Experts' Choice Award Quartier Habous
What the experts agree on
This 1930s French-designed "new medina" charmingly blends Moroccan and European architecture in orderly, walkable streets—an idealized, almost toy-town version of a traditional medina that's uniquely appealing.
“At the edge of the new medina, the Quartier des Habous is a curiously attractive mixture of French colonial architecture with Moroccan details built by the French at the beginning of the 20th century.”
– Fodor's
Lonely Planet "The Quartier Habous, or nouvelle medina , is Morocco-lite - an idealised, almost toy-town, version of a traditional medina with neat little rows of streets and shop stalls."
Afar Magazine "Casablanca's Quartier Habous is the 1930s result of Morocco's French rulers imagining what an idealized medina might look like." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Blending traditional and modern architecture, it is crisscrossed by pleasant little streets that are fun to stroll around in." Full review
Lonely Planet "built by the French to solve a housing crisis as the population outgrew the old medina, and is a picturesque mix of Moroccan and European architectural styles. " Full review
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Stop off for a sweet treat at the legendary, family-owned Pâtisserie Bennis then shop-til-you-drop at the tourist-centric souqs
Independent "The narrow lanes and whitewashed archways of the Quartier Habous, Casablanca’s “new medina”, is the place to go for mirrors, carpets, ceramics, lamps, fabrics, ornate daggers and antique..."
