Things to do in Marrakech
Monuments, museums, gardens, neighbourhoods and experiences - everything worth your time, selected by the editors and visited on the ground. Pick by mood, we'll handle the rest.
By category
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8 MONUMENTS Monuments
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10 MUSEUMS Museums
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9 GARDENS Gardens
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7 NEIGHBOURHOODS Neighbourhoods
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10 SOUKS Souks and markets
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28 ACTIVITIES Experiences
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2 TREATMENTS Wellness and hammam
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Our three
Jemaa el-Fna
SQUAREThe mythic square, UNESCO-listed. Storytellers, musicians, stalls: all of Marrakech passes through at dusk.
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The Medersa Ben Youssef
MONUMENTSixteenth-century medersa, reopened after restoration. Zellige, carved cedar and stucco stacked around a small, near-intact patio.
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The Jardin Majorelle
GARDENThe most famous blue in Morocco. Small but striking - come at opening, before the crowds.
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The experiences
Hammam, cooking, desert, hot-air balloon, day trips - the experiences our readers book most, selected and tested by the editors.
COOKING Moroccan cooking class
DESERT Sunset and dinner in Agafay
FLY Hot-air balloon at dawn
DAY TRIP Ourika Valley, waterfalls and Anima
THRILLS Quad in the palmery and Jbilet
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Skip-the-line tickets for the sites
Bahia Palace, priority entry
Jardin Majorelle
Ben Youssef Medersa and souks
YSL Museum, Majorelle and Berber
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Everything on the map
44 places geolocated in and around the medina.Our method
What we recommend, we've seen - and paid for our ticket
Every place on this page has been visited by the editors. The tickets and tours we offer go through our partners: we sometimes earn a commission, never at the cost of a skewed ranking. A site can't pay to move up.
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