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Things to do in Casablanca: the full list behind the map

This interactive map of Casablanca (Morocco) brings together 147 hand-picked places: 44 attractions, 50 restaurants, 28 cafés and 25 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.

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Walking routes in Casablanca

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Hassan II, the medina and the port

7 stops · 3 h · walking + petit taxi · 7 stops

  1. Mosquée Hassan II
  2. Mosque esplanade
  3. Rick's Café
  4. La Sqala
  5. Ancienne Médina
  6. Bab Marrakech
  7. Casa-Port Station
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The Art Deco downtown

7 stops · 2 h 30 · on foot · 7 stops

  1. Place des Nations Unies
  2. Marché Central
  3. Cinéma Rialto
  4. Bank Al-Maghrib
  5. Place Mohammed V
  6. Grand Théâtre
  7. Villa des Arts
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Habous, Mahkama and Sacré-Cœur

6 stops · 2 h 30 · tram T3 + walking · 6 stops

  1. Habous Souk
  2. Pâtisserie Bennis
  3. Mahkama du Pacha
  4. Royal Palace
  5. Parc de la Ligue Arabe
  6. Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur
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Corniche, lighthouse and Sidi Abderrahmane

7 stops · 4 h · tram T2 + petit taxi · 7 stops

  1. El Hank Lighthouse
  2. Le Cabestan
  3. Plage Lalla Meriem
  4. Boulevard de la Corniche
  5. Aïn Diab Beach
  6. Sidi Abderrahmane Shrine
  7. Morocco Mall
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Gauthier and Maârif: coffee and shopping

7 stops · 3 h · on foot · 7 stops

  1. % Arabica
  2. Iloli
  3. Bondi Coffee Kitchen
  4. Twin Center
  5. Bd Al Massira Al Khadra
  6. Le Carrefour des Livres
  7. Marché Central du Maârif
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Things to do in Casablanca: top attractions

Absolute icon

Mosquée Hassan II

مسجد الحسن الثاني · Sidi Belyout

The world's tallest minaret planted over the Atlantic: 25,000 worshippers inside and the sea breaking under the glass floor.

Tip: It is the only mosque in Morocco non-Muslims may enter: guided tours only, roughly hourly.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place des Nations Unies, then a 25-min walk or a red petit taxi

Featured in: UNESCO tentative list · Casamémoire

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Sunset spot

Esplanade de la Mosquée Hassan II

ساحة مسجد الحسن الثاني · El Hank

The marble esplanade facing the ocean: Morocco's most photographed sunset, with waves slamming the sea wall.

Tip: Come 45 minutes before sunset: October skies are clear and high tide sprays the esplanade.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place des Nations Unies, then a red petit taxi

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Old medina

Ancienne Médina

المدينة القديمة · Sidi Belyout

The 19th-century old medina: whitewashed lanes, babouche and spice stalls, and the port humming behind the ramparts.

Tip: Enter at Bab Marrakech and exit at Place des Nations Unies: that line crosses the whole medina without getting lost.

🚇 Tram T3 · Casa Port · 5-min walk

Featured in: Casamémoire · Fodor's

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Historic gate

Bab Marrakech

باب مراكش · Ancienne Médina

The southern gate of the Portuguese ramparts and the liveliest way into the medina: fabric, date and olive stalls on both sides.

Tip: The surrounding clothes souk opens at 9 and shuts for the afternoon break: go early.

🚇 Tram T1 · Marché Central · 7-min walk

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Art Deco medina

Quartier Habous

الحبوس · Nouvelle Médina

The medina the French invented in the 1920s: Art Deco arcades, Arabic bookshops, dates and the city's tidiest souk.

Tip: Haggling is light here and quality is real: this is where locals actually buy their kaftans.

🚇 Tram T3 · Habous · 4-min walk

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Palace

Mahkama du Pacha

محكمة الباشا · Habous

A 1952 Hispano-Moorish courthouse: 64 rooms of carved stucco, painted cedar and zellige, built in the 20th century.

Tip: It is still a working public building: open on office hours, so ask at the gate before heading in.

🚇 Tram T3 · Habous · 3-min walk

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Art Deco

Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur

Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur · Parc de la Ligue Arabe

A white 1930 cathedral, deconsecrated and turned into an exhibition hall: vertical Art Deco, vast emptiness, filtered light.

Tip: It only opens for shows: if shut, the facade seen from the park is still worth the walk.

🚇 Tram T4 · Parc de la Ligue Arabe · 5-min walk

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Stained glass

Église Notre-Dame de Lourdes

Église Notre-Dame de Lourdes · Mers Sultan

Bare 1954 concrete and 800 sq m of Gabriel Loire stained glass: inside, the air turns blue, red and violet.

Tip: Go between 3 and 5 pm: the afternoon sun hits straight on and the glass detonates.

🚇 Tram T4 · Mers Sultan · 6-min walk

Featured in: Casamémoire

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Main square

Place Mohammed V

Place Mohammed V · Downtown

Casablanca's Art Deco and Mauresque heart: the Wilaya, the Post Office, the Bank of Morocco and a fountain that dances at dusk.

Tip: The fountain runs a water-and-light show after dark; the pigeons are part of the local folklore.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place Mohammed V · right there

Featured in: Casamémoire

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Architecture

Grand Théâtre de Casablanca

Grand Théâtre de Casablanca · Place Mohammed V

Zaha Hadid's white vessel parked opposite the Art Deco: 1,800 seats and a curve like a wave on pause.

Tip: The contrast with the 1930 Wilaya right across is the best architecture shot in town.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place Mohammed V · 2-min walk

Featured in: Casamémoire

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Mauresque

Wilaya de Casablanca-Settat

Wilaya · Place Mohammed V

The 1937 prefecture with its clock tower: Casablanca's Mauresque emblem, Art Deco crossed with Moroccan arches.

Tip: No interior visits, but the lit tower at night is the square's classic postcard.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place Mohammed V · 1-min walk

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Art Deco

Bank Al-Maghrib

Bank Al-Maghrib · Place Mohammed V

A 1937 central bank in white stone: monumental columns and geometric reliefs, the squarest Art Deco on the square.

