We wanted to do the Sahara Desert trip and we had a few friends that had been there a few months ago. They told us, there your word worths a lot and some like to negotiate woman changing them in camels, and this actually happened to me in our trip to the Desert, but in any case, if you are not sure if they are playing with you or if they mean it, just don't negotiate any woman's life there. And that's what we did when that old me offered my husband 1000 camels to have me, we said no and we walked away to our van (we never know).
When we started to plan our trip we were living in Dublin and we used to invite everybody to go with us and we met two fellows that wanted to go to Marrakesh as well. So we bought the tickets and as Luis and me were traveling around Europe, we met them in Marrakesh.
We bought the tickets from Seville, it was cheaper and it was nice to visit Seville, cute and cheap city.
We reserved a hostel inside the medina to have a true Marrakesh experience (and it was really true). And this experience starts when you arrive at the airport, they told me there that you can't get a bus from the airport to the medina, but I found out in the town that you can, and if I'm not mistaken the number of the bus is 66. So we had to get the taxi and we paid more for the taxi to take us to exactly the same place that the bus does. The taxi driver stopped my husband when he was going to fasten the seat belt (ok then).
The medina is like an old towm inside big walls. There are lot's of smalls streets that look's like the same and you can't find the name of the streets, so for your first day you will have to loose some money paying someone to take you to your hostel. Don't worry, when you get inside the medina and make that "lost face" someone will magically appers to offer you some help. In my case he asked for money at the end, but we can find nice people everywhere, never loosing faith, right?
The hostel was very cheap, 5 euros per person/day and the breakfast was 2 euros, it included breads, jellys and butter, coffee, milk and juice. Usually they serve tea for free the whole day.
If you enjoy buying, this is the place. you can find clothes, things for your house, food.. and everything is so different and beautiful. But as the owner of the hostel told us, bargain everything, and offer half of the price for everything. A great example of it was my little wood camel souvenir, the seller told me it was 20 euros, and I was like "what??!". I told him I'd pay 5, and he insisted for 15, then 10, then 7, untill I paid 5 euros and he was still with a smile on his face. So we did a great deal at the end, and he offered me 4 times more in the beggining!
In our first day, we went to buy the trip to the desert. If you can gatter more people it's better, cause you can get a discount. Never accept the first price that they offer you, try to make it better. Close to the medina you can find where they sell the trips, ask for it in your hostel/hotel.
It's importante to take with you water and a few snacks. They ususally do a few stops and they stops at restaurants as well.
We got at the desert at the sunset, riding the camel can be a little painfull especially for men, so it's nice to have that neck pillow to use between your legs(that's a must!). When you arrive at the camp it's really nice, they sing and play some instruments while they serve some food. After everybody goes to sleep. Ok, it was 10 pm, we were at the desert seen the most amazing sky of our lifes and we didn't want to sleep. So we went to another dune close to the camp with one of the stuff from the camp and we stayed there watching the sky and talking to the native guy about his life and the differences between Marrakesh and the desert. We went to sleep around midnight.
The next day we woke up to see the sunrise. Amazing!! Except by the fact that my husband was at the toillet all the time because of some kafta that we ate the day before. At the time I was not vegetarian, but I was only eating cooked veggies, they are not very clean the way they prepare food there, so I found it better not eating meat (Oh! that's remind me of our first orange juice experience in Marrakesh inside the medina, when after giving the glass that we drunk our delicious orange juice, the guy that sold us, he simply put the glass inside that sink full of dirty water, shaked it inside there and put it back to the next person... and you just feel like everything is coming out at this moment).
So back to Marrakesh, I had to go to the pharmacy to buy some medicines as Luis didn't get better just by having teas and light food. And we lost our last day in Marrakesh because he couldn't leave the hostel, too bad, but not his fault.
Marrakesh is a great experience, it's different from everything that I've ever seen. And I love this thing of knowing different cultures.
I hope you enjoy your trip!
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