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A Marrakech Self Guided Audio Tour

By VoiceMap Audio Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$22 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

Marrakech's medina has been continuously inhabited for nearly a thousand years, layered with the ambitions of dynasties that each believed they were correcting the mistakes of whoever came before. On this self-guided audio tour, you'll trace that obsession with perfection from a 12th-century mosque built twice to get the alignment right, and discover how the city's souks, hammams, and Jemaa el-Fna tell a deeper storey about trade, identity, and survival. Starting at the Koutoubia Mosque, the route winds through Jemaa el-Fna, the Spice Square, and a dense network of specialised souks, leather workers, babouche cobblers, and dyers hanging freshly coloured wool overhead. You'll also visit the Ben Youssef Madrasa, once the largest Islamic college in North Africa, and the Almoravid Koubba, the oldest surviving structure in the city. The tour ends at Jemaa el-Fna as it transforms into one of the world's great street food markets.

Activity location

  • Place Koutoubia
    • Rue Koutoubia
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Place Koutoubia
    • Rue Koutoubia
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco

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A Marrakech Self Guided Audio Tour in English

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • Opening hours: Mon 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
AU$21.74 x 1 AdultAU$21.74
Total
Price is AU$21.74

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Directions to the starting point so that when you're in the right place, the tour will start
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • What's includedWhat's included
    App for Android and iOS
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Smartphone and headphones
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drink
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Koutoubia Mosque (Pass by)

Pass the Koutoubia Mosque and spot the ruins of its original structure standing just beside it — abandoned after its prayer niche was found to be misaligned by a few critical degrees. Marvel at one of the finest examples of Almohad architecture in the world, its minaret having served as the model for the Giralda in Seville and the Hassan Tower in Rabat

Jemaa el-Fnaa (Pass by)

Walk into Jemaa el-Fna, Marrakech's great central square, where orange juice vendors, snake charmers, and street performers compete for your attention. Explore a space that has held its ground as a gathering place for over a millennium, transforming each evening into one of the world's most extraordinary open-air food markets.

Souk Semmarine (Pass by)

Stroll into Souk Semmarine, the medina's main commercial artery, where the covered alleyways open into a dense network of stalls selling leather goods, textiles, and ceramics. Discover how to distinguish between genuinely handmade crafts and imported imitations sold as authentic alongside them.

Café des Épices (Pass by)

Pass Café des Épices, a rooftop terrace overlooking Rahba Kedima, the historic spice square where merchants have traded herbs, remedies, and curiosities for centuries. Enjoy a rare elevated vantage point over the medina's rooftops and the market activity unfolding below.

Museum of Marrakesh (Pass by)

Explore the Marrakech Museum, housed in the beautifully restored 19th-century Mnebhi Palace, a masterpiece of Alaouite-era craftsmanship. Marvel at the central courtyard's enormous brass chandelier and rotating exhibitions of Moroccan art and artefacts displayed within its ornate rooms.

Ben Youssef Madrasa (Pass by)

Walk through the Madrasa Ben Youssef, once the largest Islamic college in North Africa, where students from across the region came to study theology and law. Marvel at the intricate stucco carvings, cedar woodwork, and zellige tilework that cover every surface of its central courtyard.

Ben Youssef Mosque (Pass by)

Pass the Ben Youssef Mosque, one of the oldest places of worship in Marrakech, its origins tracing back to the Almoravid dynasty of the 12th century. Discover how this neighbourhood mosque anchored the religious and intellectual life of the medina for generations of scholars and residents.

Almoravid Koubba (Pass by)

Explore the Almoravid Koubba, the oldest surviving structure in Marrakech and the only remaining example of Almoravid architecture in the city. Marvel at its intricate geometric carvings and distinctive star-shaped dome, which established the decorative vocabulary that would define Moroccan architecture for centuries to come.

Hammam Mouassine (Pass by)

Stroll past Hammam Mouassine, one of the medina's oldest functioning hammams, part of a 16th-century Saadian complex that also includes a mosque and a fountain. Discover how the ancient khettara underground water system fed this neighbourhood infrastructure, making daily life possible in the heart of a semi-arid city.

Location

Activity location

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    Place Koutoubia
    • Rue Koutoubia
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Place Koutoubia
    • Rue Koutoubia
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco

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