Casablanca 7 Day Itinerary
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A full week works best split honestly rather than stretched thin: five days on Casablanca’s own core plus both day trips, our 5-day itinerary , then two days onward in Marrakech instead of one. Casablanca is a 1-2 day city and a gateway; a week is really a week of Morocco with Casablanca as the hub, not a week spent in Casablanca itself. For the full guide, see our Casablanca guide .
Day-by-day at a glance
| Day | Focus | Est. spend (excl. hotel) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hassan II Mosque, Old Medina, Corniche | ~$35-45 |
| 2 | Art Deco downtown, Habous Quarter, Rick’s Café | ~$40-55 |
| 3 | Rabat day trip | ~$30-45 |
| 4 | El Jadida day trip | ~$25-40 |
| 5 | Morocco Mall, Aquadream, Art Deco museums | ~$25-40 |
| 6 | Travel day onward to Marrakech | ~$15-25 (train) |
| 7 | Marrakech, at your own pace | varies |
Book these before you go
- Hassan II Mosque guided tour : the only way in for non-Muslims, roughly 140 MAD (~$14-15, verify); Friday tours run shorter and the mosque closes to visitors on Eid.
- Check hotel rates in Casablanca for nights 1-5, then check Marrakech hotel rates for nights 6-7.
- Casablanca to Marrakech via oncf-voyages.ma : a conventional train, 2h40-3h20, the high-speed extension is still under construction (targeted around 2029).
Day 1: Hassan II Mosque and the Old Medina
Morning: ONCF train from the airport (about 35 minutes, ~50-60 MAD/$5-6, verify), then the Hassan II Mosque’s guided tour, roughly 140 MAD. Pre-check the schedule, Fridays run shorter and Eid closes the mosque to visitors.
Afternoon: The Old Medina, smaller and less polished than Marrakech’s or Fes’s, worth an hour rather than a full afternoon.
Evening: The Corniche and Aïn Diab at sunset, dinner at a seafood grill. Petit taxis are metered, insist on the “compteur,” or use Uber, back since November 2025.
Day 2: Art Deco downtown and the Habous Quarter
Morning: Mohammed V Square and Boulevard Mohammed V’s wider Art Deco heritage.
Afternoon: Marché Central for grilled seafood, then the Habous Quarter for souvenirs.
Evening: Dinner at Rick’s Café, opened 2004 as an homage to the 1942 film (shot entirely in Burbank, never in Morocco).
Day 3: Rabat day trip
Morning: Al Boraq high-speed train, about 57 minutes to Rabat. The Hassan Tower and the Mausoleum of Mohammed V.
Afternoon: The Kasbah des Oudayas and Chellah’s walled necropolis ruins.
Evening: Return to Casablanca by train.
Day 4: El Jadida day trip
Morning: Train to El Jadida, about 1h25-1h30. The Cité Portugaise, a walled 16th-century Portuguese old town.
Afternoon: The underground Portuguese cistern, then the quieter beach outside the old town walls.
Evening: Return train to Casablanca in the late afternoon, don’t rely on the last train of the day as your buffer.
Day 5: Morocco Mall, Aquadream, and the Art Deco museums
Morning: Morocco Mall’s Aquadream, a walk-through aquarium in Aïn Diab.
Afternoon: Villa des Arts (free) and the Musée Abderrahman Slaoui (~60 MAD/$6-7, verify, closed some summers), plus Église Notre-Dame de Lourdes for its stained glass.
Evening: A last, slower Corniche walk and dinner before packing up.
Day 6: Travel day, onward to Marrakech
A deliberate travel day, not a Casablanca sightseeing day. Check out and take the conventional train to Marrakech, 2h40-3h20, worth booking ahead since the route is popular; it’s not high-speed, the Al Boraq extension there is still under construction. Check into your Marrakech hotel and spend the evening getting oriented.
Day 7: Marrakech, at your own pace
With a second day in Marrakech rather than a rushed single one, spend it exploring the city’s own medina and sights at whatever pace suits you, or use it as a rest day before flying home. If Marrakech isn’t calling, Fes is the other common onward leg from Casablanca, roughly 3.5-4 hours or more by train, though that’s a swap rather than an addition.
Is 7 days enough for Casablanca?
Seven days is really a week of Morocco built around Casablanca as the hub, not seven days spent in the city itself, which only needs 1-2 days at its core. Splitting the week five days Casablanca-and-day-trips, two days Marrakech, is the honest way to use it rather than padding Casablanca past what it can support.