How to Use medina in a Sentence

medina

noun

• Much, but not all, of the best spots are found in the medina.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2018
• The next morning, step back in time in the ancient lanes of the medina, the largest intact medieval city in the world.
  — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• Breakfast is served on the terrace, which faces the medina’s rooftops and the Strait of Gibraltar.
  — Matt Hranek, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2017
• In the old medina, tight rows of vendors sell meat and spices and carpets.
  — National Geographic, 23 July 2019
• Shopping in the MedinaSet aside at least a day to explore the stalls of new and antique wares in the medina.
  — Matt Hranek, CNT, 28 Mar. 2017
• The rocker is known to have spent part of his time at a beachside hotel next to Essaouira’s old medina.
  — Tyrone Beason / Columnist, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
• Outside the medina, Hotel Sahrai is spacious and has a Givenchy Spa.
  — Matt Hranek, CNT, 28 Mar. 2017
• The thrill of haggling for rugs and cuffs and copper trinkets inside Fez's maze-like medina could do it.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2018
• The Bab Boujloud is the ornate, Mauresque-Andalusian-style gate that marks the main western entrance to the medina.
  — Lindsay Cohn, ELLE Decor, 6 Mar. 2018
• The restaurant’s name honors one of the gateways to Casablanca’s old medina; guests pass through an arched wooden door into the dining room.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 3 May 2018
• This autumn, in those same ancient medina walls, attendees will hear a menagerie of talent slay the turntables.
  — Nicolas Stecher, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2019
• An unmarked black door on the fringes of Tunis's medina marks the entrance to photographer Sabri Ben Mlouka's lair.
  — Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2020
• The garden — also rich in watery pools and jumbo succulents in bright pots — still bewitches with its far-from-the-dusty medina vibe.
  — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2019
• On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
• Locals in the capital base their directions around the shrine of Sidi Mahrez – known locally as sultan of the medina, Tunis’s old city.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2018
• A few months later, rebels had fought fierce gun battles against government troops in Mutsamudu’s medina, resulting in a handful of deaths.
  — Tommy Trenchard, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
• The 27-room Villa des Orangers, the former home of a Moroccan judge, has the serene atmosphere of a riad but is larger and accessible by car, a rarity in the medina (villadesorangers.com).
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
• Snap pictures of magicians and fortune-tellers, then venture into the medina’s maze of market stalls.
  — National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2019
• With space short in Anfa, the journalists received lodgings at the Excelsior, an upscale hotel on Casablanca’s main thoroughfare across from the entrance to the old medina.
  — Meredith Hindley, Time, 16 Jan. 2018
• Their previous houses in Marrakech—the first improbably located inside a mosque in the medina, the second a small bungalow in Gueliz—were done in black and white and quieter shades.
  — Roslyn Sulcas, ELLE Decor, 1 Sep. 2015
• Ivanka Trump strolled through the medina, a popular street overflowing with local artisans selling rugs, clothing and other crafts on her way to the restaurant.
  — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
• One of the coolest stalls in the medina is Madini, a petite parfumerie seemingly carved into the walls, owned by a family that's been crafting fragrances for 14 generations.
  — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2019
• The chastened director and his leading lady, who was also his wife, escaped to Delon’s holiday home in Morocco, tucked away in the medina of Marrakech.
  — Sarah Medford, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
• But some surprising hits are hidden in the medina, and hotels are upping their offers, too, with sophisticated, damn-that’s-legit dining rooms like Mes’Lalla at the Mandarin Oriental.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2018
• And while the resort’s additional niceties (Turkish-style hammams, relaxing lounges, a two-story library, scrumptious eateries) leave little reason to leave its grounds, a shuttle service will happily take you out to the medina to explore the souks.
  — Christina Liao, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2017
• Hammam Mouassine Located in the heart of the medina, Marrakech’s oldest public bathhouse offers a refreshing treatment in which an attendant applies a purifying rhassoul mud wrap.
  — Starlight Williams, National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2019
• Even the mazelike alleys of the medina itself had more than 1,000 riads, the traditional courtyard mansions converted, mostly by foreigners, into guesthouses.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
• Marrakech, Fès, Tangier—which are justifiably famous for their mazelike medinas and carpet-haggling opportunities.
  — Rachel Monroe, Outside Online, 29 July 2019
• Despite its cosmopolitan community (and an increasingly affluent local population) the medina has managed to retain its character.
  — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 2 May 2018

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024