5 Days in Casablanca: First-Timer Plan
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Five days means treating Casablanca honestly as a 1-2 day core plus a hub for day trips, rather than stretching sightseeing that doesn’t exist.
Day 1
Morning: Hassan II Mosque, guided tour only for non-Muslims (around 140 MAD, verify), largest in Africa, one of the tallest minarets in the world. Check tour times; Fridays are shorter and tours pause for prayer.
Midday: Old Medina, honestly smaller and more workaday than Marrakech’s or Fes’s.
Afternoon: Corniche and Aïn Diab, free to walk, beach clubs around 200-300 MAD.
Evening: Marché Central’s grilled seafood or La Sqala’s bastion setting.
Day 2
Morning: Downtown along Boulevard Mohammed V and Mohammed V Square, free, comparable in Art Deco density to Miami Beach’s district.
Midday: Habous Quarter for babouches, argan oil, and ceramics.
Afternoon: Villa des Arts (free), or the Musée Abderrahman Slaoui (around 60 MAD, verify it’s open).
Evening: Rick’s Café, the genuine 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 reaches Rabat in about 57 minutes. Visit the Hassan Tower, Kasbah des Oudayas, Chellah, and the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, then return by evening.
Day 4: El Jadida day trip
About 1 hour 25 to 90 minutes by train, El Jadida’s UNESCO-listed Portuguese cistern and Cité Portugaise make a quieter, less crowded alternative to another day in the city.
Day 5: Slower Casablanca
Morning: Morocco Mall and Aquadream, or a return visit to the Corniche at a slower pace.
Afternoon: Free time for a museum you missed, or last-minute shopping in the Habous Quarter or at Marché Central.
Evening: A last dinner, then pack. If you’re continuing on to Marrakech, remember it’s a conventional 2 hour 40 minute to 3 hour 20 minute train, not a day trip, so budget accordingly.
Getting around
The ONCF airport train links 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 runs four lines for a flat 6 MAD, and Uber, relaunched in Casablanca in 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 travel. One concrete tip: keep your ONCF and Al Boraq tickets until you’re clear of the station, since conductors do check.
Read more: our Casablanca Travel Guide has the full city rundown, and the 4-day itinerary is a tighter version if you’d rather skip El Jadida.