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The next time you start to choose a Marrakech Tours for your next holiday consider Medina of Marrakech, the famous UNESCO World Heritage site. The old fortified city of Median, was founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids, a Berber dynasty of North Africa, and they made it their capital city. Marrakech, and the old city of Median with its fascinating maze of hidden lanes and alleys, has been the cultural, economical and political center for a very long time.

Your Marrakech Tours will take you first to the Market of Arrsat Malek where you’ll find yourself enveloped by the aroma of colorful exotic spices and overwhelmed with the amount of hand made and traditional goods being offer there. One local stop you shouldn’t miss is a to visit Farnatchi, a traditonal bakery and oven where you will be introduced to the old bread baking techniques that have been in use for centuries. Once you’ve stopped to view the breath taking Chreb Ouchouff fountain you will be taken to visit the craftsmen at the Foundouk in the oldest part of the fortified city.

Last but not least on your tour of the Fortified City of Medinia will be the visit one of the old Riads or residences in the Arab quarter where you may enjoy traditional mint tea and light pastry before leaving Medina through the Bab Laarous and returning to your Marrakech Hotel. All the historic attractions are easy to visit unlike Granada where Alhambra tickets to tour can be hard to come by.