A short stay in... Marrakesh This legendary Moroccan city is an exotic experience in sensoryseduction. And yet, writes Sarah Barrell, it's all for real - the souks,snake charmers, story tellers and magical gardens sheltering beneath the Atlas Mountains

From: The Independent - London | Date: March 29, 1998| Author: Sarah Barrell, | Copyright information

WHY GO THERE?

Marrakesh is just a camel's spit from southern Spain, and only three- and-a-half hours from London. With its snake charmers, story tellers, labyrinthine Medina, hooded men and veiled women, it has long been the winter retreat to satisfy European cravings for the exotic. This is sensory seduction in the extreme. An olfactory nirvana, the city bathes in the scents of orange blossom, mint, Kif (hashish) and, of course, the ancient spice souks. Young couples will be enticed t...

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