149 places · Gault&Millau Maroc 2026, UNESCO, Time Out · no Eater coverage · 5 routes
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This interactive map of Rabat (Morocco) brings together 149 hand-picked places: 52 attractions, 46 restaurants, 26 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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7 stops · ~5.5 km · 5-6 h · Rabat's UNESCO core: blue kasbah, unfinished minaret, royal mausoleum and Merinid necropolis. Last leg by blue petit taxi. · 7 stops
7 stops · ~1.8 km · 3-4 h · All on foot through the Morisco maze: market, Souk es Sebat, the carpet street and the fixed-price workshop. Cash in dirhams. · 7 stops
7 stops · ~1.6 km · 4-5 h · The Protectorate axis UNESCO honoured alongside the Almohad city: station, Parliament, cathedral and the two big museums. Mostly indoors. · 7 stops
7 stops · ~2.4 km · 4 h · The half almost no map covers. Cross by tram L1/L2 over the Hassan II bridge or by rowing boat from the marina. · 7 stops
6 stops · ~6 km · 4-5 h · From the Atlantic to Zaha Hadid's Rabat. The tram reaches the bridge; the last two legs by blue petit taxi. · 6 stops
Kasbah of the Udayas · Bab Oudaia
Almohad citadel above the Atlantic: blue-and-white lanes, a monumental 12th-century gate and estuary views.
Tip: Enter via Bab Oudaia and walk down Rue Jamaa: the blue starts halfway along. Free entry; go after 4pm for the light.
🚇 Tram Bab Chellah (L2) · 16 min walk through the medina
Featured in: UNESCO
Show on mapKasbah of the Udayas
Moulay Ismail's palace inside the kasbah, now a museum of jewellery, caftans and rbati carpets.
Tip: Small and quiet: 30 min is enough. The Andalusian courtyard is the best shady corner in the whole kasbah.
🚇 On foot from Bab Oudaia · 1 min through the maze
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Show on mapKasbah of the Udayas
Andalusian garden inside the ramparts: orange trees, bougainvillea and sleeping cats. Rabat's cheapest breather.
Tip: Free, with shaded benches. The far end opens straight onto Café des Oudayas, above the river mouth.
🚇 On foot from Bab Oudaia · 1 min through the maze
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Show on mapKasbah of the Udayas · Océan
The kasbah's lookout: the Bouregreg meeting the Atlantic, Salé opposite and surfers below.
Tip: Best sunset in town, and free. Arrive 40 min early: the platform is small and fills up.
🚇 On foot from Bab Oudaia · 5 min through the maze
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Show on mapKasbah of the Udayas
Rabat's oldest mosque, 12th century: a square stone minaret right in the heart of the Almohad kasbah.
Tip: In Morocco mosques are closed to non-Muslims: admire it from the street. The minaret reads best from Rue Jamaa.
🚇 On foot from Bab Oudaia · 2 min through the maze
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Show on mapKasbah of the Udayas
The kasbah's sea gate: through this arch the Bouregreg corsairs went down to the port and to their ships.
Tip: Walk under it and look back: the arch frames the river and Salé. Two steps from the Grande Porte.
🚇 Tram Bab Chellah (L2) · 16 min walk, or 2 min from Bab Oudaia
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Show on mapHassan · Yacoub al-Mansour esplanade
The Almohad minaret that was never finished: 44 m of the 86 dreamed, plus a forest of 348 broken columns.
Tip: Free entry, shared esplanade with the Mausoleum. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake brought down the rest of the columns.
🚇 Tram Pont Hassan II (L1/L2) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Hassan Tower
Marble, carved cedar and mounted royal guards: the tomb of Mohammed V and Hassan II, open to everyone.
Tip: Free, open 8am-6pm, and photos from the gallery are allowed. Cover shoulders and knees; stay silent inside.
🚇 Tram Pont Hassan II (L1/L2) · 6 min walk
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Show on mapChellah · Bab Zaer
Merinid necropolis built over Roman Sala: a minaret topped with stork nests, a wild garden and fallen columns.
Tip: Reopened in 2024 after years of work, with 29 signed stops, an audioguide and a café. Open 8.30am-6.30pm. Note: the Bab Chellah tram stop is NOT here.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Tour Hassan (L1/L2) plus a 27 min walk across the Mechouar
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Show on mapChellah · Mechouar
The southern Almohad gate: it closes the Royal Palace's Mechouar and opens the road to the Chellah.
Tip: From here it's an 8-min shaded walk to the Chellah. No transit nearby: grab a blue petit taxi.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Bab Rouah (L1) + 23 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO
Show on mapMedina · Place Bab El Had
The medina's liveliest gate: orange-juice stalls, fig carts and a market that never stops.
Tip: Freshly squeezed orange juice runs 5-8 MAD. It's the natural way into the medina and has its own tram stop.
🚇 Tram Medina Rabat (L2) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Andalusian Wall
A gate in the Andalusian wall the Hornachos Moriscos raised in the 17th century with 26 gates in all.
Tip: Cross it to go from the Ville Nouvelle into the medina without getting lost. The Bab Chellah tram stop is right there.
🚇 Tram Bab Chellah (L2) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Hassan II
The round bastion of the Andalusian wall: the corner where the Moriscos defended their new town.
Tip: Best seen from Avenue Hassan II, outside the wall. Free and never a queue.
🚇 Tram Place du 16 Novembre (L1/L2) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Annasr
The Gate of the Winds: an Almohad jewel from 1197 with horseshoe arches and an exhibition hall inside.
Tip: The facade is free and always there; the inner gallery opens only for exhibitions. Check the notice on the railing.
