A foodie guide to Marrakech 

From delicious camel burgers and creamy date shakes to stewed snail babouche and sweetly spicy pigeon-stuffed pastries, the rosy Red City in its majestic sea of mountain-clad dunes hosts epicurean fantasies that you need to taste to believe!

Tagine: Soul-Stirring Succulence

Whether it’s questing for bespoke kaftans, artisan homeware, and exquisite Moroccan slippers in the city’s beautiful old-world quarters featuring repurposed boutiques and jewel-toned souqs or rambling through its brilliantly designed mansions and vividly atmospheric labyrinths, Marrakech will elevate your appetite to new heights. For the most intricately flavoured stew you will ever taste, comprising slow-cooked meat, spices, and herbs with hints of honey, lemon, dates, and olives, don’t look past tagine.

Bestilla: A Meat Pie Marvel

From Insta-perfect rooftop cafés and colourfully ambient street market stalls, Marrakech serves its delicacies with a side of retro-chic flair, whether it’s stunning views over the multi-hued city, culture-rich workshops, hidden bookstores, or a selection of designer apparel. If you’re in the mood for a unique tastebud tantalizer, luxuriate buttery flakiness, cinnamon-sugar sweetness, juicy marinated meat, and almond crunch of bestilla.

Khobz and Loubia: A Hearty Duo

From stunning mazes brilliantly festooned with souvenirs and spice markets piled with clouds of colours to lush gardens and rosy sand-hued alleyways perfect for picturesque meandering, there’s a lot to explore in this charismatic city. For this reason, make sure you start your day with a hearty breakfast of semolina flatbread and delicious Moroccan-style baked beans. For the best Moroccan restaurants serving authentic dishes, venture no further than Riad Elegancia.

Ma’qooda: Addictively Snackable

If you’re looking for a scrumptious savoury pick-me-up between meals to enjoy with your fragrant mint tea and honeyed spiced m’smen flatbread, these deep-fried potato fritters are the ideal guilty pleasure!