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 The Djemaa-el-Fna in Marrakech really comes alive after sundown, and everyone will be out and about eating and enjoying themselves. Sounds great, but not if you're trying to get somewhere by a certain time!

 It will be almost impossible to get a taxi after about 5pm until after f'tour (the breaking of the fast meal at sundown), as everyone will be rushing to get home.

 The celebration at the end of Ramadan, Eid el-Fitr, is the second biggest event in the Islamic calendar (after Eid el-Kbir). Eid el-Fitr lasts around three days, and most shops, banks and offices will be closed. Obtaining mule support or organising the start of a trip during this time may be difficult.

In summary, if you are prepared to adapt, be really sensitive to local culture (and particularly in the conservative countryside) and be flexible with regard to transport times and so on, then this can be a very rewarding time to visit.

Eid al-Adha

The ‘big Eid’, in Morocco called Eid el-Kbir or Tafaska (Berber), commemorates the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God, and the fact that he was instead able to sacrifice a ram. It varies from country to country as to how it is celebrated, but in Morocco this is a time for family. Each household will sacrifice a ram or a male goat, or possibly both depending on the family's ability to afford the animals.