Dar El Bacha Museum

This guide to Dar El Bacha Museum in Marrakesh traces the rise of Thami El Glaoui, the Lord of the Atlas, who built this palace in 1910 to prove his power under French rule. You'll hear about the zellij tile, carved cedar ceilings and orange-blossom courtyards he filled with famous guests, from Winston Churchill to Charlie Chaplin, and about the 1953 political gamble against Sultan Mohammed the Fifth that turned the tide against him. Stand in the courtyard where a man who once forced a king from his throne later had to answer for it.