Day 10

Marrakech, Morocco. Long bus ride, Bahia Palace, traditional Moroccan lunch, Koutoubia Minaret, Saadian Tombs and Garden, Jemaa el-Fnaa Bazaar, cobras, monkeys, storytellers, fortune tellers, and magicians!

Close-up

A close-up of some of the garden plots.
Room of the twelve columns

The Saadian Tombs has interments of 60 members of the Saadi Dynasty. The room of the twelve columns is the most famous. It contain…
Wide twelve columns

You can see more of the room of the twelve columns in this shot and in color.
The tombs

The tombs date back from the time of the sultan Ahmad al-Mansur (1578-1603). They were discovered in 1917 and were restored by the…
Multi-rooms

The building is composed of three rooms. They were all beautiful.
Infinite patterns

There are an infinite number of patterns you can create with zellige tilework. The process has not changes in a millenia.
Beautiful architecture
One last shot

To see most of the room.
Cats!

Lots of cats at the Saadian Tombs.
Outside

A nice shot of the outside of the building.
More cats
Beautiful tombs
Nice palm tree
Door close-up

There was nothing around to tell us which member of the family was buried in which tomb. We all just wandered around taking pictur…
Altar

It looks like there should be an altar in this space.
Sleeping man

I thought I lucked out and got a photo of this arch all to myself. Well, there was a man asleep over there but, I was quiet and I…
Pretty ceiling
Cool tree!

It was like a bonsai tree.
Another cat!
Back on the street

Walking to our next stop.