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Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; illustrated edition edition (1 Feb 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1740595947
ISBN-13: 978-1740595940
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 10.4 x 1 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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This is the only full-colour guide to Marrakesh with fold-out city maps. It features mapped walking tours, including Marrakesh by Design for the best of the city's elegant interiors. An entertainment chapter provides myriad options from clubbing to performing arts. Marrakesh was an oasis of tolerance for gay travellers long before Yves Saint-Laurent settled down here with his partner in the '60s, and today many same-sex couples report a greater sense of ease here than in their hometowns. Palais el-Badi was reputed to be one of the most beautiful palaces in the world when it was built in 1578-1602. In the traditional cosmetics corner of the Rahba Kedima Market, tourists experiment with kohl eyeliner and cochineal, perhaps unaware that this all-natural lip-stain is actually made from ground-up bugs! 70 fresh fruit juice stalls, pulp over 100,000 oranges, lemons and grapefruits every day.

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great guide to carry in your pocket, 6 May 2008

By	The Funky Doctor (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marrakesh: Encounter (Lonely Planet Encounter) (Paperback)

Forget the tourist uniform of backpack and Lonely Planet/Rough Guide in hand.... you're going to need both hands to carry all the 'bargains' that the salesmen of Marrakech have so considerately helped you spend your money on!

This is a tremendous little guidebook to carry in your pocket as you wander round Marrakech.
The old Medina is a rabbit-warren of alleyways (you WILL get lost, so enjoy the experience!), so to have a well thought out little book like this on you is a real help. It is just the right size (and weight!) to slip into the leg pocket of your combat trousers or back pocket of your jeans, and has just enough practical information about sights of interest, shopping, restaurants etc etc, to keep you busy. I found that whilst I do have an interest in the politics of 17th Century Morocco, I was quite content to leave my full-size, full-on guidebook at the hotel for a bedtime read, and just go for a walk to see what I could see.

This book is different from many others in that it is organised by neighbourhoods, each with a detailed map of the area. I found these maps to be significantly more use than most I saw, as you will need to navigate not by street signs but by landmarks, and these maps are full of helpful landmarks (what signs there are- and they are fairly few and far between!- are mainly in Arabic of course). They are also not fold out maps, just pages in the book, which makes using them quicker and easier too.

My only real criticism is that I would have liked to see more information on cheaper places to eat in each neighbourhood. The suggestions they do have were often a little pricey, and in my opinion- in Marrakech at least- pricey certainly isn't to be equated with better; the best places I found to eat (very) well, were also the slightly more rough and ready places, which perhaps this guide's authors didn't care for!

I always find Lonely Planet books the best laid out and easiest to use. Their full-size 'Morocco' guide has a rather brief, if helpful, section on Marrakech; and their 'Best of Marrakech' guide is very good too (with a lot of the information duplicated in this book), but the excellent layout and design of this book, not to mention it's physical size, shape and weight, gave it the edge for me.

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most insightful guide to a wonderful city!, 6 April 2006

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Only someone who has not been to Marrakesh can complain about the book. I just used it with 2 friends to spend 5 days in this wonderful city and it was truly thorough, giving us some great itineraries to eat, shop and use the Imams (get the exfoliating massage) without getting lost in the maze of the Old City or the Souks. A most definite buy if you are going. And by all means do go.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Some factual errors, 14 Feb 2009

By	Mr. M. S. Berry (Manchester UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Marrakesh: Encounter (Lonely Planet Encounter) (Paperback)

In general a handy little book which saves lugging a bigger guide around, though with the expected loss of some detail.
The provided map is too small and lacks sufficient detail to be useful, the Rough Guide map is much more likely to help the bemused and confused.
One error which should be corrected is the statement that Les Terraces de l'Alhambra is licenced - the beer served is non alcoholic!

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2.0 out of 5 stars junks
Pretty Junks actually. Not great info, not consistant with what I experienced with my own eyes in my head.

Published 3 months ago by Ugudum Bugadum

4.0 out of 5 stars Marrakesh (Lonely Planet Encounter)
The guide deals with the various areas of Marrackech systematicly and over-laps reveiws so the reader can pickup and put down. Read more

Published 8 months ago by New reader Paul

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, but the maps are poor.
Perhaps a little dated, but many of the recommendations for restarants still stand the test of time. The maps are poor (as other reviewers commented). Read more

Published 21 months ago by Mr. M. P. Carter

3.0 out of 5 stars In defence any kind of map is essential for Marrakesh
The layout, keys and general text I found to be interesting and for the most part usually friendly. However the costs for admission and taxis are out of date and the maps have... Read more

Published 23 months ago by Ali

2.0 out of 5 stars Reasonable information ruined by terrible style
This book does contain a lot of useful information but is, judging by the appalling clich�d style, aimed at people still stuck in a 1960's world where hammering artisans 'pound... Read more

Published 23 months ago by BWHunt

2.0 out of 5 stars bad maps
Very disappointed in the maps in this guide. Looks like 8 point font in medium green colour printed on a background of light green. Read more

Published on 14 Mar 2006 by aegliddon

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