Visiting Rabat

We were in Rabat for three days. We really liked Rabat, I guess this is our favourite city in Morocco. Our Morocco trip was quite comfortable, but still rough compared to Europe. These three days in Rabat were ending our Moroccan trip and also our five months trip together; good reasons to spoil ourselves, decompress and have a really good time.

We leisurely browsed Rabat. Downtown Rabat had a European flair, buildings are white and well maintained, streets wide and clean.

Rabat has numerous coffee shops, patisseries and book stores. It is the first Moroccan city where we were pleasantly surprised to see many bookstores and many people in the bookstores.

Most Moroccan people on the street were westerly trendy dressed; also we have noticed many expats.

We come across this interesting church.

We visited the Kashba, according to Routard guide the "must see place” in Rabat. It is an interesting place, narrow strets, painted white and blue houses, awesome view of the ocean and the city.


One day we had lunch at Alliance Francaise. Lunch was cooked by French standards and prices same. We paid about 35 euros for 2 entrées, shared dessert and half bottle of wine.

In the evening we walked long ways along the Murrailles. First we passed by numerous impressive houses, all homes of foreign embassies and diplomats.

We ended the evening at Weimar Cafe which is part of the Goethe institute. Restaurant is run by a very nice French couple. Place is very popular with French people and many expats. We were lucky to find a table right away, we had pizza and beer, it was good!