Marrakesh Nightlife Tips by angiebabe

Here in this huge square in the medina is the focal point of Marrakech.

Many would agree with Paul Bowles, (probably the bestknown foreign writer who lived in and wrote about Morocco, immersed in Morocco's literary scene for about 50 years) who had said that without this square and the spectacles that go on in it Marrakech would be just another city.

Other than the souks this is where everything happens - not just the tourists here as the majority of the huge and lively crowd drawn here to entertain and be entertained are locals.

Lively at any time of the day it largely comes into into its own from dusk - rows and rows of open air food stalls with cooking aromas and smoke filling the air, attendants jostling for customers.
Here you will also find all sorts of entertainers each surrounded by spectators moving from one group onto the next - jugglers, musicians, story tellers, acrobats, snake charmers, performing monkeys - all trying to earn a few dirham for the show. In amongst this are the water sellers, henna ladies, knick knack sellers.
On the outskirts are the orange juice and fruit wagon stalls, music stalls and the surrounding restaurants and rooftop cafes in which you can retreat to absorb the atmosphere from the distance.

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