Marrakech when it rains: the fortnight nobody plans for
Rain here is rare, short and heavy, and the city is not built for it. What shuts, what floods, and why the morning after is the…
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The Journal.
Seasonal writing from the team on the ground — what the city is actually like in a given month, what changes during Ramadan, and how a week here runs when there are twelve of you. For the questions that do not change, see the Marrakech guide.
Forty-eight hours in Marrakech that does not feel rushed
Two days is a stopover, not a holiday — but it works if you stop trying to see everything. One quarter, one monument, one hammam, two…
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Working remotely from Marrakech for a month
The wifi question is the wrong question. What decides a working month here is the time zone, where you stay, and whether the place you have…
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Marrakech with limited mobility: an honest assessment
The medina is difficult and nobody says so clearly. Here is what is genuinely hard, what is manageable with planning, and why the choice of where…
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Marrakech for photographers: where the light is, and the etiquette
The city photographs beautifully and the rules are not obvious. When the light works, which quarters reward walking, and why asking before you shoot changes what…
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Marrakech in high summer: how to actually enjoy 43 degrees
July and August in Marrakech are not a write-off, they are simply a different trip. Invert the day, choose the house carefully, and the city gives…
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A week in Marrakech for twelve people: how it actually runs
Group trips fail on logistics, not on the destination. This is the shape of a week that works for a dozen people — where the friction…
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Ramadan in Marrakech: what actually changes for a visitor
Visiting during Ramadan is entirely possible and in some ways better, but the city runs on a different clock. Here is what closes, what opens late,…
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Marrakech month by month: the honest calendar
What the city is actually like in each month of the year — the heat, the rain that nobody warns you about, the weeks when everything…
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