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Almohad Architecture and Koutoubia Mosque

Almohad Architecture and Koutoubia Mosque

Marrakech · Morocco

9 stops5.2 km1 h 3 min
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Follow a focused walk through Marrakech to explore Almohad architecture and the story of Koutoubia Mosque. Along the way, you will see a ruin, mosques, city walls, the remains of an earlier Koutoubia mosque, and a museum devoted to La Koutoubia. The route connects individual buildings with the wider architectural character of the historic city. It is a rewarding way to look closely at Marrakech through one architectural subject.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 9. The rest are in the app.

  1. Almoravid Qubba

    Almoravid Qubba

    A twelfth-century ablutions pavilion, and Marrakech’s only surviving Almoravid building.

  2. Ben Youssef Mosque

    Ben Youssef Mosque

    A mosque rebuilt three times, with an Almoravid city still visible in its misaligned streets.

  3. Ben Salah Mosque Marroko

    A rare Marinid mosque whose minaret records a disputed beginning and a remarkable architectural transition.

  4. 3 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Kings of Morocco history street

    Kings of Morocco history street

    Kings of Morocco history street is an attraction in Marrakech, Morocco.

  6. Mosquée

    Mosquée

    A Saadian mosque built as the heart of a planned sixteenth-century urban complex.

  7. Walls of Marrakesh

    Walls of Marrakesh

    The Walls of Marrakesh are a tourism attraction in Marrakech, Morocco.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 3 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

3 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 9 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Something to answer

    A few questions as you leave a stop, written from the story you just heard.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.