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District · Marrakech

Gueliz

French-built new town; wide pavements, cars, a modern grid. 15–25 minutes by taxi from the square.

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Key facts

Suits
Restaurants, cafés, cash machines, the train
Sights here
1
Eats here
1

What it's like

Feels:
French-built boulevards, cafés and restaurants
Suits:
Restaurants, cafés, cash machines, the train
Best time:
Evenings
Watch out for:
Expecting the medina's lanes.
In short:
French-built new town; wide pavements, cars, a modern grid. 15–25 minutes by taxi from the square.

About these names

Names below are the ones drivers and maps use. Inside the medina there are no street numbers you can rely on: navigate by landmark, gate and named riad.

Almost everything a first visit needs is inside the medina walls, about 2 km across, plus Gueliz and the Majorelle garden 2–3 km to the north-west. Petit taxis link the two.

Where exactly

This district is highlighted. Shapes follow this guide's walking areas and places, not official boundaries.

Gueliz on the Marrakech mapTap an area for what it is like and who it suits. Shapes follow this guide’s walking areas and places, not official boundaries.
Kasbah — Riad Zitoun (riad): Palaces at opening, quieter nightsMedina — Mouassine (ria… · $$

Gueliz

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French-built new town; wide pavements, cars, a modern grid. 15–25 minutes by taxi from the square.

Suits: Restaurants, cafés, cash machines, the train

On the map: Jardin Majorelle

District guideWalk: Majorelle & Yves Saint Laurent GardenIn the districts table

Off the map: Marrakech Menara Airport (RAK) (20–40 min by the usual route).

Not drawn yet (no coordinates in this guide): Hivernage, Palmeraie, Sidi Ghanem. See the table above.

Where’s what, as a list:

  • Medina: Mouassine and the souks (المدينة): Everything is a walk from Jemaa el-Fnaa; taxis stop at a gate, then a porter carries the bags. Suits: First visit, 2–4 nights, shopping and courtyards. Price band $$.
  • Medina: Kasbah and Riad Zitoun (القصبة): Bahia, El Badi and the Saadian Tombs within 10 minutes on foot; a 15–20 minute walk to the evening square. Suits: Palaces at opening, quieter nights. Price band $$.
  • Jemaa el-Fnaa and Koutoubia (جامع الفنا): The square is a meeting point, not a bed: loud, crowded, hustled. Koutoubia gardens are the calm corner. Suits: One evening, orientation.
  • Mellah (الملاح): The old Jewish quarter next to Bahia Palace; markets are more local than the tourist souks. Suits: Spice market, cemetery, synagogue.
  • Gueliz: French-built new town; wide pavements, cars, a modern grid. 15–25 minutes by taxi from the square. Suits: Restaurants, cafés, cash machines, the train.
  • Hivernage: Between the medina and Gueliz; comfort over character, and every outing is a taxi. Suits: Big hotels with pools, casinos, nightclubs.
  • Palmeraie: Palm grove 10 km north; car needed for everything. Suits: Resorts and villas with gardens.
  • Sidi Ghanem: Industrial zone north-west with furniture, lamps and ceramics at fixed prices; only for a shopping trip. Suits: Design and craft showrooms.
  • Sleep area Kasbah — Riad Zitoun (riad): suits Palaces at opening, quieter nights, price band $$.
  • Sleep area Medina — Mouassine (riad): suits First visit, 2–4 nights, shopping and courtyards, price band $$.
  • Marrakech Menara Airport (RAK), 20–40 min by the usual route.

Stay here?

Not a base in this guide

No sleep area here has scores. The best-placed bases are Medina: Mouassine and the souks, Medina: Kasbah and Riad Zitoun.

See

Opening hours and prices from each place page; (check) means typical hours, not yet verified.

  • Jardin MajorelleBook a time

    A blue villa and cactus garden: book a timed ticket, go first thing, and allow an hour.

    Hours:
    08:00–18:00(check)
    Entry:
    about MAD 170–200 (2026 estimate)

Open now in this district

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Eat

What to order and what locals pay, from each eat page. Prices are estimates; check the menu.

  • Al Fassia (Gueliz)

    A women-run family restaurant in Gueliz: book a table for lunch or dinner, order a tagine and mechoui, and take a taxi to the door.

    Order: Tagine: Lamb with prunes or chicken with lemon and olives.

    Price: Local restaurants charge MAD 60–120 for a tagine (2026 estimate).

Drink and nightlife

Lines from the Marrakech drinking guide that name this district.

  • Hotel bars and rooftops in the medina and Gueliz · Cocktails, wine, beer · until about 23:00–01:00Licensed venues only; some riads serve alcohol to guests, others do not.
  • Gueliz cafés and restaurants · Coffee, juice, wine with dinner · until about 23:00–00:00The most relaxed area for drinking; taxi back to the medina gate.
  • Fresh orange juice · Squeezed to order from a cart · until Until late evening · MAD 4–8Jemaa el-Fnaa and Gueliz
  • Wine · Moroccan red, rosé and grey wine (vin gris) · until With dinner · MAD 60–120 a glass in a restaurantGueliz restaurants, licensed hotels

Shopping

Markets and shopping streets from the Marrakech buying guide that name this district.

  • Gueliz shops and Marché Central · Fixed-price fashion, books, fresh food, olives · About 09:00–20:00 · haggling: noMarché Central for olives, cheese and fresh produce at posted prices.
  • Argan oil and cosmetic argan · Women's cooperatives and Gueliz pharmacies · Shop hoursCosmetic argan is pale; culinary argan is roasted and darker. Prices below MAD 100 for 250 ml are usually diluted.
  • Modern design, fixed price · Gueliz boutiques and Sidi Ghanem · About 10:00–19:00Younger Moroccan designers; prices are on the tag.

Getting there and around

Where to get off

  • Rue Yves Saint Laurent, Gueliz; taxi from the medina · for Jardin Majorelle
  • Boulevard Mohammed Zerktouni, Gueliz · 2 min walk to Al Fassia (Gueliz)

Walks inside the district

  • Jardin Majorelle → Al Fassia (Gueliz): 20–28 min on foot (Walk south-west through Gueliz)

On to the next area

Minutes are this guide’s typical walking and ride times (p50–p90); traffic and heat stretch them.

Half-day walk

In the day plans: Day 3 — Majorelle first thing, taxi to Menara at 12:00 (Marrakech in 3 days)

Photo and sunset spots

  • Jardin Majorelle

    Light: Opening, 08:00–09:00

    Blue walls against green cactus; fewer people early.

Streets in this district

Street names that appear in the addresses of this district’s places and eats: useful to type into a map or show a driver.

  • Rue Yves Saint Laurent
  • Boulevard Mohammed Zerktouni

Safety at night and noise

  • Gueliz and Majorelleday: oknight: ok

    Fake guides at the garden gate; bags on café chairs.

Nearby districts

Built from this guide’s Marrakech districts table, place, eat and sleep pages, route graph and city notes. Hours, prices and rules change: anything marked (check) is typical, not verified. checked: 2026-09.