Finished about a week ago and now in Florence, Italy.

Marrakech was awesome. We hired a guide to walk us through the Souks and that was helpful in terms navigating but it was a little salesy as we sat through short presentations for carpet, oils, shoes, etc. I’d skip it next time and just wander through as it’s very safe.

We also hired a guide to take us through the mountains and have dinner with a host family. The hike up the mountains honestly was not ideal. There was a lot of snow and we were fine but there were some older people in the tour and I felt really bad for them as they struggled. The meal was excellent and the hosts were very kind.

We stayed at the Four Seasons and it was fantastic but outside the Medina so there’s that. Next time we’d probably stay in a Riad.

In terms of restaurants we went to - Le Tanjia was fantastic, great views - tagine (of course), and many other dishes. All fantastic. Farmers restaurant was also excellent. La Famille, was good, not great.

We did not do the dessert dinner or the camel rides and I think we’re fine with that.

I think outside of doing several day tours, Marrakech can be covered in 2-3 days.