Top Tourist Attractions in Casablanca, Morocco
A city map of top visitor attractions in Casablanca, including landmarks, historic districts, museums, viewpoints, and signature neighborhoods.
Casablanca
Casablanca is Morocco's Atlantic business capital, a city of Art Deco boulevards, port history, seafront promenades, and one of the country's most important modern religious buildings. The mapped attractions are Hassan II Mosque, Old Medina Casablanca, Corniche Ain Diab, Place Mohammed V, and the Habous Quarter. It is less monument-dense than Marrakech or Fez, but it is the best Moroccan city for seeing the country's 20th- and 21st-century urban identity alongside a major mosque interior that non-Muslim visitors can normally tour.
Most travelers need one busy day or a more relaxed two-night stay. Prioritize the Hassan II Mosque, then walk or taxi between the Old Medina, the waterfront, Place Mohammed V, and downtown Art Deco streets. Add the Habous Quarter for a calmer market experience with archways, bookshops, pastries, leather, ceramics, and nearby Mahkama du Pacha if access is possible with a guide. The Corniche at Ain Diab is best late afternoon through sunset, when cafes and the Atlantic promenade become part of the experience.
The Moroccan National Tourist Office describes Casablanca as Morocco's economic lung, with Atlantic views, colonial-period legacies, the Old Medina, Art Deco center, Hassan II Mosque, and equipped beaches along Ain Diab. Its Casablanca medina page notes that the medina was rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake and combines Arab-Islamic and European influences. WeCasablanca highlights the Corniche as several kilometers of cafes, restaurants, sports centers, cinemas, shopping centers, the marina, the Hassan II Mosque, El Hank lighthouse, Anfaplace, and the pedestrian zone toward Morocco Mall.
Hassan II Mosque is the key planned visit. The official foundation site lists guided mosque visits Saturday to Thursday at 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 15:00, and 16:00, with Friday visits at 9:00, 10:00, 15:00, and 16:00; current listed adult foreign admission is 140 Dh. Visitors must dress modestly, remove shoes before entering, stay with their group, and avoid noisy electronic devices inside. Lonely Planet's 2025 first-time guide notes that Casablanca is a year-round destination, that most highlights can fit into a two-night stay, and that the airport train reaches city stations in roughly 35 to 45 minutes.
Visitor Tip: Build your day around the mosque tour schedule first, then use taxis or tram/busway for longer jumps; downtown, the Old Medina, and the Corniche are walkable in sections but not as compact as Marrakech's medina.
Information current as of July 19, 2026. Visitor details can change; double-check official sources for current hours, prices, reservations, access rules, accessibility, parking, transit, weather closures, and event impacts before visiting.