4 Days in Casablanca: First-Timer Plan
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Four days lets you cover Casablanca properly, add a Rabat day trip, and still have a slower fourth day for museums or the coast.
Day 1
Morning: Hassan II Mosque, guided tour only for non-Muslims (around 140 MAD, verify), the largest mosque in Africa with one of the tallest minarets in the world. Check the schedule; Fridays run shorter and tours pause for prayer.
Midday: Old Medina, a genuine working souk, honestly smaller than Marrakech’s or Fes’s.
Afternoon: Corniche and Aïn Diab, free to walk, private beach clubs around 200-300 MAD.
Evening: Marché Central’s grilled seafood stalls or La Sqala’s 18th-century bastion setting.
Day 2
Morning: Downtown along Boulevard Mohammed V and Mohammed V Square, free, a dense Art Deco concentration comparable to Miami Beach’s.
Midday: Habous Quarter for shopping: babouches, argan oil, ceramics.
Afternoon: Villa des Arts (free) and, if open, the Musée Abderrahman Slaoui (around 60 MAD, watch for summer closures).
Evening: Rick’s Café, the real 2004 homage restaurant; the 1942 film was shot on a Burbank backlot, not in Morocco.
Day 3: Rabat day trip
The Al Boraq high-speed train covers Casablanca to Rabat in about 57 minutes. See the Hassan Tower, Kasbah des Oudayas, Chellah, and the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, then return in the evening.
Day 4: Slower pace
Morning: Morocco Mall and its Aquadream walk-through aquarium, a half-day family-friendly stop in Aïn Diab.
Afternoon: Alternatively or additionally, El Jadida makes a quieter day trip (about 1 hour 25 to 90 minutes by train) for its UNESCO-listed Portuguese cistern, if you’d rather leave the city again than shop.
Evening: A relaxed dinner back on the Corniche, or one last stroll through downtown before departure.
Getting around
The ONCF airport train covers Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) to Casa-Voyageurs or Casa-Port in about 35 minutes for 50-60 MAD. Red petit taxis are metered (insist on the “compteur”), the tramway’s four lines run a flat 6 MAD, and Uber, back since November 2025, runs alongside inDrive, Careem, Yango, and Heetch.
Money and tips
The dirham is a closed currency: get cash on arrival, keep receipts, and note the 2,000 MAD cash export cap. Figure roughly 9.3 MAD per dollar as of August 2026, and verify before you go. One concrete tip: build your Rabat day trip around an early Al Boraq departure so you’re not rushing the Kasbah des Oudayas at closing time.
Read more: the full Casablanca Travel Guide has more on the Corniche and downtown, and the 3-day itinerary is the tighter version of this same plan.