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Things to do in Marrakesh
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Sightlore has 37 places to explore in Marrakesh, and 25 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Marrakesh's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Majorelle Garden
The Majorelle Garden is a one-hectare (two-acre) botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakesh, Morocco.
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El Badi Palace
El Badi Palace or Badi' Palace is a ruined palace in Marrakesh, Morocco.
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Bahia Palace
The Bahia Palace is a mid to late 19th-century palace in Marrakesh, Morocco. The palace was first begun by Si Musa, grand vizier under the Alawi sultan Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, in the 1860s.
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Marrakech Museum
The Museum of Marrakech is a historic palace and museum located in the old center of Marrakesh, Morocco.
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Al-Mansour Mosque
The Kasbah Mosque, also known as the Moulay al-Yazid Mosque, is a historic mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco. It was originally built by the Almohad ruler Yaqub al-Mansur in 1185–1190 CE.
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Jemaa el-Fnaa
Jemaa el-Fnaa, also Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa, is a square and market place in the medina quarter (old city) of Marrakesh, Morocco. It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists.
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Dar Si Said Museum
Dar Si Said is a historic late 19th-century palace and present-day museum in Marrakesh, Morocco. It currently houses the National Museum of Weaving and Carpets.
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Shrob ou shouf fountain
The Shrob ou Shouf Fountain or Chrob ou Chouf Fountain is a historic wall fountain in the medina of Marrakesh, Morocco. It dates from the late 16th or early 17th century and is located near the Ben Youssef Madrasa.
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Menara gardens
The Menara Gardens are a historic public garden and orchard in Marrakesh, Morocco. They were established in the 12th century (circa 1157) by the Almohad Caliphate ruler Abd al-Mu'min.
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Almoravid Koubba
The Almoravid Qubba, also known as the Qubbat al-Ba'diyyin or Qubbat al-Barudiyyin, is a small monument in Marrakesh, Morocco. It was erected by the Almoravid dynasty in the early 12th century.
Discovery routes in Marrakesh
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Marrakesh: Koutoubia, Jemaa el-Fnaa and the Kasbah
From the Koutoubia Mosque to Jemaa el-Fnaa, the Dar Si Said and Tiskiwin museums, the Bahia Palace and the El Badi Palace; then the Kasbah Mosque, the Saadian Tombs and Bab Agnaou.
Marrakesh: Mouassine to the Ben Youssef Madrasa
From Dar el Bacha to Le Jardin Secret, the Mouassine Mosque, the Mouassine Fountain and the Mouassine Museum; then the Ben Youssef Mosque, the Almoravid Koubba, the Ben Youssef Madrasa, the Marrakech Museum, the Chrob ou Chouf Fountain and Bab Debbagh.
Gardens of Marrakesh: Majorelle, Menara and Agdal
From the Yves Saint Laurent Museum and the Majorelle Garden to Bab Doukkala, the Menara Gardens, the Agdal Gardens and the Al Maaden Museum of Contemporary African Art.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Jemaa el-Fnaa
Jemaa el-Fnaa, also Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa, is a square and market place in the medina quarter (old city) of Marrakesh, Morocco. It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists.
Bahia Palace
The Bahia Palace is a mid to late 19th-century palace in Marrakesh, Morocco. The palace was first begun by Si Musa, grand vizier under the Alawi sultan Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, in the 1860s.
El Badi Palace
El Badi Palace or Badi' Palace is a ruined palace in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Saadian Tombs
The Saadian Tombs are a historic royal necropolis in Marrakesh, Morocco, located on the south side of the Kasbah Mosque, inside the royal kasbah (citadel) district of the city.
Bab Agnaou
Bab Agnaou, also transliterated as Bab Agnaw, is one of the best-known gates of Marrakesh, Morocco.
Ben Youssef Madrasa
The Ben Youssef Madrasa is an Islamic madrasa (college) in Marrakesh, Morocco. The madrasa is named after the adjacent Ben Youssef Mosque, and was commissioned in 1564–65 CE by the Saadian sultan Abdallah al-Ghalib.
Bab Debbagh
Bab ad-Debbagh or Bab Debbagh is one of the main eastern gates of the medina (historic walled city) of Marrakesh, Morocco.
Bab Dukkala
Bab Doukkala is the main northwestern gate of the medina (historic walled city) of Marrakesh, Morocco.
Bab Aghmat
Bab Aghmat is the main southeastern gate of the medina (historic walled city) of Marrakesh, Morocco.
Bab er-Robb
Bab er Robb is a southern city gate in the historic medina of Marrakesh, Morocco.
Bab Ksiba
Bab Ksiba is a gate in Marrakesh, Morocco. Bab Ksiba and another more famous gate further north, Bab Agnaou, served as entrances to the Kasbah (citadel) district in the southern part of the medina of Marrakesh, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Medina of Marrakesh
Marrakesh or Marrakech is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh-Safi region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.
