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El Diario

Trekking, desierto, montañas y los caminos entre ellos — escrito desde Marruecos, al ritmo real del país.

13 artículos que coincide con marrakech

Borrar
Saddled camels couched on the sand at a desert camp in low orange evening light, dune slopes and tamarisk behind
Circuitos
Morocco

What Everything Costs, Part 2: Desert, Cities and Culture

Sahara tours, camel treks, 4×4 raids, cooking classes, hammams, guides and transfers — real prices in dirham and euro, with the per-vehicle logic that makes desert pricing work differently.

6 min de lectura
Walkers with poles following a broad valley track between rock outcrops and green riverside scrub in the Atlas foothills
Montañas
High Atlas

Atlas Mountains Day Trip from Marrakech: Which Valley?

Ourika, Imlil, Ouirgane or Asni — four very different days sold under one name. Which valley suits which kind of visitor, and how to avoid the waterfall coach crush.

4 min de lectura
Terraced fields above an Atlas valley at sunrise in spring, young green barley on the upper terraces and bare tilled soil below
Circuitos
Morocco

The Best Time to Visit Morocco, Month by Month

There is no single best month — there is a best month for what you actually want to do. Marrakech in August and the High Atlas in August are two different countries. A working calendar from people who guide in all twelve.

5 min de lectura
A group sitting on rugs around a shared tagine and glasses of mint tea under walnut trees
Cocina
Marrakech & Fez

Taking a Moroccan Cooking Class (And Shopping the Market First)

The good classes start in the souk with an empty basket. What to look for when booking, what you should actually learn, and how to buy spices, argan oil and preserved lemons without being sold the tourist grade.

6 min de lectura
A clay tagine with the lid lifted, beef with prunes, toasted almonds, sesame seeds and hard-boiled egg inside
Cocina
Morocco

Moroccan Cuisine Is Not One Cuisine

A Fez tagine and a Marrakech tagine are different dishes. The regional map of Moroccan cooking — Fassi refinement, Marrakchi smoke, Souss argan, Rif mountain food and the Saharan bread baked in sand.

5 min de lectura
The earthen kasbah of Aït Ben Haddou in late afternoon light, tiered mudbrick houses rising above the dry riverbed
Circuitos
Marrakech to the Sahara

A 7-Day Morocco Itinerary That Isn't Exhausting

One week, honestly assessed. The classic Marrakech–Sahara–Atlas loop, what it costs you in driving hours, and the three ways people ruin a seven-day trip by adding one city too many.

4 min de lectura
A camel caravan crossing a dune crest at golden hour, long shadows striping the rippled sand in the foreground
Desierto
Marrakech to Merzouga

Sahara Desert Tours from Marrakech: 2, 3 or 4 Days?

The most-booked trip in Morocco, and the one most often booked wrong. What each duration actually buys you in dune time versus road time, and why the two-day version is a mistake.

5 min de lectura
The tiled courtyard of a grand Moroccan riad, arcades and carved plaster on two storeys
Circuitos
Fez · Meknes · Rabat · Marrakech

The Imperial Cities, in the Right Order

Fez, Meknes, Rabat and Marrakech each ruled Morocco at different times. Doing them as a circuit works — but only if you get the sequence and the pacing right.

3 min de lectura
Aerial view over the packed rooftops and minarets of the Fez medina
Circuitos
Marrakech · High Atlas · Essaouira

A Week in Morocco With Friends

Group trips fail on decisions, not distance. A route that suits six people with different budgets, different fitness and one person who wants to shop.

3 min de lectura
The fortified earthen ksar of Ait Ben Haddou rising in tiers above the palm groves
Circuitos
Southern Morocco

The Southern Loop: Morocco's Adventure Circuit

Over the Tichka, down the Drâa, through the gorges and back. The classic multi-day route south of Marrakech, and how to drive it without spending the week in the car.

4 min de lectura
A bustling Marrakech souk lane with a historic minaret rising behind the rooftops
Circuitos
Marrakech

Hello, Marrakech

Arriving in the red city for the first time, and the hour it takes to stop trying to understand it.

2 min de lectura
A narrow busy souk alleyway in Fez lined with stalls and hanging goods
Cultura
Fez · Marrakech

How to Read a Souk

A medina market is not a random sprawl. It is organised by trade, by smell, by noise and by proximity to the mosque — and once you see the logic you stop getting lost.

3 min de lectura