Musée National du Tissage et du Tapis Dar Si Saïd

The experience

The palace Si Saïd ben Moussa, war minister under Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz, built for himself on Derb El Bahia in the second half of the 19th century. The state took it over in 1930 and split it in 1957 between artisan workshops and a museum; the north-east wing ran as a primary school until 1987 and the first floor once housed the first Marrakech radio transmitter. Today it is Morocco's national museum of weaving and carpets — urban and rural rugs, hanbels, handiras, akhnif capes, horsemen's costume and brocade from the Tensift, the Sous, the High Atlas, the Anti-Atlas, the Bani and the Tafilalet, plus woodwork, jewellery and pottery from the Marrakech region. Closed Mondays.

Morocco's national carpet collection, laid out in a minister's private palace two lanes off the Bahia crush.

What a membership adds.

Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.