Smoke rises like thin clouds above the Jemaa El Fna, the public square at the center of Marrakech. It is dusk, and white-robed food vendors tame hissing flames as they grill kebabs, simmer sheep heads ...

“Marrakesh.” Even the way the name of the Moroccan city trips off the tongue and echoes down the back of your throat evokes visions of an opulent Middle Eastern city redolent of rich, earthy spices, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marrakech's vibrant souks — a dazzling maze of over 3,000 shops — are an undeniable sensory feast. Brimming with color, chaos, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Asia Palomba/Travel + Leisure Asia walking around the Badi Palace and the Medersa Ben Youssef in Marrakesh, Morocco Ensconced in a ...

Arabian delights: (top) A lane dedicated to carpets in the Grand Souk; and a spice vendor near Bahia Palace. Photographs: Farshid Ashrestani There’s no denying it. In Marrakesh, they love Indians.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — Camera at the ready for my first wander around Marrakech’s labyrinthine souks, I was captivated by a pair of richly hued babouche slippers when a voice from over my shoulder ...

Scott needed the hat, desperately. “Desperately” was our first mistake. We’d been wandering, lost, in the souks of Marrakesh for more than two hours, every wrong turn leading to another. Despite ...

Marrakech’s souks are a sensory feast of colors, scents, and sounds, where haggling is as much a cultural ritual as it is a shopping tactic. From spices to handwoven rugs, each purchase is a chance to ...

Ensconced in a fertile plain shadowed by the Atlas Mountains, is the former imperial city of Marrakesh. Marrakesh has many nicknames, such as "the Land of God" or "the Daughter of the Desert" for ...