A no bus day! But lots of walking. After lining up for breakfast on the upper terrace…

…and from the front:

Our three guides met us at 9.30 am (a late start for a change) to guide us through the alleyways of Marrakech’s medina for both sightseeing and some retail therapy, dodging a donkey or two and a motorbike or 300.

Fancy a light?

Our destination was the Place des Épices where we lunched and for a couple of hours the artists painted and the others wandered…

…before Hassan, our charming young guide, escorted us back through the laneways (impossible to navigate alone) to our riad.

This evening, we walked about 50 km (actually about 2 but it felt like more because of the heat and the crowds), accompanied by our friend Imane, who had recommended a most wonderful Moroccan restaurant, Dar Zellij, for dinner.

Drinks on the terrace first and then a special feast, which ended with a marvellous dessert of filo pastry with pomegranate pods.

Sorry about the fuzzy pic but I must have been too excited.

So ends the Marrakech sojourn. Casablanca tomorrow and the last day of the tour.