Marrakesh

Founded in 1062, the "Red City" is a tantalizing tangle of narrow streets, with scintillating souqs full of treasures and truly impressive historical monuments with breathtaking plaster arabesques, intricate mosaics and magnificently carved cedarwood. Try world-renowned Moroccan cuisine, explore the buzzing Djemaa El Fna, stroll the streets of Ville Nouvelle to find heady sights and sounds that dazzle, frazzle and enchant.
View of Koutoubia Mosque and gardem in Marrakesh, Morocco

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  1. 1 Riding a camel through the Agafay Desert dunes at sunset
  2. 2 Getting lost in the labyrinthine streets of the Old Medina during a guided Marrakesh walking tour
  3. 3 Cooking traditional cuisine in a Berber village with a local resident
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