Here in Bab Doukkala, one of lively and charming neighbourhood of the Medina of Marrakech where our Riad is located, we share a time of life and a real atmosphere. Nothing just for tourists. Look these pictures: daily little markets where is possible to buy fresh products, children playing in the streets, little traditional shops and stands, tailors able to sew shirts and caftans in a day, mosques.
In the Riad Sable Chaud, immersed in this breathtaking quarter, step by step, it is possible to find out unique and striking corners. A traditional bakery, located in front of the Riad, where all day long women cook the traditional bread. This fresh bread smell is the first thing in the morning waking you up. Together with bread, also cakes, focaccias and further tasty delicacies handmade by our cook.
Exceptional shopping experience in the medina of Marrakech! This street is well worth the ten or fifteen minutes walk through an old part of the medina, a popular route from the new town to the main souks, it comprises a local market. No 'hard sell' of the tourist souks here!
Between the Bab Doukkala gate and its antique mosque, along the street, you will be immerged in an impressive atmosphere of colours and oriental scent. You will also enjoy the souks and bazars to do your shopping, one of the main attractions in Marrakech. A real fun!
Bab Doukkala the ideal place in the Medina of Marrakech to discover the two faces of this wonderful city: the popular and antique one and the contemporaneus. A quarter of an hour from Bab Doukkala through narrow alleys of Medina, you will arrive at the Djema El Fnaa Square. Ten minutes from Bab Doukkala, you will find both the Majorelle Gardens and the modern districts of Gueliz and Hivernage. Five minutes from the riad - at the Bab Doukkala gate- the bus station and the taxi park.
