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Marrakesh-In-2-Days (Day 2)

North & south of the Medina

Marrakesh

This is Day 2 of a suggested two-day itinerary. You'll find Day 1 here.

Marrakesh 2-day itinerary map - Day 2

Morning

Try to get to the The Saadian Tombs for its 9am opening time to beat the crowds. After that, head up past the Kasbah Mosque‎, past Bab Agnaou (with its sweet shop), and past the Bitoun Synagogue, to Place des Ferblantiers. You may want to stop for a coffee at the Café el Badia before visiting the El Badi Palace.

If you still have time, you could take a detour into the Mellah to visit the Mellah market, the Lazama Synagogue and the Miâara Jewish Cemetery.

Lunch

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Al Fassia

Marrakesh's finest Moroccan cuisine (l,d; $$$)

The Almoravid Koubba

Morocco's sole surviving Almoravid building - القبة المرابطية

Bab Agnaou

The Black people’s gate - باب أكناو

Bab Debbagh

The tanners’ gate - باب الدباغ

Bab Taghzout

Former northern city gate - باب تغزوت

Ben Youssef Medersa

Stunningly ornate Koranic school - مدرسة ابن يوسف

Café Arabe

Cocktail bar and Moroccan-Italian restaurant (l,d: $$–$$$)

Café el Badia

Café on a level with the storks' nests (b,l,d; $$)

Chrob ou Chouf fountain

Marrakesh's most famous drinking fountain - نافورة شرب وشوف

El Badi Palace

Marrakesh's most beautiful ruin - قصر البديع

Grand Café de la Poste

Grand old colonial brasserie, beautifully revived (l,d; $$$)

Grand Hotel Tazi

Hotel with a bar

Jemaa el Fna

Marrakesh's heart and soul - جامع الفناء

The Kasbah Mosque

Almohad mosque with an impressive minaret - جامع القـصـبـة‎

Café Kessabine

Sweet little restaurant at the end of the Jemaa (b,l,d; $–$$)

Lazama Synagogue

The Mellah's most interesting synagogue - كنيس صلاة الزامة

Maison de la Photographie

Old Marrakesh photos - دار الصورة

Marrakesh Museum

Fabulous nineteenth-century mansion - متحف مراكش

Mechoui Alley

Traditional place to eat mechoui and tanjia (l,d; $)

The Mellah market

Covered spice market - سوق الملاح

Miâara Jewish Cemetery

Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery - المقبرة اليهودية ميارا

Naranj

Modern Lebanese cuisine (l,d; $$)

Orientalist Museum

Morocco by European artists - متحف تاريخي

Oscar Progrès

Cheap & cheerful couscous (l,d; $)

The Saadian Tombs

Mausoleum of the last Marrakesh-based dynasty - قبور السعديين

So Lounge

Marrakesh's poshest nightclub

The Tanneries

Interesting, but dogged by hustlers - المدابغ

Theatro

Every night is party night

Zaouia of Sidi Bel Abbes

important saint's mausoleum - زاوية سيدي بلعباس

Text © Daniel Jacobs

Images by based on Project OSRM map (with additions), Daniel Jacobs, Matteo Martinello, Mike Prince, Niels Broekzitter