Jewish Cemetery of Marrakech
The Miâara Cemetery is the Jewish Cemetery of the city of Marrakesh, Morocco. It is the largest Jewish cemetery in the country.
Oued Tensift Bridge
The Oued Tensift Bridge is a historic bridge over the Tensift River located just north of Marrakesh in Morocco. It was originally built during the Almohad period in the 12th century.
Museums
Dar Si Said Museum
Dar Si Said is a historic late 19th-century palace and present-day museum in Marrakesh, Morocco. It currently houses the National Museum of Weaving and Carpets.
Tiskiwin Museum
Museum near the Bahia Palace in Marrakesh, in the early 20th-century former home of Bert Flint; dedicated to Moroccan crafts since 1996.
Dar el Bacha
Dar el Bacha is a palace situated in the old medina of Marrakesh, Morocco. It currently houses the Museum of Confluences.
Mouassine Museum
The Mouassine Museum is a museum in the Mouassine neighbourhood of the historic medina of Marrakesh, Morocco.
Marrakech Museum
The Museum of Marrakech is a historic palace and museum located in the old center of Marrakesh, Morocco.
Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Marrakesh
The Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Marrakech is a museum dedicated to the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent located in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Al Maaden Museum of Contemporary African Art
The Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden or MACAAL, is an independent, nonprofit museum of contemporary art in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Places of worship
Koutoubia Mosque
The Kutubiyya Mosque or Koutoubia Mosque is the largest mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco. It is located in the southwest medina quarter of Marrakesh, near the Jemaa el-Fnaa market place, and is flanked by large gardens.
Al-Mansour Mosque
The Kasbah Mosque, also known as the Moulay al-Yazid Mosque, is a historic mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco. It was originally built by the Almohad ruler Yaqub al-Mansur in 1185–1190 CE.
Al-Shorafaa Mosque
The Mouassine Mosque or al-Muwassin Mosque is a major mosque in the Mouassine neighbourhood of Marrakesh, Morocco. It was built in the 16th century by order of the Saadian sultan Abdallah al-Ghalib.
Ibn Yusuf Mosque
The Ben Youssef Mosque or Ibn Yusuf Mosque, is a mosque in the Medina quarter of Marrakesh, Morocco, named after the Almoravid ruler Ali ibn Yusuf.
Church of the Saints Martyrs
Catholic church in the Guéliz district of Marrakesh; it is the only church in the region and belongs to the Archdiocese of Rabat.
Bab Doukkala Grand Mosque
The Bab Doukkala Mosque or Mosque of Bab Doukkala is a mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco. It is named after the nearby western city gate, Bab Doukkala. It was built in the 16th century during the Saadian period.
Ibn Salah Mosque
The Ben Salah Mosque or Ben Saleh Mosque is a 14th-century mosque in the historic medina of Marrakesh, Morocco. It is the only major surviving Marinid-era monument in Marrakesh and is notable for its fine minaret.
Buraima Mosque
The Barrima Mosque is a mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco, attached to the Kasbah (citadel) and Royal Palace (Dar al-Makhzen) of the city. It was built in the late 18th century by the Alawi sultan Muhammad ibn Abdallah.
Al-Qita Mosque
The Mosque of the Cat is a historic mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco. It is also identified in some scholarly sources as the Moulay al-Ksour Mosque or Mawlā al-Qṣūr Mosque.
Monuments
Mouassine Fountain
The Mouassine Fountain is a part of the 16th-century religious complex of the Mouassine Mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco. The tradition of building public fountains in Marrakesh is old but took on a very monumental character in the Saadian era.
Almoravid Koubba
The Almoravid Qubba, also known as the Qubbat al-Ba'diyyin or Qubbat al-Barudiyyin, is a small monument in Marrakesh, Morocco. It was erected by the Almoravid dynasty in the early 12th century.
Shrob ou shouf fountain
The Shrob ou Shouf Fountain or Chrob ou Chouf Fountain is a historic wall fountain in the medina of Marrakesh, Morocco. It dates from the late 16th or early 17th century and is located near the Ben Youssef Madrasa.
Nature
Le Jardin Secret
Historic garden in the Mouassine neighbourhood of the Marrakesh medina.
Majorelle Garden
The Majorelle Garden is a one-hectare (two-acre) botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Menara gardens
The Menara Gardens are a historic public garden and orchard in Marrakesh, Morocco. They were established in the 12th century (circa 1157) by the Almohad Caliphate ruler Abd al-Mu'min.
Agdal Gardens
The Agdal Gardens (or Aguedal Gardens) are a large area of historic gardens and orchards in Marrakesh, Morocco. The gardens are located to the south of the city's historic Kasbah and its royal palace.
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