Koutoubia Minaret Marrakech

The Koutoubia Minaret and surrounding gardens is one of those must-see tourist attractions in Marrakech. The minaret itself is beautiful, but I found the area around it to be fascinating.

Right across from Koutoubia is what I would deem the world’s most insane street crossing. There is also a couple of interesting café’s to sit at and rest your feet outside the madness of the Jemaa El Fna market square. Just beware the shoeshine kids. It is so hard to turn them down as they are very pushy, but needy looking, however, they are often part of a more elaborate child labour scheme.