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Ochre ramparts and white houses of the Kasbah of the Oudayas rise above blue water, with a small boat in front.
Kasbah of the Oudayas, Rabat · TheUmpteenthPostwoman · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Rabat

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Architecture / Public space

Look closely at the Oudayas

Allow 60 minutes for the visit

Keep one outing within the kasbah: take time with the fortress walls, lanes and the details you usually pass.

A plan for your visit
  1. Begin outside the kasbah and look at the scale of its walls before entering the lanes.
  2. Choose a short stretch of public lanes and notice doorways, colours and changes in shade.
  3. Return at your own pace, leaving entrances clear and asking before photographing people.

This is an exterior walk. Check access on arrival; gardens, galleries and café stops are separate choices. Choose a shorter stretch if the surface or gradient does not suit you.

Explore Rabat furtherRead the source: Moroccan National Tourist Office: Medina in Rabat
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Art / Venue visit

Follow one idea through the MMVI

Allow 90 minutes for the visit

Give modern and contemporary art your attention at the Mohammed VI Museum, following a theme through the works on display.

A plan for your visit
  1. Check the museum’s programme and admission arrangements for your chosen day.
  2. Choose one gallery or theme, then spend longer with a few works that draw your attention.
  3. Before leaving, choose one artist or question you would like to explore further.

Confirm opening days, admission and access requirements with the museum. The collection and the works currently on display are not the same thing; allow extra time for entry or queues.

Check MMVI visit information

Find the museum’s visitor information under ‘Informations pratiques’ on its page.

Explore Rabat furtherRead the source: Fondation Nationale des Musées: Mohammed VI Museum
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Architecture / Venue visit

Read two layers of Chellah

Allow 90 minutes for the visit

Explore one archaeological site, looking for the ancient city of Sala Colonia and the later Marinid necropolis.

A plan for your visit
  1. Start with the site’s orientation information and choose a manageable part of the grounds.
  2. Use the interpretation panels to distinguish ancient remains from the later necropolis.
  3. Return to a detail that interested you instead of trying to cover every part of the site.

Confirm admission, opening arrangements and which areas suit your access needs with the operator. Keep this outing to Chellah; travel, queues and any booked guide need extra time.

Check Chellah visit information
Explore Rabat furtherRead the source: Chellah: the archaeological site
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Outdoors / Public space

Take a closer look at the Jardin d’Essais

Allow 60 minutes for the visit

Choose a small part of Rabat’s botanical garden and look closely at its plant collections, leaving time to pause.

A plan for your visit
  1. Start at the garden entrance and choose a short path through the visitor areas.
  2. Compare leaf shapes, bark and the structure of a few plants without picking or handling them.
  3. Pause before returning along a familiar path; leave the rest of the garden for another visit.

Check opening and visitor-access arrangements before setting out. Stay on permitted paths; research areas, buildings and organised activities are outside this short garden walk. The allowance covers a small part of the garden.

Explore Rabat furtherRead the source: INRA: Jardin d’Essais Botaniques de Rabat
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Art / Venue visit

Look through a photographer’s eyes

Allow 60 minutes for the visit

Explore photography at Rabat’s National Photography Museum in Fort Rottembourg, giving a few images your full attention.

A plan for your visit
  1. Check what the museum is showing and choose one display to focus on.
  2. Spend time with a few photographs, noticing framing, light and what lies outside the image.
  3. Read their captions and return to one picture to see how that context changes your first impression.

Confirm the exhibition, admission and access arrangements for your date. This is an allowance for a focused display visit, not every room; travel, entry and queues need extra time.

Check National Photography Museum visit information

Find visitor details under ‘Informations pratiques’ and check the programme before choosing your day.

Explore Rabat furtherRead the source: Fondation Nationale des Musées: National Photography Museum
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Casablanca

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Architecture / Public space

Find the rhythm of Habous

Allow 75 minutes for the visit

Explore the arcades and small squares of Casablanca’s twentieth-century new medina, with time to look at the architecture.

A plan for your visit
  1. Choose one square in the Habous quarter as your meeting and return point.
  2. Follow a short stretch of arcades and compare the shapes of doorways and shopfronts.
  3. Return to the square, leaving any shopping or café stop as a separate choice.

Stay with public streets and squares. This outing does not include palace, mosque or courthouse interiors; check any separate visit directly and keep working entrances clear.

Explore Casablanca furtherRead the source: Casablanca-Settat Regional Tourism Council: Quartier Habous
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Architecture / Public space

Look up on Boulevard Mohammed V

Allow 60 minutes for the visit

Choose a short part of the boulevard and read its Art Deco façades from street level.

A plan for your visit
  1. Choose a meeting point on Boulevard Mohammed V and a short stretch to explore.
  2. Pause clear of entrances to compare balconies, window shapes and façade decoration.
  3. Return along the same stretch and notice which details look different from the other direction.

This is a pavement-based exterior outing, not an interior tour. Use designated crossings and adjust the distance to current street conditions; no step-free route is verified.

Explore Casablanca furtherRead the source: Casablanca-Settat Regional Tourism Council: Boulevard Mohammed V
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Art / Venue visit

Spend time with art at Villa des Arts

Allow 75 minutes for the visit

Explore contemporary art at Casablanca’s Villa des Arts on Boulevard Brahim Roudani, choosing one exhibition as your focus.

A plan for your visit
  1. Check which exhibition is available at the Casablanca venue on your chosen day.
  2. Choose a few works to look at closely, following a material, colour or question between them.
  3. Leave time to revisit the work that changed your first impression.

Check the Casablanca venue’s programme, admission and access arrangements before setting out. Listings for the Rabat venue may differ; this suggestion does not reserve an event or guarantee an exhibition is open.

Browse Villa des Arts exhibitions

Open the exhibition details and confirm that the venue is Casablanca and the dates fit your visit.

Explore Casablanca furtherRead the source: Fondation Al Mada: Villa des Arts de Casablanca
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Outdoors / Public space

Take a park break at the Ligue Arabe

Allow 60 minutes for the visit

Choose an unhurried walk through the paths and planted spaces of Casablanca’s Parc de la Ligue Arabe, on Boulevard Moulay Youssef.

A plan for your visit
  1. Choose one park entrance as your meeting and return point.
  2. Follow a manageable stretch of paths, pausing to notice the planting and changes in shade.
  3. Turn back with time to spare rather than trying to cover the whole park.

Check current gate access and local signs on arrival. This is a park walk; sports, play equipment and other facilities are separate choices whose availability is not confirmed. Allow your own travel and return time.

Explore Casablanca furtherRead the source: Casablanca-Settat Regional Tourism Council: Parc de la Ligue Arabe
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Outdoors / Public space

Make time for the Aïn Diab Corniche

Allow 60 minutes for the visit

Give the Atlantic-facing side of Casablanca one unhurried outing, choosing a short public seafront stretch rather than a cross-city circuit.

A plan for your visit
  1. Choose a meeting point on the Aïn Diab Corniche and decide where you will turn back.
  2. Walk a manageable public seafront stretch, leaving time to pause and look towards the Atlantic.
  3. Return to your starting point before deciding whether to add a separate café stop.

Stay on the public seafront. Swimming, beach clubs and paid facilities are outside this plan; check weather, local access and your return transport before setting out.

Explore Casablanca furtherRead the source: Moroccan National Tourist Office: Casablanca
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Identifies Casablanca’s Atlantic setting and Aïn Diab Corniche. This editorial exterior outing does not establish beach access, bathing conditions or available facilities.

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