Rose Thuy's Guidebook for Rabat
Sightseeing
The Medina has everything you could possibly want to buy from artisanal soap to wooden sculptures and everything in between. This old city is much less chaotic and more accessible than others around the country. This means that visitors coming here will be able to walk around without stressing too much and simply enjoy the experience.
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Rabat Medina
The Medina has everything you could possibly want to buy from artisanal soap to wooden sculptures and everything in between. This old city is much less chaotic and more accessible than others around the country. This means that visitors coming here will be able to walk around without stressing too much and simply enjoy the experience.
The construction of the Hassan Tower started in the 12th century. It was intended to become the minaret for the largest mosque in the entire world. Sadly the Moroccan ruler Yacoub al-Mansour who had initiated the project died before it could be completed.
In 2012 these ruins became part of the UNESCO world heritage sites and nowadays you can walk around the site and admire the beauty of the unfinished building.
The beautiful and complex patterns on the tower, as well as the pillars arranged in symmetrical perfection on the ground, makes this place a must-see on your visit to Rabat!
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Hassan Tower
Boulevard Mohamed LyazidiThe construction of the Hassan Tower started in the 12th century. It was intended to become the minaret for the largest mosque in the entire world. Sadly the Moroccan ruler Yacoub al-Mansour who had initiated the project died before it could be completed.
In 2012 these ruins became part of the UNESCO world heritage sites and nowadays you can walk around the site and admire the beauty of the unfinished building.
The beautiful and complex patterns on the tower, as well as the pillars arranged in symmetrical perfection on the ground, makes this place a must-see on your visit to Rabat!
Chellah is an old medieval fortified city located on the outskirts of Rabat along the banks of the Bou Regreg River. It’s a pre-Islamic Roman city that was left in decay in 1154 and then built upon by a Merenid Sultan.
It’s a very quiet place and it’s the perfect spot to escape the crowds of Rabat. The whole area is covered in abandoned buildings, overgrown plants, and immaculate flowers.
There are small pathways that allow visitors to walk around the abandoned minaret and the necropolis.
The abandoned city is now the home of groups of storks who made their nests on top of the old minarets.
The necropolis of Chellah is located a bit outside of the city.
Avenue Chellah
Avenue ChellahChellah is an old medieval fortified city located on the outskirts of Rabat along the banks of the Bou Regreg River. It’s a pre-Islamic Roman city that was left in decay in 1154 and then built upon by a Merenid Sultan.
It’s a very quiet place and it’s the perfect spot to escape the crowds of Rabat. The whole area is covered in abandoned buildings, overgrown plants, and immaculate flowers.
There are small pathways that allow visitors to walk around the abandoned minaret and the necropolis.
The abandoned city is now the home of groups of storks who made their nests on top of the old minarets.
The necropolis of Chellah is located a bit outside of the city.
The Rabat zoo is impressively big. The size of this zoo and the sheer amount of different species that can be observed here (130 different species of animals) makes this place worthy of a full day visit.
This zoo also has a few of the animals one would dream of seeing on an African safari such as elephants, lions, rhinos and hippos.
A great feature of this zoo is that all the animals are in simulated environments like a simulated mountain, desert, Savannah and rain forest habitats for example.
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National Zoo Rabat Morocco
The Rabat zoo is impressively big. The size of this zoo and the sheer amount of different species that can be observed here (130 different species of animals) makes this place worthy of a full day visit.
This zoo also has a few of the animals one would dream of seeing on an African safari such as elephants, lions, rhinos and hippos.
A great feature of this zoo is that all the animals are in simulated environments like a simulated mountain, desert, Savannah and rain forest habitats for example.
Just outside of Kasbah des Oudaias, there is a very large area where the Bou Regreg river and the sea meet. A very cool activity to do while in Rabat is to take a short boat ride or go kayaking on this river.
Oued Bou Regreg
Just outside of Kasbah des Oudaias, there is a very large area where the Bou Regreg river and the sea meet. A very cool activity to do while in Rabat is to take a short boat ride or go kayaking on this river.
Neighborhoods
Bordered by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Moroccan capital multiplies the opportunities to relax on the warm sand and offers you all kinds of nautical activities. The entire coastline has been developed in rder to offer you a memorable experience. The beaches run all the way to Casablanca and boasts various charming sites. In the heartland of the city, the oudayas beach offers a magnificent setting ; perched on a rock, the fortress stands facing the ocean and dominates the stretches of sand downhill. Managed by the Rabat sailing club, the area is bustling with activity and offers enjoyable kayaking and windsurfing experiences.
All along the coast in the direction of Casablanca, the beaches vary and differ from each other. Their fine golden sand and their rising and falling tides will give you both refreshment and peacefulness.
For the sport lovers, surfing, jet-skiing and horseback riding are as many leisure activities awaiting you on the rbatis beaches.
Private or public beaches, lazing around or playing sports, the Rabat coast will meet all your seaside aspirations !
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Rabat Medina
Bordered by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Moroccan capital multiplies the opportunities to relax on the warm sand and offers you all kinds of nautical activities. The entire coastline has been developed in rder to offer you a memorable experience. The beaches run all the way to Casablanca and boasts various charming sites. In the heartland of the city, the oudayas beach offers a magnificent setting ; perched on a rock, the fortress stands facing the ocean and dominates the stretches of sand downhill. Managed by the Rabat sailing club, the area is bustling with activity and offers enjoyable kayaking and windsurfing experiences.
All along the coast in the direction of Casablanca, the beaches vary and differ from each other. Their fine golden sand and their rising and falling tides will give you both refreshment and peacefulness.
For the sport lovers, surfing, jet-skiing and horseback riding are as many leisure activities awaiting you on the rbatis beaches.
Private or public beaches, lazing around or playing sports, the Rabat coast will meet all your seaside aspirations !
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Transportation
You can take taxi on street which is cheap and convenient