Marrakech, Morocco
Top places to visit in Marrakech
6 places worth your time in Marrakech, with what each is actually like and when to go.
Last updated 2026-08-08
1. Jemaa el-Fnaa
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The main square: snake charmers and juice carts by day, a field of open-air food stalls and storytellers after dark.
Where: MedinaMap: Open in Maps Best time: After sunset, when the food stalls are set upWatch out Henna is applied to your hand unasked and payment then demanded; monkeys and snakes are draped on visitors for a photo fee. Keep hands down and decline clearly.
2. Bahia Palace
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A nineteenth-century vizier's palace of painted cedar ceilings, zellij tilework and courtyard gardens.
3. Majorelle Garden and YSL Museum
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Jacques Majorelle's cobalt-blue garden, later owned by Yves Saint Laurent, with an adjoining museum.
Where: GuelizMap: Open in Maps Tip: Timed tickets online; the queue without one is long and fully exposed to sun.
4. Koutoubia Mosque
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The twelfth-century minaret that set the pattern for Seville's Giralda, and the tallest structure in the city.
Map: Open in Maps Tip: Closed to non-Muslims inside, but the gardens and the exterior are the point.
5. Saadian Tombs
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Sixteenth-century tombs sealed up and forgotten until 1917, with an intensely decorated hall of twelve columns.
6. The souks
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A graded maze north of the square, organised loosely by trade — leather, metal, dyers, carpets.
Map: Open in Maps Tip: Unsolicited 'guides' who lead you to a tannery expect payment and a commission. A polite, firm 'la, shukran' repeated works.
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