{"id":9012,"date":"2015-12-01T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/?p=7012"},"modified":"2015-11-23T13:43:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T13:43:08","slug":"marrakesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/01\/marrakesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert\u2019s top destinations for 2016 \u2013 Marrakech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Marrakech was named the world&#8217;s favourite destination by TripAdvisor users this year, ahead of Siem Reap in Cambodia and Istanbul in Turkey (London finished\u00a0sixth and New York failed to even make the top ten).\u00a0With its desert landscape and maze-like\u00a0souks, this magical Moroccan\u00a0city is set for another bumper year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/526-3625\/djemma-el-fna-square-koutoubia-mosque-dusk-marrakech\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7023 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/526-3625.jpg\" alt=\"Djemma el Fna square and Koutoubia Mosque at dusk, Marrakech, Morrocco, North Africa, Africa\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Djemma el Fna square and Koutoubia Mosque at dusk, Marrakech, Morocco<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/817-220565\/morocco-marrakesh-place-djemaa-elfna-berber-shoes-sale\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7014 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/817-220565.jpg\" alt=\"Morocco Marrakesh Place Djemaa el-Fna Berber shoes for sale in the market\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Place Djemaa el-Fna, Berber shoes for sale in the market<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/1113-28326\/people-souk-medina-marrakesh-south-morocco-morocco-africa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7019 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/1113-28326.jpg\" alt=\"People at the Souk at the Medina of Marrakesh, South Morocco, Morocco, Africa\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People at the Souk at the Medina of Marrakesh, South Morocco<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/728-5571\/carpet-merchant-medina-marrakech-morocco-north-africa-africa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7024 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/728-5571.jpg\" alt=\"Carpet Merchant in the Medina, Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carpet Merchant in the Medina, Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/1158-68\/snake-charmer-djemaa-elfna-square-medina-marrakesh-morocco\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7020 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/1158-68.jpg\" alt=\"Snake charmer, Djemaa el-Fna Square, The Medina, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Snake charmer, Djemaa el-Fna Square, The Medina, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/?lang=en&amp;page=search&amp;s=marrakech&amp;smode=0&amp;license=2&amp;zoom=1&amp;display=5&amp;sortby=0&amp;bgcolour=white\" target=\"_blank\">See more photos of Marrakech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marrakech was named the world&#8217;s favourite destination by TripAdvisor users this year, ahead of Siem Reap in Cambodia and Istanbul in Turkey (London finished\u00a0sixth and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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