An Apollonaut travel guide

Look a little closer.

Read through the light, the architecture and the city. Each is a different way to begin a visit.

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Ways into the story

Light and the palace
Begin with the Journal’s visual introduction to sunlight, open spaces and surviving palace walls.
History and place
Follow the heritage introduction into the palace’s construction and its Saadian context.
A city in detail
Explore the wider city and its cultural context through the Building Marrakech guide.

Stories with a clear point of view

A useful story gives you something specific to notice: a material, a person, a change over time or a question worth carrying into a visit. Context matters as much as a striking image.

This hub brings the site's editorial pages together. It does not present commissioned interviews, community partnerships or independent field reporting that have not taken place. When new reporting is added, its contributors, dates and image credits should travel with it.