Wide twelve columns
You can see more of the room of the twelve columns in this shot and in color.
Room of the twelve columns
The Saadian Tombs has interments of 60 members of the Saadi Dynasty. The room of the twelve columns is the most famous. It contains the sultan's son, Ahmad al-Mansur.
Close-up
A close-up of some of the garden plots.
Saadian Tombs Garden
In the garden are the graves of soldiers and servants.
Tour guide
Our tour guide, Najit, is telling us all about the Saadian tombs.
Following our tour guide
The robe he's wearing is called a djellaba.
Saadi Tombs
Heading in to see the Saadian Tombs.
Next stop
We've arrived at our next stop. The entrance is in this kind of alley.
Kasbaaf Cafe
I just liked the name, Kasbah Cafe.
Koutoubia Minaret
The Koutoubia mosque is the largest mosque in Marrakesh. The minaret is topped by four gold orbs that have many legends associated with them. One of the legends is that they were once made of solid gold.
Ready to go!
Ok, everyone is on board now. On to the next stop!
On the bus
We were on the bus and had already started to leave when our tour guide realized we were missing over 12 people. We stopped to wait for them. It wasn't a terribly organized tour.
Leaving the restaurant
Our tour guide didn't give us a very good signal that we were leaving. Our table looked up and everyone was gone! There were dancers and music on the way out.
Music
They played music on our way in and out.
Dark
The photos in the restaurant aren't the best because it was very dark in there.
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Lunch!
The different colors across the food are coming from the sunlight through the windows.
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Pretty!
Almost as pretty as the palace!
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Entrance
Even the restaurant had beautiful tiling.
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Palais Chahramane
A real Moroccan restaurant for lunch.