Marrakech Monuments & Heritage: A Journey into Marrakech's Vibrant History and Culture

Discover the vibrant history and culture of Marrakech through a journey to its famous monuments and heritage sites. Explore the bustling Jemaa el-Fnaa square, visit the iconic Koutoubia Mosque, and immerse yourself in the vibrant souks.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Bahia Palace - The palace of Bahia (palace of the beautiful, the brilliant) is a nineteenth century palace of eight hectares located in Marrakech. It is one of the masterpieces of Moroccan architecture.
What's Included
  • Protection masks against COVID-19 included
What's Not Included
  • Tips
  • All fees and/or taxes
Additional Information

Our journey commences from the well-known Jemaa el-Fnaa square, the pulsating center of Marrakech’s ancient city. Declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this vivacious square brims with a colourful assortment of street entertainers, local food stalls, and marketplaces. We’ll experience the engaging theatre of narrators, snake enchanters, gymnasts, and musicians, all attempting to captivate the throngs of people converging here daily. Additionally, we’ll meander through the neighboring souks, a labyrinth of tight passageways peppered with shops trading in items ranging from spices and cloths to jewels and pottery.

From Jemaa el-Fnaa, we’ll set course to the renowned Koutoubia Mosque, a significant landmark of Marrakeck’s cityscape. Constructed in the 12th century, the Koutoubia Mosque stands as a tribute to Islamic architectural brilliance, distinguished primarily by its sky-kissing minaret, rising above 70 meters. We’ll appreciate its detailed geometric designs, thereafter venturing within to witness the awe-inspiring prayer hall and the decorative mihrab.

Location
Café Koutoubia
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Anne
Jun 9, 2024
Excellent Marrakech Essaouira travel organization and support - Guide to Marrakech. Airport transfers. Organization and support of main heritage sites...garden museums. Excellent driver guides for agafay camp and hot air balloon without forgetting souks in the medina and dinner at Djema el fna square. Riad accommodation reservation... Valuable advice
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Jasmin_t
Jun 8, 2024
Great day out to Marrakech - This was a wonderfully organised tour, and our guide Ben was fantastic. He took us to many sites around the city and taught us so much about Moroccan and Amazigh culture. The souks were also wonderful. I left with a beautiful pair of handmade shoes, a gorgeous handwoven rug, some beautiful Amazigh silver jewellery, and a stunning pashmina shawl- but be prepared to haggle! We even got a picture with a pair of cobra snakes! Ben took care of us the whole day ensuring we were comfortable and happy- even small gestures such as grabbing a date from a vendor when my partners blood sugar was low. Thank you so much for a great trip!
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38beb
Apr 20, 2024
Thoroughly recommend - Our original walking tour booked through GuruWalk was cancelled with less than 24 hours' notice, and we had already been in Marrakech a couple of days so this was disappointing. Luckily the owner of our riad recommended and organised for "Ben" to step in at very short notice. He was brilliant! He tailored oir time to what we wanted and brought the city to life. He talked knowledgably about the history and cultural origins, as well as sensitively navigating current cultural aspects and tensions, and at the same time highlighting the beautiful and heartwarming ways of life. Until we had this tour, despite its sights and sounds, a city can feel a bit one dimensional. This tour made marrakech feel vividly multi-dimensional. I can wholeheartedly recommend.
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Jenniferrp4379ld
Feb 19, 2024
A top guide - Excellent guide who knows Marrakech very well. This city has no secrets for him, he really responds to everything. A guide who has a sense of humor and knows how to advise you. A very nice meeting, really thank you for everything
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Jet28137950044
Feb 16, 2024
Excellent guide!!! 👍🏼👍🏼 and great time spent with him and family - Are you looking for a good, warm and trustworthy guide to help you discover all the facets of Marrakech?? With Az-eddine you have found what you need! Excellent guide, very cultured and very pleasant, this pretty city has no secrets for him! Don’t hesitate to call him, we had a great time with him and as a family ☺️
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Sabinemf9813ve
Dec 10, 2023
Visit Marrakech - Thank you and congratulations to Azedine for this nice and effective little discovery We will highly recommend you
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Sarahfk4316yo
Aug 4, 2023
Great local tour guide - Great 5hrs of touring Marrakesh with Az-eddine. Knowledgeable, kind and took our interests into consideration. Not being hassled (we are a mother and teenage daughter travelling alone) nor getting lost was worth the money alone. Highly recommend
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Kierab152
Aug 8, 2024
Knowledgeable guide, unfortunate shopping/scam experience - Az-eddine is really knowledgeable about Marrakech, patriotic and well known in the area. He did take us to a herbalist called Bio Ksour that turned out to be a complete scam (over priced products and fake saffron that we felt pressured into buying). When I told Az-eddine the saffron was fake he said it was an issue of quality, which just is not the case - I was sold dyed plants/wood shavings. Do yourself a favour and read the Google reviews of Bio Ksour to make sure you avoid it!
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Emmabr4476wd
Aug 8, 2024
Not a good experience - Our tour was over shadowed by the scams we experienced in the Bio Ksour shop that we were taken to by Az-eddine. This shop is a known scam so it’s disappointing that we were taken there by a trusted guide. Furthermore, we felt that our purchasing of fake saffron was facilitated by Az-eddine. Huge pity as I believe Az-eddine is very knowledgeable about his city.
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Ash147584
Jul 20, 2023
Not recommended - Not recommended as he didn't try to understand our focus and was mostly pointing things with no real insight to history and engaging any conversation
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