Marrakech & Casablanca

 Mosque minaret at sunset in Marrakech

Marrakech is a major tourist destination and this plaza in the medina is where many come.

We were told that it was quite uncrowded compared to pre-covid. 

Marrakech traffic seems crazy but there is a rhythm that the locals understand.

Here on a larger road in the medina there are scooters, a mule cart, a horse-drawn carriage,

pedestrians, and a taxi all sharing the road. 

Outside the medina there are fewer mules but many more cars, scooters, bicycles, and pedestrians. 

Two-wheel vehicles seem to possibly equal the number of cars. 

They include bicycles, mopeds, scooters, and motorcycles. 

This is a monitored parking area for people who are working nearby.

In Marrakech we visited the Berber Museum which is on the property of the Jardin Majorelle. 

It is mostly, but not entirely, cactus and palms.

Casablanca is our last stop in Morocco.

We visited the Hassan II Mosque which (pre-covid) could have 25,000 people at prayer 

inside and 80,000 people outside.

Because prayer happens five times per day it is impractical to manage 

the logistics of having tourists visit the mosques. But at Hassan II they do.

Interior of Hassan II mosque.

Decorative Moroccan cedar ceiling and glass chandeliers from Murano Italy.

The glass chandeliers are the only parts of the mosque which did not come from Morocco.

Columns are Moroccan granite.

Marble floors are all Moroccan.

This is the underground area where pre-prayer ablutions are done.

Chandelier in the bathing room.

At Jardin Majorelle.