Tip: Look at the facade reliefs: they tell Moroccan trade in 1930s Art Deco code.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place des Nations Unies · 3-min walk

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Historic cinema

Cinéma Rialto

Cinéma Rialto · Downtown

A 1930 Art Deco hall where Édith Piaf sang: still screening, still wearing its original neon marquee.

Tip: Go in even without a film in mind: the lobby and staircase are worth a ticket cheaper than a coffee.

🚇 Tram T1 · Marché Central · 3-min walk

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Local cinema

Cinéma Rif

Cinéma Rif · Old Medina

A 1940s neighbourhood cinema on the medina's edge: curved facade, hand-painted lettering, a wholly local crowd.

Tip: The hand-painted billboard changes weekly: one of the most shared photos in Casablanca.

🚇 Tram T1 · Marché Central · 4-min walk

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Heritage

Hôtel Lincoln

Hôtel Lincoln · Boulevard Mohammed V

Casablanca's most famous ruin: a 1916 Mauresque block that collapsed piece by piece and is now being brought back.

Tip: It was the banner of Casamémoire, the NGO that saved half the Art Deco downtown: check the balcony detail.

🚇 Tram T1 · Marché Central · 2-min walk

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Art Deco

Hôtel Transatlantique

Hôtel Transatlantique · Downtown

A 1922 hotel with an inner courtyard and stained glass: one of the few downtown Art Deco survivors still doing its job.

Tip: Walk into the lobby for a drink: nobody minds, and the courtyard is an open-air secret.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place Mohammed V · 4-min walk

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Art museum

Villa des Arts

Villa des Arts · Boulevard d'Anfa

A 1934 Art Deco villa turned into a contemporary Moroccan art museum, with a garden and free entry.

Tip: Free entry and a shaded garden: the best mid-morning plan when downtown has worn you out.

🚇 Tram T4 · Parc de la Ligue Arabe · 8-min walk

Featured in: Casamémoire · Fondation ONA

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Private museum

Musée de la Fondation Abderrahman Slaoui

Fondation Abderrahman Slaoui Museum · Downtown

A 1940s Art Deco townhouse holding Slaoui's private hoard of Berber jewellery, kohl flasks and vintage travel posters.

Tip: The top-floor terrace has a café and a rare view over downtown's Art Deco roofs.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place Mohammed V · 5-min walk

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One-of-a-kind

Musée du Judaïsme Marocain

Moroccan Jewish Museum · Oasis

The only Jewish museum in the Arab world: Torah scrolls, embroidered kaftans, rebuilt synagogues, 2,000 years of Moroccan history.

Tip: It sits in a suburban house with no big sign: ring the bell, they open by appointment or in the afternoon.

🚇 Tram T1 · Gare Oasis · 10-min walk

Featured in: Fondation du Patrimoine Culturel Judéo-Marocain

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Stained glass

Temple Beth-El

Beth-El Synagogue · Gauthier

Morocco's most beautiful synagogue: floor-to-ceiling stained glass telling Exodus in cobalt blue and gold.

Tip: Visits are arranged in advance with the community: bring your passport and cover your shoulders.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place des Nations Unies · 9-min walk

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City park

Parc de la Ligue Arabe

Parc de la Ligue Arabe · Downtown

Casablanca's lung: rows of date palms, giant ficus trees and benches where the whole city catches its breath.

Tip: October makes it the best tea-hour spot in town: 24°C, palm shade and no crowds.

🚇 Tram T4 · Parc de la Ligue Arabe · right there

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Modernism

La Coupole du Parc de la Ligue Arabe

La Coupole · Parc de la Ligue Arabe

The modernist concrete dome in the middle of the park: a 1960s curve like a saucer landed among palm trees.

Tip: Shoot it backlit from below at sunset: the curve cuts the orange sky like a drawing.

🚇 Tram T4 · Parc de la Ligue Arabe · 3-min walk

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Seafront

Boulevard de la Corniche

Boulevard de la Corniche · Aïn Diab

Casablanca's endless corniche: rock pools, fish terraces and the Atlantic pounding on your left the whole way.

Tip: The T2 runs right to the beach: the only tram in Morocco that drops you with your feet in the Atlantic.

🚇 Tram T2 · Aïn Diab Plage · right there

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Beach

Plage Lalla Meriem

Plage Lalla Meriem · El Hank

The city beach closest to the lighthouse: wide sand, dawn surfers and the Hassan II minaret on the horizon.

Tip: In October the water is still summer-warm and the sand is empty: the best month of the year here.

🚇 Tram T2 · Aïn Diab Plage, then a red petit taxi

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Lighthouse

Phare d'El Hank

El Hank Lighthouse · El Hank

A 1916 lighthouse on the cliff: a spiral climb, the original lantern and the cleanest view of the coast.

Tip: The keeper usually lets you up for a tip: from the top you see the mosque and the corniche in one sweep.

🚇 Tram T2 · Aïn Diab Plage, then a red petit taxi

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Shrine

Marabout de Sidi Abderrahmane

Sidi Abderrahmane Shrine · Aïn Diab

A white shrine on a rock islet: at low tide you walk across, at high tide it is marooned in the Atlantic.

Tip: Check the tide table first: the crossing only exists for a couple of hours a day.

🚇 Tram T2 · Sidi Abderrahmane, then a red petit taxi

Featured in: Fodor's · Lonely Planet

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Market

Marché Central

Marché Central · Downtown

A 1917 market behind a Mauresque gate: Atlantic fish, Oualidia oysters, spices and stalls that grill whatever you just bought.

Tip: The ritual: pick your fish at the stall, pay by the kilo, and the restaurant next door grills it for you.

🚇 Tram T1 · Marché Central · right there

Featured in: Gilles Pudlowski · Fodor's

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Film & cocktails

Rick's Café

Rick's Café · Old Medina

The movie bar that never existed, rebuilt inside a 1930 riad against the ramparts: piano, cocktails, Bogart on loop.

