Tajine
A slow-cooked stew of meat or vegetables, served in the clay pot with a conical lid, found everywhere in the medina.
Marrakech
What to eat in Marrakech
- Tajine
- Couscous
- Tanjia
- Pastilla
Data checked on November 3, 2026
Couscous
Steamed semolina with vegetables and meat, a classic of the Moroccan table, often served at lunch.
Tanjia
A meat dish typical of Marrakech, cooked for hours in a clay pot, usually beef with spices.
Pastilla
A thin pastry pie filled with pigeon or chicken, almonds and spices, with a dusting of sugar and cinnamon.
Harira
A thick tomato and lentil soup, often eaten as a starter or in the evening.
Mint tea
Green tea with fresh mint and sugar, poured from a height and offered in shops and homes as a welcome.
Every itinerary on this site keeps a lunch break after 12:30, so there is room for a proper meal in the middle of the day.
What a meal costs
- Meal in an inexpensive restaurant
- MAD 37.50
- Three courses for two, mid-range restaurant
- MAD 300
- Coffee
- MAD 23.52
Besides the sights
- Sunset over Jemaa el-FnaTake a table on a café terrace around the square as the light drops and the stalls begin to set up.
- A hammamA steam bath and scrub, offered by many spas and traditional bathhouses in the medina and in Guéliz.
- A cooking classLearn to make a tajine or a salad of cooked vegetables, usually with a visit to the market first.
- Day trip to EssaouiraA coastal town on the Atlantic with a fortified old town and a harbour, which makes a change from the heat of Marrakech.
- Ourika ValleyA green valley in the foothills of the Atlas, reached by road from Marrakech, with villages and riverside cafés.
Markets in the stop base