Marrakech focuses on the Jemaa el-Fnaa square's storytellers and snake charmers, the Medina's tanneries and Souk Semmarine, the Bahia Palace, and the Jardin Majorelle that Yves Saint Laurent restored in cobalt blue.
Highlights
Medina
Jemaa el-Fna
Majorelle Garden
Atlas Access
When to Visit
Mar-May
Atlas peaks still snow-capped behind the city, Marrakech walking pleasant before summer heat, and the Bahia and Majorelle gardens at peak photogenic with bougainvillea.
Jun-Aug
Hits 40°C and the medina punishing by 11am, but the Riads' courtyards stay cool and the High Atlas Berber villages of Imlil 90 minutes south stay 12°C cooler.
Sep-Oct
Marrakech International Film Festival in late November-early December aside, autumn brings the medina back to walking comfort with reliable photographic light.
Nov-Feb
Cool dry winter with snow on the High Atlas providing the city's iconic photograph from the rooftops, and the riads' fireplaces and tagines indoors at peak.
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