Other activities in Morocco
-
A
Hammam Bab Doukkala
For the authentic experience at a bargain price, head to your local neighbourhood hammam – you’ll find one near most major mosques, since hammams traditionally share a water source with ablutions fountains. Here entry costs less than Dh10, massage costs from Dh50 to Dh100 and gommage (scrub) Dh15 to Dh20. One of the more impressive historic hammam is the 17th-century Hammam Bab Doukkala. Bring your community hammam kit: towel, flip-flops, plastic mat and a change of knickers (you’ll be expected to wear yours).
reviewed
-
Institut Français
Offers French language courses and hosts worthwhile concerts, films and dance performances.
reviewed
-
B
La Maison Arabe
For sheer decadence, try La Maison Arabe, where the basic treatment marinates you in local herbs and minerals with a hammam, gommage and masque of clay, crushed rose petals and geranium oil for Dh300; massage runs Dh600 per hour.
reviewed
-
C
Mountain Voyage
This British-owned company based in Marrakesh provides licensed, English-speaking guides for tailor-made Marrakesh tours, sustainable tourism excursions in the Middle Atlas and High Atlas excursions with stays at its own property, the Kasbah du Toubkal.
reviewed
-
D
Souk Cuisine
Learn to cook as the dadas (chefs) do at Souk Cuisine, where you shop in the souq for ingredients with your English-speaking Dutch hostess Gemma van de Burgt, work alongside two Moroccan women wedding-feast chefs, then sit down to enjoy the four-course lunch you helped cook.
reviewed
-
E
Bains de Marrakech
Marrakesh offers upscale spa experiences with Moroccan trappings. One of the best-value treatments are the massages run Dh350 per hour at Bains de Marrakech, but treatments should be booked at least two weeks in advance.
reviewed
-
F
Actions & Loisirs
For mountain bikes, racing bikes and biking trips through the High Atlas and desert, contact Actions & Loisirs. To escape city traffic, head for the Palmeraie, the palm-shaded district 5km northwest of the centre where you’ll spot mud-brick villages and celebrity villas.
reviewed
-
Kasbah Le Mirage
For family adventures with built-in holiday card photo ops, go for a camel ride. Camels usually camp out in the Palmeraie; a 15-minute traipse-about is Dh30 to Dh50. Kasbah Le Mirage organises dromedary rides through the Palmeraie with Moroccan pancakes at the end.
reviewed