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Experience Morocco: Visit a Souk and Cook Moroccan Food in Marrakech
4 h
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Get ready for the ultimate tajine experience on this one of a kind tour in Marrakech. From market to plate, you’ll learn how to whip up a tajine from scratch, using ingredients from the famous Marrakech souks. The best part of it all? You get to devour your tajine after you’ve made it!
We will start in Djemaa El-Fna, the centre of all the action in Marrakech before heading into the souks. Here your local host will teach you the Arabic words for all the ingredients you’ll need to cook your tasty tajine, giving you insider knowledge for your shopping experience.
The souks are the legendary markets where all the locals shop for food in Marrakech. Meats, vegetables, herbs, spices; the souks have all the freshest produce you’ll need for cooking Moroccan cuisine, and with your new Arabic skills you’ll be able to order exactly what you want from the locals. (And if not, the local vendors will be happy to teach you more food vocabulary!)
Now it’s time to get your cook on! During your hands-on cooking class the chef will be giving you step-by-step instructions about how the locals cook the perfect tajine. You’ll learn all about the key ingredients and spices needed to make it as authentic as possible, the perfect skill to take home from your Marrakech travel experience.
The class takes place in the beautiful setting of a traditional Moroccan riad (house), where you will meet the family and hear about medina life for a Marrakech family. Finally, it’s time to eat. You’ll get to savour the fruits of your labour and the food will taste even better as you’ve made it with your own two hands! Your local guide will then take you back to Djemaa El-Fna Square where the tour will finish. From here your guide can give you directions back to your hotel or you can continue to shop in Marrakech’s beautiful souks.
When you’re trying to decide what to do in Marrakech, make sure you don’t miss out on this epic tajine adventure, a truly authentic experience like no other in the city!
Note: All through Djemaa El-Fna there are fake guides who will try to convince you to do a tour with them. Please make sure you find the official guide, who will be holding an Urban Adventures sign or badge and will be waiting for you in front of the café.
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We will start in Djemaa El-Fna, the centre of all the action in Marrakech before heading into the souks. Here your local host will teach you the Arabic words for all the ingredients you’ll need to cook your tasty tajine, giving you insider knowledge for your shopping experience.
The souks are the legendary markets where all the locals shop for food in Marrakech. Meats, vegetables, herbs, spices; the souks have all the freshest produce you’ll need for cooking Moroccan cuisine, and with your new Arabic skills you’ll be able to order exactly what you want from the locals. (And if not, the local vendors will be happy to teach you more food vocabulary!)
Now it’s time to get your cook on! During your hands-on cooking class the chef will be giving you step-by-step instructions about how the locals cook the perfect tajine. You’ll learn all about the key ingredients and spices needed to make it as authentic as possible, the perfect skill to take home from your Marrakech travel experience.
The class takes place in the beautiful setting of a traditional Moroccan riad (house), where you will meet the family and hear about medina life for a Marrakech family. Finally, it’s time to eat. You’ll get to savour the fruits of your labour and the food will taste even better as you’ve made it with your own two hands! Your local guide will then take you back to Djemaa El-Fna Square where the tour will finish. From here your guide can give you directions back to your hotel or you can continue to shop in Marrakech’s beautiful souks.
When you’re trying to decide what to do in Marrakech, make sure you don’t miss out on this epic tajine adventure, a truly authentic experience like no other in the city!
Note: All through Djemaa El-Fna there are fake guides who will try to convince you to do a tour with them. Please make sure you find the official guide, who will be holding an Urban Adventures sign or badge and will be waiting for you in front of the café.
Included
- Lunch
- Recipe sheet
- Local English-speaking guide
Not included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- This is a child-friendly tour. Children between the ages of 6 and 11 inclusively are permitted on this tour at the rate listed above. Please select ‘child’ above when booking. Children under the age of 6 are permitted to join this tour free of charge. Please inform us at the time of booking if you’ll be bringing a child under the age of 6. You can do so in the special request box on the checkout page.
- A conservative dress code is recommended in Morocco. Men and women should keep their upper body (especially shoulders, chest and midriff) as well as their knees covered at all times as a sign of respect to the local culture. Wearing shorts is not recommended.
- Maximum group size is 12.
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
75%
Food
60%
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Loved this class and would highly recommend. She was friendly, informative, and funny. Well organized.
5 of us joined a Cookery Activity in Marrakech. It started a bit slowly, as the stalls to buy Chicken (definitely fresh!) and vegetables opened later than usual that Sunday. However, in the end this added to the experience with an extra 30 minutes of people and activity watching.Then we went to the Riad and met with Karima, who instructed us on cooking a Chicken with Lemon and Olives tagine, plus a Moroccan salad and dessert. We cooked in twos, so with the 11 total of us, we ended up with 6 simmering tagines.Had not eaten breakfast , so we were all very hungry and the tagines more than met our expectations.A very enjoyable 4 hours taking us to early afternoon that I definitely recommend.
The guide was late showing up which made me a touch nervous, but there were other people there waiting as well. She was fabulous and you have to wait until the butcher is open anyway. So, no worries. The experience was amazing: the people, the guides, the food!
Highlights: Well-organised cooking class, clear communication during cooking class, instructor was engaging and knowledgeable, shared interesting facts about local culture, small class size, and dishes chosen to be prepared are well-curated, site of cooking class had nice ambience and well-appointedLowlights: Instructor came in 25 mins late from advertised/agreed call time. Difficulty in reaching the tour company with contact details provided.
We met at the market and went shopping for the ingredients and then went to a Riad to cook. It was very organized even though there were about 15 people in total. We had fun getting to know others and cooking a new dish!
Great experience for our family of three, including a 13-year-old child. Great guide, great venue, and delicious recipe / lunch. Highly recommend this experience.
Highly recommend taking cooking class in Marrakech especially from Karima under Urban Adventures. She provided a wonderful learning experience while purchasing fresh produce and poultry in the market and preparing/cooking the tangine Riad Thycas. We had a group of 10 people which was a good size for this class. For our group, we met at 0900 and left her Riad by 1400 well fed. We cooked chicken and vegetable tangine with lemon. I under estimated the veggie tangine but that was tasty and the first to be fully consumed. YUMMY. Word of warning, the poultry was 'fresh', 'very fresh'.
We met on time on the agreed spot and went directly to the market. Packed with all the fresh ingredients we walked to the place where we started the preparation. We were a great crowd from all over the world including Fatima and her colleague who showed us how to prepare and cook a real Moroccan tagine. I have never tasted such as delicious meal before and after I went to this great cooking class.