Things to Do on Your First Trip to Marrakech

Marrakech. The Red City. The Daughter of the Desert.

Chances are that if you know anything about traveling to Morocco, you’ve heard of Marrakech. While it’s not the capital of Morocco today (that designation goes to Rabat), Marrakech is one of the most popular Moroccan cities for tourists to visit; in 2017 alone, the Red City saw more than 2 million visitors.

Marrakech is both like and unlike what you’d probably expect. It’s both ancient and modern; desert-like and almost tropical. It’s loud and chaotic and exotic, but also far more tourist-friendly than you might think.

I arrived in Marrakech after having spent time in the Sahara Desert and the High Atlas Mountains – meaning the buzzing motorbikes and honking horns and…