Place · Jemaa el-Fnaa & Koutoubia
Koutoubia Mosque and gardens
The city's landmark minaret is a look-from-outside stop: walk the gardens at dawn or late afternoon, 20 minutes, and do not try to enter.
- Minaret about 77 m
- Look from outside
- Gardens are free
- Free entry
- Works with kids
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Map & directions
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Plan
Open now, best time to go, opening hours
Go now?
hours and prices: check on the day- Open
- Hours unknown
- Crowds
Go early morning or late afternoon
MonTueWedThuFriSatSunQuietest Mon–Thu · busiest Fri–Sun · desk estimate
- Tickets
- Adult: free
- Time to spend
- 20–30 min · up to 45 min if you linger
Best time to go
Busy around prayer and at sunset; the gardens are calm at dawn.
By weekday: quietest Mon–Thu, busiest Fri–Sun.
Opening hours
- Note
- Open-air gardens and exterior only; the mosque is closed to non-Muslims. Prayer times shape the crowd.
- Hours note
- Gardens open in daylight hours (check); the minaret is visible from many streets. The mosque is closed to non-Muslims.
Which month is quietest
- Janbusy
- Febbusy
- Marheavy
- Aprheavy
- Maybusy
- Junbusy
- Jullight
- Auglight
- Sepbusy
- Octheavy
- Novheavy
- Decheavy
Quietest Jul–Aug · busiest Mar–Apr · Oct–Dec.
Estimate: desk reasoning from season, weekday and holiday patterns; not counted. Holidays and events move these weeks.
Weather here, next 7 days
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Forecast: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), model data for this point.
Not checked in the last 12 months (no check date on file).
On the ground
Getting in, access, sensory load, what to bring, and where to go if it does not work
Getting in
- Stop
- Koutoubia gardens, west of Jemaa el-Fnaa
- Ticket
- free · official site
- Stairs
- None of note.
- Shoes
- Shoes on.
Accessibility
- YesStep-free entrance · None of note.
- NoLifts
- Check firstAccessible toilet
- YesWheelchair · The gardens are reachable; the mosque interior is closed.
- YesStroller · Level paths.
Sensory load
- Sensory load2/5 Low
Exposure: medium
What to bring and the rules
- Clothing that meets the dress rule · Shoulders and knees covered around the mosque.
- Shoulders and knees covered around the mosque.
- Exterior and minaret only; not of worshippers.
Rules and prices change: check the official site before you go.
Bailouts
- heat: Koutoubia gardens shelter (jk-d)
- crowd: Square-edge café
Nearest rescue anchor: A — Koutoubia gardens benches (field-verify)
Problem
Red lines
- The mosque is closed to non-Muslims: do not try to enter or photograph worshippers.
- Keep to the garden paths.
Not checked in the last 12 months (no check date on file).
Map and nearby
Where it is, how to get there from your hotel or from where you stand, and what is around it
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Tickets, prices and entry
Tickets & entry
- Where to buy
- No ticket needed.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered around the mosque.
- Photos
- Exterior and minaret only; not of worshippers.
- What's closed
- Prayer timesThe mosque is closed to visitors at all times; the call to prayer is broadcast across the square.
- Friday middaycheckThe area is crowded around the main prayer.
“Check” dates move year to year: confirm on the official page for your date.
| Ticket | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Gardens and exterior | free | No ticket. |
Time on site, inside and your plan
Time on site
Minimum
10min
Worthwhile
20min
Typical
30min
p95
45min
How much time do you have?
Enough for a typical visit (30 min).
Nothing else in our notes is a short enough walk from here for the time that is left.
Visit times are typical figures, not promises; queues and closing times can change them.
Step-free check, who it suits, facilities
Step-free check
- Step-free entrance: yes · yesNone of note.
- Lifts: no · no
- Accessible toilet: check · check
- Wheelchair: yes · yesThe gardens are reachable; the mosque interior is closed.
- Stroller: yes · yesLevel paths.
Level garden paths and a pavement to the square.
Rules on site
- noise
- Respect prayer times.
- entry
- Non-Muslims cannot enter the mosque.
With kids
- with kids
- Open grass and rose beds; a calm break before or after the square.
- child price
- free
Combine with
Combine with
- 5 minCyber Park Arsat Moulay Abdeslam
- 8 minJemaa el-Fnaa
- 15 minBab Agnaou and the Kasbah
- 20 minGueliz (taxi) — Or a MAD 15–30 taxi.
Walk the Jemaa el-Fnaa & Koutoubia area · the cluster page has the walking order, rescue stops and after-dark notes
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Deep dive
Questions, photos, and where our facts come from
Questions and answers
Questions and answers
Can I go inside?
No. The mosque is closed to non-Muslims. The gardens and the exterior are the visit.
Checked 2026-09-29 · Voykit desk
When is the best light?
Early morning for calm and soft light; golden hour for the minaret against the sky.
Checked 2026-09-29 · Voykit desk
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Source: Price
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Prices are 2026 estimates. The official site has the current price.
Source: Opening hours
Source: Best hour
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The quietest window written into this guide. Crowd levels are desk estimates, not counts.
Source: Bag rating
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Rated for the whole walking cluster, from desk research, not for this entrance.