Marrakech, Morocco
13 hand-picked places in Marrakech, Morocco: 4 landmarks, 3 museums, 2 mosques, 3 parks and 1 market. Each has an editor's guide to what it is, when to go and what to know before you visit, with licensed photos. Start with the 2-day plan below, one area a day so you spend your time seeing rather than crossing town, or let the AI planner build a plan for your own dates, with restaurants, opening hours and live prices.
Plan my trip to Marrakech
The best-known places, grouped by how close they are to each other. Distances are straight lines; the walk is a little longer.
Ben Youssef MadrasaThe Ben Youssef Madrasa, beside the mosque of the same name in the northern medina, is one of the most famous madrasas in Morocco and was, at its height, the largest Islamic college in the Maghreb.
El Badi PalaceEl Badi Palace, in the Kasbah south of the medina, was commissioned by the Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur a few months after he came to the throne following the Battle of Wadi al-Makhazin in 1578, and building went on…
Want this for your dates?
The AI planner adds restaurants nearby, opening hours and live flight and hotel prices, and changes the days as you like. Free, no sign-up.
Plan 2 days in Marrakech for me
El Bahia PalaceThe Bahia Palace, in the southern medina off Rue Riad Zitoun el-Jedid, is the finest 19th-century palace in Marrakech.
Marrakech MuseumThe Marrakech Museum, in the heart of the medina a few steps from the Ben Youssef Madrasa, occupies the Dar Mnebhi palace, built in the early 20th century by Mehdi al-Mnebhi, qaid of the Mnabha tribe and minister of…
Yves Saint Laurent MuseumThe Yves Saint Laurent Museum stands on the street named after the designer in Gueliz, a few steps from the Majorelle Garden, which was Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé's home in Marrakech.Koutoubia MosqueThe Koutoubia is the largest mosque in Marrakech and the city's emblem, standing in the south-west medina a few steps from Jemaa el-Fnaa, surrounded by large gardens.
Ali Ben Youssef MosqueThe Ben Youssef Mosque in the northern medina is one of the oldest and most important mosques in Marrakech.
Majorelle GardensThe Majorelle Garden is a one-hectare botanical and artist's garden in the Gueliz district of Marrakech, created by the French painter Jacques Majorelle over nearly forty years from 1923, after he came to Morocco to…
The Menara gardensThe Menara Gardens, west of Marrakech on the airport road, are a historic orchard founded by the Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min around 1157 and listed by UNESCO with the medina and the Agdal Gardens in 1985.
Agdal GardensSouth of the Kasbah and the royal palace in Marrakech stretch the Agdal Gardens, vast walled orchards laid out by the Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min in the 12th century and listed by UNESCO with the medina and the Menara…