Tip: Book ahead: the piano starts at 9 pm and the courtyard table under the dome goes days in advance.

🚇 Tram T3 · Casa Port · 9-min walk

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Skyline

Twin Center

Twin Center · Maârif

Ricardo Bofill's twin towers, 115 m of pink granite: Casablanca's modern skyline and the gateway to Maârif.

Tip: The ideal start for walking Maârif: every shop street begins two blocks away.

🚇 Tram T1 · Abdelmoumen, then a red petit taxi

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Architecture

Gare de Casa-Port

Casa-Port Station · Sidi Belyout

The 2014 station: a white concrete lattice that filters daylight like a giant moucharabieh.

Tip: ONCF trains to Mohammed V airport leave from here: 40 minutes and far cheaper than a taxi.

🚇 Tram T3 · Casa Port · right there

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High speed

Gare de Casa-Voyageurs

Casa-Voyageurs Station · Roches Noires

The big station rebuilt for high speed: Al Boraq, Africa's first bullet train, departs from here for Tangier.

Tip: Tangier in 2 h 10 on Al Boraq: the most spectacular day trip you can run from Casablanca.

🚇 Tram T1 · Casa Voyageurs · right there

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Square

Place des Nations Unies

Place des Nations Unies · Sidi Belyout

The city's hinge: walled medina on one side, Art Deco downtown on the other, the tram slicing through the middle.

Tip: At night it fills with families and boiled-corn vendors: the best people-watching in Casablanca.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place des Nations Unies · right there

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Brutalism

Coupole Zevaco

Zevaco Dome · Place des Nations Unies

Jean-François Zevaco's concrete dome: a split 1970s sphere locals simply call 'the ball'.

Tip: It caps the entrance to the car park below ground: a brutalist detail almost nobody looks at.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place des Nations Unies · 2-min walk

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Photo op

WeCasablanca Sign

WeCasablanca Sign · Place des Nations Unies

The city's giant letters lit up after dark: the obligatory shot before Art Deco downtown eats your camera roll.

Tip: Best at 7 pm: lights on, sky still blue behind them.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place Mohammed V · 2-min walk

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Culture factory

Anciens Abattoirs de Casablanca

Casablanca Slaughterhouses · Hay Mohammadi

A 1922 industrial slaughterhouse turned culture factory: huge sheds, graffiti, concerts and the cradle of Moroccan rap.

Tip: Opening depends on programming: check the calendar, outside events it stays shut.

🚇 Tram T1 · Anciens Abattoirs · 5-min walk

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Royal palace

Palais Royal de Casablanca

Royal Palace · Habous

The royal palace beside Habous: no entry, but the bronze gates, orange trees and guard are worth the detour.

Tip: Do not photograph the guard or the gates in use: shoot the bronze doors and the neighbouring mosque.

🚇 Tram T3 · Habous · 7-min walk

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Modernism

Église du Christ-Roi

Christ the King Church · Mers Sultan

A modernist bare-concrete church with a slender bell tower: one of the least-visited gems of 20th-century heritage.

Tip: Two blocks from Notre-Dame de Lourdes: together they are a crash course in modern church architecture.

🚇 Tram T4 · Mers Sultan · 7-min walk

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Oddity

Église orthodoxe russe de la Dormition

Russian Orthodox Church · Mers Sultan

Onion domes and Orthodox crosses in the middle of Morocco: the church of the Russian diaspora that fled here in the 1920s.

Tip: It opens for Sunday morning liturgy: the rest of the week you see it from the street only.

🚇 Tram T4 · Mers Sultan · 6-min walk

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Theme park

Parc Sindibad

Sindibad Park · Aïn Diab

The seafront amusement park: roller coaster, a zoo with Atlas lions and shows, all under the Atlantic breeze.

Tip: October is ideal: none of August's heat and none of the school-holiday queues.

🚇 Tram T2 · Sidi Abderrahmane, then a red petit taxi

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Wildlife

Zoo de Sindibad

Sindibad Zoo · Aïn Diab

The park's zoo, home to the Atlas lion breeding programme: the big cat Morocco pulled back from extinction.

Tip: The Atlas lion, extinct in the wild, survives thanks to the Moroccan royal collection: ask for feeding times.

🚇 Tram T2 · Sidi Abderrahmane, then a red petit taxi

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New park

Anfa Park

Anfa Park · Casa Anfa

The new park laid over old Anfa airport's runway: 50 hectares of lawn, lakes and the rising financial district around it.

Tip: The 1943 Anfa Conference between Roosevelt and Churchill happened here: the runway is still traced in the park's layout.

🚇 Tram T2 · Anfa Park · right there

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Cinema

Megarama Corniche

Megarama · Aïn Diab

Morocco's biggest multiplex, right on the corniche: 14 screens, original-version releases and the beach across the road.

Tip: Perfect plan for the one rainy day: a screening and then a fish dinner on the corniche.

🚇 Tram T2 · Aïn Diab Plage · 7-min walk

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Culture

Institut Français de Casablanca

Institut Français · Mers Sultan

The city's busiest cultural centre: arthouse cinema, concerts, exhibitions and a French bookshop with terrace and café.

Tip: The programme is free or nearly: check the board on arrival, it changes weekly.

🚇 Tram T4 · Mers Sultan · 5-min walk

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Beach club

Tahiti Beach Club

Tahiti Beach Club · Aïn Diab

Aïn Diab's classic beach club: pools cut into the rock, palms, loungers and the Atlantic breaking at your feet.

Tip: In October entry gets cheaper and the pools run near-empty on weekdays.

🚇 Tram T2 · Aïn Diab Plage · 5-min walk

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Where to eat in Casablanca: restaurants

Fine dining

Table III

4 Av. de la Côte d'Émeraude · Aïn Diab

Morocco's best table in 2026: Fayçal Bettioui crosses French technique, Japanese precision and Moroccan produce of the day.

Tip: No. 11 on MENA's 50 Best 2026 and Gault&Millau Maroc Chef of the Year: book weeks ahead.

