Marrakech with the family: precious moments
The city of Marrakech is a welcoming, vibrant and cosmopolitan city that offers a large number of activities and leisure activities for the whole family. The ocher city has many assets such as a mild temperature throughout the year, with peaks of heat in summer and an often mild and dry winter. To tell the truth, discovering Marrakech as a family means plunging into a colorful universe, sounds and smells… a destination so close, which offers a great sensory journey! A small panorama of leisure activities is essential for your next vacation.
Here is our evolving post which contains some good addresses to discover Marrakech while having fun with your children:
JEMAA EL FNA SQUARE
Impossible to miss the Jemaa el Fna square, perhaps the most famous in the Maghreb, it is the heart of Marrakech! Quiet during the day, the square comes alive at the end of the afternoon, the ideal time for a visit with the children. We come across a colorful and noisy ensemble of musicians, water carriers, monkey trainers, and above all, snake charmers. It is advisable to return there in the evening, for a completely different atmosphere.
GET A HENNA TATTOO
Still at Jamaa El Fna, you can please your child for less than 2 euros with a pretty henna tattoo, for a girl or a boy, an original little souvenir to bring back from Marrakech! It is possible to choose the pattern from a small photo album. It is especially recommended to require a fresh red "henna" (by pronouncing the H well) and which does not "sting". Then admire your child's smile and the stars in their eyes.
SQUARE OF SPICES (RAHBA QEDIMA)
Chameleons, turtles, spices, herbs, carpet merchants. They will be able to be amazed, and believe themselves in a tale of 1001 nights.
ADMIRE THE SUNSET OVER THE KOUTOUBIA
The great mosque located behind the Jemaa El Fna square. To get the best view, you can sit on the terrace of the Café de France, on the 2nd floor, and savor: the mint tea, the spectacle of the itinerant restaurateurs who set up shop in the square.
A CARRIAGE RIDE
A must in Marrakech: go around the ramparts of the medina of Marrakech, a nice little family outing. Children will be more than happy to take this carriage ride. You can also take them to get to the Majorelle garden or the Menara.
TAKE A CAMEL RIDE
Ride the ancestral mount of the inhabitants of the desert through the splendours of the palm grove of Marrakech! Relaxing excursion around the ocher city through the vast palm grove. Cross wadis and villages, Excursion, open to families with children.
THE MAJORELLE GARDEN
Famous for its particular blue color (and for having belonged to Yves Saint Laurent), the villa is surrounded by a splendid botanical garden, with plants from all over the world: cacti, bamboo, water lilies, jasmines…. Not to be missed !
MENARA BASIN
La Menara is a very popular place and for good reason: A basin, an olive grove, palm trees...Walking around at the end of the day, going to give bread to the huge hungry carp in the basin. Show guaranteed!
RELAX AT THE POOL OR FILL UP SENSATIONS
Are you cracking up after three hours in the souks of Marrrakech with your family? It's time to dive into a swimming pool or you are looking for an amusement park for children, young and old!