Rabat
Morocco's calm capital — a walled kasbah over the river mouth, Roman ruins with storks nesting in them, and none of Marrakesh's pressure.
Rabat in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Rabat
Where to stay in Rabat
Rabat in a day, two days, three
Landmarks in Rabat
The Chellah or Shalla is a medieval fortified necropolis and ancient archeological site in Rabat, Morocco, located on the south (left) side of the Bou Regreg estuary. The earliest evidence of the site's occupation suggests that the Phoenicians established a trading emporium here in the first millennium BC.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 18 Jul 2026
This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author. I would m · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century. The tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world, and the mosque, if completed, would have been the largest in the western Muslim world.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 21 Jul 2026
Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Kasbah of the Udayas, also spelled Kasbah of the Oudaias or of the Oudayas, is a kasbah (citadel) in Rabat, Morocco. It is located on a hill at the mouth of the Bou Regreg opposite Salé, and adjacent to the Medina quarter of Rabat. It is listed, along with other sites in Rabat, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 21 Jul 2026
Davide Cesare Veniani · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Mausoleum of Mohammed V is a mausoleum located across from the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco. It contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V and his two sons, late King Hassan II and Prince Abdallah.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 19 Dec 2025
Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, abbreviated MMVI, is a contemporary and modern art museum in Rabat, Morocco which opened in 2014. It is one of fourteen museums of the National Foundation of Museums of Morocco. The museum curates modern and contemporary Moroccan and international art.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Musée Mohammed VI d’art moderne et contemporain · Public domain
The Chellah or Shalla is a medieval fortified necropolis and ancient archeological site in Rabat, Morocco, located on the south (left) side of the Bou Regreg estuary. The earliest evidence of the site's occupation suggests that the Phoenicians established a trading emporium here in the first millennium BC.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 18 Jul 2026
This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author. I would m · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century. The tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world, and the mosque, if completed, would have been the largest in the western Muslim world.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 21 Jul 2026
Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Kasbah of the Udayas, also spelled Kasbah of the Oudaias or of the Oudayas, is a kasbah (citadel) in Rabat, Morocco. It is located on a hill at the mouth of the Bou Regreg opposite Salé, and adjacent to the Medina quarter of Rabat. It is listed, along with other sites in Rabat, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 21 Jul 2026
Davide Cesare Veniani · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Mausoleum of Mohammed V is a mausoleum located across from the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco. It contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V and his two sons, late King Hassan II and Prince Abdallah.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 19 Dec 2025
Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, abbreviated MMVI, is a contemporary and modern art museum in Rabat, Morocco which opened in 2014. It is one of fourteen museums of the National Foundation of Museums of Morocco. The museum curates modern and contemporary Moroccan and international art.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Musée Mohammed VI d’art moderne et contemporain · Public domain
From the airport
When to go to Rabat: Apr or May or Sep or Oct
Warm days, cold desert nights, no summer furnace.
Guides about Rabat
Three days in Marrakech with the Majorelle ticket tiers, the taxe de sejour collected in cash, and the phrase that gets a petit taxi to use its meter.
Yasmine Belkacem · 3 Sep 2026
March to May and September to November for the cities. Why July is brutal inland and perfect on the coast, and what Ramadan actually changes.
Yasmine Belkacem · 2 Sep 2026
The Sahara is not a day trip from Marrakech and half the tours sell it as one. Six trips that work, the drive times, and what the desert actually needs.
Yasmine Belkacem · 2 Sep 2026
Morocco has two good months and most first trips try to do too much of it. The route that works, what the desert actually costs in days, and the hassle rule.
Yasmine Belkacem · 2 Sep 2026