One-Day Layover Private Tour including Moroccan Bath
Overview
Built for travellers holding a long layover at Mohammed V Airport, this private day meets guests in the terminal and hands over the city one landmark at a time. The Hassan II Mosque comes first with tickets already in hand, then the old medina, the Habous quarter, the downtown squares and the central market. A Moroccan bath mid-afternoon resets everyone before the souks and the beachfront, and the driver returns to the airport in good time for the onward flight.
Highlights
- Airport to airport, planned around the length of the layover
- Skip-the-line guided visit inside the Hassan II Mosque
- A full Moroccan hammam with black-soap scrub, soaping and rhassoul wrap
- Habous quarter, Arab League Park and the colonial-era downtown squares
- Time in the souks with a driver who helps with prices
- Private air-conditioned car and a multilingual driver for the whole day
Full Description
Casablanca Mohammed V Airport
A private driver meets arriving passengers inside the terminal and drives straight into the city. The road in takes roughly forty-five minutes.
Duration: 45 minutes
Hassan II Mosque
Morocco's largest mosque stands on a platform over the Atlantic, its minaret climbing 210 metres, the tallest in the world. A guide leads guests past the carved cedar, zellij tilework and the vast prayer hall, tickets already arranged.
Duration: 45 minutes
Old Medina (Old City)
A short walk inside the old walls, where lanes narrow between small mosques, workshops and stalls. This is the oldest lived-in quarter of Casablanca.
Duration: 15 minutes
Rick's Café
A pause at the courtyard house styled after the bar from the 1942 film, with its arches and brass lanterns. Enough time to look in and take a photograph.
Duration: 10 minutes
Arab League Park
The city's largest green space, laid out with palm avenues and shaded benches in the middle of the downtown grid. A quiet interval between the medina and the boulevards.
Duration: 15 minutes
Notre Dame de Lourdes
A modern concrete church whose walls are almost entirely stained glass, so the interior changes colour with the hour. A grotto with a statue of Mary sits to one side.
Duration: 15 minutes
Quartier Habous
The new medina, built during the French protectorate in a deliberately Moroccan idiom of arcades and keyhole arches. Bookshops, olive stalls and pastry counters make it the best browsing in the city.
Duration: 30 minutes
Square of Mohammed V
The civic heart of Casablanca, framed by 1920s administrative buildings and a working fountain. Pigeons and photographers share the paving.
Duration: 15 minutes
United Nations Square
The junction where the colonial-era boulevards run up against the walls of the old medina. It is the busiest crossing in the city and a good place to watch it work.
Duration: 15 minutes
Marche Central
Aisles of fish on ice, olives, spices and cut flowers under a single roof. A direct look at how Casablancais shop for dinner.
Duration: 15 minutes
Hammam Hassan II Mosque
A full-body scrub with pure black soap, followed by a wrap of rhassoul clay and a blend of Moroccan herbs. Towels, slippers and products are laid out ready.
Duration: 45-60 minutes
Traditional Markets
Time set aside in the souks for babouches, argan oil, leather and spices. The driver helps with directions and with prices.
Duration: 30 minutes
Twin Center
Casablanca's twin towers and the shopping galleries beneath them. A quick contrast with the medina lanes an hour earlier.
Duration: 15 minutes
Ain Diab
The beachfront strip along the corniche, Atlantic on one side and cafés on the other. A last breath of sea air before the airport run.
Duration: 15 minutes
Hotel or airport drop-off
The driver returns guests to their hotel or back to the terminal. Timing is set to leave room for check-in.
Duration: 45 minutes
Inclusions:
- Skip-the-line Hassan II Mosque guided tour with entry tickets
- Airport or hotel pick-up and drop-off (depending on the option selected)
- Air-conditioned vehicle with multilingual driver
- Towels, slippers, shampoo, scrub mitt and black soap
- Exfoliation, soap massage and rhassoul wrap
- 2.5-hour Hammam experience
- Bottled mineral water
- Photo assistance from the driver
Exclusions:
- Pick-up and drop-off unless booked separately
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Book now, pay later - no credit card required to reserve
- Instant confirmation by email; printed or mobile voucher accepted
- The mosque closes to visitors after 3 PM; afternoon bookings see the exterior only
- Free date changes up to 12 hours before departure
- No fee for cancellations made 24 hours or more before departure
- 100% cancellation fee within 24 hours of departure
- 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.