- Grilled fish and seafood on the Ain Diab corniche.
- La Sqala: the restaurant in the old medina's fortified walls.
- Harira and msemen for breakfast, Casablanca workers' style.
Casablanca City Guide
The Hassan II Mosque plaza, Casablanca. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Casablanca is Morocco's real capital in everything but name: the biggest city, the port, the stock exchange, the film industry. It is a working city of Art Deco boulevards and Atlantic corniches, not a museum, and that is exactly its appeal.
The Hassan II Mosque alone justifies the stop: one of the largest mosques in the world, on the ocean, with the tallest minaret on earth. Pair it with the Habous quarter and a seafood dinner at Ain Diab.
What to do in Casablanca
The city
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Hassan II Mosque The 1993 oceanfront mosque, 210-metre minaret; guided tours run for non-Muslims. - 2Habous Quarter The 1920s New Medina: arcades, patisseries, bookshops and the Royal Palace square.
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Ain Diab corniche The seafront: beach clubs by day, restaurants by night. - 4
Old Medina The small historic medina by the port. - 5
Place Mohammed V The administrative square of pigeons and 1930s facades. - 6
Museum of Moroccan Judaism The Arab world's only Jewish museum, in the Oasis district.
Casablanca Hotel Guide
How to choose the best places to stay in Casablanca. Verified properties below; for the full list, search live availability on Booking.com.
Luxury
Sofitel Casablanca Tour Blanche
The white tower hotel in the business district.
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Where to eat
Getting there and around
Mohammed V (CMN) is 30 km out; the Al Bidaoui rail shuttle reaches Casa Voyageurs in 45 minutes. Al Boraq high-speed trains run to Rabat and Tangier. Trams T1 and T2 cross the city.
Eating in Casablanca
Fledge Food has a full guide to how Casablanca eats: its defining dishes and how to order them, street food decoded, the markets, and the neighborhoods to eat in.