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Full Day Marrakesh City Tour including Local Lunch

Marrakech, Morocco

9 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Get under the skin of Marrakech’s ancient medina and historical highlights on this full-day tour, including lunch. With a knowledgeable local guide, stroll through the tangled lanes and souks; take in the sights, sounds, and aromas of vast Jemaa Al-Fnaa; learn about Moroccan culture at art at the Tiskiwin Museum; and explore the ornate pavilions and gardens of the beautiful Bahia Palace and Saadian Tombs. Savor lunch at a medina restaurant and take snaps of top Marrakech attractions such as Koutoubia Mosque.

Full-day Marrakech sightseeing tour
Walk through the Medina
Browse the wares for sale in the souks
Visit the city's landmarks and palaces, including Bahia Palace
Lunch included at a medina restaurant

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop off
Entrance fees for El Bahia Palace & Medrassa Ben Youssef
Air-conditioned vehicle
Local Moroccan Meal in the Medina
Guide

drinks
Tips

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

08:30 AM

Pickup details

The activity start time excludes pickup times. You MUST contact TUI Destination Services for the exact pick-up time and place AT LEAST 48 hours before the start time of the activity.

What To Expect

After a pickup at your Marrakech hotel or central meeting point, board your air-conditioned vehicle and drive to the medina in the old city.

Follow your guide on foot through the atmospheric streets. Absorb the bustling souks and peruse the textiles, spices, and other wares on sale as you hear tales of the medina’s history.

Head for the central square of Jemaa Al-Fnaa and marvel at the spectacle of food stalls and street entertainers, including the theatrics of dancers, snake charmers, and magicians.

Visit the Bahia Palace, a late 19th-century residence built for two of Morocco’s sultans and designed to be one of the most beautiful palaces of its time. Admire the gorgeous pavilions and main courtyard decorated with mosaics and fountains, and then move on to the Saadian Tombs, a group of intricately tiled sultans’ mausoleums first discovered in 1917.

Enjoy a delicious lunch at a medina restaurant, and afterward, tour some of Marrakech’s historical highlights.

Snap photos of the Koutoubia Mosque and Ben Youssef Medersa college, among other sites, as you learn why and how they were built.

Stop at the Tiskiwin Museum to learn more about Moroccan culture and art which is housed in this old riad.

Your tour ends with a drop-off at your accommodation.

Koutoubia Mosque

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Bahia Palace

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Ben Youssef Madrasa

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Medina of Marrakesh

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Jemaa el-Fnaa

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Infants must sit on laps

Most travelers can participate
Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund.
Please note that that one or more of these monuments could be substituted at any time according to availability or any occurred event.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

3.5

267 reviews

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Perfect Day in Marrakech

Craig B, Apr 2019

Super friendly and knowledgeable guide made for not only a perfect day of sightseeing but also an education in the culture and history of the city and its people. Our family of 4 were joined by 4 other visitors so made it almost a personal experience. Had lovely lunch on a roof top terrace overlooking the city which made a nice surprise and restful break. There was plenty of time to explore on our own, take photos and soak up the atmosphere especially at the end of the day overlooking the Jamaa El-Fina Square as it came to life. Always felt safe and never troubled.

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DO NOT BOOK THIS TOUR

Kervine_A, Mar 2019

I should have listened when I read the most recent reviews for this tour; however, as I always had a good experience with tours that I book through Viator, I decided to go for it. The tour guide was very rude. He would bring us (me and 6 other people) to a site and just disappear. He never presented himself to us. I had to ask him for his name mid-tour. He took us to a place to buy argan oil, and come to find out, the oil (which was expensive) was not pure argan oil. I didn't finish the tour and requested to go back to the hotel because it really was not enjoyable.

This was the worst tour we ever took part.

Gyula_T, Mar 2019

From 9 to 12 three famous sights were visited, then lunch and the souks. Very little, practically no information was given on what we have seen. Recommended for those who want to travel in a van between sights instead of a taxi and want somebody else buying the tickets.

