10 Fascinating Facts About Marrakech

Wrapped up in history, mystery, and charm, Morocco’s city of Marrakech is a major economic centre and is home to mosques, palaces and gardens.

The medina is a solidly crammed, enclosed medieval metropolitan dating back to the Berber Empire with puzzling backstreets where flourishing souks sell traditional textiles, pottery and jewellery. It’s not Morocco’s capital city, that’s Rabat. It’s not the country’s largest city, that’s Casablanca. It’s not even the African nation’s oldest city, that’s Fes. But Marrakech takes victory over other Moroccan metropolises as the informal cultural hub.

So, you want to go to this fantastic city? Here are 10 fascinating facts to help get you underway on your visit to Marrakech.

1. Marrakech is regularly stated to as the Red City, due to the fact of the shade of the walls encompassing its old town area.

2. Marrakech was one of Morocco’s Imperial Cities, during the Berber Empire. The other historic capitals were Fes, Meknes, and the present capital, Rabat.

3. The 7 square kilometres of Marrakech’s 11th century Medina was elected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.

4. Marrakech, as all other cities in Morocco, remains an Islamic and mainly male-dominated civilisation however, it is also one of the furthermost open-minded and diverse metropolises in the Middle East.

5. Marrakech has the biggest souk in the whole of Morocco.

6. Modern and stylish clubs and golf resorts may be well known in Marrakech, but in 2010, it was stated that around 20,000 homes in Marrakech still had no access to electricity or water.

7. While the official language in Marrakech is Arabic, countless residents also use the Berber language Amazigh as well as French.

8. The average temperature high in the month of July is a shockingly scorching 38°C.

9. Marrakech was formally made a sister city of Scottsdale, Arizona, in January 2012. This was due to their likenesses of together being desert cities and sharing interests in climate, tourism, cultural heritage, and golf management.

10. Spiritual wanderers called the Almoravids strolled to the Tensift River, where they constructed their hub, founding Marrakech in 1062