Marrakech Food Tasting Tour by Bike: Medina & Jemaa el-Fna

Ride the medina's narrow streets and stop for the food locals eat.

A food tasting tour by bike through Marrakech's medina and Jemaa el-Fna square, where you cycle past landmarks, stop at a spice market, taste traditional dishes at a local restaurant, and finish with fresh orange juice in the UNESCO-listed square. The tour runs 3 to 4 hours with a professional guide in English or French, and includes the bike, helmet, bottled water and all tastings. You choose a 10am or 2pm departure.

Step-by-step itinerary

Marrakech food tasting and bike tour

• Arrive at bike shop early
• Bike fitting and safety discussion
• Bike to traditional market neighborhood
• Eat traditional breakfast with bisara and loubia
• Pass by Almoravide palace on bike
• Stop outside Saadien tombs and Kasbah Mosque
• Enter Medina and visit Mellah Jewish quarter
• Learn about Moroccan spices at spice seller
• Stop at local restaurant for Moroccan salad, tangia, couscous, and tagine
• Drink mint tea and taste cookies
• Enter Jemaa el-Fnaa square by bike
• Drink cold orange juice in square
• Visit Koutobia Mosque and learn history
• Eat sweets along the way
• Return to bike shop

The experience

You start at the bike shop near the medina, where the guides fit your helmet and bike before heading out. The route takes you past a neighborhood market to a local breakfast spot where you taste bisara (a soup made from flat beans), and loubia, a saucy white bean dish, sopped up with bread and mint tea the way residents do. From there you ride deeper into the old city, passing the Ali ben Yousseff Mosque and the Kasbah Mosque, built between 1185 and 1190, without stopping inside since bikes aren't permitted.

The medina's Mellah, the traditional Jewish quarter, is where the route slows down. You stop at a spice seller to learn how Moroccan spices work: what they are, how they're used, and the chance to buy if you want to. Then comes the main meal at a local restaurant: a Moroccan salad first, then your choice of tangia, couscous or tagine, finished with mint tea. There's a separate stop for cookies after, so the guide tells you to leave room.

The final stretch takes you into Jemaa el-Fna, the UNESCO World Heritage square where traders, storytellers and food vendors have gathered for centuries. You stop in the center for a cold glass of fresh orange juice and learn the history of the 12th-century Koutobia Mosque before navigating back through the medina's maze of streets to the shop, carrying the tastes and the route map in your head.

What’s included

• Professional guide in English or French.
• use of a bicycle and helmet.
• bottled water.
• traditional breakfast of bisara soup and loubia.
• Moroccan salad, tagine or couscous at a local restaurant.
• traditional sweets.
• fresh orange juice in Jemaa el-Fna.
• spice market explanation.

Options for this experience

2 options

Food Tasting Tour by Bike at 10AMGuide in English or French · No fixed timeTour departs at 10AM.

Food Tasting Tour by Bike at 2PMGuide in English or French · No fixed time2PM

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Information

Lasts 3h–4h, runs every day with no fixed time, from US$ 86 per person, with a live guide in English and French and with free cancellation up to 24 h before.

Days and timesEvery day

GroupUp to 201 private ›

Live guideEnglish and FrenchOther languages ›

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

AgesAdult (10 and older) · Under 10: can't be booked

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effortPublic transport nearby

Operated by AXS Bike Tours & Hire Marrakech

Is this one for you?Choose the 10am departure if you want to eat breakfast with the neighborhood crowd and have the afternoon free. Pick 2pm if you prefer a midday meal and an evening return. Either way, the fixed route and guide mean you navigate the medina's streets without a map and taste what locals eat without hunting for restaurants yourself.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and French.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What food do I actually taste on the Marrakech food tasting bike tour?

You taste bisara and loubia at a local breakfast stop, then a Moroccan salad, tangia, couscous or tagine at a restaurant in the medina, plus traditional sweets and fresh orange juice in Jemaa el-Fna. All tastings are included.

How difficult is the bike ride through Marrakech's medina?

The tour is suitable for all physical fitness levels. You're cycling through the medina's narrow streets and past landmarks, but the pace includes multiple food stops, so it's not a continuous ride.

What is the Mellah and why do we stop there?

The Mellah is Marrakech's traditional Jewish quarter, famous for its gold and silver work, fish market and spice markets. You stop at a spice seller to learn about Moroccan spices and their uses.

Can I enter the mosques and tombs we pass on the bike tour?

No, bikes aren't allowed inside the Ali ben Yousseff Mosque, Kasbah Mosque or Saadien tombs, so you pass by or stop outside to learn their history from the guide.

What time does the food tasting bike tour start, and how long does it take?

You can choose a 10am or 2pm departure. The tour runs 3 to 4 hours and includes all food tastings, the bike, helmet and bottled water.

Where do I meet the guide, and what should I bring?

Meet at the AXS Bike Tours and Hire shop in Marrakech. Arrive 10 minutes early for helmet and bike fitting. Bring nothing except yourself: water and all food are provided.