The modern new town built by the French — wide boulevards, boutiques, galleries, pavement cafés and the best contemporary restaurants, with the Majorelle Garden on its edge. Calmer, greener and more familiar than the medina, a short taxi from the square; where to stay if the old-city intensity isn't for you.
A look around
What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.
€70–140
typical per night in Morocco
The sensible middle
Typical prices for Marrakech — neither steal nor splurge.
Where it sits
The circle is Gueliz and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- Koutoubia Mosque27 min walk2.3 km
- The souks27 min walk2.3 km
- Ben Youssef Madrasa28 min walk2.3 km
- Jemaa el-Fnaa29 min walk2.4 km
- Jemaa el-Fnaa food stalls29 min walk2.4 km
- Bahia Palace9 min taxi3.1 km
- The Saadian Tombs10 min taxi3.2 km
- El Badi Palace10 min taxi3.3 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 4.Majorelle Garden & YSL — The exquisite cobalt-blue villa and garden created by painter Jacques Majorelle and later saved by Yves Saint Laurent — bamboo, cacti and lily ponds in electric blue and yellow, with a superb YSL museum next door. A serene, gorgeous hour; book a timed ticket to skip the queue.
- 13.A tagine dinner — Slow-cooked in a conical clay pot — lamb with prunes and almonds, chicken with preserved lemon and olives, or a fragrant vegetable version — served bubbling with warm bread. The soul of Moroccan cooking; eat it in a candlelit riad courtyard for the full effect.
When are you staying?
Booking.com & Airbnb open searched to Gueliz; flights via Google Flights.