Bousbir
Bousbir was a walled-off brothel quarter in Casablanca, Morocco, established by Resident General Lyautey during the French protectorate.

Bousbir was a walled-off brothel quarter in Casablanca, Morocco, established by Resident General Lyautey during the French protectorate.
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Worth seeing in and around Bousbir
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hassan II University of Casablanca
Hassan II University of Casablanca is a public university located in Casablanca, Morocco. It was established in 1975 and took its current form on September 2014 following the merger of Hassan II University Ain Chock – Casablanca and Hassan II University Mohammedia.
3.9 km · university in Morocco · Wikipedia - 02Casablanca Cathedral
The Casablanca Cathedral, or Church of the Sacred Heart, is a former church located west of the Arab League Park in Casablanca, Morocco.
2.7 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia - 03Mohammadi Mosque
Al-Mohammadi Mosque is a large mosque in the Habous quarter of Casablanca, Morocco. It was built circa 1935 and its construction was sponsored by Sultan Mohammed V, after whom it is named.
300 m · mosque in Casablanca, Morocco · Wikipedia - 04Al-Quds Mosque
Al-Quds Mosque, formerly Église de Sainte Marguerite, is a mosque in the Roches Noires neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco. It was originally built as a church built in a Neo-Gothic style, but it was converted into a mosque after Morocco's independence.
3.2 km · Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco · Wikipedia - 05Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Church
Notre-Dame de Lourdes Church is a Roman Catholic church in modernist style in Casablanca, Morocco. It was built in 1954 by architect Achille Dangleterre and engineer Gaston Zimmer.
1.5 km · Moroccan cultural heritage site · Wikipedia - 06Sunnah Mosque
Assunna Mosque is a mosque designed by Jean-François Zevaco in a modernist architectural style in Casablanca, Morocco in 1966. It features brutalist architectural elements such as raw concrete.
1.6 km · Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco · Wikipedia - 07Casablanca Twin Center
The Casablanca Twin Center is a complex of two skyscrapers located at Casablanca, Morocco. The two structures, the West Tower and the East Tower, have 28 floors each.
3 km · Skyscraper in Casablanca · Wikipedia - 08Rick's Café Casablanca
Rick's Café Casablanca is a restaurant, bar and café located in the city of Casablanca, Morocco. Opened March 1, 2004, the place was designed to recreate in reality the set of the bar made famous by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the movie classic Casablanca.
3.7 km · building in Morocco · Wikipedia - 09Ould Al Hamra Mosque
Ould el-Hamra Mosque is a mosque in the medina of Casablanca first erected in 1789. Along with the Ettedgui Synagogue and the Church of San Buenaventura, it is of the three buildings representing the three Abrahamic religions in a space of 250 m2 in the medina.
3.3 km · mosque in Casablanca, Morocco · Wikipedia - 10Temple Beth-El
The Temple Beth-El also called Beit-El or the Algerian Temple, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue in the Sidi Belyout district of Casablanca, Morocco.
3.5 km · synagogue in Casablanca, Morocco · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bousbir
- Airports
- Mohammed V (CMN), 23 km · Rabat-Salé (RBA), 95 km · Beni Mellal (BEM), 177 km
- Stations
- Port of Casablanca, 3.1 km · Casablanca Voyageurs, 2 km · Casa-Port railway station, 2.8 km · Oasis railway station, 3.5 km
- Rabat → BousbirTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Oulad Yaich → BousbirTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Marrakesh → BousbirTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bousbir
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bousbir. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Bousbir – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Bousbir
Bousbir is 2 km from Casablanca, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Casablancalargest city of Morocco3.1 km
- Mechouarmunicipality of Casablanca in Casablanca-Settat, Morocco600 m
- Al Fida – Mers Sultandistrict of Casablanca in Casablanca-Settat, Morocco1.9 km
- Roches Noiresdistrict of Casablanca in Casablanca-Settat, Morocco3.3 km
- Ben M'Sickdistrict of Casablanca in Casablanca-Settat, Morocco2.9 km
- Anfaancient city and old name of Casablanca, Morocco3.9 km