Marrakech
Craft, architecture and food are woven into the medina’s working streets as much as its historic monuments and shaded courtyards.
Read the Marrakech field guide ↗Africa UN Member State
Morocco
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Explore Morocco through our Marrakech field guide: Courtyard shade, medina lanes and the layered flavors of a Moroccan kitchen. Browse additional introductory place notes below, and check local sources when making plans.
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A place to begin2 full guides · 4 introductory notes
Find your way into Morocco.
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Culture, traditions & placeSelected editorial notes
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These notes draw on Elsewhere’s destination writing about local cultural life, history, food, craft and landscape. They are starting points for learning, not a complete account of the country’s many communities or traditions.
Fès
A working urban medina whose craft traditions, universities and religious architecture hold centuries of intellectual and artistic life.
Read the Fès field guide ↗Chefchaouen
Explore blue-painted streets respectfully and walk beyond the busiest photo lanes to discover the mountain-town setting.
Read the Chefchaouen introductory note ↗Essaouira
Explore the medina and harbor, watch the Atlantic from the ramparts and discover local workshops away from the busiest streets.
Read the Essaouira introductory note ↗Aït Benhaddou
Explore the earthen ksar and learn about its preservation; hot weather and uneven pathways call for careful planning.
Read the Aït Benhaddou introductory note ↗Imlil
Discover an Atlas mountain village and nearby valleys; use experienced local guides for unfamiliar higher routes.
Read the Imlil introductory note ↗Open 6 field-guide experience notes
The medina
Explore with patience, pause when the lanes feel busy and consider a locally based guide for history and context.
In the Marrakech guide ↗A riad courtyard
Notice the transition from lively street to quiet interior in a traditional courtyard home.
In the Marrakech guide ↗A shared dinner
Make a long evening meal an introduction to regional cooking and the generosity of Moroccan hospitality.
In the Marrakech guide ↗Fès el Bali with context
A locally based guide can explain the district's layers and help navigate its active residential lanes.
In the Fès guide ↗A craft workshop
Visit with the maker's consent, ask about the process and consider buying directly from local artisans.
In the Fès guide ↗A Fassi table
Make time for a traditional meal and ask how the city's layered culinary history shapes it.
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North Africa · Full field guide
Marrakech
Courtyard shade, medina lanes and the layered flavors of a Moroccan kitchen.
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North Africa · Full field guide
Fès
A living medieval medina, artisan workshops and the generous pace of a shared meal.
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Rif Mountains · Introductory note
Chefchaouen
Explore blue-painted streets respectfully and walk beyond the busiest photo lanes to discover the mountain-town setting.
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High Atlas foothills · Introductory note
Aït Benhaddou
Explore the earthen ksar and learn about its preservation; hot weather and uneven pathways call for careful planning.
Open note