The best things to do in Marrakech, hand-picked
Only the best, and only one of each: the version we would book ourselves, picked from the many sold like it. We do the research, so you don’t have to.
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113,800+ GetYourGuide reviews of the 10 experiences we list
Average of the ratings GetYourGuide publishes, weighted by review count; read 31 October 2026.
The Better Trip Editorial Team · Last checked: October 2026
The Medina
The Medina and its palacesBahia Palace, Saadian Tombs and the souks with a guide
Four hours on foot with a licensed guide: the Koutoubia, the Saadian Tombs, the Mellah, Bahia Palace and the souks, from 15.10 euros. Entry is extra, 100 dirhams per monument per adult, paid in cash. Book a morning start.
From €15.104.7(8,000)Free cancellation
The blue gardenJardin Majorelle, with a timed entry ticket
The cobalt blue garden Yves Saint Laurent saved, on a timed ticket from 26.90 euros. Buy it when the official site has no slot left for your day; when it does, the official 170 dirham ticket is cheaper. Take an 08:00 slot.
From €26.904.5(13,900)Free cancellation
The hammamHammam scrub and massage, with pickup
Two hours, door to door: a car from your hotel or riad, a steam hammam with eucalyptus black soap and a kessa scrub, an oil massage and mint tea. From 55.69 euros, rated 4.6 from about 3,700 reviews. A spa, not a public bathhouse.
From €55.694.6(3,700)Free cancellation
Eating and cooking
The night tastingsStreet food tour of the Medina by night
Two and a half to three hours eating your way from Jemaa el-Fna through the souks after dark, ending with mint tea. From 43 euros, rated 4.7 from about 3,300 reviews. Come hungry, and expect one stop that sells oils and spices.
From €434.7(3,300)Free cancellation
The cooking classMoroccan cooking class with a local chef
Four hours by Bab Doukkala: a short market shop, a mint tea lesson, then about six dishes cooked as a team and eaten as a buffet. Rated 5.0 from about 2,000 reviews, from 36.34 euros. There is no pickup: you walk or take a taxi to the start.
From €36.345(2,000)Free cancellation
The desert and the sky
The Agafay desert eveningAgafay desert at sunset: quad, camel ride and dinner show
The most reviewed evening out of Marrakech on GetYourGuide: a quad ride and a camel ride in the stony hills of Agafay, then dinner, music and a fire show under the sky. From 20.58 euros with transport. Take the early pickup in winter.
From €20.584.8(46,700)Free cancellation
The sunrise balloonSunrise hot-air balloon flight from Marrakech, with breakfast
Up before dawn, a 45 to 60 minute flight as the sun comes up over the plains and the Atlas, then breakfast in a tent and your certificate, with hotel pickup. Rated 4.8 by about 3,000 guests, from 60 euros. Weather can cancel: fly early in your stay.
From €604.8(3,000)Free cancellation
Day trips from the city
The Atlas, ImlilAtlas Mountains and Imlil valley day trip
A low-cost day in the High Atlas: pickup from your hotel or riad, a guided walk through the walnut terraces and hamlets below Toubkal, mint tea, a short camel ride, back by evening. From about 10 euros; lunch is 7 more.
From €10.384.8(4,800)Free cancellation
The Atlantic day outEssaouira day trip from Marrakech: medina, port and beach
An 11.5-hour day from Marrakech to Essaouira's UNESCO-listed medina, blue-boat harbour and beach, with hotel pickup and an argan co-op stop, from 13.31 euros, rated 4.9. Lunch and a guide in town are extra: plan your own hours there.
From €13.314.9(13,900)Free cancellation
The waterfallsOuzoud waterfalls: guided hike and boat ride
The day for anyone who wants green water and red rock after the city: a guided walk down into the gorge, wild macaques and a boat to the foot of the 110-metre falls. Rated 4.8 from about 14,500 reviews, from 13 euros. Pick the option with the guide and boat.
From €12.934.8(14,500)Free cancellation
How we hand-pick them
The way we pick hotels. First, the experiences worth a day of your trip. Then, for each, we compare the versions on sale, read the fine print and the reviews that complain, check the weather month by month and work out the drive from our hotels, and keep only the one we would book. None of them pays to be here.
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