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Marrakesh Map and Transport

Once in the city, and despite its size and the maze of its souks, Marrakesh is not too hard to navigate. The broad, open space of Djemaa el Fna lies right at the heart of the Medina, and almost everything of interest is concentrated in the web of alley ways north and south of the square. Just to the west of the Djemaa el Fna is the unmistakable landmark of the Koutoubia minaret – in the shadow of which begins Avenue Mohammed V, leading out through the Medina walls at Bab Nkob and up the length of the French-built new city, Gueliz. Only in the souks might you want to consider taking a guide, and you’ll have plenty of offers.

The ONMT tourist office, also called the Delegation Regional du Tourisme, is on Place Abdelmoumen Ben Ali (Mon-Fri 8.30am-noon & 2.30-6.30pm) and keeps current details of all the services you might need. There’s a branch office at Place Venus by the Koutoubia.

By far the best locally available city map of Marrakesh is Marocity’s Plan Guide Map, with a general plan on one side, a detailed and accurate Medina map on the other, and insets of Gueliz/Hivernage (Hivernage being a residential area to the south of GueIiz where many upmarket hotels are located) and the main souks. It’s widely available around town, and folds up to handy pocket size. Abroad, Rough Guides also produces an excellent Marrakesh city map.

Marrakesh Transport

marrakech tour bus

It is a fairly long walk between Gueliz and the Medina, but there are plenty of petits taxis, which will take you between the two for around 15dh. There are taxi ranks at most major intersections in Gueliz, and in the Medina in the northwest corner of Place Djemaa el Fna, outside the Grand Hotel Tazi, and at the Place des Ferblantiers end of Avenue Houman el Fetouaki. Bus also run along Avenue MohammedV between Gueliz and the Koutoubia in the Medina.

Petit taxis are equipped with a meter, which they should use; most trips should cost around 15dh, or 20dh in the evening, when there is a surcharge on the meter price. By law grands taxis have to display prices for specified trips; these prices are per trip and not per person, as drivers sometimes claim.

In addition to taxis, there are caleches, horse-drawn cabs which line up on Place Foucault near the Koutoubia, and at some of the fancier hotels. These can take up to five people and are not much more expensive than petite taxis – though be sure to fix the price in advance, particularly if you want a tour of the town .

marrakesh caleches

An alternative for exploring the more scattered city sights, such as the Agdal and Menara gardens or the palmery, is a bicycle or moped.You can rent bicycles for around 100dh a day, mopeds more like 300dh. Grands taxis can also be chartered by the day for around 200dh, which works out very reasonable if you split it between four people (the taxis take a maximum six passengers – but four is comfortable). Negotiate at the ranks in Djemaa el Fna or by the PTT in Gueliz.