It’s impossible to describe this fascinating city in a paragraph or two, because its sights, sounds, smells and tastes are overwhelming.
The sights range from the snake charmers, acrobats, monkey handlers, and henna artists at ground-level in the huge Jamaa el Fna square to the towering Koutoubia mosque dominating the skyline.
Pre-dawn, the first sound is the call to prayer; as the sun rises, scooters and horns take over; and as evening fades the cool air is filled with the flutes of the snake-charmers and the fables of the story-tellers.
The smells fill the air: from exotic spices, leather and incense in the souk through to the stench of rotting animal skins at the tanneries.
The tastes: sweet mint tea, naturally sweeter orange juice, fresh figs, dates and apricots, olives of every hue, still-warm biscuits, and of course the delicate flavours of the tagines.
In combination, it’s all rather overwhelming… so to really understand what it’s like you’ll just have to come here to experience it for yourself…
A Tale of Two Travellers 