🚇 Tram T2 · Aïn Diab Plage, then a red petit taxi

Featured in: MENA's 50 Best 2026 (#11) · La Liste 2026 · Gault&Millau Maroc 2026

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Luxury Moroccan

La Grande Table Marocaine

Royal Mansour · Av. des FAR

Palace-level Moroccan cooking on the 23rd floor: pastilla, lamb tagine and a view that swallows the whole port.

Tip: Ask for a window table at sunset: the sun drops into the Atlantic right behind the mosque.

🚇 Tram T3 · Casa Port · 6-min walk

Featured in: La Liste 2026 (#441) · Gilles Pudlowski

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Brasserie

La Brasserie du Royal Mansour

Royal Mansour · Av. des FAR

A contemporary brasserie signed by Éric Frechon: Oualidia oysters, fish of the day and French classics without the fuss.

Tip: The lunch set is the cheapest way to eat at the Royal Mansour.

🚇 Tram T3 · Casa Port · 6-min walk

Featured in: Gilles Pudlowski · Forbes 2026

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Moroccan classic

La Sqala

Boulevard des Almohades · Old Medina

A café-restaurant inside the 18th-century Portuguese bastion: bougainvillea garden, old cannons and the city's best Moroccan breakfast.

Tip: Order the full breakfast: msemen, harcha, amlou, olives and orange juice under the bougainvillea.

🚇 Tram T3 · Casa Port · 8-min walk

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Fish with a view

Le Cabestan

90 Bd de la Corniche · El Hank

A 1920s institution hanging off the cliff beside the lighthouse: Atlantic fish and waves breaking under the window.

Tip: Window table, booking essential: in October you still dine watching the last sun on the water.

🚇 Tram T2 · Aïn Diab Plage, then a red petit taxi

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Modern Moroccan

Umayya

Bd de la Corniche · El Hank

Contemporary Moroccan cooking facing the ocean: reworked tagines, seafood pastilla and a modern zellige room.

Tip: The lunch menu costs half and you eat it on the same sea terrace.

🚇 Tram T2 · Aïn Diab Plage, then a red petit taxi

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Brasserie

Brasserie La Bavaroise

133 Av. Allal Ben Abdellah · Downtown

The benchmark French brasserie since 1958: entrecôte, hand-cut tartare and white linen steps from the Marché Central.

Tip: Order the entrecôte béarnaise and the soufflé: the recipe hasn't moved in decades and it shows.

🚇 Tram T1 · Marché Central · 2-min walk

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Moroccan classic

Al-Mounia

95 Rue Prince Moulay Abdallah · Downtown

The classic Moroccan restaurant since 1950: a courtyard with a century-old tree, Friday couscous and tagines that never changed.

Tip: Friday lunch is couscous day across Morocco: here they serve it exactly as tradition demands.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place Mohammed V · 4-min walk

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Japanese

Iloli

33 Rue Najib Mahfoud · Gauthier

Casablanca's benchmark Japanese: sushi counter, a short omakase and Atlantic fish handled with Japanese discipline.

Tip: Sit at the counter and let the chef choose: the short lunch menu is the best value in town.

🚇 Tram T1 · Abdelmoumen, then a red petit taxi

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Tapas

La Bodega

129 Av. Allal Ben Abdellah · Downtown

Spanish tapas, sangria and live music till late: the loudest, most fun basement in downtown Casablanca.

Tip: Thursdays and Fridays a live band plays and people dance between tables: arrive before 10 pm or forget it.

🚇 Tram T1 · Marché Central · 2-min walk

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Seafood tavern

La Taverne du Dauphin

115 Bd Félix Houphouët-Boigny · Sidi Belyout

A sailors' tavern since 1958: fried calamari, garlic prawns and port fish over marble and tile.

Tip: Eat standing at the bar like locals do: a plate of fried fish and a beer, done.

🚇 Tram T3 · Casa Port · 4-min walk

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Tapas

Casa José

26bis Bd Félix Houphouët-Boigny · Sidi Belyout

Spanish tapas by the port: jamón, anchovies, tortilla and vermouth, Casablanca's Andalusian streak intact.

Tip: Casablanca had a huge Spanish colony: here it survives on the plate and in the house accent.

🚇 Tram T3 · Casa Port · 4-min walk

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Grilled fish

Chez Michel et Hafida

Bd Mohammed V · Marché Central

The Marché Central grill: buy your fish at the stall next door, carry it in, and it hits the coals in minutes.

Tip: This is THE Casablanca experience: weigh the fish, agree the grilling fee, sit down.

🚇 Tram T1 · Marché Central · 1-min walk

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Oysters

Restaurant Ostrea

Port de Casablanca · Sidi Belyout

Oualidia and Dakhla oysters shucked to order inside the fishing port: the freshest shellfish Casablanca can offer.

Tip: Oualidia oysters are Morocco's great Atlantic product: a dozen costs what a coffee does in Europe.

🚇 Tram T3 · Casa Port · 7-min walk

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Villa dining

Le Rouget de l'Isle

16 Rue Rouget de l'Isle · Downtown

A 1930s Art Deco villa turned restaurant: garden, winter fireplace and an author's Moroccan-French kitchen.

Tip: In October you eat in the garden: ask for an outside table when booking, it fills fast.

🚇 Tram T4 · Parc de la Ligue Arabe · 5-min walk

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Bistro

Gare aux Gorilles

50bis Av. Hassan Souktani · Gauthier

A neighbourhood French bistro with a daily board: market produce, a short card and one of Gauthier's best deals.

Tip: The handwritten lunch menu changes daily: ask before you open the card.

🚇 Tram T1 · Abdelmoumen, then a red petit taxi

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Bistro

Bistrot Chic

8 Rue Taha Hussein · Gauthier

A Gauthier bistro with relaxed French cooking and a Moroccan wine list: where creative Casablanca meets.

Tip: Order a Meknès red: Morocco has made wine since antiquity and this list has the good ones.

🚇 Tram T4 · Parc de la Ligue Arabe, then a red petit taxi

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French

Restaurant Rossignol

Gauthier · Casablanca

A Gauthier classic with French cooking, international touches and old-school service: the celebration spot.

