2 Day Private Guided Marrakech City Tour with Cooking Class- All inclusive
Overview
This two-day escape lifts Marrakech out of the rushed day-trip format, trading the long return drive for a night inside the medina walls. The first day moves with a licensed guide between the Koutoubia minaret, the Mellah, Bahia Palace and the Ben Youssef Medersa, then watches Jemaa el-Fnaa fill with smoke, drummers and food stalls after dark. The second morning opens among the cobalt courtyards of the Majorelle Garden before guests choose between a hands-on Moroccan cooking class or a traditional hammam, closing with a guided wander through the souks. Riad accommodation, private air-conditioned transport from Casablanca, breakfast, lunch and entrance fees all sit inside one price.
Highlights
- Two full days in Marrakech rather than a punishing same-day round trip from Casablanca
- A night in a traditional riad, with Jemaa el-Fnaa at its liveliest after dark
- A camel ride through the palm groves of La Palmeraie, included
- Choose the second-day finale: a Moroccan cooking class or a traditional hammam
- Majorelle Garden tickets and monument entrance fees covered
- Private licensed guide and air-conditioned car or minivan throughout
Full Description
La Palmeraie
The tour opens among the date palms on the northern edge of the city, where a camel ride is included at no extra cost. It is a gentle, photogenic introduction before the density of the medina.
Le Jardin Secret
A restored riad garden hidden behind medina walls, laid out around water channels and shaded courtyards in classic Islamic proportion. It gives an early lesson in how Marrakech builds its beauty inward.
Koutoubia Mosque
The twelfth-century minaret that still sets the height limit for the whole city and orients every walk through it. Guests take in the exterior and the rose gardens laid out beside it.
Mellah
The Jewish quarter founded in 1557, a tight grid of alleys and balconied houses that looks unlike anywhere else in the old city. The Lazama Synagogue anchors the visit.
Bab Agnaou
The ornate twelfth-century gate into the royal kasbah, raised under the Almohad caliphs and carved from blue-grey Gueliz stone.
Jemaa el-Fnaa
Marrakech's great open-air stage, drawing around a million visitors a year to its juice carts, storytellers, musicians and grill smoke.
Souk Semmarine
The main artery of the markets, lined with textiles, ceramics, spices and perfume. The guide handles introductions to the artisans worth stopping for.
Medina of Marrakesh
The UNESCO-listed old city, a maze of alleys, workshops and fondouks that rewards having someone alongside who knows the shortcuts.
Bahia Palace
A nineteenth-century vizier's residence built to outshine everything else in Morocco, with painted cedar ceilings, zellij floors and courtyards planted for shade.
Medrasa Ben Youssef
A sixteenth-century Quranic college whose central courtyard ranks among the most refined craftsmanship anywhere in the country. Carved stucco, cedar and tilework cover nearly every surface.
Marrakech Night Tour
After dark the medina changes character completely, the square filling with food stalls and lantern light warming the alley walls.
Majorelle Garden
Jacques Majorelle's 1920s garden, painted in the cobalt blue that now carries his name and planted with cacti and bamboo gathered from five continents. Tickets are included.
Cooking Class or Moroccan Hammam
Guests choose between a four-hour cooking class covering tagine, salads and bread, or a two-hour traditional hammam with black soap and rhassoul clay. Either option is included at no extra charge.
Duration: 4 hours (cooking class) or 2 hours (hammam)
Souks
A final guided walk through the markets, unhurried enough to buy properly rather than hastily, before the drive back to Casablanca.
Inclusions:
- Registered historian tour guide
- Air-conditioned private car or minivan
- Choice of cooking class or Moroccan hammam spa
- Breakfast and lunch
- Monument entrance fees
- Traditional riad accommodation
- Camel ride experience
- Bottled mineral water
Exclusions:
- Personal expenses
- Gratuities
- Book now, pay later option available
- Instant confirmation via email with voucher
- Accommodation in double rooms shared by every two travellers; an extra person receives an individual room
- Free date changes up to 12 hours before departure
- No cancellation fee if cancelled 24 hours or more before the scheduled pickup
- 100% cancellation fee if cancelled within 24 hours of pickup
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
- No refund for cancellations made less than 24 hours before the start time.
- Changes requested less than 24 hours before the start time cannot be accepted.
- Times are local. Experiences cancelled for poor weather are refunded in full or rescheduled.