🚇 Tram Bab Rouah (L1) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Rue des Consuls
The medina's main mosque, its green-tiled minaret rising above the souk rooftops and the carpet street.
Tip: Non-Muslims can't go in, but the minaret photographs beautifully from Rue Souika at midday.
🚇 Tram Bab Chellah (L2) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Rue des Consuls
An 18th-century caravanserai right on Rue des Consuls: courtyard, galleries and craft workshops still in use.
Tip: Free entry through a discreet doorway. The only courtyard in the medina where you watch carpets being woven for free.
🚇 On foot from Bab Rahba · 3 min through the maze
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Mohamed V
The 2012 UNESCO plaque: Rabat was listed as 'Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage'.
Tip: The only UNESCO site that honours both the Almohad legacy and Protectorate-era town planning. A good start for the Ville Nouvelle walk.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Place Al Joulane
Two white Art Deco towers from 1921 facing the square: the Protectorate cathedral, still in use.
Tip: You can go in outside Mass, free. The white facade against the October sky is Rabat's cleanest photo.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L1 (L1) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Mohamed V
Columns and a wide stair on Avenue Mohammed V: Parliament marks the centre of the Protectorate axis.
Tip: Photograph it from outside, without approaching the railing or aiming at the guards. The Balima terrace is opposite.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Mohamed V
The mosque that closes Avenue Mohammed V: an 18th-century Alawite minaret and a square always in motion.
Tip: Closed to non-Muslims inside. At 6pm, with the call to prayer, the whole avenue changes rhythm.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 8 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Allal Ben Abdellah
Idrisid coins, Almohad dirhams and Protectorate banknotes inside the central bank: 12 centuries of Moroccan money.
Tip: Free, but you leave ID at the door. Perfect for a rainy hour right in the centre.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L2 (L2) · 6 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Moulay Rachid
Rabat's historic venue since 1962: theatre, dance and concerts a few steps from the medina.
Tip: Check tm5.ma: in October the Rencontres chorégraphiques stop in Rabat (12-14 Oct) with cheap tickets.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L2 (L2) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Ibn Khaldoun
The national library, epicentre of Rabat as UNESCO World Book Capital 2026: exhibitions, readings and silence.
Tip: Reading rooms need a card, but the hall and exhibitions are free. It has its own tram stop.
🚇 Tram Bibliothèque Nationale (L1) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Mohamed V
The downtown station on Avenue Mohammed V: classic trains to Casablanca and Kénitra every hour.
Tip: Al Boraq, the high-speed train, does NOT stop here: it uses Rabat-Agdal, two tram stops south.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Moulay Al Hassan
Morocco's first modern art museum (2014): 20th-century Moroccan painting and big international shows.
Tip: Open Wednesday to Monday, 10am-6pm; closed Tuesdays. The permanent collection takes an hour and the in-house café is good.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Moulay Abdalaziz
The Roman bronzes of Volubilis in an oval room: the Ephebus, the bust of Juba II and the bronze dog.
Tip: Open Wednesday to Monday, 10am-6pm. The bronze room is the reason to come: ask to see it first if you're short on time.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L1 (L1) · 8 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Mohamed V
A 1929 Art Deco villa turned contemporary art centre, with a shaded garden, rotating shows and free entry.
Tip: Always free. Shows rotate every 6-8 weeks, so check what's on before crossing town.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L1 (L1) · 10 min walk
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Show on mapOcéan · Fort Rottembourg
An 1888 coastal fort turned photography museum, with Moroccan archive prints and the Atlantic pounding below.
Tip: Pair it with the Corniche: it sits at the end of the seafront and almost nobody finds it. Check hours before going.
🚇 Tram Place de Russie (L2) · 12 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Ibn Batouta
Atlas dinosaurs, Saharan meteorites and Moroccan fossils at the Institut Scientifique, Rabat's old science house.
Tip: Open Monday to Friday 9am-3.45pm, closed weekends: plan ahead. Very cheap and great with kids.
🚇 Tram Stade Al Madina (L1) · 8 min walk
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Show on mapMechouar · Touarga
The Mechouar: a vast esplanade, the Ahl Fas mosque and the palace you can't tour but can walk past.
Tip: Enter the grounds via Bab Zaer or Bab Soufara, free and in daylight. Don't photograph the guards or approach the palace.
🚇 Tram Stade Al Madina (L1) · 13 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO
Show on mapBouregreg Valley
Zaha Hadid's white curve over the Bouregreg: 1,800 seats, a 7,000-capacity amphitheatre and the building that put Rabat on the map.
Tip: It opened on 22 April 2026 after 11 years of work. Shoot the white-concrete shell from the Salé riverbank at sunset — that's the photo.
🚇 Tram Pont Hassan II (L1/L2) · 12 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Bouregreg Valley
250 m and 55 floors on the Salé bank: Morocco's tallest building, with a hotel, offices and an observatory on top.
Tip: Opened April 2026. It's Morocco's tallest but Africa's fourth, not its first: don't believe otherwise.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Pont Hassan II (L1/L2) 1.7 km away
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue de la Victoire
A 1914 acclimatisation garden laid out by the Protectorate: bamboo, palms, a lily pond and genuine shade.
Tip: Near-symbolic entry fee and empty mid-morning. In October the pomegranates and bitter oranges are coming in.
🚇 Tram Bibliothèque Nationale (L1) · 8 min walk
Featured in: UNESCO
Show on mapMedina · Avenue Hassan II
The garden between the medina and the Ville Nouvelle: palms, fountains and benches at the foot of the wall.
Tip: The natural meeting point before heading into the souk. Free, shaded and two steps from the tram.
🚇 Tram Bab Chellah (L2) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapOLM-La Pinède · Parc Hassan II
Hay Riad's big green lung: running paths, a lake, playgrounds and Rabat families at weekends.
Tip: Free and huge. With kids, the playground is on the north side; bring water, there's little shade.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Nations Unies (L1) + 19 min walk
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Show on mapOcéan · Corniche
The city beach below the kasbah: wide sand, surfers and football games until the sun drops.
Tip: Time Out named L'Océan, the neighbourhood right here, the world's second-coolest for 2026 (behind Seoul's Jongno 3-ga). The Atlantic is cold with a strong current: come to walk, watch and eat fish.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Bab Chellah (L2) + 20 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Bab El Bahr
Salé's beach, across the river mouth: longer, far more local and with the whole Udayas kasbah facing you.
Tip: The best view of the Kasbah of the Udayas is from here, not from inside it. Same currents: careful in the water.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Bab Lamrissa (L1/L2) + 20 min walk
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Show on mapBouregreg Valley · Marina
The estuary marina: yachts, boat rides across to Salé and restaurants with Hassan Tower behind.
Tip: The blue-and-white rowing boats cross to Salé for about 5-10 MAD a head: the cheapest, prettiest ride on this map.
🚇 Tram Bab Lamrissa (L1/L2) · 7 min walk
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Show on mapHay Al Fath · National Zoo
The national zoo, with one rare jewel: the Atlas lion, extinct in the wild and bred here in a breeding programme.
Tip: Allow half a day and go early: the lions are active before 11am. No tram nearby, take a taxi.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Madinat Al Irfane (L1) 4.3 km away
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Show on mapHay Al Fath · Sports complex
The rebuilt national stadium for 68,000: home of the Atlas Lions and of Moroccan football fever.
Tip: If a national team or FUS match falls while you're here, get a ticket: it's the best night out in Rabat.
🚇 Gare Rabat Riad train station · 13 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Ibn Sina
Indoor play park in Agdal: trampolines, mazes and the perfect plan B on a rainy day with kids.
Tip: Open 12-8.30pm weekdays and from 10am at weekends. Grip socks required.
🚇 Tram Ibn Sina (L1) · 13 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Medina
Salé's great Almohad mosque, from 1196: in its century the second largest in all of Morocco, and still in use.
Tip: Closed to non-Muslims, but you can walk the exterior with the medersa next door in 20 min.
🚇 On foot from Bab Maalga · 5 min through the maze
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Show on mapSalé · Medina
The Abou el-Hassan medersa, 1341: zellige, carved cedar, stucco and a rooftop with all of Salé below.
Tip: It is open to visitors and costs very little. Climb to the roof via the cell staircase: the best view of Salé.
🚇 On foot from Bab Maalga · 4 min through the maze
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Show on mapSalé · Place Bab Lamrissa
Bab Mrisa: the Merinid gate SHIPS SAILED THROUGH, 11 m high, back when a canal reached this far.
Tip: Bab Mrisa and Bab Lamrissa are the SAME gate, two spellings. The Bouregreg Republic's corsairs moored here.
🚇 Tram Bab Lamrissa (L1/L2) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Medina
The shrine of Salé's patron saint and protector of travellers, heart of the candle procession each Mawlid.
Tip: The interior is for worshippers; the street and doorway are open. Ask before photographing anyone here.
🚇 On foot from Bab Maalga · 4 min through the maze
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Show on mapSalé · Avenue Abdelkader Al Harrati
Borj Adoumoue, the bastion where corsair captives were sold: hence the name, Bastion of Tears.
Tip: It stands on Salé's cliff, facing the ocean. The most honest spot to tell the corsair story.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Gare de Salé (L1) + 27 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Bouregreg mouth
The estuary fishing port: crates of sardines, blue nets and a shouted auction before noon.
Tip: Come between 9 and 11am, when the boats come in. Ask before photographing the fishermen: it's their workplace.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Bab Lamrissa (L1/L2) + 26 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Seaside cemetery
The white marabout of the sailors' patron saint, in the middle of Salé's seaside cemetery.
Tip: Thousands of white graves facing the Atlantic: one of the city's most photogenic sights. Stay on the paths, never on the graves.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Diar (L1) + 26 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Dar El Qadi
A private collection of musical instruments, manuscripts and jewellery in Dar El Qadi, a mansion in Salé's medina.
Tip: A private house open to the public: call or come early. This is the medina branch, not the Bouknadel one.
🚇 Tram Gare de Salé (L1) · 15 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Bab El Bahr
Moroccan ceramics from Salé, Fez and Safi inside a coastal bastion: the story of the tile before you go to Oulja.
Tip: Tiny, cheap and the perfect complement to the Oulja potters' complex. Confirm hours before crossing the river.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Diar (L1) + 27 min walk
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Show on mapHay Al Fath · Avenue Annakhil
Hay Riad's contemporary mosque: a huge white minaret and new geometry above the ministry district.
Tip: Admire it from outside: like almost every mosque in Morocco, it doesn't receive non-Muslim visitors.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Yacoub El Mansour (L2) 2.7 km away
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Hassan II
Giant Jidar festival murals on the Ville Nouvelle walls: Rabat painted by artists from all over.
Tip: Walk Avenue Hassan II between Bab el Had and Hassan Tower: a mural every couple of blocks, all free.
🚇 Tram Tour Hassan (L1/L2) · 7 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Mohammed VI Tower, 33rd floor
Alain Ducasse's first restaurant in Morocco, 33 floors up: the Mediterranean cooked with Moroccan produce.
Tip: Two toques and 14/20 in the first Gault&Millau Maroc 2026. Around 900-1200 MAD a head; book and ask for a window table.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Pont Hassan II (L1/L2) 1.7 km away
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Show on mapMedina · Rue Belgnaoui
A 17th-century mansion deep in the medina: pastilla, tajine and live oud under a zellige courtyard.
Tip: They send a lantern-bearer to collect you at Bab Laalou because it's impossible to find: ask when booking. Dinner only.
🚇 On foot from Bab Oudaia · 6 min through the maze
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Show on mapBouregreg Valley · Quay
A wooden boat moored on the Bouregreg facing the kasbah: grill cooking and a sunset cocktail.
Tip: Ask for the upper deck at golden hour over the Udayas. It does serve alcohol, which is uncommon around here.
🚇 Tram Bab Chellah (L2) · 11 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Rue Moulay Brahim
A hidden riad in the old medina with a terrace: couscous, lamb-and-prune tajine, and mint tea to finish.
Tip: Real couscous is the FRIDAY lunch one, Morocco's family ritual: come that day and order it without hesitating.
🚇 Tram Bab Chellah (L2) · 7 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Rue des Consuls
Andalusi-Moroccan cooking in a medina house, named after the musician who carried Baghdad's music to al-Andalus.
Tip: Order the fish pastilla, less common than chicken and more Atlantic. No alcohol, like most of the medina.
🚇 On foot from Bab Rahba · 4 min through the maze
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Show on mapMedina · Souk Sebat
A three-courtyard riad right in Souk es Sebat: a full Moroccan menu and a terrace over the medina's minarets.
Tip: Lunch on the terrace, not downstairs: the light is a different world. They take cards, rare in the souk.
🚇 Tram Bab Chellah (L2) · 6 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Ibn Toumert
A Ville Nouvelle classic in a garden villa: French menu and one of Rabat's serious wine lists.
Tip: It does serve alcohol, which in Rabat is never a given: medina restaurants generally don't. Book on Fridays.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · 11 Rue Ghafsa
A Breton crêperie in a garden house: buckwheat galettes, cider and the calmest lunch downtown.
Tip: Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch, dinner only Thursday to Saturday. Garden tables: ask on arrival, there are four.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L1 (L1) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Mohamed V
An Art Deco brasserie on Avenue Mohammed V: live piano, marble, oysters and steak frites like it's 1930.
Tip: The piano starts around 9pm. One of the few downtown with a bar and cocktails: ideal to end the night.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 6 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Rue Jazirat Al Arab
Rabat's popular Moroccan house: harira, tajine, pastilla and mechoui at local prices, across three busy floors.
Tip: Open 12pm-midnight daily. Start with harira (tomato, lentil and noodle soup) and follow with mechoui.
🚇 Tram Bab El Had (L2) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir
The Agdal branch of the Moroccan classic: same menu, more air and pavement tables to watch the district go by.
Tip: Open 12pm-midnight. Friday couscous here comes surrounded by Rabat families: the best local culture lesson going.
🚇 Tram Stade Al Madina (L1) · 6 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Damas
A small downtown Moroccan house with live gnawa music and proper tajines: tiny, warm, long-standing.
Tip: A tajine is the conical clay POT, not only the stew: order the chicken with preserved lemon and olives.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Pierre Parent
A downtown institution since the 1960s: Moroccan and French cooking, white linen and career waiters.
Tip: Order the tangia if it's on: it's a Marrakech dish, not a Rabat one, and they do it just as well. Wine served.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L1 (L1) · 7 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Tanta
The wood-fired pizzeria Rabat has picked since the 80s: thin crust, wood-panelled room and a Friday queue.
Tip: No reservations and it fills at 8.30pm: arrive at 7.30 or wait standing. Go for the oven pizza, not the pasta.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Tobrouk
The bistro at the Pietri Urban Hotel: a short French menu and live jazz several nights a week.
Tip: Confirm the jazz schedule by phone the same day: it shifts. Cocktail bar and late dinner.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L1 (L1) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapOcéan · Avenue Al Marsa
Fish facing the Atlantic at the foot of the kasbah: grilled sardines, salt-baked sea bass and the sound of the waves.
Tip: Grilled Atlantic sardines are Morocco's quiet national dish: order them to start.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Bab Chellah (L2) + 19 min walk
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Show on mapSouissi · Rue Oulad Bou'sbaâ
A garden house in Souissi with 600 orange trees: a long lunch under the trees, market cooking and total quiet.
Tip: Sunday brunch in the garden is Rabat's best slow plan. It's far from the tram: take a blue petit taxi.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Madinat Al Irfane (L1) 2.5 km away
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Show on mapOLM-La Pinède · Avenue Imam Malek
Seafood and brunch in Hay Riad, the new ministry district: big plates, big room, zero tourists.
Tip: Open 12-4pm and 7pm-midnight. Weekend brunch is generous and half the Agdal price.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Nations Unies (L1) + 21 min walk
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Show on mapSouissi · Avenue Mehdi Ben Barka
Serious sushi in Souissi with Moroccan Atlantic fish: sea bass nigiri, Dakhla bluefin and a short sashimi list.
Tip: Dakhla bluefin is among the world's best and here it costs a fraction of European prices.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Nations Unies (L1) 2.2 km away
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Ibn Sina
A Syrian spot in Agdal, open 8am to midnight: shawarma, mezze, fatteh and Rabat's best hummus.
Tip: Order the mixed mezze to share and the chicken shawarma with garlic. Cheap, fast, open every day.
🚇 Tram Agdal-Avenue de France (L1) · 10 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Bab El Had
The Bab el Had branch of the Syrian: tables over Rabat's liveliest square and shawarma until late.
Tip: Dinner here watching Bab el Had bustle costs under 60 MAD. Order an avocado juice with nuts.
🚇 Tram Bab El Had (L2) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Tanta
A downtown Lebanese with an open grill: kafta, taouk, labneh and bread straight from the oven.
Tip: The mezze set for two is more than enough. Two blocks from Rabat-Ville station: a good pre-train plan.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Baghdad
Ten kinds of tajine plus Marrakech tanjia, served 10am to 2am a few steps from the station.
Tip: Open until 2am, unusual in Rabat. Tanjia is from Marrakech: here it's a guest dish, not a local tradition.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Tanger
Moroccan mother's cooking at set-menu prices: bissara in winter, rfissa on Thursdays, msemen for breakfast.
Tip: Bissara (fava purée with olive oil and cumin) is Morocco's winter breakfast: 10-15 MAD a bowl.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Tanta
Street-grilled skewers and kefta with bread, Moroccan salad and smoke: the cheapest dinner downtown.
Tip: Four kefta skewers with bread and salad run about 40-50 MAD. You eat standing or on a stool: that's the way.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Avenue Mohamed V
A terrace under the Andalusian wall at the medina's mouth: tajine, skewers and tea while all Rabat walks by.
Tip: Open 8am-9.30pm. It's built AGAINST the 17th-century wall: ask for a table up against the stone.
🚇 Tram Medina Rabat (L2) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Rue Souika
A no-frills medina canteen: tajine of the day, harira, bread and tea for the price of a European coffee.
Tip: Menu in Arabic and French, no English, and better for it. You eat for 35-50 MAD. Cash in dirhams, always.
🚇 Tram Medina Rabat (L2) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Hassan II
Fried fish by weight beside the wall: hake, squid and battered sardines in butcher's paper.
Tip: Order by the kilo and eat walking. A cone of fried fish runs 25-35 MAD: the medina's best snack.
🚇 Tram Tour Hassan (L1/L2) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Hassan II
Counter seafood with Hassan Tower in sight: mixed fry, garlic prawns and lemon within reach.
Tip: It's on the way to the Mausoleum: a quick lunch before Hassan Tower. Mixed fry for two, about 120 MAD.
🚇 Tram Tour Hassan (L1/L2) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Fish market
A medina fishmonger where you buy your fish by weight and they send it next door to be fried while you wait.
Tip: THAT'S the ritual: pick the raw fish, they weigh it and fry it on the spot. Ask for sardines and sole.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L2 (L2) · 6 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Fishing port
A fish grill beside Salé's port: whatever came in on the morning boat, over coals, no menu.
Tip: Come at midday when they unload. Price by weight, agreed first: ask what a kilo costs.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Bab Lamrissa (L1/L2) + 26 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Avenue Mohamed V
The medina's covered market: olives, pomegranates, dates, spices and the fish hall at the back.
Tip: October is new-olive and pomegranate season: taste the spicy purple olives before you buy.
🚇 Tram Medina Rabat (L2) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Medina
Salé's old wool souk, now a food and household market: the beating heart of the medina on the other bank.
Tip: Far cheaper and less touristy than Rabat's medina. Bring small cash and don't expect English.
🚇 Tram Gare de Salé (L1) · 14 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir
A French bistro in Agdal with a lunch menu: starter, main and dessert for the price of a Paris coffee.
Tip: The lunch set is the best value in Agdal. Three blocks from the Nations Unies tram stop.
🚇 Tram Stade Al Madina (L1) · 10 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Ibn Khaldoun
Tapas, tortilla and draught beer until 2am: one of the very few proper bars in Rabat, and it stays busy.
Tip: Alcohol is limited in Rabat and here it's served without fuss. Open daily 12pm-2am.
🚇 Tram Bibliothèque Nationale (L1) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Ibn Sina
A Spanish spot in Agdal: tortilla, jamón, Galician octopus and Meknès Moroccan wine by the glass.
Tip: Order the Meknès wine: Morocco has made red since the Protectorate and here it's 60-80 MAD a glass.
🚇 Tram Agdal-Avenue de France (L1) · 10 min walk
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Show on mapOcéan · Avenue Abdelkrim Al Khattabi
A Vietnamese spot in Océan, Rabat's Spanish quarter: spring rolls, pho and bo bun in a 1970s dining room.
Tip: Océan is the quarter the Protectorate's Spaniards built: a grid of streets and no tourists. Book on Fridays.
🚇 Tram Bab El Had (L2) · 10 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Hay Moulay Ismaïl
An essential stop in the Oulja: tajine and charcoal-grilled fish among potters' workshops and wood kilns.
Tip: Pair it with the Oulja potters' complex: eat, buy ceramics and go back with the same taxi.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Moulay Ismaïl (L2) 1.9 km away
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Show on mapOcéan · Corniche
A seafront classic since the 1970s: sea bass, squid and a vermouth while you watch the surfers on Rabat beach.
Tip: At lunch there's a fish set menu cheaper than à la carte. It's an 8-min uphill walk from Bab El Bahr.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Bab Chellah (L2) + 19 min walk
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Show on mapOcéan · Corniche
Spanish-style rice, octopus and fried fish facing the Atlantic: the Iberian nod on the beach promenade.
Tip: Rabat has Spanish heritage in Océan and you taste it here. Order the squid-ink rice and watch sunset from the terrace.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · or tram Bab Chellah (L2) + 18 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Oued Zem
A neighbourhood Italian in Hassan: puffy-crust Neapolitan pizza and fresh pasta, oven in view.
Tip: Calmer than La Mamma and five minutes away. A good dinner before the Théâtre Mohammed V.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L2 (L2) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapSouissi · Avenue Mehdi Ben Barka
Seafood and tajines in Souissi, the embassy district: a big room, a long menu, open 8am to 10pm.
Tip: Open from 8am: one of the few places with a full Moroccan breakfast (msemen, harcha, honey and argan oil).
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Nations Unies (L1) 3.1 km away
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Show on mapHay Riad · Mahaj Ryad
A tandoor Indian on the Hay Riad promenade: fresh naan, slow curries and the most spiced menu in Rabat.
Tip: Open Tuesday to Sunday from 12pm, Mondays dinner only. Order the lamb rogan josh and garlic naan.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Madinat Al Irfane (L1) 2.3 km away
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir
Charcoal-roasted beldi (free-range) chicken with potatoes and salad: the rotisserie all Agdal orders from.
Tip: 'Beldi' means free-range country bird, and you taste it. Half a chicken with potatoes, about 50-60 MAD.
🚇 Tram Stade Al Madina (L1) · 6 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Oued Fès
A garden Italian in Hassan: burrata, risotto and a silent terrace five blocks from the Mausoleum.
Tip: The back terrace is the secret. Pair it with the Mausoleum and Hassan Tower: a 12-min walk away.
🚇 Tram Tour Hassan (L1/L2) · 11 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Rue Jbel Moussa
Long Moroccan breakfasts and home baking in an Agdal house: msemen, harcha, jams and juices.
Tip: Msemen is the flaky breakfast flatbread, harcha the semolina one: order both with honey and argan oil.
🚇 Tram Hôpital Moulay Youssef (L2) · 10 min walk
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Show on mapKasbah of the Udayas · Jardin Andalou
THE Moorish café of Rabat: stepped terraces above the Bouregreg mouth, mint tea and ghoriba.
Tip: Enter through the Jardin Andalou, free. Mint tea 10-15 MAD plus almond ghoriba: Rabat's most photographed spot.
🚇 On foot from Bab Oudaia · 2 min through the maze
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A tiny tea house in the kasbah's blue lanes: three tables, mint tea and the owner's little pastries.
Tip: If Café des Oudayas is packed, come here: same district, no queue, neighbour prices.
🚇 On foot from Bab El Bahr · 3 min through the maze
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Mohamed V
The historic terrace facing Parliament: since 1932, where Rabat sits and watches the city go by.
Tip: Coffee or mint tea for 12-18 MAD and you can stay two hours: the table is rented by moral hour, not by spend.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Avenue Allal Ben Abdellah
A classic Moroccan patisserie at the medina's mouth: kaab el ghzal, briouat, chebakia and tea in small glasses.
Tip: Order kaab el ghzal (almond gazelle horns) by weight: 100 g is enough for two and costs about 20 MAD.
🚇 Tram Medina Rabat (L2) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Avenue Mohamed V
Café La Comédie, a long-standing spot on Avenue Mohammed V: pavement tables and cheap café au lait.
Tip: This is real Moroccan café culture: you come to watch the street, not to work. Order a 'nous-nous', half coffee half milk.
🚇 Tram Medina Rabat (L2) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Avenue Mohamed V
A terrace café open 8am-11pm at the start of Avenue Mohammed V, opposite the Théâtre Mohammed V.
Tip: Open till 11pm, handy after the theatre. Avocado juice with nuts: the Moroccan classic nobody orders.
🚇 Tram Medina Rabat (L2) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue El Yamama
Genuine specialty coffee downtown: single-origin espresso, pour-overs and whatever they baked that morning.
Tip: Open Tuesday to Saturday 9am-9pm and Sunday from 10am; closed Mondays. Good wifi and plugs: the only one downtown like this.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Tobrouk
Brunch and specialty coffee steps from the Pietri: toasts, eggs, matcha and a properly pulled flat white.
Tip: Weekend brunch fills by 11am. On weekdays it's the calmest breakfast downtown.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L1 (L1) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Rue Damas
A tea room with French and Moroccan patisserie: tarts, crêpes and a display case that ruins any diet.
Tip: A good mid-afternoon stop between the Musée Mohammed VI and the medina. Order the almond tart with mint tea.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapOcéan · Avenue Abdelkrim Al Khattabi
An Océan confectioner with a Friday queue: trays of almond sweets by weight and semolina bread.
Tip: Buy by weight, mixing varieties: ask for a mixed half-kilo and point. Half a kilo feeds six.
🚇 Tram Bab El Had (L2) · 10 min walk
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Show on mapOcéan · Avenue Maghreb Arabe
An Océan bakery-patisserie running from 6am: msemen, harcha and baghrir straight off the griddle, still warm.
Tip: Baghrir is the thousand-hole pancake: eaten with honey and melted butter. Two cost 6 MAD.
🚇 Tram Bab El Had (L2) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Rue Soumaya
Fine patisserie in Agdal: lemon meringue tart, tiramisu and espresso served with a madeleine.
Tip: The lemon meringue tart is Rabat's best. The espresso comes with a madeleine: nobody else here does that.
🚇 Tram Ibn Sina (L1) · 10 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Ibn Sina
The Rabat chain that roasts its own: open 8am-10pm and where Rabat drinks its everyday coffee.
Tip: Several branches around town and they sell beans to take home. A coffee runs 12-16 MAD, less than any chain.
🚇 Tram Ibn Sina (L1) · 8 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir
An Agdal coffee and crêpe house: savoury and sweet pancakes, mint tea and tables to linger at.
Tip: Mohammed V student zone: cheap, wifi and open late. Order the honey-and-almond crêpe.
🚇 Tram Ibn Sina (L1) · 13 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Atlas
Agdal's matcha bar: matcha latte, hojicha and Japanese baking in Rabat's youngest district.
Tip: It's Rabat's trend right now and fills with students in the afternoon. Matcha latte 35-45 MAD.
🚇 Tram Agdal-Avenue de France (L1) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir
A specialty coffee shop with light roast and oat milk: the most precise espresso in Agdal.
Tip: Ask for a V60 pour-over if available: rare in Morocco and well made here. Small bar, few tables.
🚇 Tram Agdal-Avenue de France (L1) · 6 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Rue Ouhoud
An Agdal café-games library: comics, board games, burgers and coffee in a room where nobody rushes you.
Tip: The perfect rainy-day plan with kids or teens: a games shelf you can play from at no charge.
🚇 Tram Ibn Sina (L1) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Ibn Sina
The French bakery Morocco adopted as its own: croissants, baguettes and tarts, open 7am to 9pm every day.
Tip: Opens at 7am, before almost everything: rescue breakfast if you have an early train. Several branches.
🚇 Tram Ibn Sina (L1) · 13 min walk
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Show on mapHay Riad · Avenue Attine
Italian flower-shaped gelato on the Hay Riad promenade: the dessert every Rabat kid takes home.
Tip: Open until 10pm Friday and Saturday, 8pm otherwise. A good kid reward after Parc Hassan II.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Madinat Al Irfane (L1) 2.2 km away
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Show on mapHay Riad · Allée Nord
A Spanish-feeling coffee house on the Hay Riad promenade: coffee, toasts and shaded tables 9am-9pm.
Tip: Mahaj Ryad is pedestrian: the only place in Rabat for coffee without car horns. Great with kids.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Madinat Al Irfane (L1) 2.1 km away
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Show on mapSalé · Medina
A cultural café and concept store in Salé's medina: books, Moroccan design and coffee in a restored courtyard.
Tip: The best excuse to cross to Salé: café, bookshop and design store in one medina house.
🚇 Tram Gare de Salé (L1) · 14 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Bab Lamrissa
A corner café beside Bab Mrisa: mint tea, pavement tables and all of Salé coming and going.
Tip: An essential stop off the tram at Bab Lamrissa before entering Salé's medina. Tea 8-12 MAD.
🚇 Tram Bab Lamrissa (L1/L2) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapCorniche · Résidence Assabah
A Corniche terrace facing straight at the Atlantic: tea, fresh juices and sunsets from 8am to midnight.
Tip: Open till midnight: the best café for an Atlantic sunset without restaurant prices.
🚇 Tram Oued Dahab (L2) · 14 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Avenue Al Marsa
A palm-shaded café below the medina looking at the Bouregreg: tea, juices and the Salé bridge behind.
Tip: It's on the way to the rowing boats that cross to Salé: a natural stop before or after the crossing.
🚇 Tram Place du 16 Novembre (L1/L2) · 9 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Mohamed V
A fresh juice bar right downtown: squeezed orange, avocado with nuts and pomegranate in October.
Tip: The 'jus d'avocat' with almond and walnut is Morocco's national shake: 15-20 MAD and it fills you up.
🚇 Tram Mohammed V - Gare de Rabat (L1) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Ibn Sina
An artisan chocolate shop in Agdal: bonbons with Moroccan almond, stuffed dates and cocoa bars.
Tip: Dates stuffed with almond paste are the best small gift to bring home from Morocco.
🚇 Tram Ibn Sina (L1) · 9 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Rue des Consuls
Rabat's carpet street: zarbia rbatia, leather, babouches and copper along 400 m of covered souk.
Tip: A real Rabat carpet carries an official Ministry of Handicrafts certificate on the BACK: ORANGE is top grade, blue medium, yellow standard. Flip it before you pay.
🚇 On foot from Bab Rahba · 3 min through the maze
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Show on mapMedina · Avenue Al Marsa
State workshops in plain sight with FIXED PRICES: leather, ceramics, embroidery and carpets, no haggling.
Tip: Come HERE FIRST: memorise the fixed prices, then haggle in the souk from a real baseline. That's the trick.
🚇 On foot from Bab Oudaia · 4 min through the maze
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Show on mapKasbah of the Udayas
A women's cooperative in the kasbah: rbati embroidery, tablecloths, babouches and handmade cushions.
Tip: Rbati embroidery, silk thread and counted stitch, is Rabat heritage. In a co-op the money reaches the embroiderer.
🚇 On foot from Bab Oudaia · 2 min through the maze
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Show on mapKasbah of the Udayas
An antiques dealer below the kasbah: old doors, copper lanterns, Berber jewellery and antique carpets.
Tip: Haggle for real: start at 40% of the asking price, walk away if it doesn't move, come back. Cash in dirhams rules.
🚇 On foot from Bab Oudaia · 2 min through the maze
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Show on mapMedina · Avenue Al Marsa
A contemporary Moroccan design concept store: ceramics, textiles and beldi objects, modernised.
Tip: 'Beldi' means traditional, rural, handmade: here it's translated into today's design and prices.
🚇 Tram Place du 16 Novembre (L1/L2) · 11 min walk
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Show on mapMedina · Avenue Mohamed V
A shopping arcade at the medina entrance: crafts, clothes and souvenirs under cover, out of the sun.
Tip: A first filter before the souk: prices here are nearly visible, which helps calibrate your haggling.
🚇 Tram Medina Rabat (L2) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Bettana-Oulja
An art-ceramics workshop in the Oulja, Salé's potters' district: wood kilns and direct sales.
