Luxury Marrakech Holidays

The historic Moroccan city of Marrakech attracts a fashionable crowd of winter sun seekers together with fashionistas, hedonists and idealists, all in search of adventure amidst the souks, spas, chic bars and riads of this fascinating city. The focal point is its celebrated square, the Jemaa el Fna, thronged day and night with a carnvial of local life, and towering over the scene is the stately Koutoubia minaret, a reminder of the importance of Islam to the lives of the city's residents. Fun awaits in the medina (the old city), with its artisan workshops, seven ‘zaouias’ (saints' shrines) and stalls ladling up steaming bowls of intrigue. Hop into a horse-drawn calèche for a tour around the outside of the city walls; first constructed in the 12th century, these form a neat circuit of six miles punctuated by about two-hundred towers and twenty gates - a complete whirl around takes the best part of an hour.