What to see in Morocco

Ben Youssef Madrasa

Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi

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.

Jemaa el-Fnaa

Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi

Jemaa el-Fnaa, also Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa, is a square and market place in the medina quarter of Marrakesh, Morocco. It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists.

Koutoubia Mosque

Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi

Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque is an oil on canvas painting by Winston Churchill, from 1943. It depicts a view of the Kutubiyya Mosque, in Marrakesh.

Mausoleum of Mohammed V

Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

The Mausoleum of Mohammed V is a mausoleum located across from the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco. It contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V and his two sons, late King Hassan II and Prince Abdallah.

Saadian Tombs

Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi

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.

Todra Gorge

Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet

The Todgha Gorges are a series of limestone river canyons, or wadi, in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, near the town of Tinghir.

Akchour Waterfalls

Akchour, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma

Al Quaraouiyine Mosque and University

Fez, Fès-Meknès

The University of al-Qarawiyyin, also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco.

Bab Bou Jeloud

Fez, Fès-Meknès

Bab Bou Jeloud is an ornate city gate in Fes el Bali, the old city of Fez, Morocco. The current gate was built by the French colonial administration in 1913 to serve as the grand entrance to the old city.

Bab Mansour

Meknes, Fès-Meknès

Bab Mansur al-'Alj or Bab Mansour is a monumental gate in the city of Meknes, Morocco. Located on the south side of Place el-Hedim in the old city, it was originally the main ceremonial entrance to the Kasbah of Sultan…

Bahia Palace

Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi

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.

Bou Inania Madrasa

Fez, Fès-Meknès

The Bou Inania Madrasa or Bu 'Inaniya Madrasa is a madrasa in Fez, Morocco, built in 1350–55 by the Marinid sultan Abu Inan Faris. It is the only madrasa in Morocco which also functioned as a congregational mosque.

Cape Spartel Lighthouse

Tangier, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma

Cape Spartel is a promontory in Morocco about 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, 12 km west of Tangier. It is the northwesternmost point of the African continent.

Caves of Hercules

Tangier, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma

The Caves of Hercules is an archaeological cave complex located in Cape Spartel, Morocco.

Chellah

Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

The Chellah or Shalla is a medieval fortified necropolis and ancient archeological site in Rabat, Morocco, located on the south (left) side of the Bou Regreg estuary.

Dadès Gorge

Boumalne Dades, Drâa-Tafilalet

The Dadès Gorges, also referred to as Dades Valley, are a series of rugged wadi gorges carved out by the Dadès River in Morocco.

Erg Chebbi

Merzouga, Drâa-Tafilalet

Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's several ergs – large seas of dunes formed by wind-blown sand. It is located on the far western edge of the Sahara Desert. Other ergs in Morocco include Erg Chigaga near M'hamid.

Hassan II Mosque

Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat

The Hassan II Mosque is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the second largest mosque in Africa and one of the largest mosques in the world. Its minaret is the world's second tallest minaret at 210 metres (689 ft).

Hassan Tower

Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century.

Kasbah of the Udayas

Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

The Kasbah of the Udayas, also spelled Kasbah of the Oudaias or of the Oudayas, is a kasbah (citadel) in Rabat, Morocco.

Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou

Aït Ben Haddou, Drâa-Tafilalet

Aït Benhaddou is a historic ighrem or ksar along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakesh in Morocco.

Legzira Beach

Legzira, Guelmim-Oued Noun

Agadir is a major city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean, and 509 kilometres (316 mi) south of…

Mount Toubkal

Imlil, Marrakesh-Safi

Toubkal, also Jbel Toubkal or Jebel Toubkal, is a mountain in central Morocco, located in the Toubkal National Park.

Ouzoud Falls

Ouzoud, Béni Mellal-Khénifra

Ouzoud Falls is the collective name for several waterfalls in Azilal Province, Morocco. The waterfalls empty into the El-Abid River's gorge.

Portuguese Cistern

El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat

Skala de la Ville

Essaouira, Marrakesh-Safi

Volubilis

Moulay Idriss Zerhoun, Fès-Meknès

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail

Meknes, Fès-Meknès

Place Hassan II

Tétouan, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma