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Neighbourhood guide
Mouassine and the north medina
Ben Youssef, Le Jardin Secret, Dar el Bacha, the Maison de la Photographie and the riads near Bab Doukkala.
Neighbourhood guide · Marrakech
Mouassine and the north medina, courtyards and museums
Ben Youssef, Le Jardin Secret, Dar el Bacha, the Maison de la Photographie and the riads near Bab Doukkala.
What's onThis week in Marrakech
What to see and do
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The great courtyard
Ben Youssef Madrasa
The former Koranic school of the north medina, its courtyard carved in stucco and cedar.
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A house of 1910
Musée des Confluences Dar el Bacha
A seigneurial house of 1910, now a museum of exhibitions run by the Fondation Nationale des Musées.
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Photographs since 1870
Maison de la Photographie de Marrakech
The history of photography in Morocco, from albumen prints of 1870, in a house of the north medina.
46 Rue Ahl Fès, Bin Lafnadek, Marrakech 40030Explore View on map
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Music in the douiria
Musée de Mouassine
A restored house of the medina where traditional music is played three evenings a week.
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A garden restored
Le Jardin Secret
A historic garden on Rue Mouassine, with an Islamic garden, an exotic garden and a tower.
121 Rue Mouassine, Marrakech medinaExplore View on map
Where to eat
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In an old caravanserai
Le Foundouk
Moroccan and international cooking and a roof terrace in a restored foundouk, since 2002.
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A terrace over the medina
Café at the Maison de la Photographie
Tea on the roof of the photography museum in the north medina.
Where to stay
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Since 1946
La Maison Arabe
The riad-hotel near Bab Doukkala that has been, in its own words, one of the city’s finest tables since 1946.
1, Derb Assehbé, Bab Doukkala, Marrakech MédinaExplore View on map
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An eighteenth-century house
Riad Kniza
A small hotel in an eighteenth-century house near Bab Doukkala, restored with traditional materials.
34 Derb l'Hotel, Bab Doukkala, Marrakech MédinaExplore View on map
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Jasper Conran’s riad
L’Hôtel Marrakech
Six suites around a wide courtyard garden and pool, in a riad owned by Jasper Conran.
41 Derb Sidi Lahcen ou Ali, Bab Doukkala, 40000 MarrakechExplore View on map
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Near Ben Youssef
Dar Darma
A private mansion with wide suites, a hammam and a rooftop pool, steps from the Ben Youssef Madrasa.
11/12 Trik Sidi Bohuarba, 40000 MarrakechExplore View on map
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A 1920s palace
Riad 72
A former 1920s palace near Bab Doukkala, a riad of design and calm since 2001.
72 Arset Aouzal, Bab Doukkala, 40030 MarrakechExplore View on map
Hammams and wellness
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Black soap and the glove
Hammam de la Rose
A hammam in the medina with eucalyptus black soap and the kessa glove.
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Two addresses near Bab Doukkala
Heritage Spa
Hammam and Moroccan beauty rituals at two addresses near Bab Doukkala.
40 Arset Aouzal, Bab Doukkala, MarrakechExplore View on map
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