Best of · MARRAKECH FOOD TOURS
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 9 food tours worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to check before you commit.
Meet your guide near Jemaa el-Fnaa and spend two to three hours tasting Marrakech, from olives, dates, sweets, soup, and snails to tagine, tangia, kofte, salads, and a full Moroccan meal. Guides such as Yaya, Ali, Mohammed, and Omar lead shared or private groups through the Medina, souks, and side streets.
“Varied food and lots of it. We felt safe with our guide - Mo - he was great.”
Follow guides such as Mehdi, Hamza, Ali, or Mohamed through Marrakech’s medina for pastries, harira, snails, msemen, olives, and other local bites. The evening ends with a three-course Moroccan dinner on a rooftop near Jemaa el-Fna. Groups are capped at 15, and vegetarian requests can be arranged after booking.
“Was a great way to try some Moroccan cuisine and learn about the culture. Would recommend for an evening.”
Follow an English-speaking local guide through Jemaa el Fnaa, Mellah, and the souks, sampling olives, pastries, nuts, bread, spices, soup, and traditional dishes before dinner at Chez Lamine Hadj Mustapha. Guides such as Ayoub, Omar, Youssef, Atika, and Brahim are praised for practical Medina tips and warm storytelling.
“This was great as a first-day activity to get to try Moroccan food and also go around the Jemma El Fnaa area in the evening if you are traveling alone and for the first time in Marrakech so you can get used to the hustle and bustle of it. All of the food was great and Mustafa, our guide, made sure we had seconds and thirds. Come hungry! Also, none of the foods were a tajine which I am very grateful for as most other activities I booked had tajine as lunch and dinner so it got boring fast.”
Meet your English-speaking guide at Poste du Maroc and walk Marrakech’s Old Medina through a changing menu of local bites. You might try snails, Msemmen, Harira, pastries, cactus fruit, or sheep’s head before finishing with Tajine or open-air Moroccan barbecue. Guides such as Yaya, Ali, Mohammed, and Rachid add food stories and practical Medina tips.
“It was a really nice tour in which we walked around the Medina area and tried various local Specials. There was a good break in between the tour for a visit to a herbs specialist which was a nice piece of information. Our guide Yaya also explained us various cultural aspects of the food. All in all definitely recomended!”
Meet Nour, Omar, or another bilingual local guide at Café de France for a four-hour food walk through Marrakech’s Medina and Kasbah. Expect generous servings of msemen, harira, tangia, sardines, sweets, tea, and more, plus stories about Moroccan food and daily life. The group is limited to 10, and vegetarian or allergy-friendly alternatives can be arranged.
“Excellent tour, grateful guy, amazing food. Great experience. Thanks”
Meet near Koutoubia Mosque and follow Chef Abdel into Marrakech’s old medina market to buy vegetables, meat, herbs, fruit, and spices. Then head to a peaceful farm kitchen for Moroccan tea, hands-on tajine cooking, salads, and a shared meal. The class lasts about five hours and accepts up to 12 people.
“We really enjoyed this cooking class. We started the day off going through the local markets to get the ingredients before travelling to the farm cooking class venue. We each picked our own dish from sweet or savoury beef/chicken/lamb/veggie tagine and cous cous options. It was good we each had the option to prepare what we wanted rather than a set menu. We also made 6 Moroccan salads which was so delicious. It was a great experience and we throughly enjoyed it. Would highly recommend to anyone looking to do a class.”
Meet your English-speaking guide at Bab Doukkala for four hours of Moroccan food and medina stories. Expect 15-plus tastings, from sardines and tangia to snails, harira, dates, pastries, mint tea, and coffee. Small groups of up to eight visit local bakeries, eateries, and a hammam oven before ending above Jemaa el-Fnaa.
“Our guide Rachid was very attentive and explained everything to us at all times. You can tell that he loves and is passionate about what he does. Thanks to him, it was a fantastic experience.”
Meet your English, French, or Arabic-speaking guide at Café de France for three hours of food, stories, and night-time Medina walks. Expect tagine, tangia, kofte, pastries, olives, dates, almond drink, and mint tea, with guides such as Mo, Ali, and Mohamed bringing local knowledge and humor. Choose a shared or private tour for $47 per person.
“The tour was SUCH a great way to start our first evening here. We got to wander through the souks, trying different foods and getting some history and cultural understanding as we did. It has meant that the rest of our trip is so much easier - we already know what we want to eat, and have even been back to some of the places we visited on the tour.”
Join Youssef for a four-hour walk through Marrakech’s Medina, tasting street food, pastries, fruit juice, spices, and mint tea before a two-course meal of harira and beef tanjia or vegetarian tagine. You’ll visit Jemaa el Fnaa, local markets, a bakery, an underground mechoui oven, and a rooftop viewpoint.
“Youssef has a passion for his country that really came across to us and gave us a fantastic insight into Marrakesh past and present. We loved trying all the local specialties- definitely turn up hungry! Youssef was very patient and went beyond our expectations to make sure our evening was memorable.”
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