Tip: The fish comes straight from the Marché Central each morning: ask what came in today.

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French

Le Kimmy'z

7 Rue Najib Mahfoud · Gauthier

A small, consistent French table in Gauthier: short card, exact cooking and years of regulars.

Tip: Book ahead: few tables, and Gauthier fills up from 9 pm.

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Tasting menu

La Table du Rétro

Rue Abou Al Mahassine Rouyani · Racine

A Racine French bistro with affordable tasting menus: one of the neighbourhood's most technical kitchens without palace prices.

Tip: The multi-course lunch costs half the dinner price and is the same food.

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Refined Moroccan

La Maison du Gourmet

Rue Taha Houcine · Gauthier

Refined Moroccan cooking in a Gauthier house: pigeon pastilla, rfissa and seasonal tagines in a small dining room.

Tip: Rfissa needs hours of notice: say so when you book if you want to try it.

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Burgers

Blend

9 Rue Théophile Gauthier · Gauthier

The burger joint that made author street food fashionable in Casablanca: brioche buns, aged beef and a queue on the pavement.

Tip: There are several branches in Casablanca: this Gauthier one is the original and the sharpest.

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Japanese

Kayzen

Av. Ahmed Charci · Anfa

An Anfa Japanese with sushi counter and robata: Atlantic fish, clean cuts and a modern room that is always full.

Tip: Moroccan Atlantic bluefin is among the world's best: order it raw here.

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Asian fusion

Lily's

92 Bd de la Corniche · Anfa Supérieur

Asian fusion with an Atlantic terrace: dim sum, wok and cocktails while the sun sinks into the water.

Tip: Book the terrace at sunset: in October the sun drops near 7 pm and it is still warm.

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Moroccan lounge

Mint

Four Seasons · Bd de la Corniche

The Four Seasons' Moroccan lounge facing the sea: ceremonial mint tea, Moroccan mezze and sofas facing the Atlantic.

Tip: The high-pour mint tea service is the Moroccan ritual par excellence: order it.

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Brasserie

Bleu

Four Seasons · Bd de la Corniche

The Four Seasons' international brasserie with a beach terrace: long breakfasts, grilled fish and a permanent sea view.

Tip: Sunday brunch is a local institution: book or you lose the terrace.

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2026 opening

Kyúb

Four Seasons · Aïn Diab

The 2026 dining opening at the Four Seasons: fire cooking and Moroccan produce with a contemporary eye over the corniche.

Tip: One of the city's newest tables and already flagged by the international press: book ahead.

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Fish with a view

Le Petit Rocher

Bd de la Corniche · El Hank

A terrace hanging off the cliff beside the lighthouse: grilled fish, sardines and the Atlantic breaking under your table.

Tip: Order the grilled sardines: in Morocco they are the national fish and here they go from port to coals.

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Moroccan home food

Dar Dada

Old Medina · Casablanca

A Moroccan house inside the medina: home tagines, neighbourhood oven bread and courtyard tables under open sky.

Tip: The bread goes to the neighbourhood communal oven and returns hot: start with harira.

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Historic bar

Marcel Cerdan

Bd Rahal El Meskini · Downtown

A bar-restaurant named after the boxer who grew up in Casablanca: vintage photos, fried food and cold beer.

Tip: Marcel Cerdan, world champion and Édith Piaf's partner, grew up in this district: the photos tell it.

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Grill house

La Grillardière

Rue Al Mansour Saadi · Maârif

A Moroccan neighbourhood grill: lamb skewers, kefta, mechoui and fresh bread in Maârif's commercial heart.

Tip: Order mechoui, the slow-roast lamb: in Morocco it is eaten with cumin and salt, nothing else.

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Italian

Cesarino

Rue Normandie · Maârif

A Maârif Italian with a wood oven: Neapolitan pizza, fresh pasta and a terrace packed every night.

Tip: Maârif is Casablanca's de facto Italian quarter: half a dozen good ones in four blocks.

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Spanish

Pepe Luis

Urban Square · Maârif

Spanish tapas and rice dishes in Maârif: a jamón counter, prawns and an open terrace that works year-round.

Tip: Paella must be ordered ahead: 40 minutes, minimum two people.

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Sushi

Japonico

Rue Al Mansour Saadi · Maârif

Maârif sushi with a queue at the door: generous rolls, fair prices and the neighbourhood's most popular Japanese.

Tip: Get it to go and eat in the Jardin des Arènes two blocks away: that is the local move.

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Lebanese

Kamar Lebnan

Rue Théophile Gauthier · Gauthier

A Gauthier Lebanese classic: endless mezze, oven bread, shawarma carved to order and a shisha terrace.

Tip: Order the full mezze to share: cheaper, and you taste fifteen different things.

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Lebanese

La Perle du Liban

Bd d'Anfa · Gauthier

A Lebanese table with an open oven: manakish, kibbeh, hummus and fresh juices in a room that never stops turning.

Tip: The breakfast zaatar manakish leave the oven every ten minutes: ask for them hot.

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Yemeni

Hadramaut

Av. Tan Tan · Anfa

Yemeni cooking in Casablanca: lamb mandi, tandoor bread and enormous platters shared on the floor.

Tip: You eat with your right hand, sitting on the floor: that is the plan, not an inconvenience.

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Gelato

Oliveri Corniche

Bd de la Corniche · Aïn Diab

The seafront branch of Casablanca's historic gelato house: Italian ice cream, crêpes and tables over the corniche.

Tip: Oliveri opened in 1950 and is still every local's childhood ice cream.

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Moroccan

Sijilmassa

Aïn Diab · Casablanca

An Aïn Diab Moroccan with a zellige room and terrace: Friday couscous, tagines and pastilla, grand-house style.

Tip: Chicken-and-almond pastilla with cinnamon and sugar is the Moroccan dish that surprises most: order it.

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Seafood

Le Pershing

Bd de la Corniche · Aïn Diab

Fish and shellfish facing the beach: fried platters, paella and a terrace with Aïn Diab's sand in view.

