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Isabel Galleymore
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- 23rd August 2009
English student at Reading University (and a poet part-time) whilst working as a content writer on a new site called Morocco Gateway which offers a variety of boutique riads and hotels across Marrakech. They generously funded my recent trip to Marrakech where I was able to build on my travel writing.
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- 24 Sep 2009
Isabel Galleymore reviewed Dar Si Saïd Museum of Moroccan Arts in Marrakech, Morocco
The Dar Si Saad Museum, is positively effervescent. Every design radiates out from a single shape, but this time far louder through patterned tiles on the floors, bright mosaics on the walls and hand-painted ceilings above. Although this would seem to co…"
- 17 Sep 2009
Isabel Galleymore reviewed Black and white Dar Seven in myriad Marrakech in Marrakech, Morocco
Hunchbacked with luggage, we arrived, stumbling through the front door and into a small courtyard – we cringed as we painfully disturbed a tranquillity that we had forgotten could exist since wading through the chaotic streets of Marrakech. But we …"
- 24 Aug 2009
Isabel Galleymore reviewed Majorelle Gardens in Marrakech, Morocco
The morning brought with it a slight breeze, blowing away the kaleidoscopic spectacles of the night before. We seized it with both hands and immersed ourselves in the Majorelle Gardens. The impact of this place is immediate: the reds and oranges of the m…"
Isabel Galleymore commented on Saadian Tombs in Marrakech, Morocco
On first impressions El Badi Palace can appear more grave-like than the Saadian Tombs with its haunting yellow ruins, inhabiting storks and underground dungeons. In contrast, the elegant Saadian tombs fizz quietly with stone carvings as delicately intric…"
Isabel Galleymore commented on Souq of Marrakesh in Marrakech, Morocco
This sprawling market is covered overhead by reeds allowing it to be a cool place to wander even at midday…but we wished we’d packed a compass. At times the souks seem as complicated and maze-like as the intricate stone carvings, and this can definitely …"
