Marrakech in the Shortlist Guide series from Time Out; exploring a range of international destinations in a handy, pocket-sized format designed to introduce visitors to the best nightlife, entertainment & local attractions in the city. Expert local writers provide an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city, ensuring that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. Each guide opens with a ‘ Don’t Miss’ section profiling recommendations by the author & accompanied by detailed commentary. An Itineraries chapter provides inspiration for travellers with a series of thematic walks around the city. The main section explores the city by region, with each area divided into sights & museums, eating & drinking, shopping, nightlife & arts & leisure. Contact details, addresses, opening times & prices for each establishment are also given where relevant.A further section on Essentials provides listings of hotels by area, accompanied by a description & with details of opening times, addresses, directions & outline room prices. Further information on getting to the city & around is also provided. There is also a Resources index, with practical guidance on accidents & emergencies, credit card loss, customs, dental emergencies, disabled visitors, embassies & consulates, left luggage, opening hours, smoking, telephones, tickets, visas & what’s on where. ...

Marrakech in the AA Spiral Guides series; comprising a selection of titles exploring a wide range of cities, regions & countries in a handy, spiral loose-leaf format. Fold-out flaps at the front & back of each title give an overview of the main regions covered, with page numbers so visitors can locate their destination easily. Each guide explores the destination geographically by region or area & provides the essential information for the main sites & attractions in addition to a recommended tour of each area by car. An introductory section - ...

Marrakesh in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Marrakesh in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

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. ...

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. ...

Street plan of Marrakesh backed by a map of northern Morocco (i.e. the whole country without the Western Sahara), with additional smaller plans of Rabat with Sale, Tangier & Casablanca, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper. On one side is a map of the country extending south beyond 28º, i.e. not covering the Western Sahara. Altitude colouring & spot heights (in feet), plus names of peaks, valleys, etc, show the topography, clearly presenting the course of the Atlas Mountains. Oasis, salt flats, hot spring & waterholes are also marked. Road network

Includes:: selected minor roads & local track & indicates locations of petrol stations. Driving distances are indicated on main routes. The map also shows the railway network & local airports. Symbols mark various places of interest & facilities: tourist accommodation including campsites & rest houses, historical & archaeological sites, beaches, caves, etc. The map is indexed & has longitude lines at intervals of 1°, with latitude shown only as margin ticks. On the reverse is a full size, indexed street plan of Marrakesh at 1:7, 400, covering both the Medina & the modern part of the city between it & the railway station. Selected hotels & other facilities, as well as various municipal institutions are marked, including taxi ranks, banks, etc. Within the Medina its various neighbourhoods & main streets are named & an enlargement presents its central part with the main souks in greater detail. The map also

Includes:: insets with smaller plans of central Rabat with Sale, Tangier & Casablanca, highlighting road arteries & naming main streets.



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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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