Tip: October sun at midday and a mixed fried platter: the most Casablancan lunch there is.

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Dinner & music

Kamanja 55

Bd de la Corniche · El Hank

Moroccan and Mediterranean cooking with live music by the sea: the corniche's long-night plan.

Tip: Music kicks in late, around 10:30 pm: dinner is the excuse, the show is the plan.

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Turkish grill

Etçi Mehmet

Bd Driss Slaoui · El Hank

A Turkish butcher-grill: cuts on display, Adana kebab and pide bread leaving the oven nonstop.

Tip: You pick the meat from the display and they weigh it before the coals: exactly like Istanbul.

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Catch of the day

Restaurant du Port

Port de Casablanca · Sidi Belyout

The fishing port's canteen: whatever came in that morning, grilled, with lemon and nothing else. No decor, no tricks.

Tip: Ask what came in today and order that: the menu is a suggestion, the board rules.

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Harbour view

Le Phare du Port Salut

Port · Sidi Belyout

A harbour table looking at the Hassan II mosque: calamari, grilled prawns and that minaret cut out behind.

Tip: One of the few places where you eat with the world's tallest minaret as a backdrop.

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Bistronomy

Bistronome

Gauthier · Casablanca

French bistronomy in Gauthier: a chalkboard card, seasonal produce and a small room living off its regulars.

Tip: Ask for the fish of the day: they work with whatever the Marché Central sends that morning.

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Steak-frites

L'entrecôte 212

Gauthier · Casablanca

A single French formula: salad, entrecôte with secret sauce and endless fries. Nothing more, nothing less.

Tip: There is no menu: they ask how you want it cooked and that is it. Fries are refilled free.

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Lunch canteen

La Cantine de Charlotte

Rue Abou Hadil Allaf · Gauthier

A Gauthier lunch canteen: big salads, chalkboard daily plates and homemade desserts with an office queue.

Tip: Daytime only, closing at 4 pm: it is lunch, not dinner. Get there before 1.

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Rooftop

Bliss Rooftop

Bd Brahim Roudani · Gauthier

A Gauthier rooftop with cocktails and a view over the Art Deco roofs: where young Casablanca starts its night.

Tip: In October you can still sit out late without a jacket: the year's best rooftop season.

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Moroccan

Zayna

Habous · Casablanca

A Moroccan table on the edge of Habous: seasonal tagines, pastilla and fresh-baked bread, souk two steps away.

Tip: Pair it with Habous shopping: buy in the morning, eat here before the heat.

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Riad

Le Riad

Rue Mohamed El Qorri · Downtown

An urban riad in the Art Deco core: a fountain courtyard, zellige and Moroccan cooking with gnawa music at weekends.

Tip: Gnawa is ritual music from southern Morocco listed by UNESCO: here it plays live.

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Specialty coffee in Casablanca

Historic pastry

Pâtisserie Bennis Habous

2 Rue du Fqih al Abbas · Habous

The legendary Habous pastry shop since 1930: cornes de gazelle, ghriba and kaab el ghzal hand-made in a wood oven.

Tip: There are no tables: you buy by weight at a hatch and eat walking the Habous arcades.

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Specialty coffee

% Arabica

Bd d'Anfa · Gauthier

The Japanese specialty coffee chain that landed in Casablanca: minimalist espresso, latte art and a pavement queue.

Tip: Boulevard d'Anfa is Casablanca's third-wave coffee spine: four good ones in five blocks.

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Brunch

Bondi Coffee Kitchen

31 Rue Sebou · Gauthier

An Australian café in Gauthier: a proper flat white, eggs-and-avocado brunch and the neighbourhood's youngest crowd.

Tip: Weekdays are better: the weekend brunch wait runs well past half an hour.

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Roastery

Espressolab

Urban Square · Maârif

A Turkish specialty roaster with a big Maârif store: single-origin beans, filter brews and tables to work at.

Tip: Wi-Fi and plugs: half of Maârif uses it as an improvised office mid-morning.

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Coffee

Caribou Coffee

Bd d'Anfa · Gauthier

The American chain that opened the specialty road in Morocco: cold brew, mochas and an Anfa terrace.

Tip: The terrace faces Boulevard d'Anfa: the best seat for watching office Casablanca go by.

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Specialty coffee

Dahab Café

Gauthier · Casablanca

A Gauthier specialty café with its own roast: filter brews, daily pastries and pavement tables.

Tip: Order a nous-nous: half coffee, half milk, Morocco's national order that no tourist knows.

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Historic bar

Le Petit Poucet

Bd Mohammed V · Downtown

The Aéropostale pilots' bar: Mermoz and Saint-Exupéry stopped here between flights. Wood, mirrors and memory.

Tip: Saint-Exupéry wrote part of his Moroccan letters at these tables: living heritage, not set dressing.

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Mint tea

Café Maure de La Sqala

Sqala Bastion · Old Medina

The Moorish café inside the Portuguese bastion: mint tea, bougainvillea, 18th-century cannons and all-day shade.

Tip: Mint tea is poured from a height to aerate it: not a show, a technique. Three glasses is the correct number.

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Bakery

Paul Villa Zevaco

Av. Moulay Rachid · Anfa

The French bakery installed in Villa Zevaco, a 1940s modernist gem: croissants under author concrete.

Tip: The house is by Jean-François Zevaco, Morocco's most important 20th-century architect: coffee is the excuse.

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Breakfast

Paul Corniche

Bd de la Corniche · Aïn Diab

French breakfast facing the Atlantic: viennoiserie, sourdough and a terrace watching the waves break.

Tip: Breakfast here then walk the corniche to the lighthouse: October's best morning plan.

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Classic gelato

Glacier Oliveri

Bd Mohamed Zerktouni · Mers Sultan

Casablanca's historic ice-cream house since 1950: a marble counter, Italian gelato and the same old sign.

Tip: The local order is avocat: avocado juice and ice cream are a Moroccan obsession.

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Gelato

Oliveri Maârif

Rue El Kadi Iass · Maârif

The Maârif branch of the 1950 gelato house: cones, granitas and a teenage queue after school.

