Day Tour of Marrakech

Itinerary
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Stop At: Koutoubia Mosque, Rue el Ksour, Derb Sabai, 13, Marrakech 40000 Morocco

THE KOUTOUBIA MINARET: The largest mosque in Marrakech, its minaret is also the tallest building within the old city walls. Built in 1152, it was the inspiration for the Hassan Tower in Rabat, which was never completed.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Palacio da Bahia, 5 Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid, Marrakech 40000 Morocco

THE BAHIA PALACE: The Bahia Palace is a palace and a set of gardens located in Marrakech, It was built in the late 19th century, intended to be the greatest palace of its time. The name means ‘brilliance’. As in other buildings of the period in other countries, it was intended to capture the essence of the Islamic and Moroccan style. There is a 2 acre (8,000 m²) garden with rooms opening onto courtyards standing in a 2-acre garden, is a haphazard arrangement of luxury apartments opening on to inner courtyards.


Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Saadian Tombs, Rue de la Kasbah, Marrakech 40000 Morocco

Dating back to the Saadian dynasty under Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur, the Saadian tombs had been abandoned for centuries until being rediscovered in 1917 by aerial photography. The Sultan imported Italian marble and gilded the pillars with pure gold, sparing no expense for building his tombs, which were then bricked up by his successor.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Jemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech Morocco

This famous square in the medina was once used as a place for public executions in the 11th century, and now serves as the main square and market in Marrakech. Surrounded by the souks and filled with storytellers, musicians, and dancers as the sun goes down, Jemaa El-Fnaa is a rich and vital part of the city.


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Jemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech Morocco

Souks are a riot of colors, noise, and activity, a wealthy storehouse of all the treasures of this vast and varied country. They are grouped in corporations. Thus you will find all the silver merchants in one corner, all the gold merchants in another, and rows of stalls selling exclusively leather work or copper goods or jewelry. The real fascination is to watch the craftsmen at work, gilding on leather, or inlaying with enamel the sheaths of ornate silver daggers, hammering out copper, embroidering silks or smoothing out the surface of a Cedarwood table.


Duration: 1 hour