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Tours of the City


Walking Tours

It is only necessary to step outside a hotel to find a 'guide', offering to escort visitors around the city, for a fee. While it can be useful to have someone with local knowledge when first venturing out, it can be a hit and miss affair. As always, a fee should be negotiated in advance; and visitors should be particularly aware in the souks, as many guides have commission arrangements with shops and these will be the ones you will be 'guided' to. Official guides can be hired at a cost of around Dh100 for a morning from any hotel or from the tourist office, but even these guides often have a commission arrangement.

Bus Tours

Details of organised tours to destinations outside Marrakech can be found at the tourist office. For tours of the city and day excursions, grand taxis can be chartered for around Dh150 a day. Visitors can find willing grand taxis at the ranks in Guéliz by the Post Office or at Djemmaa-el-Fna. It is also possible to hire a calèche for a tour of the town. For both modes of transport, the price should be negotiated in advance.



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