Tip: Open 9am-9pm daily. It sits inside the Oulja potters' complex: walk the neighbouring workshops before choosing.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Hassan II (L2) 1.7 km away
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Show on mapSalé · Hssaine
A leatherwork cooperative in Salé: bags, belts and babouches cut from hide tanned in Morocco, sold direct.
Tip: Workshop prices, not souk prices: leather babouches cost half of Rue des Consuls. It's far: take a taxi.
🚇 Tram Hssaine (L2) · 14 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Tabriquet-Hay Karima
The big working-class souk in northern Salé: clothes, spices, fruit and housewares at local prices.
Tip: No tourism, no English. It's at the end of tram line L1, in Hay Karima: worth the ride.
🚇 Tram Hay Karima (L1) · 15 min walk
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Show on mapSalé · Tabriquet
Tabriquet's neighbourhood market: vegetables, olives, fresh mint and aluminium pots for tajine.
Tip: If you want a real clay tajine pot, here it's 60-90 MAD, not 300 like in the medina.
🚇 Tram La Poste (L1) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapAkkari · Avenue Al Houria
Akkari souk, in working-class Rabat: the market locals actually use, not a postcard in sight.
Tip: There's a tram stop next door (Hôpital Moulay Youssef, L2). Go before 11am, it quietens after that.
🚇 Tram Hôpital Moulay Youssef (L2) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapMadinat Al Irfane · Grain market
The grain market: pulses, spices, nuts and dried herbs loose in open sacks, weighed out in front of you.
Tip: Open every day except Friday, 8.30am-7pm. This is where ras el hanout and saffron cost real money.
🚇 Tram Madinat Al Irfane (L1) · 10 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir
Rabat's big mall, in Agdal: international brands, a cinema, a food court and air conditioning.
Tip: Rainy-day plan with kids and the only central cinema. Nations Unies tram stop five minutes away.
🚇 Tram Stade Al Madina (L1) · 5 min walk
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Show on mapSouissi · Avenue Mehdi Ben Barka
The Souissi mall: fashion floors, a supermarket, a real ice rink and the smartest crowd in all of Rabat.
Tip: The ice rink is Morocco's most unexpected plan and saves a rainy afternoon with kids. No tram: taxi.
🚇 Blue petit taxi · tram Cité Universitaire Souissi (L1) 3.5 km away
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Show on mapYacoub El Mansour · Corniche
A neighbourhood shopping arcade near the Corniche: clothes, electronics and Atlantic-view cafés outside.
Tip: Neighbourhood prices, not mall prices. Pair it with the Corniche walk and sunset over the ocean.
🚇 Tram Oued Dahab (L2) · 9 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Atlas
Rabat's reference bookshop: Moroccan, French and Arabic literature, in the 2026 World Book Capital.
Tip: Rabat is UNESCO World Book Capital 2026: ask for translated Moroccan authors, Leila Slimani or Tahar Ben Jelloun.
🚇 Tram Nations Unies (L1) · 6 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir
A classic Agdal bookshop: textbooks, essays and literature in Arabic and French, with a university crowd.
Tip: Maps and Morocco guidebooks here are cheaper than at any touristy medina kiosk.
🚇 Tram Agdal-Avenue de France (L1) · 9 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir
A second-hand book stall on an Agdal pavement: old French, Arabic and Spanish editions for 10-30 MAD.
Tip: Dig through the piles: colonial Rabat guides and 1960s French novels turn up for the price of a coffee.
🚇 Tram Agdal-Avenue de France (L1) · 8 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir
A Moroccan oil perfumery: musk, amber, oud and Kelaat M'Gouna rose water, sold by the millilitre.
Tip: Sold by the millilitre in a glass vial: ask for white musk or rose water, the two Moroccan classics.
🚇 Tram Agdal-Avenue de France (L1) · 7 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir
An Agdal gift and homeware shop: Safi ceramics, Sefrou textiles and Moroccan design objects.
Tip: Fixed prices and flight-safe packing: the calm option if you'd rather not haggle over something fragile.
🚇 Tram Agdal-Avenue de France (L1) · 9 min walk
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Show on mapOcéan · Avenue Abdelkrim Al Khattabi
A made-to-measure caftan workshop in Océan: silk, brocade and sfifa braid stitched in front of you.
Tip: A bespoke caftan takes 4-7 days: order it on your first day and collect before you fly.
🚇 Tram Place de Russie (L2) · 4 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Atlas
An Agdal jeweller with Berber silver and Moroccan gold: fibulae, hands of Fatima and filigree hoops.
Tip: Berber silver sells by weight: ask to see the hallmark before paying and compare the per-gram price.
🚇 Tram Agdal-Avenue de France (L1) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapHassan · Avenue Hassan II
An instrument shop beside the wall: gnawa guembri, darbuka, oud and bendir made in Morocco.
Tip: The guembri is the gnawa three-string bass: ask them to play it before you buy.
🚇 Tram Place Al Joulane L2 (L2) · 6 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Avenue Ibn Sina
The everyday Moroccan supermarket: argan oil, Gunpowder green tea, spices and dates at normal prices.
Tip: This is where locals buy gifts: Gunpowder tea, argan oil and amlou at a third of souk prices.
🚇 Tram Agdal-Avenue de France (L1) · 3 min walk
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Show on mapAgdal · Arribat Center
Contemporary Moroccan jewellery inside Arribat: new design with zellige motifs and silver.
Tip: Fixed price, receipt and guarantee: the safe option for Moroccan silver without souk risk.
🚇 Tram Stade Al Madina (L1) · 5 min walk
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