Been to the Medina three times already - day and night. We took guided tour for day and evening time. Day time was last Sunday afternoon and it was chaotic! This place is just unbelievable. A good experience but please be careful. Motorcycles are allowed in the square hence making it a bit annoying when walking. You will see everyone and everything. People on motorcycles, bicycles, wheelbarrows and donkey carts. I had a headache in the beginning due to this. Too much to take at times. Careful with your belongings. One man walked closely next to my hubby, it was odd. Then I asked my hubby to check on his wallet in case that men did something. Without realising, that men heard me said that and started to create a scene and cursed in Arabic. He was calling me a stupid bitch and started showing me his cash inside his sling bag. We both just looked at him and said nothing. Not sure whether he was trying to do something (pickpocket) or maybe it was just me being careful. But you can never trust anyone here after reading and listening to other people’s experience. Other than that horrible experience, the Medina is a good place to explore. Don’t go too late, we left the Medina at 9.30PM roughly last night. It gets a bit dodgy at night especially when they know that you are a tourist. Bought some Moroccan pastries from the market today. Absolutely delicious. For fruit juice, we prefer stall/shop number 26. Careful, some fruit juice sellers will not return the right amount of change. It happened to us today, can’t remember his shop number and will not be buying from him again.

Fascinating place for the sights, sounds, smells. Crazy sort of place but fun. Snake charmers, dodgy food stalls, crowds, horse carriages, monkeys on a lead. If you are delicate maybe give it a miss but this is for me the essence of North Africa

We stayed at a riad that bordered the square, and so were immersed each time we walked out the door. Daytime it was a little quieter, but nighttime it was a fun sort of mayhem, so much to see and so much food, acts, and trinkets for sale. Wandered among the souk and food stalls, can find almost anything you can think of and barter the price. Beware you will be approached and hassled to buy stuff, get henna, etc, just say no, don’t make eye contact and keep moving and you’ll be fine.

The central square is lively both day and night. By day it's the usual gifts stores, with a multitude of fruit juice stands, plus blokes with snakes and monkeys trying to get you to have pictures taken with their animals. By night it's livelier with music and loads of food stands, but the snakes and monkeys go away. Beware the food stands as the prices are much more than all the fine dining we'd done (they show you a laminated menu, but it's for tiny portions and all racks up, plus food is only average). Worth a visit, by day and night, but eat elsewhere.

This market square is busy during the day and busier at night. It has a lot to offer such as the biggest dates I have ever seen, and bargains galore. However, as a shy and unmarried female, I found the hawkers too much. Even the ladies would grab me by the wrist and attempt to start a henna tattoo on the spot so that I would have to pay for what they had done even though I was telling them 'no'. Simply looking in the direction of anyone's stall meant they would block your path to try to get you to buy something before letting you pass...it was hard work. The ground is very uneven too, with stones and pieces of brick sticking out of the ground - so my top tip is for ladies to not to wear standard flats.

It is a must to visit if you are going to Marrakech. It is a vibrant place during day time but extremely throbbing night time. Excellent food prepared on site. There are large number of food stalls. All of them providing similar food. Hard to go wrong. Choose any and you will not be disappointed.

This square is a fantastic place to be in the evenings with a lively night market and lots of locals and tourists from around the globe enjoying the atmosphere and entertainment. However, the night market is home to a number of scam 'restaurants' (really just street stalls) aimed at tourists that all appear to have the same owners. They all look similar to the attached picture with a big array of meat at the rear and tables in the front. These places all have very aggressive touts trying to get unsuspecting tourists to sit down (even lying to them and saying adjacent stalls they may be looking at are 'the same'), but beware. Once you are sat down, you'll be given a menu. After you tell the waiter what you want, before the actual food you've ordered arrives you'll be brought a number of tapas style 'starter' dishes you didn't order with the impression that they are complimentary. They are not and will end up costing more than your actual meal!! The total bill for us for 2 people at one of these scam restaurants was over 500 MAK as a result (£40 or US$80) before a tip, which is insane for Morocco. We ate at a very nice rooftop restaurant overlooking the square the next night and it cost less than what we spent at this dodgy stall. One other way to identify these scam restaurants is the fact that every 5 minutes or so, the staff will randomly break out into singing 'That's the Way I Like It' followed by Shakira. Each one of these restaurants (there's several in the night market run by the same people) does it for whatever reason. Was funny the first two times but does get a bit tiresome. Basically, if you see a restaurant stall with aggressive touts, a meat platter on ice at the rear and bad renditions of Shakira, walk away.

My friends and I visited Jemaa el Fna three times during our nearly two weeks visit in March 2022. At night, morning, and mid-afternoon. It was always chaotic, but you learn how to get around. Since Marrakech was the beginning and end of our journey, we didn't spend money on snake charmers and orange juice sellers. Also, because we heard they used contaminated water. Wait until Chefchaouen and get it FRESH. Anyway, we hit up ATMs outside a store on the edge. Just keep an eye on passerby looking too interested. That's part of why we never went alone. Also, got my first postcards cheap enough. Our later city guide took us through the medina. On our last day, we hit up one of the main luggage sellers on the far side to buy a rolling suitcase for our numerous souvenirs. We negotiated from 500 to 400DH easily enough.

Booked Marrekesh off the cuff, would never have thought about a trip to the desert but wow,so glad we did. My first peice of advice.once you get off the plane if you ask for help or advice from officials in the airport they expect a tip.and so does everyone else but its normal here.once we were settled went straight into Marrekesh.Absolutely blown away by this place.The snake charmers to the souks and such a variety of everything.barter for everything, loved it.highly recommend horse and carriage trip around and through Marrekesh ,a real eye opener.night time fantastic to ,lots to see and do and eat.if you dont like being hassled maybe not for you but would highly recommend for the experience.my teenage daughter loved it!. Shopping heaven.

Nice bustling square with lots of places to eat, and handicrafts to buy. The food stalls are all after you to pick them, I’d have preferred less pressure 😀 Was put off seeing a chained monkey led by a man, to entertain people. Then saw snakes on display forced to raise their hoods - also for entertainment. Please don’t take photos of either, it encourages such displays.