In the heart of the pink-walled Marrakech Medina is the central square Place Djemaa El Fna. This is the city's liveliest night-spot, which transforms from a daytime bus station and market to an open-air theatre of folklore in the evening.
As the sun sets, coaches give way to food vendors and performers. While locals tuck in to bowls of snails or a sheep's head, visitors mainly prefer a kebab. Beyond the stalls, acrobats climb and tumble while transvestite dancers make strange movements.
The arcane also features heavily with fortune-tellers, potion vendors and 'dentists' peddling their skills. If the storytellers appear to hypnotise their audience, the non-Arabic speaker will have to settle for the equally mesmerising rhythms of the Gnaoua musicians.