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Casablanca
Largest city in Morocco

Casablanca

Casablanca is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre.

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Located on the Atlantic coast of the Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a population of about 3.22 million in the urban area, and over 4.27 million in Greater Casablanca, making it the most populous city in the Maghreb region, and the ninth-largest in the Arab world.

Get in

Getting to Casablanca

Casablanca's airport is the busiest gateway to the country. Royal Air Maroc flies to New York JFK, Washington Dulles, Montreal, many cities in Europe, and has connecting flights to African countries such as Nigeria, Central African Republic, Senegal and others. WizzAir flies from Rome.

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    Mohammed V Int'l Airport

    There are two terminals: Terminal 1 handles domestic and international flights, Terminal 2 - only international ones.

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    Casa-Voyageurs
  3. 03
    Casa-Port
  4. 04
    Oasis
See

Worth seeing

Almost all of the things to see in Casablanca are in the north of the city; very few maps even show the southern end of this sprawling metropolis.

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    King Hassan II Mosque

    Blvd Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah (Half an hour walk from the closest tram stop at Place des Nations Unies, taxi from anywhere in central centre shouldn’t be more than 20 dirham), +212 5 22 48 28 89.

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    Old Medina

    This is a small traditional walled town in the north of Casablanca.

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    The Corniche

    A neighborhood on the ocean, west of the Hassan II Mosque.

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    Shrine of Sidi Abderrahman

    Built on a rock off shore, well past The Corniche, and only accessible at low tide.

  5. 05
    Mahkama du Pacha

    This is a Hispanic-Moorish building comprised of more than 60 ornate rooms with delicately carved wooden ceilings.

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    Central Post Office

    Come here to send your postcards in style!

Do

Things to do

Hammam (Turkish baths):

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    Solidarité Féminine Association's Hammam

    4 rue Ahmed Chaouki, Palmier (Red taxi or Tramway station Wafasalaf),.

  2. 02
    Stade Mohammed V
Eat

Where to eat

Restaurants in Morocco are like restaurants in Spain - they don't open until around 19:00 at the earliest, and most people don't eat until much later. Be sure to call first and make sure your restaurant of choice is actually open. = =

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    Brasserie La Cigale

    Blvd Brahim Roudani (just south of the Rampwan de L'unite Africaine).

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    Solidarité Féminine Association's

    Rue de Bethleém (Red taxi or Tramway station Wafasalaf),.

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    La Sqala

    Built in the remains of an old fortress, this place is worth as much as a cultural attraction as it is a restaurant.

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    Rick's Cafe

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.