Casablanca: Medina, Habous & Rick’s Café Photo Stop Tour

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1/11

Duration4h

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Medina scents, Habous pastries and city stories with locals

You’ll wander Casablanca’s medina with a local guide who knows every shortcut, taste warm pastries in Habous Quarter’s oldest bakery, sip mint tea where orange blossom fills the air, and pause for photos outside Rick’s Café—plus sweeping Atlantic views from Al Aank Deck. Expect laughter, real stories, and moments you’ll want to remember long after you leave.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Casablanca's highlights and treats

View Rick’s Café exterior
Taxi to Sacred Heart Cathedral
Visit Arab League Parc
Explore Mohammed V Plaza
Discover Habous Quarter shops
Sample pastries at Bennis Pastry House
Enjoy ocean views at Al Aank Deck

The Experience

We’d already circled Rick’s Café before I realized how much the movie still lingers here. Our guide, Samira, pointed at the blue-and-white tiles and laughed about tourists trying to order “gin joints” at noon. The café wasn’t open yet (apparently it never is this early), but she told us a story about the real owner loving jazz. I snapped a photo by the door while an old man shuffled past with a basket of mint — that smell always hits me first in Casablanca.

The taxi ride was fast and loud, windows down, horns everywhere. I tried to count pigeons at Mohammed V Plaza but lost track — too many kids chasing them. We wandered through the old medina next; Samira knew every shortcut, ducking under laundry lines and pointing out little details I’d have missed. There was a bakery window fogged up from inside heat, and she bought us tiny almond cookies dusted with sugar. I’m not usually into sweets before lunch but honestly? Warm pastry in hand, city noise all around — it just felt right.

Habous Quarter surprised me. It’s called the “new medina,” but parts felt older than anything else we’d seen. French arches next to Moroccan tilework, shopkeepers waving us in for olives or leather slippers (I almost caved). At Bennis Pastry House — which has been around since 1938 — we tried gazelle horns and something called chicken pastilla that tasted way better than it sounds. Samira teased my pronunciation (“pastilla” is trickier than you think) and insisted on pouring our mint tea herself. The whole place smelled like orange blossom water; I still think about that.

We ended up on some windy deck above the ocean — Al Aank Observation Deck? You could see Hassan II Mosque floating over the waterline, sunlight bouncing off its tiles. Everyone went quiet for a second; even the city seemed softer from up there. Anyway, if you’re looking for a day trip through Casablanca’s medina and Habous quarter with someone who actually lives here (and knows where to find the best pastries), this tour just… works.

What’s included

Your day includes private transport between key sites in Casablanca, guided walks through both the old medina and Habous Quarter, tastings of Moroccan pastries and olives at historic bakeries like Bennis Pastry House, warm mint tea at a local café, plus time for photos outside Rick’s Café and panoramic Atlantic views from Al Aank Observation Deck—all led by a knowledgeable local guide in a small group setting.

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Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

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