Tip: Right on Maârif's shopping axis: the ice cream stop between two stores.

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Ice cream

Venezia Ice Aïn Diab

Bd de la Corniche · Aïn Diab

Morocco's most popular ice-cream brand in its seafront branch: local flavours, crêpes and waffles until late.

Tip: Try the date or almond gelato: Moroccan flavours you will not find in Europe.

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Ice cream

Venezia Ice Maârif

Maârif · Casablanca

The Maârif branch of the national ice-cream chain: long queues, generous scoops and whole families at night.

Tip: After 9 pm Maârif fills with families eating ice cream on the street: the neighbourhood ritual.

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Pavement café

Café Venezia

Downtown · Casablanca

A classic downtown pavement café: nous-nous, pain au chocolat and the Moroccan social institution par excellence.

Tip: In Casablanca the pavement café is an institution: order a nous-nous and watch the city go by for an hour.

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Coffee house

BIVOUAC

Bd d'Anfa · Gauthier

An Anfa coffee house working African single origins: filter brews, cupping and bags to take home.

Tip: Take home a bag of African beans: one of Casablanca's lightest and best souvenirs.

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Local coffee

Bô Café

Yacoub El Mansour · Racine

A neighbourhood specialty coffee spot in Racine: a quiet terrace, homemade pastry and a regulars' crowd.

Tip: Racine is Casablanca's smart residential district: ideal for a break far from downtown noise.

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Specialty coffee

Real Time Coffee

Riviera · Casablanca

A Riviera specialty café beside the tram: espresso, filter and a small room always full of neighbours.

Tip: A perfect T2 stop on the way to the corniche: it sits right on the line.

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Brunch

Roots Coffee & More

Bd Abdelkrim El Khattabi · Maârif

A Maârif coffee-kitchen with all-day brunch: bowls, toasts, pressed juices and plenty of daylight.

Tip: Order an avocat juice: the avocado shake with milk and almond is Morocco's street classic.

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Work café

Meet Up Coffee Pool

Rue Michel Ange · Gauthier

A Gauthier café built for staying: plugs, Wi-Fi, long tables and solid espresso all day.

Tip: If you travel working, this is the plan: stable Wi-Fi and decent coffee in the most central district.

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Square café

Café Glacier Rachidi

Place Rachidi · Downtown

A corner café-gelateria facing the leafy square: mint tea, ice cream and ficus shade all day.

Tip: The pavement table faces Marius Boyer's buildings: downtown's best architecture bench.

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Gelato

Lugano Glacier

Bd d'Anfa · Gauthier

A classic gelateria on the Anfa axis: huge sundaes, lemon granitas and tables for boulevard-watching.

Tip: Lemon-and-mint granita is the Moroccan antidote to any sunny afternoon.

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Artisan gelato

DS Artisan Glacier

Maârif · Casablanca

An artisan gelateria in Maârif: seasonal Moroccan flavours, date, orange blossom and toasted almond made in-house.

Tip: Order the orange blossom: it is Morocco's defining perfume and they nail it here.

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Chocolatier

Chocolats Château Blanc

Maârif · Casablanca

An author Moroccan chocolatier: bonbons with local spices, stuffed dates and Franco-Moroccan cakes.

Tip: Almond-stuffed dates are the edible souvenir that travels best.

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Chocolatier

Chocodiva Chocolatier

Bd Al Massira Al Khadra · Maârif

A fine Maârif chocolatier: bars, truffles and a display case like a jeweller's, on the shopping axis.

Tip: A sweet break mid-Maârif shopping walk: it sits on the brand-name street.

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Bakery

Lora Pâtisserie

Bd d'Anfa · Gauthier

An Anfa bakery-patisserie: morning msemen and harcha, French baguette and Moroccan sweets by weight.

Tip: Msemen is Morocco's flaky breakfast pancake: eaten hot with honey and butter.

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Moroccan pastry

Pâtisserie El Fassi Boutaleb

Rue le Titien · Racine

A neighbourhood Moroccan pastry shop: trays of cornes de gazelle, almond briouates and ghriba sold by weight.

Tip: Buy by the kilo and mix: ask for an assortment and taste five Moroccan sweets at once.

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Local café

Café Le Lac

Bd Moulay Youssef · El Hank

A neighbourhood café on the way to the Hassan II mosque: mint tea, pavement tables and El Hank's slow rhythm.

Tip: A natural stop between downtown and the mosque if you do that walk.

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Shopping in Casablanca: where to shop

Craft souk

Souk du Quartier Habous

Habous Souk · Habous

The tidy souk under Art Deco arcades: babouches, kaftans, rugs, leather, dates and Casablanca's best craft.

Tip: Haggling is gentle here and prices are already fair: offer 70% and close fast.

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Kaftans

Kissariat Habous Vêtements Traditionnels

Habous Kissaria · Habous

The Habous kaftan and djellaba gallery: hand embroidery, silk fabrics and tailors who alter the same day.

Tip: If you buy a kaftan, ask for alterations: done in hours and it transforms the piece.

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Mega mall

Morocco Mall

Morocco Mall · Aïn Diab

One of Africa's biggest malls: a giant cylindrical aquarium, a musical fountain and 350 brands facing the Atlantic.

Tip: Divers descend a tube inside the aquarium to feed the fish: fixed show times, ask at the desk.

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Beach mall

Anfaplace Mall

Anfaplace Mall · Aïn Diab

An open-air mall on the beach: international brands, café terraces and direct access to the sand.

Tip: The only Casablanca mall where you leave a shop and step on sand: combine it with the beach.

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New mall

Marina Shopping Center

Marina Shopping Center · Sidi Belyout

The new Casablanca Marina mall, between medina and mosque: brands, cinema and a view over the yacht harbour.

Tip: The natural stop between the old medina and the Hassan II mosque: air conditioning and clean toilets.

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Flea market

Joutia de Derb Ghallef

Derb Ghallef Flea Market

Casablanca's legendary flea market: electronics, spare parts, second-hand clothes and the city's most entertaining chaos.

