🌅 At sunset
Sunset at the Hassan II MosqueThe minaret turns gold as the Atlantic breaks against the marble esplanade.
✦ Your self-guided tour
Casablanca
Discover the city at your own pace, with your route and your trip essentials in one place.
5 stops · about 3 h 52 · audio guide12 languages
Highlights
5 stops · about 3 h 52 · audio guide
Photos
Photos: Wikimedia Commons (each author credited) and Google.
Casablanca: your route
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5 stops · about 3 h 52 · audio guideTransport on the route: about MAD 140.00
Included: the full route, audio guide in 12 languages and the travel tools. Not included: museum and monument tickets, transport tickets.
💡 Good to know in Casablanca
Practical tips before you step out.
Luggage
Leave luggage at the airport left-luggage desk or a partner storage point on the route (marked ★). Carry only essentials and your passport.
Internet
Outside EU roaming: buy an eSIM before you travel or a prepaid SIM at an official carrier shop (bring your passport).
Payments
Dirhams (MAD) in cash for souks, petit taxis and stalls; cards at riads and bigger restaurants. Insist on the meter in petit taxis.
Tipping
Tip 10% in restaurants and a few coins to guides, parking attendants and anyone posing for photos. Haggle in the souks: start at half the price.
Water
Drink bottled or filtered water and avoid ice of doubtful origin; check that bottles are sealed.
Safety
Use app or hotel taxis, keep your phone away in the street and avoid walking after dark in empty areas. Watch out for phone snatching by motorcyclists downtown.
Sockets
Type C/E sockets, 220 V.
Toilets
Toilets in malls, museums and cafés; some public ones charge a little and paper goes in the bin, not the bowl.
Mosques
Cover shoulders and knees in the medina and at monuments; non-Muslims may not enter mosques, except where tours exist (Hassan II).
ⓘ Practical information compiled from official and public sources in October 2026. Not yet checked on the ground in this city — if something has changed, use “Report a problem”.
Safety in Casablanca
Emergency numbers, common scams and how to get help. Free for everyone.
Emergency19
Hospital and pharmacy search around the city centre — share your location for results near you.
Look for: Pharmacie · صيدلية
Show this to someone nearby
Au secours ! J'ai besoin d'aide. Appelez la police ou une ambulance, s'il vous plaît.
Common scams and risks
Phone snatching
Thieves on bikes or scooters grab phones from your hand. Step back from the kerb when using maps.
Pickpockets
Crowded trams, metros and queues are their workplace. Bag in front and zipped; phone never in a back pocket.
Taxis
Use official taxi ranks or apps with a fixed fare. Turn down rides offered inside the airport arrivals hall.
Friendly "guides"
A helpful stranger offers to show you around and you end up in a carpet or souvenir shop. A polite no is enough.
After dark
Stay on busy, well-lit streets and use a taxi or ride-hailing app (Uber, Bolt) for longer trips at night. Keep phones and jewellery out of sight in empty areas.
👜 Watch your wallet in
Old medina · Casa Voyageurs · Tram T1
🌙 At night, take extra care in
Old medina · Port area
Keep a photo of your passport on your phone, carry just one card and some cash, and stick to busy, well-lit streets.
ⓘ Practical information compiled from official and public sources in October 2026. Not yet checked on the ground in this city — if something has changed, use “Report a problem”.
General guidance. If you're in danger, call 19 now. · Casablanca
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🆕 Today in Casablanca
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Experiences in Casablanca
Moments, fun and events, picked for you.
Your interests
🌙 At night
Rick's CaféThe bar inspired by the film «Casablanca», with live piano, by the medina.
🕐 Flexible — check opening times
Fish at the Central MarketPick your fish at the stalls and eat it grilled next door.
☀️ In the morning
Moroccan pastries in the HabousGazelle horns and chebakia at Bennis, with mint tea.
🌅 At sunset
A walk on the CornicheJoggers, surfers and Ain Diab's beach cafés at dusk.
🏛️ History & culture of Casablanca
How the city came to be, in a few minutes of reading.
Casablanca is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic coast of the Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a population of about 3.22 million in the urban area, and over 4.27 million in Greater Casablanca, making it the most populous city in the Maghreb region, and the ninth-largest in the Arab world.
The Port of Casablanca is one of the largest artificial ports in Africa, and the third-largest port in North Africa, after Tanger-Med (40 km or 25 mi east of Tangier) and Port Said. Casablanca also hosts the primary naval base for the Royal Moroccan Navy.
Casablanca is a significant financial centre, ranking 38th globally in the September 2026 Global Financial Centres Index rankings. The Casablanca Stock Exchange is Africa's third-largest in terms of market capitalization, as of December 2022.
Read the full history
The history of the city of Casablanca in Morocco has been one of many political and cultural changes. At different times it has been governed by Berber, Roman, Arab, Portuguese, Spanish, French, British, and Moroccan regimes. It has had an important position in the region as a port city, making it valuable to a series of conquerors during its early history.
The original Berber name, Anfa (meaning: "hill" in English), was used by the locals until the earthquake of 1755 destroyed the city. When Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah rebuilt the city's medina, he gave it the name "ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ" (الدار البيضاء) a literal translation of Casablanca into Arabic. French forces occupied the city in 1907 and adopted the Spanish name, Casablanca. The name Anfa now refers to an area within Casablanca, slightly West of the 18th century medina.
💬 What travellers say about Casablanca
Tips, experiences and questions from people who've been there.