In the shelter of the walls

Ocean, medina and Kasbah Oudayas make the heart beat of the Moroccan capital.

An amazing Medina
Rabat night
The wall of the Andalusians, built of adobe in the seventeenth century, protects the south of Medina. The old town is surprisingly straight course, very different from the usual maze of streets. One can enter through the Bab El Had Sunday where the market is held. Here begins the Souika Street, the largest and probably most animated in the medina. It leads to the Great Mosque and ends at Souk Es Sebat, the shoe market covered with reed mats and slippers full of hundreds, of leather goods and crafts, as well as gold and silver jewelry. Then it is the Rue des Consuls, partly covered by glass walls, where craftsmen work under your eyes and make deep pile carpets, fabrics and brass. Going up north, we approach the door Oudayas.

Kasbah Oudayas
Oudayas ramparts
This neighborhood has retained its old fortress cannons placed on a bastion. His door, beautiful and massive, fully carved and one of the towers houses three art galleries. The white and blue facades create a very Mediterranean atmosphere. Its cobbled streets lead to the mosque El Atiqa, the oldest in the city, then to the platform of the ancient semaphore. From here, as the cafe terrace just off Moor, the view of Rabat, its neighbor Salé, and the meeting of Bouregreg river with the ocean is simply splendid. At the top, the Oudayas Palace, which now houses the National Museum, has retained its original ornamentation, sobriety footprints and balance. The Andalusian garden at its feet is a haven of peace planted with fruit trees, oleanders and bougainvillea cascades.

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