The fast-track guide for the smart traveller Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider`s checklist of all you need to know about the world`s most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or a vacation, we`ve done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites, & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city`s landscape & the satisfaction you`ve seen all that you should. In short, these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...

Marrakech, Essaouira & the High Atlas in the City & Regions series from Time Out; comprehensive guides to a range of cities & their surrounding regions & including some of the most detailed listings & directories of places to eat & drink & things to do & see. Time Out guides are strongly focussed on local entertainment & nightlife, in addition to principal sights & attractions, with expert local writers providing an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city. This unique quality has ensured that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. The surrounding region is also incorporated in some guides, with information on the principal attractions, sites, landscapes & the best way of exploring them. Each of the Time Out city & region guides has a similar layout, allowing visitors to explore their destination easily. An ...

Time Out Marrakech charts the ups & downs of this alluring Moroccan city & covers the city`s museums, the talk of the new starchitect-designed Museum of Photography, & the latest luxe openings in the Red City & beyond. With the help of local journalists, writers & experts, the Time Out Marrakech, Essaouira & the High Atlas guide takes you past the cliches
- into the Medina corners & Ville Nouvelle haunts where Marrakchis work & play, sampling the full extent of its religious sites, the best of its eating, spas, & shopping, & the most interesting sights, strolls & excursions. In addition, there`s a full range of riads & hotels including the best of the new openings. The Marrakech guide highlights: full colour & illustrated throughout with exclusive photography, using original imagery to give a real sense of the place; handy pull-out Marrakech map; extensive area guides not only cover the sightseeing in Marrakech, but also restaurants, bars & shops
- all plotted on maps handily located within the chapter; Top 20 list of the must-see highlights; itineraries to help you plan your visit Critic`s choices pick out the best Marrakech sights, experiences & cultural highlights
- at a glance; all Marrakech restaurants & bars have been visited & reviewed anonymously by critics who pay their own way; &, Marrakech hotels independently reviewed. The revamped Time Out Guides retain the independence & local expertise that the series is known for, while adding more features to help the visitor navigate the city. Whether you have an action-packed 24 hours or a leisurely week in which to take it all in, these guides are more essential than ever. Time Out Guides is rated top guidebook brand by Which? Survey, for level of detail, photography, quality of maps, ease of finding information & value for your money.


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Marrakech, High Atlas & Essaouira in the Footprint Focus Guides, which are targeted at cities, regions & countries worldwide that have no, or very limited, coverage from other publishers. Widely recognised for their reliability & independent writing style, Footprint Focus guides all have the same layout. Smaller than their sister Handbooks, the Focus guides are intended to streamline the information contained so that you have more of what you need, without losing Footprint ...

This book features emotive & inspiring images that capture the heart & soul of some the world`s most exciting & vibrant cities. City Impressions is an exceptional collection of illustrated books. Filled with stunning photographs, these books guide readers through some of the world`s most exciting & vibrant cities, offering unsurpassed & often revealing glimpses of the heart & soul of each city. Each volume is accompanied by the stories of travellers whose lives have changed in remarkable ways during their visits to each city. Together, the stories & photographs provide a lasting impression that will inspire the soul & stimulate the mind. ...

There has never been a more fashionable nor a more instantly exotic destination than Marrakesh. It is a dream landscape, with the steel-blue backdrop of the High Atlas mountains, a hint of the desert, vast, weathered, red orange ramparts, tall tapering palms, orchards of oranges & verdant olives. In the evening, life concentrates on that disordered square of marvels the Djemma el Fna
- where storytellers, fortune-tellers & acrobats weave their nightly magic
- & the packed, festive alleys of the souk. Marrakesh is modern time-travel, a mystery, & a riddle that can never be fully articulated let alone solved. This book explores this mystique through the researches, speculations & scholarship of forty travel writers who have succumbed to the enchantment of the city. Edited by Barnaby Rogerson, extracts are taken from the works of Elias Canetti, Peter Mayne, Esther Freud, Gavin Maxwell & George Orwell to name a few.

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Marrakesh & Essaouira street plans presented on handy, waterproof & tear-resistant map from the Rough Guides, with plenty of tourist information for both cities including sights & recommendations for eating & shopping. The intricate network of streets & alleys in the Medina of Marrakesh is presented in detail at 1:5, 100. The modern quarter of the city, Ville Nouvelle, is shown at 1:14, 300, with an enlargements showing its central Gu ...

In a world filled with beige interiors, Morocco is the perfect antidote: a refuge for addicts of saturated colour, a haven for devotees of intricate pattern, a destination for admirers of striking architecture. For anyone who wants to add Morocco`s spicy design mix into their own home, Maryam Montague, the premier blogger on the subject, explains how to do so with the building blocks of Moroccan design
- from the colours, patterns, & textiles to the architectural details & so much more. Maryam shows how Moroccan design comes to life in real villas & riads &, of course, in her own magnificent home. With takeaway information presented in ” Bringing It Home” sidebars & in how-to projects, the book is filled with actionable ideas for eager DIYers. It

Includes:: everything a reader needs to know about the Moroccan-designed products to buy.


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Marrakesh in the Encounter Guide Series from Lonely Planet, exploring a range of cities & regions worldwide in a handy, pocket-sized format designed to introduce visitors to the distinctive neighbourhoods of the destination. Frank & informal in style, the guides are renowned for their appeal to independent travellers & are written & researched by local authors. Each guide is organised into 5 distinct sections
- Highlights, Diary, Itineraries, Neighbourhoods & Snapshots
- recommending a series of essential encounters for visitors to the region. Each guide opens with a

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Marrakesh on a laminated, tear-resistant Insight Flexi Map, with a street plan of city & an enlargement of the souk area in the Medina, a street plan of Agadir, a road map of southern Morocco, plus extensive tourist information. On one side is a street plan of Marrakesh at 1:15, 000, extending westwards beyond the Old Town within its walls to include the modern centre of the city with the railway station & access to the airport. Main public buildings, places of interest & selected hotels are prominently highlighted & named. Next to it, an enlargement at 1:7, 000 covers the central part of the Old Town around the souks in greater detail. Both plans are separately indexed for streets, districts, hotels, public buildings & points of interest. On the reverse is a street plan of Agadir, presented & indexed as described above, plus a road map of southern Morocco at 1:900, 000, extending along the coast from Safi to Agadir & inland to beyond Ouarzazate & Demnate to cover the High Atlas. The map shows the area ...