Casablanca: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 53 - 72 Ibis Moussafir Casablanca City Center
 The Ibis Hotel Moussafir Casablanca City Center is located in the city centre right beside the Port of Casablanca. It offers satellite TV, a restauran… MoreEUR 76 - 219 Jm Suites Hotel
 The Jm Suites Hotel is located in the business district of Casablanca and provides modern comforts and facilities. It offers a luxurious experience an… MoreEUR 53 - 58 Ibis Moussafir Casablanca
 The Ibis Moussafir Casablanca hotel enjoys a very convenient location in the city centre, just 100 metres from the railway station, and 20 minutes fro… MoreEUR 54 - 80 Ibis Casablanca Sidi Maarouf
 Located in the business district of Casablanca, Hotel Ibis Moussafir Casablanca Sidi Maarouf offers a warm and friendly welcome to business travelers … MoreEUR 110 - 262 Husa Casablanca Plaza
 This modern hotel is located in Casablanca. It offers an outdoor heated swimming pool, a fitness area and wellbeing centre with a hammam, sauna and Ja… MoreEUR 65 - 198 Kenzi Basma
 The elegant 4-star Kenzi Basma is ideally located in the centre of Casablanca, close to the shopping and business district. Its spacious and modern Ar… MoreEUR 131 - 409 Kenzi Tower
 Located in one of Casablanca´s Twin Centre towers, the Kenzi has panoramic views of the city. It offers free access to the Jacuzzi, hammam and h… MoreEUR 123 - 315 Sheraton Casablanca Hotel&Towers
 Conveniently located in the heart of the city, this hotel is bordered by the amazing beach front and the city’s major sights, including palm-lined b… MoreEUR 70 - 350 Villa Blanca
 With a view of the sea, Villa Blanca is a design hotel situated in the Cornice area of Casablanca. It offers modern rooms with free Wi-Fi and a Spa an… MoreEUR 69 - 220 Oum Palace Hotel & Spa
 This hotel is located in Casablanca’s business district, just a short walk from the Medina. It features 2 restaurants and offers 4-star accommodatio… MoreEUR 59 - 350 Novotel Casablanca City Center
 Located in the city centre of Casablanca, the economic capital of Morocco, the all-new 4-star Novotel Casablanca City Center opened in November 2007.
… MoreEUR 116 - 257 Le Royal Mansour Meridien
 Considered one of the most prestigious hotels in Casablanca, Le Royal Mansour Méridien offers stunning views of the harbour and the Hassan II mosque … MoreEUR 50 - 450 Hotel Washington
 Hotel Washington is located in central Casablanca, a 10-minute walk from the Ancienne Medina. It offers air-conditioned guest rooms with a private bat… MoreEUR 70 - 110 Hotel Azur
 L’Hotel Azur is situated along the Atlantic coast in Casablanca. It offers 2 restaurants, a night club, a piano bar and free Wi-Fi internet access.
… MoreEUR 35 - 124 Casablanca Appart´hotel
 Located in La Colline, the new business district just 10 minutes from the city centre, Casablanca Appart´hotel features a swimming pool, sauna, … MoreEUR 79 - 89 Dar Itrit
 Dar Itrit is one of the first guest houses of Casablanca, situated in the charming village of the CIL quarter,15 minutes from the city centre. It offe… MoreEUR 80 - 150 Best Western Hotel Toubkal
 Conveniently located in central Casablanca, Best Western Hotel Toubkal offers comfortable accommodation at the heart of the city´s business cent… MoreEUR 75 - 160 Atlas Almohades Casablanca
 This hotel is located in central Casablanca, 1 km from the port and 5 km from the beach. It offers air-conditioned accommodations with free wired inte… MoreEUR 70 - 120 Atlas Airport Hotel
 The Atlas Airport Hotel is located in the Nouasseur area of Casablanca, near the Mohammed V International Airport. It offers air-conditioned guest roo… MoreEUR 60 - 90 Gite Nadia
 Located 10 minutes from Casablanca, Gîte Nadia offers a warm and friendly welcome in a former farm renovated with the authentic Moroccan style in min… MoreEUR 120 - 245 Golden Tulip Farah Casablanca
 Golden Tulip Farah Casablanca is located in the heart of Casablanca, and is well known for its service and comfort.
All of the guestrooms are well-eq… MoreEUR 60 - 136 Hôtel Rivoli
 The hotel is ideally located in the heart of the city. It offers an ideal and easy access to main directions and attractions of the economic capital o… MoreEUR 75 - 250 Hôtel Idou Anfa
 Located in the heart of the business district, this 4-star hotel welcomes you in a very friendly atmosphere. Enjoy the personalised service as well as… MoreEUR 82 - 150 Hôtel Club Val d´Anfa
 Hôtel Club Val d´Anfa is situated 50 metres from the beach in Casablanca. It offers free Wi-Fi and is set in peaceful gardens with a swimming p… MoreEUR 320 - 730 Hôtel & Spa Le Doge
 The Doge is located in central Casablanca. It offers air-conditioned guestrooms, each with an ipod station, free internet, LCD satellite TV and a Nesp… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Casablanca: Guide
Casablanca (Arabic: الدارالبيضاء, Daru l-Bayda) may be the cosmopolitan, industrial and economic heart of Morocco (and its largest city), but it is one of the less endearing of the country's sights. With a small, unassuming medina and a traffic-congested ville nouvelle, travellers arriving via Casablanca may be tempted to find the first train out of to nearby Rabat. The awe-inspiring Hassan II Mosque and happening nightlife, however, are worth at least a day of your Moroccan itinerary.
Understand
The modern city of Casablanca was founded by Berber fishermen in the 10th Century BC and was subsequently used by the Phoenicians, Romans and the Merenids as a strategic port called Anfa. The Portuguese destroyed the city in 1468 in response to pirate attacks originating there, but later rebuilt it under the name Casa Branca, only to abandon it after an earthquake in 1755. The Moroccan sultan rebuilt the city as Daru l-Badya and it was given its current name of Casablanca by Spanish traders who established trading bases there. The French occupied the city in 1907, establishing it as a protectorate in 1912 and starting construction of the ville nouvelle, however it gained independence with the rest of the country in 1956.
Casablanca is now Morocco's largest city with a population of almost 4 million and also boasts the world's largest artificial port.
Casablanca is also the most liberal and progressive of Morocco's cities. Young men flirt brazenly with scantily-clad women, designer labels are the norm in the chic, beachfront neighbourhood of 'Ain Diab and many young Moroccans speak to each other exclusively in French.
But not everyone is living the Casablancan dream. Tens of thousands of rural Moroccans who fled the drought-ravaged interior to find work in the city are struggling under high unemployment rates and expensive housing. The poverty, prevalent in slums on the city's outskirts, has led to high rates of crime, drug use and prostitution.
Modern, hip and slightly seedy, Casablanca is a mixed bag of Moroccan extremes.
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Mohammed V Int'l Airport () is the busiest gateway to the country and is well-connected to Europe.
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See
The King Hassan II Mosque, a relatively recent mosque. Its one of the largest in the world and the largest in Morocco, and has the tallest minaret in the planet. Its one of the two main mosques in Morocco open to non-muslims.
Le Vieux Port (The Old Port) restaurant is one of Mohammedia restaurants, which is located just in front of the fishing port, offering a magnificient view. It specialises in sea food, and crustacees.
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