Tip: Bring cash and keep pockets tight: it is crowded, fun, and here you really do haggle.

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Local market

Marché Central du Maârif

Maârif Central Market

Maârif's neighbourhood market: fruit, barrel olives, spices and the city's best herb stalls.

Tip: Buy ras el hanout, the Moroccan spice blend: ask for it ground on the spot, it changes everything.

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Flower market

Marché des Fleurs des Hôpitaux

Flower Market · Mers Sultan

A row of flower stalls under the ficus trees: roses, jasmine, orange blossom and basil, downtown's strongest perfume.

Tip: Buy an orange-blossom bunch for pocket change: it perfumes a hotel room for three days.

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Flowers

Marché des Fleurs Normandie

Normandie Flower Market · Maârif

Maârif's flower market: giant bouquets at Moroccan prices, plants, clay pots and jasmine all year.

Tip: Hand-painted clay pots are a cheap, very Moroccan souvenir: wrap them well.

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Bookshop

Le Carrefour des Livres

Maârif · Casablanca

Maârif's benchmark independent bookshop: Moroccan literature, essays in French and Arabic, and a café inside.

Tip: Ask for Moroccan authors in translation: Leïla Slimani, Tahar Ben Jelloun or Mohamed Choukri.

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Bookshop

Librairie de France

Downtown · Casablanca

The historic French bookshop downtown: Paris new releases, art books on Morocco and stationery from another era.

Tip: Look for the Casablanca Art Deco photo books: the best souvenir for an architecture lover.

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Bookshop café

Préface

Av. Dr Mohamed Sijelmassi · Anfa

A modern Anfa bookshop-café: French and Arabic stock, a Moroccan new-releases table and reading with espresso.

Tip: A good air-conditioned, Wi-Fi refuge when the afternoon sun gets heavy.

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Moroccan fashion

Diamantine Maârif

Maârif · Casablanca

The Moroccan brand of contemporary kaftans and djellabas: modern cuts, traditional embroidery and European sizing.

Tip: The option if you want a kaftan without souk haggling: fixed prices and sizes you understand.

🚇 Tram T2 · Ghandi, then a red petit taxi

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Rugs

Darkyn

Rue al-Fourat · Maârif

A Moroccan rug shop in Maârif: beni ouarain, Atlas kilims and boucherouite made from recycled rags.

Tip: Ask to see the back: in a genuine Berber rug the knot is visible and countable.

🚇 Tram T2 · Ghandi, then a red petit taxi

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Berber jewellery

Galerie Benomar

Galerie Benomar · Maârif

Traditional Moroccan jewellery: southern silver, Berber amber, Essaouira filigree and antique Atlas pieces.

Tip: Moroccan silver carries a state hallmark: ask to see it before paying.

🚇 Tram T2 · Ghandi, then a red petit taxi

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Antiques

Aux Curiosités Marocaines

Old Medina · Casablanca

An antiques bazaar in the old medina: brass lamps, cedar doors, Fez ceramics and colonial curios.

Tip: Here you really haggle: start at a third of the asking price and walk away if they hold.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place des Nations Unies · 4-min walk

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Historic mall

Alpha 55

Downtown · Casablanca

Casablanca's first shopping centre, from 1970: clothes at local prices, electronics and a surprising brutalist building.

Tip: Not pretty, but historic, and the prices are street prices, not tourist ones.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place Mohammed V · 3-min walk

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Local mall

Tachfine Center

Tachfine Center · Ibn Tachfine

A popular mall in eastern Casablanca: clothes, electronics, a supermarket and neighbourhood prices with no tourist filter.

Tip: Where Casablanca actually shops: nothing touristy, everything cheap, open late.

🚇 Tram T1 · Casa Voyageurs, then a red petit taxi

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Shopping gallery

Centre Allal Ben Abdellah

Rue Allal Ben Abdellah · Downtown

A downtown shopping gallery with antique dealers and leather shops: Casablanca's classic shopping street.

Tip: This street and Rue de la Chaouia form the antiques-and-babouche axis of Art Deco downtown.

🚇 Tram T1 · Marché Central · 2-min walk

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Local mall

Ghandi Mall

Ghandi Mall · Ghandi

A neighbourhood mall on the Ghandi axis: a big supermarket, international brands and a food court with terrace.

Tip: A useful T2 stop on the way to the corniche if you need a supermarket, pharmacy or ATM.

🚇 Tram T2 · Ghandi · 6-min walk

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New mall

Aeria Mall

Aeria Mall · Casa Anfa

The new mall in the Casa Anfa financial district: international brands, light-filled architecture and a park next door.

Tip: Pair it with Anfa Park next door: air-conditioned shopping, then lawn and shade.

🚇 Tram T2 · Place Financière · 5-min walk

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Fashion

Zara Maârif

Bd Al Massira Al Khadra · Maârif

The centre of Maârif's fashion axis: the street where all of Casablanca's international brands cluster.

Tip: Boulevard Al Massira Al Khadra is Casablanca's most-walked shopping street: do the whole thing on foot.

🚇 Tram T2 · Ghandi, then a red petit taxi

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Local market

Marché El Hank

El Hank Market · El Hank

A neighbourhood market on the way to the lighthouse: day-boat fish, Atlas vegetables and olive stalls, sea around the corner.

Tip: A neighbours' market, not a tourists' one: that is why the prices are Casablanca's real ones.

🚇 Tram T2 · Aïn Diab Plage, then a red petit taxi

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Covered market

Marché Riviera

Riviera Market · Riviera

A covered market in southern Casablanca: seasonal fruit, spices by the kilo and butchers with a local queue.

Tip: October is pomegranate and prickly-pear season: stalls peel them on the spot.

🚇 Tram T2 · Riviera · 7-min walk

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Wholesale

Kissariat Derb Omar

Derb Omar Kissaria

Casablanca's historic wholesale district: fabrics, haberdashery, bags and the trade that supplies all of Morocco.

Tip: It is wholesale, but many sell single units if you ask: the prices are unbeatable.

🚇 Tram T1 · Place de la Victoire · 5-min walk

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