairy

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The Highest in North Africa
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Advantages: Cheap, clean and pretty central
Disadvantages: Tired fixtures and fittings

...would never have chosen the Ryad Mogador if I were selecting but as it happened we ... Read review

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As a veteran of Ukrainian hotels the plumbing issues seem minor to me. Of course, I would always prefer a automatically fillimng cistern given the choice... by fizzytom

First-rate review. by JOHNV

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Advantages: Great for a relax for a night or two
Disadvantages: Not too much to see - a full day and you've done it.

Getting to Essaouira Many UK travellers arrive in Marrakech for their journey to Essaouira. Unfortunately there are no trains between the two cities although the train company runs a rather handy "Western Style" coach/bus between the two which ta ... Read review

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Great review! I feel like I am there - I wish! by siberian-queen

Exceptional- E from me.x by Violet1278

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Essential Essaouira
by duskmaiden

Essouira Morocco
by helenfeane

Many travellers
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Advantages: Local to main square- friendly staff -clean
Disadvantages: No pool -but has jacuzzi

...after my brilliant experience of Dar Najat I had to return. The riad had been renovated since our last holiday 3 year ago -now with added roof terrace with sun loungers. What a difference! After a hard day of sh ... Read review

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Welcome to ciao by mozzie76

Hi and welcome to Ciao. x by chrisandmark_is_here

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Advantages: lovely riad
Disadvantages: A nation of conmen and not safe, women are particularly vulnerable.

Please consider going elsewhere. Every single person we spoke to in the airport lounge and on the plane on the way back home said "never again". We were totally unprepared for the constant harrassment from the locals, who kept trying to convince you that ... Read review

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Great holiday.
by kerrytrees

Marrakech - Watch out for this!
by jon.stander

A holiday with a difference
by Absinthe_Fairy

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Advantages: Distance from centre. Clean and air-con.
Disadvantages: Queues!! Very slow service. No taxi controller.

Arriving at Marrakech airport, first impressions seemed okay. The stairs were at the plane very quickly and so we were off the plane in a few minutes. We did need to walk a short distance across the tarmac to the main airport arrivals lounge - which agai ... Read review

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Sounds dire. Well reviewed. John by Coloneljohn

I was taken into a little tent and 'searched ' on the way out. We arrived at Casablanca and left from here! by catsholiday

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In Need Of Modernisation
by ms19

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Advantages: location, dinning options, swimming pool, gardens
Disadvantages: expencive room service

I have stayed at the Sofitel Marrakech twice and in my opinion it defiantly earns it's 5 star status. From the moment you step out of the car your made to feel very special and very welcome! Whilst reception check you in, you are seated and greeted ... Read review

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I think we stayed here - it was a few years ago and one of about 10 hotels we stayed in while in Morocco. by catsholiday

Concise and nice. Pls correct typos. by aethys

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Pure luxury -and booked through the Co op
by baeswoman

Again with renovations
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Advantages: Spectacular
Disadvantages: Can get VERY busy

Must see and then see again I have been to Marrakech several times and have seen the Majorelle Gardens twice – the first time in October during Ramadan a few years ago, and most recently in March this year when we took a holiday in Morocco with my sis ... Read review

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And I bet they didn't know how to queue properly either... by greenierexyboy

Something that sounds ideal when I do eventually visit Marrakech! Agree completely about tourists who don't respect the culture! They chose to visit and should therefore be prepared to dress accordingly! Grrrr! x by frankiecesca

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Majorelle's Garden is just Magic
by Elysia2003

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Advantages: A calming oasis among the hustle and bustle of the city
Disadvantages: None

JARDIN MAJORELLE, MARRAKECH, MOROCCO I was extremely lucky that for my 40th birthday, my Mum decided to pay for me to go on holiday. My sisters and I decided to make it a girly weekend and go together. We didn't want to stay away too long from the ki ... Read review

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Super xx by xmum2fourx

Excellent review. John by Coloneljohn

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I'm blue, da ba de, da ba die
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Advantages: Great room, some have great views, fantastic pool area
Disadvantages: Some of the staff, lack of activities, Agadir doesn't have much to do

...all inclusive. We booked the Royal ... Read review

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Agadir does sound rather appealing but I get easily bored on holiday! Smashing review! by Mildew82

