{"id":400,"date":"2025-06-01T20:43:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T20:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/?p=400"},"modified":"2026-05-31T15:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:07:48","slug":"rabat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/rabat\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabat Travel Guide \u2014 Morocco Capital Safety & Things To Do"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Popular Destinations in Rabat<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Kasbah des Oudayas (UNESCO)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Perched on the cliff where the Bou Regreg meets the Atlantic, the UNESCO-listed Kasbah is a blue-and-white-painted Andalusian quarter inside 12th-century Almohad walls. Pause at the Caf\u00e9 Maure for mint tea overlooking the river and Sal\u00e9 beyond.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Hassan Tower & Mausoleum of Mohammed V<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The unfinished 12th-century minaret of an Almohad mega-mosque stands beside the white-marble mausoleum of Morocco’s first modern king, guarded by mounted Royal Guard. Open to non-Muslims, with intricate cedar ceilings inside the mausoleum.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Chellah Necropolis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Just outside the modern city, Chellah layers a Roman city, a medieval Merinid necropolis, and overgrown gardens into one extraordinary site \u2014 minarets nesting storks, Latin inscriptions, and Arabic calligraphy side by side.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Andalusian Gardens & Rabat Beach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Hidden inside the Kasbah walls, the formal Andalusian Gardens are a calm green courtyard of citrus trees and lily ponds. Below, Rabat Beach stretches along the Atlantic \u2014 surfable in winter, calmer in summer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Mohammed VI Tower<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Mohammed VI Tower across the Bou Regreg from central Rabat is Africa’s tallest building \u2014 a 250-metre-tall glass-and-steel landmark completed in 2023, with hotels, offices, and an observation deck offering 360-degree views over the capital, Sal\u00e9, and the Atlantic coast. The river bridges connecting it to the old city are spectacular at night.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Sale Medina<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Across the Bou Regreg from Rabat, Sal\u00e9 is the capital’s quieter twin \u2014 a walled medina once notorious as a 17th-century corsair port. The Grand Mosque, the Merinid Madrasa, and the artisan souks of Sal\u00e9 give travellers a glimpse of a traditional working medina with almost no tourist crowds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Mohammed VI Museum of Modern Art<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMVI) is Morocco’s flagship modern art museum \u2014 a striking purpose-built gallery on Avenue Moulay Hassan showcasing the country’s leading 20th- and 21st-century painters, sculptors, and photographers alongside major international touring exhibitions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Rabat Zoo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Rabat Zoological Garden (Jardin Zoologique de Rabat) is one of North Africa’s largest zoos \u2014 50 hectares of spacious enclosures organised by African ecosystem, home to lions, elephants, hippos, primates, and one of the world’s most successful captive populations of the rare Atlas lion. A great half-day family stop.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Visit Morocco’s capital Rabat with peace of mind. StaySafe provides hospital listings, emergency help, and a curated travel guide for the Royal City.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-morocco-city-guides"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616,"href":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions\/616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staysafemorocco.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}