Choose carefully

SuperCUFC, Jan 2019

I would not recommend this trip - having previously done a similar trip a few years ago which we thoroughly enjoyed we decided to do a similar trip with family who were first timers in Marrakesh. We booked an English speaking tour which was subsequently joined by another French speaking party. The tour was therefore primarily in French with snippets in English - at one point the guide spent 15 mins giving information in French and only 1.5 mins in English. Even my rudimentary French could make out that he was not giving same detailed information in English. I did point this out to him and he acknowledged it was difficult to keep two parties happy, however we had paid the same as the other party and expected a similar level of service.Lots of time waiting for buses - which is unnecessary as distance between sites is within easy walking distance. Lunch on terrace with views over city and Atlas Mountains was lunch in a room with no views - again our previous tour was in same restaurant on the terrace with the aforementioned views.The tour of the souk was being led through with very little information and those who had previously undertaken a similar tour were left to give information that we recalled from our last tour.All in all not a good experience if you want information on the monuments, history or culture of Marrakesh

ERNST_M, Jul 2018

We very much enjoyed the city tour and lunch with Ismail, our tour guide. Ismail was very knowledgeable and friendly and spoke excellent English, which was easy to understand! Ismail is very personable and represented Morocco in a very honorable fashion!!!

I would not recommend this trip. The...

Mary G, May 2018

I would not recommend this trip. The guide only took us to shops where he was getting a backhander. Not worried when he lost a lone female group member in the souk.

Overall the locations were beautiful...

Jenny H, May 2018

Overall the locations were beautiful however our tour guide was underwhelming. He almost lost 2 people from our tour group, constantly repeated himself, and didn't pause long enough at key photo opportunities and too long in locations that weren't that meaningful.

First we were told to meet our guide...

Roberto S, Apr 2018

First we were told to meet our guide at a place we couldn't find on google, when we contacted them for directions they said it wasn't on any map and we should ask at our Riad - why arrange to meet somewhere that isn't on any map? Our Riad had no idea where it was either. Fortunately we did manage to change the meeting place but it was stressful at the last minute. The morning was mostly ok going to the places we expected and lunch was at a typical tourist restaurant which was fine. Unfortunately the guide was more interested in 'shopping' and getting commission first a cake shop with 10 Euro cakes - just a quick stop outside so not really a problem but then we were shut in a room while they tried to sell us all spices and oils, then we were taken to a Riad and a random museum which I wasn't expecting and seemed pointless particularly as we were staying in a Riad. We were taken through the souks and told we weren't allowed to buy anything we had to buy at the shop he was taking us to. This got even worse when we were then told we would have to spend half an hour in the shop. I had only booked this tour as I believed it included the Majorelle Gardens as did another couple on the tour this seems to have disappeared from the itinerary listed now and when I realised we wouldn't be going and and would instead be spending half an hour in a shop so the guide could get commission we promptly left and had to get a taxi ourselves to the gardens.

A very good starter to a vacation...

Claus H, Mar 2018

A very good starter to a vacation - you really learn a lot about were you have landed in Marrakech - religion - history - palaces...

It all seemed extremely rushed. We...

Mary_W, Mar 2018

It all seemed extremely rushed. We left the tour at lunchtime as it wasn't at all what we expected. We were rushed out of places we wanted to spend time in. The guide spent about 30 minutes giving us a talk on doors and door knockers outside a house , and a bit later in the morning we were taken to a spice shop where we spent about an hour or so listening to a talk on herbal medicines in a local shop. I would rather have missed the door and the shop altogether and had more time exploring the historical places. One place we visited we basically used the public toilets and then left. Another place we visited we didn't even look round it was more of a walk through. There was not really what we expected. We decided to see if things improved by lunchtime. They did not.we had the provided lunch, which was very nice, and didn't continue on with the tour.

The tour was brilliant. The museums...

JulieAnn_C, Mar 2018

The tour was brilliant. The museums and the souks were inspiring. However, the lunch was poor. It's clearly mass produced and 'tagine' sold to gullible tourists. Having said that, the whole day was fantastic and worth the money! I would book this if you go to Morocco!

This was the best way to experience...

Sarah_D, Mar 2018

This was the best way to experience Marrakech in one day! Be prepared to walk, but it's worth it. I felt like we saw more of Marrakech with this tour than we would have ever seen on our own. The guide was friendly, and he doesn't walk fast, so it's more like a stroll through Marrakech. The lunch was really good!

we visited so many places we would...

theresa p, Mar 2018

we visited so many places we would not have found ourself.we went by coach to the new part of the town saw the city wall which is 23 km we to a mosque saw the burial chambers the gardens they are in are lovely.went to the african and arabic museumyou need to ok at walking as there was a lot of itlunch was amazing there a photo below visited the casbah saw how and where local people live this trip made our week highly recommend it.had a great guide told us evertyhing and more we needed to know he was helpfull and knowledgeable man thank you so much

I'm glad we did the tour since they...

