Clay tagines, small glasses of spices and straw baskets of tomatoes, carrots and courgettes on a black-and-white zellige table, set out for a cooking class

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Moroccan food and drink: a traveller's guide

Tagines and Friday couscous, mint tea poured from a height, the food stalls of Jemaa el-Fna and the fish grills of Essaouira: what to eat in Morocco, where to find it and how to order it, from our team in Marrakech.

21 October 20267 min read

Cooking classes in Marrakech: medina school or Atlas village? How to choose

Half a day in a medina riad or a full day with a family in the Atlas? How Marrakech cooking classes compare, what you cook and what to ask before booking.

Tall terracotta tanjia urns, their tops sealed with paper and string, lined up on a dark wooden counter in a Marrakech souk

17 October 20267 min read

What to eat in Marrakech: tanjia, mechoui and where locals eat

Tanjia cooked in a hammam furnace, pit-roasted mechoui at lunchtime and the markets where Marrakchis eat: the city's own dishes, with when and where to find each.

Jemaa el-Fna square in Marrakech at dusk, seen from above: rows of lit food stalls under green awnings, a crowd blurred in motion and pottery stalls on the right, under a deep blue sky

13 October 20267 min read

Jemaa el-Fna food stalls: how the night market works, what to eat and how not to overpay

When the Jemaa el-Fna food stalls open, how ordering and paying work, what to eat at each kind of stall, typical 2026 prices and how to avoid paying for plates you never ordered.

A chicken and vegetable tagine in its terracotta dish on a woven mat, with a basket of round Moroccan bread and a glass of mint tea beside a silver teapot, on a sunny café table in Marrakech

8 October 202610 min read

What to eat in Morocco: 20 traditional dishes to try, and how to eat them

Tagine, couscous, pastilla, harira, tanjia and 15 more: what each Moroccan dish is, when and where you'll meet it, and how to eat it with bread and your right hand.

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