Is Marrakech as exhausting as people say?
It can be, in the parts most visitors spend most time in: the lanes between Jemaa el-Fnaa and the souks, at their busiest. Step out of them and it changes: Gueliz, the gardens, the mellah in the morning, the riad roof at sunset.
Travellers who enjoyed it plan short medina outings and a break in the middle of the day, and they don't stop for every call. If the cities wear you down, Rabat and Essaouira are calmer, and the mountains and the desert are where most people say they loved Morocco.
What travellers say goes wrong
Two camps: "loved it" or "drained, never again". Both are usually describing the same few streets at the same time of day.
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