About Marrakesh

In the heart of exotic Morocco is Marrakech. Framed by the snowy heights of the Atlas Mountains, with rose-colored ramparts and a thousand year old palm grove, the city casts a magical spell.
Marrakech, the capital of southern Morocco, is fully equipped to handle incentives, congresses and conferences. There are luxury hotels, restaurants, golf courses and a casinos and its international airport makes it very accessible from Europe’s major hubs. Marrakech is the cultural heart of the country, a city full of passion and energy. The most popular tourist destination in Morocco, it remains a most intriguing city, a place of magnificent architecture, vast palm oases and magical souks.

The city was built by the Almoravid Berbers in the 11C as a base for their rampaging conquests into Europe and Eastern Africa. Today, it is still the gateway to the immense continent to the south.

Koutoubia Mosque

is the largest mosque in Marrakech. The mosque is ornamented with curved windows, a band of ceramic inlay, pointed merlons, and decorative arches; it has a large plaza with gardens.The minaret, 77 metres in height, includes a spire and orbs. It was completed under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184 to 1199), and has inspired other buildings such as the Giralda of Seville and the Hassan Tower of Rabat.

Saadien tombs

Date back from the time of the sultan Ahmad al-Mansur (1578-1603). The tombs were discovered in 1917 and were restored by the Beaux-arts service. The tombs have, because of the beauty of their decoration, been a major attraction for visitors of Marrakech.
Outside the building is a garden and the graves of soldiers and servants.

Menara gardens

located to the west of Marrakech, at the gates of the Atlas mountains. They were built in the 12th century.
The name menara derives from the pavillon with its small green pyramid roof (menzeh). The pavilion was built during the 16th century Saadi dynasty.

Majorelle Garden

Is a twelve-acre botanical garden and artist’s landscape garden in Marrakech. It was designed by the French artist Jacques Majorelle in the 1920s and 1930s. The garden hosts more than 15 bird species that are endemic to North Africa. It has many fountains, and a notable collection of cacti.

Ben Youssef Madrasa

A college founded in 14th century. Its 130 student dormitory cells cluster around a courtyard richly carved in cedar, marble and stucco. This madrasa was one of the largest theological colleges in North Africa and may have housed as many as 900 students.