Patrick_M, Mar 2018

I'm glad we did the tour since they did show us around the city, however, the big disappointment is that guides take you to places where they want you to spend money with their friends or where they get a cut of your purchase. Places of interest where I, as a visitor, actually wanted to spend time and buy something was not allowed. For instance, at the souk the guide would not give us any time to stop and shop or wander around. Instead he rushed us through the alleys of merchants and at the end brought us to a shop where we had 30mins to spend doing what exactly? We ended up staying at the souk after the tour for another 2 hours and wandering around and doing trinket shopping on our own. The restaurant/lunch that's included in this package is also not very good... there are better places for a lot less. Would recommend this tour for those who know absolutely nothing about Marrakech so that they can get an idea of worthy places to visit and come back on their own without the guide on another day.

This is a great tour to get a sense...

Yasser_S, Mar 2018

This is a great tour to get a sense of Marrakech in one day. Be aware of the sanke, moneky, and henna people on the square.

Some of this was interesting but it...

Marcelo L, Jan 2018

Some of this was interesting but it was basically a marketing trip. We made several stops in shops where the goods on sale were recommended as being superior quality and were three times the price of what was on offer in the Souks. Lunch was fairly grim. In the plus side, the guide was knowledgable.

First I totally believe that this...

Manuel_G, Jan 2018

First I totally believe that this tour would have been better with the right tour guide. Bahia Palace and Saadian Tombs were amazing but the rest of the tour was terrible. The guide took us to two tiny museums that were not even listed on the tour and shops were he wanted us to buy merchandise from his friends. No time to stroll and buy merchandise we wanted. Lunch tasted awful and we were not taken to Dar El-Bacha hammam and Ben Youssef Medersa college. Ive booked many Tours through viator but this one was the worst for the price I paid for 3 people.

The tour gives visitors a great...

dave702, Jan 2018

The tour gives visitors a great first impression of the city of Marrakech, especially the medina. The local guide knew his way around the city. The size of our group was good: we were six people in the morning and three people in the afternoon who booked the full day tour. The tour guide was an older man and he made sure we stick to the schedule and he kept track of time. Unfortunately, his English skills werent that good and in my opinion he didnt seem that interested in showing his city to us. Some of the stops the guide took us to were not that interesting for the people in the group and it was obvious the guide got a comission for taking us there. Lunch was good and the restaurant was nice. The complimentary tea in the afternoon was a welcome break after a lot of walking.

Really when you have a guide who...

Stuart A, Jan 2018

Really when you have a guide who actually pays very little attention to the group of people who he is in charge of it is hard to be positive....in summary: The positives: Lunch was good and they catered well for my wife who has food sensitivities The negatives: Despite providing an exact address in detail and getting confirmation we were not picked up and had to follow up where the person advised they did not have the full address for pick up....despite an email confirmation.....meant we missed the first 45 mins of the tour....not our fault but no apology on that.... The guide as noted above actually lost us as we waited out the front of the last no obligation but plenty of pressure to buy from this genuine and reputable place that sells the same as a 1,000 stalls because he did not look for us as we waited. We had to find our own way back and he saw us as we found our way back to the square. The reality was the group looked after each other and made sure that it kept together as the guide ran ahead..... The reality of the tour was that we saw all the basics but learnt very little.... The reality of this tour was that we were taken to a number of no obligation but this is a reputable place where we always felt herded to buy and always felt that it was not for our benefit The reality of the tour was that we spent little time actually hearing and learning how things were done over the many years of history but more about getting to the next buying stop which is exactly NOT why we did this tour The reality is we would have been much better off with a map and doing it ourselves, we would have muddled through....and to add insult to injury at lunch when the guide says you can order whatever you like to drink WITHOUT telling you you need to pay for drinks separately.......NOT GOOD Hard to recommend

Wow, we saw three sites. In between...

Steven H, Dec 2017

Wow, we saw three sites. In between we spent an hour and a half in their store 'shopping' for oil/tonic/tea/local products, then another '30 minutes' near the Djima El Fna square hostage 'shopping' again for local products. We were told that not much happening at the square, so buy here better. Sorry, we've been there and this was a totally commercialized tour to sell products. Toured with Viator before and you've done much better guys!

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