Casablanca Trip Overview
This tour will take for a half day discovery of Casablanca, the economic capital city Morocco. Even if the city is quite new compared to the other cities of the Kingdom, although, it has a lot to offer like its Art Deco Architecture, the Hassan II Mosque, the largest mosque in Morocco and seventh largest in entire world, and the unique Mosque that can be visited by non Muslims.
Additional Info
* Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
* Starts: Casablanca, Morocco
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
Explore Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
This tour will take for a half day discovery of Casablanca, the economic capital city Morocco. Even if the city is quite new compared to the other cities of the Kingdom, although, it has a lot to offer like its Art Deco Architecture, the Hassan II Mosque, the largest mosque in Morocco and seventh largest in entire world, and the unique Mosque that can be visited by non Muslims.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Hassan II Mosque, Blvd Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah, Casablanca 20450 Morocco
Outside visit of the Hassan II Mosque, the largest mosque in Morocco and seventh largest in entire world. It has capacity to host twenty five thousands of devotee in its hall and almost eighty thousands of worshippers will be easily accommodate at its courtyard. All most eight hundred million dollars have spent to build this masterpiece and it is considered as the second largest religious building in the entire planet. Most of the essential part of this mosque including minaret, royal doors and dome, are made from marble. Its breath-taking view is truly unforgettable in life. The Hassan II Mosque is the unique Mosque that can be visited by non Muslims. Entrance fee: about USD 14. (The interior visit lasts 1 hour with a fixed time slots. Limited visits on Friday and on religious holidays)
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Place des Nations Unies, Boulevard Rachidi, Casablanca 20250 Morocco
Imagined as the commercial heart and the communication hub of the city. In addition, with the desire to revitalize public spaces, the Place des Nations Unies is regularly the theater Place des Nations Unies (Formerly Place de France). Designed as the airlock of the city, it is the “vestibule” of the administrative place, this one being regarded as the “living room” of the city. Planted from its origin with ficus (Ficus benjamina) in order to make travelers’ expectations more comfortable thanks to a set of shadows, the square was redesigned in 2012 to accommodate the first tram line. This is how rows of Phoenix canariensis palm trees embellish the site, alongside the renovation of the floors, which consists of a clever alternation of concrete and old paves of cultural, improvised or institutional events.
Pass By: Square of Mohammed V, Casablanca 20000 Morocco
Built in 1920s and designed by the French Architect Henri Prost, formerly the Administrative Place or the Grand Place, it is largely inspired by the place Stanislas in Nancy, as evidenced by the layout of the buildings and their location, as well as the esplanades planted with ficus. Similarly, the Royal Palace in Paris greatly influenced its design, as demonstrated by the use of the galleries, the distancing of the facades by alignments of trees, the nesting of the square and the rectangle in the composition of the space, and the desire to make it a living place with the installation of cafes and restaurants. In 1925, while he was on a city tour for engineers and writers at the occasion of the inauguration of the rail line connecting Rabat to Casablanca, Hubert Lyautey presents the Administrative square in these terms: “All that was camps … here, I wanted to do something like the garden of the Palais – Royal … a flowered square, framed by long symmetrical buildings.
Stop At: Mahkama du Pacha, Quartier des Habbous, Casablanca 20000 Morocco
The most important building in the nablus quarter, built between 1941 and 1952, signed Auguste Cadet, this big court a veritable masterpiece of Moroccan Artisanat. The Mahkama formerly housed the reception halls of the Pasha of Casablanca, as well as Muslim courthouse covering a space of 6200 sum, including 6 Halls of 64 big salons, offices and several galleries. The building is actually used as a governmental administration.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Mosquee Moulay Youssef, Rue Sidi Oqba, Casablanca Morocco
Built by the Sultan Moulay Youssef on 1923, it is the first Mosque erected by Auguste Cadet. The Minaret, is the Almouhade style, and its similar to Al Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech and the Seville’s Giralda.
Stop At: Quartier Habous, Boulevard Victor Hugo, Casablanca 20490 Morocco
Built by the French colonial and designed by the French architect and urban planner “Henri Prost” at the beginning of the 20th century, after the arrival of the Protectorat. The Quartier Habous; is a mixture of the French architecture with the Moroccan Details. It was designed to fit the Muslims lifestyle, this is why we find inside Mosques, madrassas, markets, public bakery, Kissarias (gallery of Shops), and Moroccan houses where the style was picked from Fez and Marrakech architecture.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: The Corniche, Boulevard de la Corniche, Casablanca 20000 Morocco
Take a walk by the Casablanca’s Corniche to feel the Atlantic Cost breeze. If you time permits, you may experience one of the coffee and Restaurants along-way of the “Aid Diab” Corniche.