One of these days I am going to go on such a holiday to do absolutely nothing. I like that idea although I am not sure I would be able to sit still for so long. Excellent review and quite a bargain! by garymarsh86

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Advantages: Great Building
Disadvantages: Mostly poor exhibits

Mmmmmm, not much of a museum The Musee du Marrakech is not by any measure a world-class museum. The contents of the place are almost instantly forgettable and the modern art which is on display (and for sale) is unlikely to win any awards. It is howev ... Read review

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Nice tiling, shame about the light fitting. by silverstreak

I actually almost like that light fitting...it just doesn't belong there. by greenierexyboy

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Advantages: Beautiful buildings
Disadvantages: haggle, steel

We just came back from Marrakech, and I can honestly say I don't like it at all because of how people treat you. People milk you wherever they can to get in your pocket. Every second guy comes up to you to be a ''guide'' and ask you if you want to go som ... Read review

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The Tunisian guys are notorious bum pinchers.lol by thedevilinme

You need to add a lot more infomation in here for me to rate it any higher x by IzzyInTheHouse

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Travel to Marrakech
by sprouts2009

Great holiday.
by kerrytrees

A holiday with a difference
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Advantages: Spectacular building with lots to see
Disadvantages: Can get VERY crowded

I love a good mosque - but I'll settle for a medersa I love Islamic architecture and one of the great disappointments for me when I visit Morocco is that tourists – in fact anyone who isn't a Muslim – are not allowed to enter mosques. There are just t ... Read review

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Ah yes - I did do something in my absence from Ciao - I went to Marrakesh and I went to this place via a tannery via a very questionable carpet salesman via a bunch of small kids who I made Promise!! were showing me the right way. They were and the student rooms were better than any student halls I've ever seen!! Good read by TheTravellingShowAndTellMan

We visited a medrassa in Istanbul and it was amazing to see the concentration applied by those youngsters by fizzytom

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Advantages: Interesting
Disadvantages: Stinky

...hadn't planned to go to the tanneries. If I'm honest, I hadn't actually realised that Marrakech HAD any tanneries and I'd always associated that industry with Fez, rather than Marrakech. We had been looking for ... Read review

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Oh - I can tell ye a story about the tanneries of Marrakesh and it goes like this..... We were collared in the same way you were and lead to the far side of the city walls where they promised me was a short cut to the medersa. But they lied. We too were then led to a Berber shop and they spent ages trying to get me to buy something. I continued talking in French that we were promised a medersa and so unless he knew where it was I wasn't playing his haggling games. This went on for a while until the shop owner got a little angry that we were buying nothing (not even the silly little slipper shoes) and we began to leave. He tried to stop us, but I ignored that. However when we were outside we were accusted by the Tannery Man (which is not a super hero) and he bagen saying he had 100 workers to fed and we should give him 1,000Dhm. I laughed and said if he would take me back to the tannery I would personally give each worker 10Dhms. Apparently that is not a good deal maker and this guy then got upset and said only he gave money to his workers. So I said OK - No money. He got angry and we began to have a conversation in the back streets of Berberland. Many people put their heads round their doors and at this point I thought I didn't really know exactly where I was and it was probably best to avoid getting killed so I made my final offer..... A pen (with a lid) He took two and said this was the greatest gift. We left round a corner and to the outside of the city walls. I gave away a total of 24 pens that holiday - so much cheaper than paying anybody. Never again have I or shall I be taken for a mug again in a foreign country or East London. Anyway, I know it's a roundabout way of saying it, but I guess the whole point of what I'm trying to say is that this brought back memories and I can smell the urine even now. by TheTravellingShowAndTellMan

The casual tourist would need to be a bit thick-skinned to take up an offer of a trek across town with a stranger to see hides being tanned... nice review. by pgn0

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Advantages: Lovely old building, great value, super staff
Disadvantages: Don't forget to print the map before you go.

Essaouira - the Maze If we'd printed the map before we left, I think we could have found Les Matins Bleus (the Blue Mornings for those who've forgotten all their school French). To be honest, if we'd had a pen to copy the directions off the website, w ... Read review

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I've got ELO going round in my head now. by silverstreak

This sounds exactly like the kind of place I'd love. xx by tallulahbang

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