Popular Destinations in Oujda
Oujda Medina & Bab Sidi Abdelwahab
Oujda’s medina is small, walkable, and noticeably calmer than its imperial-city counterparts. The main gate, Bab Sidi Abdelwahab, opens onto streets of artisans, tea-houses, and the city’s century-old kissaria — a quieter, more authentic experience for visitors.
Lalla Aicha Park & City Centre
Oujda’s leafy central park hosts the city’s evening promenade, with cafés, fountains, and a modern bandstand. Surrounded by colonial-era boulevards, it’s a comfortable base for exploring the eastern capital on foot.
Sidi Yahya Oasis
Just 6 km from the city, Sidi Yahya is a green palm-shaded oasis with a mausoleum sacred to three Abrahamic faiths. Cold-water springs feed shallow pools where families picnic in summer — a cool break from the surrounding plain.
Saidia Beach (Blue Pearl)
60 km north of Oujda, Saidia is Morocco’s Mediterranean answer to Agadir — 14 km of fine sand, a modern marina, and the upscale Saidia Resort. Easily reached by grand taxi for a day trip from Oujda.
Sidi Maafa Park
Sidi Maafa Park climbs the wooded hills above Oujda, offering shaded walking trails, panoramic city views, a small zoo, and a popular weekend escape from the eastern plains. The summit lookout reveals the full expanse of Oujda and, on clear days, the distant Beni Snassen mountains and the Algerian border.
Bab Sidi Abdelwahab
Bab Sidi Abdelwahab is Oujda’s most iconic medina gate — a thick-walled arched portal that has anchored the historic centre for centuries. The square just outside is one of the city’s main meeting points, fronted by cafés where locals gather for mint tea and where street vendors set up at dusk.
Saidia Marina
The Saidia Marina, 60 km north of Oujda, is the modern centrepiece of Morocco’s eastern Mediterranean coastline — a Blue Flag development with berths for hundreds of yachts, beachfront restaurants, and a manicured boardwalk. It’s the launch point for boat trips along the coast toward the Spanish Chafarinas islands.
Sidi Yahya Moussem
The shrine of Sidi Yahya Benyounes (revered by Muslims, Jews, and Christians as the burial place of John the Baptist) hosts one of eastern Morocco’s most colourful annual festivals — the Tbourida moussem, where horsemen in traditional dress perform powder-charge gunpowder rides. Visit in spring or summer to catch the festivities.
