Went there with my wife as well in 2017. We were young and quite nervous or at least i was But we never had any hassle or trouble. The few scam-artists we experienced actually got put in place by some locals asking them to stop and leave us alone. We lived in a riad right in the old town. Amazing experience! Jardin Majorelle must be mentioned. Even if its quite touristy. Also MACAAL is a must. We ate several time at Le Jardin in the old town. Amazing place. I also tried to hunt down old LPs and cassettes but it was really hard. And oddly a lot of the places that sold music had old formats sealed off.
Overall - nice experience! Would definitely do it again. I know some people that had other more negative experiences but we never had any. Other than the culture shock of coming from a nordic country to a place so different in many ways.
Currently on last day of Marrakesh break. Absolutely loved it, got through many of your recommendations and really enjoyed. Searched for the lads (see above) in vain, Mrs made it clear that she wasnāt happy about seeking out alternative suppliers.
If anyone ever heads this way and needs a breaks from the madness of the city, recommended Beldi Country Club on a day pass. Short taxi ride, amazing food, beautiful surroundings and peace and quiet
La Pergola was good for food / evening meal and drinks. Book ahead. In fact, book ahead for all decent food and drink.
TukTuk tour a good way to get to see the city over an hour or two, provides employment for disabled locals and a combined ticket gets you into photography museum, while your driver waits, and into secret garden at the end.
Leave yourself plenty time to get through airport on way back. Checkpoints and queues are never ending, especially passport control
If youāre looking for vinyl, thereās only one place in Marrakech to go that Iām aware of and thatās Jaafarās place near Le Jardin. Mostly local 7s in pretty bad nick but youāll find a few clean ones in there if you look hard enough. Heās a great bloke and his brother owns/owned a perfume shop next door. I spent a good hour or so with him listening to records whilst my girlfriend at the time was next door having some mad personalised perfume experience - win win. Edit: Canāt seem to find anything about the perfume place so may not be there anymore.
This was March 2020 so things may have changed but I believe the record shop is still there. He did make an Instagram account, hasnāt posted on there for a while but is active on WhatsApp if you give him a shout - number is in his IG bio - https://www.instagram.com/jaafar.jeef?igsh=MTloZjdmb2k4ZmRwcQ==
I donāt often use my credit card but did so last week to purchase a bag in the souk. Last night my card issuer alerted me to someone attempting to purchase a drone or drones online using my account.
Iām not necessarily accusing the souk vendor but I donāt think itās a coincidence
But we never had any hassle or trouble. The few scam-artists we experienced actually got put in place by some locals asking them to stop and leave us alone. We lived in a riad right in the old town. Amazing experience! Jardin Majorelle must be mentioned. Even if its quite touristy. Also MACAAL is a must. We ate several time at Le Jardin in the old town. Amazing place. I also tried to hunt down old LPs and cassettes but it was really hard. And oddly a lot of the places that sold music had old formats sealed off.
