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Doors and Windows in Gueliz/Marrakesh

By Elizabethwix

Last Sunday morning we went up to Gueliz early, so all these photos are from the French colonial part of Marrakesh.
Doors and Windows in Gueliz/Marrakesh
Gueliz is very different from the medina --obviously much newer -- but the bright clear Moroccan light and the love of color and decoration is very much the same. Here grille, tiles -and yes it is Astroturf!
Doors and Windows in Gueliz/Marrakesh
This is the beer garden -- off limits to most Moroccans who prefer not to drink alcohol -- but much beloved by the ex-pat community.

Doors and Windows in Gueliz/Marrakesh

As above


Doors and Windows in Gueliz/Marrakesh

Yes, indeed. One is rendered quite speechless by pink and mauve with brown and tan tiles......!
Doors and Windows in Gueliz/Marrakesh

Another abandoned shop quite close by.
Doors and Windows in Gueliz/Marrakesh

Patisserie Marocaine glimpsed through the window. This will have to wait until after lunch.....
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