Hassan II Mosque
Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco
A mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, the second-biggest in Africa and among the biggest anywhere.
Photo: Milamber's portfolio, CC BY 2.0
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Morocco: 10 places worth the journey
Hassan II Mosque, Toubkal, Kutubiyya Mosque and 7 more — what each one is, and why it is worth the detour.
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What to see in Morocco
Chosen from everything Wikidata knows about Morocco and ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions describe them, which is about as close to "famous" as open data gets.
Toubkal
Highest peak of the Atlas mountain range
Also Jbel Toubkal or Jebel Toubkal, a mountain in Toubkal National Park, in central Morocco. Rising to 4,167 m (13,671 ft), it is the highest summit of Morocco, of the Atlas Mountains, of North Africa and of the Arab world.
Photo: Unknown, Public domain
Kutubiyya Mosque
Mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco
Also spelled Koutoubia, the biggest mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco, in the southwest of the medina near the Jemaa el-Fnaa market square, with large gardens on either side.
Photo: Baca12, CC BY-SA 4.0
Jemaa el-Fnaa
Moroccan cultural heritage site
Also written Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa, a market square in the medina of Marrakesh, Morocco, still the city's main square, used by locals and tourists alike.
Photo: Dániel Csörföly, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Hassan Tower
Historic monument in Rabat, Morocco
Also called Tour Hassan, the minaret of a mosque in Rabat, Morocco, that was never finished. Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, ordered it towards the close of the 12th century.
Photo: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Ouzoud Falls
Waterfalls in Morocco
The shared name of several waterfalls in Morocco's Azilal province, which pour into the gorge of the El-Abid River.
Photo: Alexander Leisser, CC BY-SA 4.0
Jebel Musa (Morocco)
Mountain in Morocco
A mountain in Morocco's far north, close to the Strait of Gibraltar, in the Rif chain, regarded as Mons Abila, the southern of the two Pillars of Hercules.
Photo: Nicolas Vollmer, CC BY 2.0
Majorelle Garden
Art museum, garden in Marrakesh, Morocco
A botanical and artist's landscape garden of one hectare (two acres) in Marrakesh, Morocco, made over almost forty years from 1923 by Jacques Majorelle, a French Orientalist painter. It has a Cubist villa designed in the 1930s by the French architect Paul Sinoir.
Photo: Viault, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ben Youssef Madrasa
Madrasa in Marrakesh, Morocco
An Islamic college (madrasa) in Marrakesh, Morocco, named after the Ben Youssef Mosque next door, and commissioned in 1564–65 CE by the Saadian sultan Abdallah al-Ghalib.
Photo: Lundeux, CC BY-SA 2.5
Bou Inania Madrasa
Madrasa, mosque in Fez, Morocco
Also written Bu 'Inaniya, a madrasa in Fez, Morocco, built by the Marinid sultan Abu Inan Faris in 1350–55; no other madrasa in Morocco also served as a congregational mosque.
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0
About Morocco
Officially the Kingdom of Morocco, a North African country in the Maghreb, with coasts on the Atlantic to the west and the Mediterranean to the north. On land it borders Algeria to the east; along the north it meets Spain's exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, which it claims, along with several small islands under Spanish control; and to the south lies Western Sahara, a disputed territory Morocco has partly occupied since 1975. Through Western Sahara, Morocco also claims a border with Mauritania.
Officially The Kingdom of Morocco. Known locally as Al-maɣréb المغرب, Amerruk / Elmeɣrib.
Based on the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: the facts are Wikipedia's, the wording is this site's.
Questions travellers ask
What is worth seeing in Morocco?
This guide lists 10: Hassan II Mosque, Toubkal, Kutubiyya Mosque and Jemaa el-Fnaa and others.
How were these places chosen?
By machine, from open data, with no human ranking them and nobody able to pay for a place on the list. Everything Wikidata records in Morocco that is a building, a landform, a protected area or a tourist attraction, has coordinates, a photograph and an English Wikipedia article, is ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions wrote about it. Provinces, cities, airports, stations and stretches of sea shared with the neighbours are filtered out.
What language is spoken in Morocco, and what currency?
Arabic, Berber. The currency is MAD.
How do I get mobile data in Morocco?
A travel eSIM is usually the cheapest way, and avoids a roaming bill. The plans suggested at the foot of this guide start at $2.13 for 1GB for 7 days. The eSIM is data-only and sits alongside your normal SIM, so calls, texts and WhatsApp keep working on your own number.
Which networks would my phone use in Morocco?
Orange Morocco and IAM. Your phone picks whichever has the best signal where you are, the same way a local phone does.
One practical note: staying online
Maps, tickets and translation all want data, and roaming is the expensive way to get it. A Computatus eSIM eSIM connects to Orange Morocco and IAM once you land, and installs by QR code before you leave.
See 14 Computatus eSIM plans for Morocco from $2.13
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| 3GB for 15 days | 3 GB | 15 days | $5.67 | Get it → |
No app needed. Install by QR code before you fly, keep your own number for calls, and it connects the moment you land.
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