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The Moroccan town of Marrakech offers a heady mix of Africa and the Middle East, and is on Europe’s doorstep, writes DAVIN O'DWYER

Yet in Marrakech that feeling of dizzying dislocation doesn’t go away in a hurry – in fact, it is the abiding sensation of the place. You might have boarded just another budget flight but by the time you disembark you’ve been transported to another world entirely.