Marrakech Highlights: Private Guided Tour in 4 Hours

Meet your licensed city guide and start your discovery of Marrakech’s historic treasures. Enjoy comfortable private transportation and a warm introduction to the city’s culture.

We star our journey with an importante visit of the Botanical garden and artist’s landscape garden in Marrakech, It was created by the French Orientalist artist, Jacques Majorelle back in 1923, and was only opened to the public in 1947. Starting in 1923, and features a Cubist villa designed by the French architect, Paul Sinoir in the 1930s. There is also the new museum of Yves Saint Laurent around the corner, a very well-curated museum and an opportunity to see YSL’s brilliance and attention to detail up close. And the gift shop has a great selection of items at all price points. Together with Jardin Majorelle, It is a perfect highlight of Marrakech

Then , we drive through crossing the walls of the old town , we calle it the Medina , to the Koutoubia Mosque Koutoubia Mosque, founded in 1147, it is Marrakech’s largest mosque and the landmark of city itself which has inspired other buildings such as the Giralda of Seville and the Hassan Tower of Rabat. your guide will take for tour here and offer so much information about it.

We continue driving by the imperial Kasbah with a stop in a famous geat, Bab Agnaou is one of the 19 gates that allows you to penetrate inside the ramparts of the city of Marrakech. This gate (“bab” in Arabic) dates from the Almohad Berber period, in the 12th century. It served as an entrance to the administrative and military complex of the Caliphal Kasbah, citadel of power, from the south of the city. Flanked by 2 cannons, it is one of the most impressive gates of Marrakech.

We arrive to an importe monument : Bahia Palace , by driving by the the Jewish quarter, the Bahia or the (The Beautiful) is an 8000-sq-metre, floor-to-ceiling extravagance of intricate marquetry, plasterwork and zouak (painted wood), and certainly one of Marrakesh’s most eye-popping sights. Built by Grand Vizier Si Moussa in the 1860s, the salons of both the Petit Riad and Grand Riad host intricate marquetry and zouak ceilings, but the Cour d’Honneur, a grand courtyard, with its 1500 sq metre floor of Italian Carrara marble, is the undisputed highlight. Despite the vast area on show, only a portion of the palace’s eight hectares and 150 rooms is open to the public. Its grand spaces sometimes play host to important cultural events.

After finishing our visit of the Bahia Place,we walk in the Semmarine Souks to explore and discover all of the colorful markets or ”Souks” Just follow your guide to discover the markets in Marrakech’s Medina where Arab and Berber cultures explode with color, noise and originality. Smell spices, taste olives, touch leather goods and buy local handicrafts….

After finishing with the labyrinth of the Souks , we arrive in the famous popular squar , calle it : Jamaa El Fna squar, where we can found the snake charmers, storytellers, acrobats and street vendors animate the old walled city from Jemaa El Fnaa square. In the evening becomes a place for food, with small restaurants in the open-air. This is the main attraction of tourists in Marrakech.

End of the tour and drop-off at your hotel or preferred location.