Koutoubia Mosque

Begun in 1158 by Sultan Abd Al-Moumen and completed by his grandson, son Abu Yusuf al-Mansur (1184-1199). The second largest mosqée of Morocco takes its name from Koutoubiyne (booksellers) vendors manuscripts twelfth and thirteenth centuries to, there laid down their stalls. It is regarded as being the masterpiece of Almohad architecture. The purity and perfection of its classic lines define this noble and yet simple look, and the richness of its interior design, has shaped the religious art of the Maghreb. Minaret its sandstone became the model for the Giralda in Seville and the Hassan Tower Rabat.Il rises to 77 meters and serves as a symbol and landmark throughout the city. He is crowned with four balls of brass, for some, they symbolize the five pillars of Islam, for others the sky, earth and water.

La Palmeraie

This circuit can be twenty kilometers during a pleasant carriage ride. The palm has more than one hundred thousand trees. These are irrigated through "khettaras" an ingenious system of underground pipes dating from the twelfth century. It is unfortunate to note the influence of promoters on this space. Soon there will be as many homes as palm ... 

Menara

Since Bab el Jadid (west of the city), the long avenue leading to Menara Menara garden. Symbol of Marrakech as well as the minaret of the Koutoubia, this grove a hundred acres is a place in which to walk. The large pool dug in the center reflects an elegant saadien pavilion that housed the trysts sultans. According to legend, one of them was accustomed, at the first light of day, take the plunge his companion of the night. 

A holiday in the mountains for the summer, why not?

Most of the time people prefer to choose areas with access to the sea. True, the sea has many advantages for relaxation. But it is not least of which is the mountain. Because it full of advantages that can enhance and help pass the Homeric holiday for both adults and children.
So what benefits the mountains especially during the summer? What benefits for the development of visitors (tourists)?
Choose the mountain to spend his summer vacation, for example, is not only a wealth of experience in discovery but also an escape from the hot rays of the summer sun.

Discovering Morocco, the No. 1 Maghreb tourism.

Tourism remains a key sector of the economy of Morocco. Regarding the increase of spatial mobility and the development of leisure time, the ability of countries to attract individuals momentarily, the tourists are at the top has an impact on local economies.



Tourism has become an important factor in economic development for urban and rural areas. Indeed, the concentration of tourist spending, second homes and retirees tends to focus outside of urban areas, while cities offer the specific case of highly productive and very attractive for tourism territories. People want more and more to stay out of the pollution of heavily industrialized urban centers.

Morocco, Venice of Africa

Industrial Policy in Morocco has been hit in the lobbies sickly as textile industries, eventually flatten Morocco's foreign trade. The change was initiated a long time and it was hard to get out of Morocco. It is for this reason that the country is becoming increasingly dependent on tourism to offset his speculations, which is an undeniable risk because very variable.

The architecture throughout the centuries

The former became Anfa Casablanca, probably the most high-tech city. Business, shopping, parties and dolce vita Moroccan ... Everything happens in Casablanca!

the origins
Casablanca by night
The mid-eighteenth century, the Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah decided to rebuild the ruins of ancient Anfa (the hill), Berber town founded in the seventh century. Partially surrounded by ramparts, the old Medina, with its maze of streets and stalls, reveals thousands of small businesses.