EUROPE BLOG May 27th, 2023 - MARRAKESH

5/27/23- I actually get over 12 hours sleep. Partially due to the internet here sucks so was a bit bored, but also there isn’t a reason to wake up early. I almost missed the hotel breakfast on the roof (which doesn’t have much of a view) and get there just in time for pancakes, crepes and jelly. They also serve goats milk but that’s not something I wish to temp my stomach with right now.

Doing a bit of research, we head out to Bahia Palace. We brave the souk market again, which is even worse this time around with the Saturday tour groups packing the tight quarters. 

We make it to the palace (built in the mid 1850s and eventually turned into one of the most visited tourist spots in Morocco), pay the 70 MAD ($7 US) in cash and immediately are overwhelmed with the amount of people inside. Every spot is taken up with instagrammers trying to find their perfect pose, and getting shots in between the waves of tour groups is almost a non-existent. I say almost because it does level off at times.

We spend almost an hour touring the rooms, open courtyard and art before exiting. We then decide to aimlessly walk outside the walls of the medina (getting away from the shops) and see where it leads. The first interesting spot is the Koutoubia mosque (which we can’t go inside due to being non-Muslim) and walk around the building. Then we continue another 10 minutes to the old city walls before making our way back toward our hotel.

As we get close, we spot a restaurant and get a chicken and tuna sandwich for only $2 US each (comes with fried but mine taste fishy), and barricade ourselves into the hotel for the night. There are a few things left to do in Marrakesh but saving some of that until tomorrow as I only have around 100 MAD left in cash ($10 US) and prefer to use it wisely.

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