Marrakech Medina, Palaces & Secret Gardens Self-Guided Audio Tour

About this experience

Marrakech shows the street almost nothing. Its walls are packed red earth, and almost everything worth seeing is behind them: carved plaster, hand-cut glazed tile, painted cedar ceilings and courtyard gardens. This walk teaches you to read them. Start under the Koutoubia's tower, pass the carved gate of the old royal quarter, the Saadian Tombs, the Badi and the Bahia palaces, cross Jemaa el-Fnaa, lose yourself in the souks, and finish in a prince's old orchard by the city walls. Along the way: how cut-tile mosaic is made, why there are no faces in the decoration, how to bargain in the souks, and the four-part garden that Marrakech built everywhere. Self-guided, so the walk is yours: 16 stops, about 6 km, about 3 hours at an easy pace, with English audio and a live GPS map. No group, no guide, no set start time.

Experience type

Day tour or activity

Duration

2 hours and 30 minutes

Audio guide

English

Guide

French, English, Spanish

Categories

Cultural and theme tours · Walking tour · Luxury and special occasions

What's included

Start anytime, pause and resume as often as you like, and replay it later Live GPS map showing you and the route; each stop plays as you arrive Runs in your phone's web browser: no app to download

What's not included

Transportation Entry tickets to the palaces, tombs, madrasa and museums (optional; every stop works from outside) Smartphone, headphones and mobile data to unlock the tour

Please note

• Not wheelchair accessible • Infants must not sit on laps • Infant seats unavailable • This is a self-guided audio walking tour you take on your own phone, in your web browser. No app to download, no physical ticket, and no guide to meet. Walk at your own pace, whenever you like. Unlock your tour (about 30 seconds): 1. On your phone, open [www.roamer.travel/redeem](https://www.roamer.travel/redeem) 2. Enter your Viator booking reference (the number on this voucher) and tap Unlock. No paywall, no extra charge. 3. Your tour is now unlocked on this phone. Prefer to start from the home page? Open roamer.travel, tap "Booked on Viator or TripAdvisor?" near the top, and enter the same reference. When you are ready to walk: Go to the open square beside the Koutoubia Mosque's tower, open the tour, and press play. The route begins there and ends at the Cyber Parc, a garden about 350 m from where you started. Good to know: - One booking unlocks the tour for your whole group to share, on up to three phones. - Unlock it before you head into the medina, while you have signal. The souk lanes can be patchy. - Best enjoyed with earbuds, in daylight, on a phone with mobile data or wifi. - Narrated in English. The app interface is available in English, Spanish and French. Stroller or pram accessible Animals or pets allowed Public transportation nearby

Itinerary

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   Palacio Nacional

   Avenida Cuscatlán, San Salvador

   The 1911 palace that once held all three branches of government, its ceremonial halls known only by their colors.

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   Plaza Gerardo Barrios

   Barrio El Centro, San Salvador

   The civic heart of the country, ringed by church, state and library, and the clearest place to feel how far the city has come back.

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   Biblioteca Nacional

   Avenida Cuscatlán, San Salvador

   A gleaming national library, gifted by China and opened in 2023, dropped onto the historic plaza to make the old city matter again.

4. 4
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   Catedral Metropolitana

   Calle Presbítero Vicente Aguilar, San Salvador

   The country's spiritual and political center, rebuilt over 43 years, holding the tomb of a saint and the ghost of a lost mural.

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   The Reclaimed Streets

   Barrio El Centro, San Salvador

   The pedestrianized commercial streets of the historic center, the frontline where the city was physically taken back for people on foot.

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   Teatro Nacional

   2a Avenida Sur, San Salvador

   A 1917 French-designed theatre raised by coffee wealth, engineered early to bend with the earthquakes and still in use.

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   Plaza Morazán

   Barrio El Centro, San Salvador

   A modest square honoring the champion of a united Central America, a monument to the beautiful thing that did not survive.

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   Plaza Libertad

   Barrio El Centro, San Salvador

   The city's oldest square and the showpiece of the revival, crowned by a winged monument to the 1811 cry for independence.

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   Iglesia El Rosario

   6a Avenida Sur, San Salvador

   A brutalist concrete shell that floods with rainbow light inside, holding the tomb of an independence founder, and the perfect last word on a city that rebuilds.

Meeting point

Palacio Nacional Avenida Cuscatlán, San Salvador, San Salvador, SV

Pick up

Pickup is not provided.

Cancellation policy · Marrakech Medina, Palaces & Secret Gardens Self-Guided Audio Tour

Standard Viator policy

• Cancellation 0–24 hours before departure: 100% cancellation fee.
• Cancellation 24–24000 hours before departure: 0% cancellation fee.

Good to know

Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.