4-Hour Marrakech Old City Tour

Visit Koutoubia Mosque

Admire the Saadian Tombs in Marrakech

Have a fun time exploring Marrakech

Highlights

Go on a history tour of Marrakech

Take a short walk in the Mellah

Reach Jamaa Elfna Square

Marrakech

cultural, historical, museums

Private Tour

4 Hours

Easy

Arabic, English, French, Norwegian

Description

Join a local guide on the old city cultural, historical and tourist sightseeing tour. It is about exploring the secrets of the old city, the best sights and local life in the fourth-largest city of Morocco. It will be walking inside and through Medina's narrow alleyways and landmarks such as Koutoubia Mosque, narrow alleyways, Saadian Tombs, Jamaa Elfna Square, Bahia Palace, etc.

Itinerary

Marrakech Old City Tour
- Go on a cultural history tour exploring through the streets of Marrakech to the 12th century Koutoubia Mosque.
- Head to see the Saadian Tombs.
- Take a short walk in the Mellah, a historical Jewish quarter before you reach the Bahia Palace.
- Carry out with your historical journey through the labyrinthine Medina streets, until you reach the 14th-century theological college of Ben Youssef Madrasa, which once hosted 130 students.
- Reach Jamaa Elfna Square, the World Heritage site for culture as UNESCO named it.
End your guided tour in Marrakech with unforgettable memories.

What's Included

English-speaking licensed Moroccan tour guide

Local tea

What's Excluded

Meals

Entrance fees to the monuments

Tips and gratuities

Personal Expenses

Know Before You Go

Places to Visit:

Go on a cultural history tour exploring through the streets of Marrakech to the 12th century Koutoubia Mosque. Its height (70m tall) makes the Mosque’ minaret a landmark for navigating the city. The mosque’s interior is not open to non-Muslims, but you can still take a walk in its garden. As you walk around it, you will learn from your Marrakech tour guide much about its history and the 5 pillars of Islam, along with other religious matters.

From here, head to see the Saadian Tombs. Sultan Ahmed El-Mansour of the Saadian dynasty, which ruled Morocco from 1554 to 1659, requested the chamber of his tomb be made of Italian Carrara marble and pure gold.

Take a short walk in the Mellah, a historical Jewish quarter before you reach the Bahia Palace. The gorgeous palace will take you back to the 19th century as it exhibits Moroccan and Islamic art.

Carry out with your historical journey through the labyrinthine Medina streets, until you reach the 14th-century theological college of Ben Youssef Madrasa, which once hosted 130 students. The students’ dorms are neatly scattered around an old courtyard, carved in cedar wood, marble, and stucco.

After a short distance, reach Jamaa Elfna Square, the World Heritage site for culture as UNESCO named it. The lopsided square is the main stage for Moroccan Halqa (the art of storytelling), jugglers, snake charmers, pop musicians and tens of chefs stirring vats of steaming snails!