--- title: "7 Marrakesh Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Marrakesh quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Marrakesh sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/joanna-page-4566_city_since-watching-kate-winslet-in-hideous-k_83395.jpg" --- > [Since watching Kate Winslet in 'Hideous Kinky' I've had a profound love affair with Morocco, specifically Marrakesh. I've wanted to go for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-page/since-watching-kate-winslet-in-hideous-kinky-i-ve-had-a-profound-love/) [Joanna Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-page/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/joanna-page-4566_city_since-watching-kate-winslet-in-hideous-k_83395.jpg) > [“There is a Cinzano on the table beside me and a siphon of aerated water. I am at a loss to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayne/there-is-a-cinzano-on-the-table-beside-me-and-a-siphon-of-aerated/) [Peter Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/peter-mayne-269381_ants_there-is-a-cinzano-on-the-table-beside-m_820391.jpg) > [The red sands of Marrakesh, sprawling at the foot of the Atlas like a wounded Leviathan...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosita-forbes/the-red-sands-of-marrakesh-sprawling-at-the-foot-of-the-atlas-like-a/) [Rosita Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosita-forbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/rosita-forbes-34294_atlas_the-red-sands-of-marrakesh-sprawling-at_1530977.jpg) > [I love La Mamounia in Marrakesh: it's a colonial-style hotel and is very gracious, with beautiful palm trees all around. I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-love-la-mamounia-in-marrakesh-it-s-a-colonial-style-hotel-and-is/) [Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/maureen-lipman-4256_beautiful_i-love-la-mamounia-in-marrakesh-it-s-a-c_1657173.jpg) > [“POEM FOR SOUKAÏNA” \*\*\*\* To tell of my new Moroccan Love, Ô, I court her everyday. But just as a pearl in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/poem-for-souka-na-to-tell-of-my-new-moroccan-love-i-court-her/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04f/roman-payne-1959_arabic_poem-for-souka-na-to-tell-of-my-new-moro_1854879.jpg) > [A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/a-visit-to-marrakesh-was-a-great-shock-to-me-this-city-taught-me-color/) [Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/yves-saint-laurent-7503_city_a-visit-to-marrakesh-was-a-great-shock-t_2524780.png) > [It's amazing, it's pumping, it's furious, it's anxious, it's happy and it's far more real than anything you'll ever experience in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/it-s-amazing-it-s-pumping-it-s-furious-it-s-anxious-it-s-happy-and-it/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/robert-plant-1715_all-time_it-s-amazing-it-s-pumping-it-s-furious-i_2943749.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marrakesh/#itemlist", "name": "Marrakesh Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Since watching Kate Winslet in 'Hideous Kinky' I've had a profound love affair with Morocco, specifically Marrakesh. 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