Visit to Casablanca
Visit to Casablanca
Visit to Casablanca
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Take a private Casablanca excursion and enjoy the VIP treatment. Your own fully qualified and accredited driver guide will allow you to discover Casablanca in the best possible way.
Visit the majestic Hassa II mosque, the second largest mosque in the world! Visit the Corniche, which was developed in the 1920s. It houses beaches, swimming pools, cafés and other places of entertainment very frequented by Casablanca residents on weekends. Visit to the Place des Nations Unis, a group of blond stone arcades, located in the heart of the White City. Built on a hill that dominates the city, the Anfa district demonstrates 70 years of “chic” architecture thanks to its wide flowery avenues and beautiful gardens. Visit the medina on foot: the central market and the Habbous district have retained all their authenticity.
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Hassan II Mosque
1 hoursAdmission Ticket FreeOutside visit of the Hassan II Mosque, the largest mosque in Morocco and seventh largest in the entire world. It has capacity to host twenty five thousands of devotees in its hall and almost eighty thousands of worshipers will be easily accommodated at its courtyard. All most eight hundred million dollars have spent to build this masterpiece and it is considered as the second largest religious building in the entire planet. Most of the essential part of this mosque including minaret, royal doors and dome, are made from marble. Its breath-taking view is truly unforgettable in life.Square of Mohammed V
2 hoursAdmission Ticket FreeBuilt in 1920s and designed by the French Architect Henri Prost, formerly the Administrative Place or the Grand Place, it is largely inspired by the place Stanislas in Nancy, as evidenced by the layout of the buildings and their location, as well as the esplanades planted with ficus. Similarly, the Royal Palace in Paris greatly influenced its design, as demonstrated by the use of the galleries, the distancing of the facades by alignments of trees, the nesting of the square and the rectangle in the composition of the space, and the desire to make it a living place with the installation of cafes and restaurants. In 1925, while he was on a city tour for engineers and writers at the occasion of the inauguration of the rail line connecting Rabat to CasablancaMahkama Du Pacha
1 hoursAdmission Ticket FreeThe most important building in the Nablus quarter, built between 1941 and 1952, signed Auguste Cadet, this big court a true masterpiece of Moroccan Artisanat. The Mahkama formerly housed the reception halls of the Pasha of Casablanca, as well as Muslim courthouse covering a space of 6200 sum, including 6 Halls of 64 big salons, offices and several galleries. The building is actually used as a governmental administrationMosquee Moulay Youssef
2 hoursAdmission Ticket FreeBuilt by the Sultan Moulay Youssef on 1923, it is the first Mosque erected by Auguste Cadet. The Minaret, is the Almouhade style, and its similar to Al Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech and the Seville's Giralda.Quartier Habous
2 hoursAdmission Ticket IncludedBuilt by the French colonial and designed by the French architect and urban planner "Henri Prost" at the beginning of the 20th century, after the arrival of the Protectorate. The Quartier Habous; is a mixture of the French architecture with the Moroccan Details. It was designed to fit the Muslims lifestyle, this is why we find inside Mosques, madrassas, markets, public bakery, Kissarias (gallery of Shops), and Moroccan houses where the style was picked from Fez and Marrakech architecture.
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