Rabat Museums Walk. Guide Location: Morocco» Rabat # of Attractions: 7 Tour Duration: 2 hour(s) Travel Distance: 5.2 km.

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1 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 1 - Rabat Museums Walk Rabat is an old city dating back to the 7th century. A long history and great Moroccan traditions make Rabat a very interesting city to visit. Among other interesting attractions, Rabat has a number of unique museums. Take this walk in order to see some of the most amazing museums of Rabat. Guide Location: Morocco» Rabat # of Attractions: 7 Tour Duration: 2 hour(s) Travel Distance: 5.2 km Please note: This walk is also featured in the ios app "GPSmyCity: Walks and Articles with Offline Maps" on itunes App Store and the Android app "Rabat Map and Walks" on Google Play. The apps provide GPS navigation to guide you from one tour stop to the next, so you will never be lost. The apps offer additional walking tours in Rabat. Check them out! GPSmyCity offers self-guided walking tours in over 1,000 city around the world. Please visit gpsmycity.com for more walking tour offers. List of attractions included in this self-guided walking tour: A) Oudayas Museum and Andalusian Gardens B) Mausoleum of Mohammed V C) Costume Museum D) Rabat Archaeological Museum E) National Museum of Postal Services and Telecommunication F) Galerie Bab Rouah G) Musée de la Monnaie de Bank Al-Maghrib Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 1 -

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Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 3 - A) Oudayas Museum and Andalusian Gardens (must see) Oudayas Museum and Andalusian Gardens is the most visited place in Rabat.

It is a very pleasant and beautiful park with a lot of flowers, roses, fruit trees and wide alleys and it is also very popular among locals, especially women.

The museum works every day except Tuesdays from 9:00 to 12:00 and from 15:00 to 17:30.

3 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 3 - A) Oudayas Museum and Andalusian Gardens (must see) Oudayas Museum and Andalusian Gardens is the most visited place in Rabat. It is an outstanding piece of old Rabat architecture, culture and view. The museum shows the history of Rabat and its art works. The Gardens are located just next to the Kasbah des Oudayas. It is a very pleasant and beautiful park with a lot of flowers, roses, fruit trees and wide alleys and it is also very popular among locals, especially women. The garden was built by Tranchant De Lunel architect, under French rule, back in the 1920s. Next to the garden there is a very pleasant café. The museum works every day except Tuesdays from 9:00 to 12:00 and from 15:00 to 17:30. Address: Boulevard Tariq el Marsa, 1, Rabat, Morocco Image Courtesy of Flickr and kashmir B) Mausoleum of Mohammed V (must see) Mausoleum of Mohammed V was built by King Hassan II for his father Mohammed V. The building is a marvel of the Alaouite dynasty architecture and is a mausoleum and the resting place of Mohammed V and his two sons: King Hassan II and Prince Abdallah. The structure is located within the Yacoub Al Mansour Square and is a real king s mausoleum by its beauty. The mausoleum was design by a Vietnamese architect. The structure is white with a green top roof, specific for the modern Moroccan architecture. The interior is absolutely outstanding and richly decorated and it is one of the few religious sights that is open to the public. The mausoleum is open daily from sunrise until sunset. Address: L'esplanade Yacoub al-mansour, Rabat, Morocco Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Fabos C) Costume Museum Costume Museum is a very interesting place to go in Rabat. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions and the museum has an extensive and fascinating collection of costumes, clothes and jewelry that show how people were dressed in the area since ancient times until the late Islamic era. The museum also has some paintings that show how these costumes looked on people. Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 3 -

4 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 4 - Address: Avenue d'alger, 22, Rabat, Morocco Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Steve Evans D) Rabat Archaeological Museum (must see) Rabat Archaeological Museum, opened in 1932, contains the most extensive collection of archaeological artifacts found in Morocco. It contains prehistoric and pre-islamic collections including an extensive collection of objects uncovered by archaeologists working in Volubilis, Banasa and Thamusida, and were first put on display in This includes human remains from the middle palaeolithic period to the neolithic (4000 B.C.). A further find in 1957 saw the museum expand considerably, after which it became a National Museum and it has housed the National Museum collections since Pre-Roman and Roman civilisations are well-represented in the museum with a number of notable Hellenistic-style bronzes such as the Dog of Volubilis, and the marble 'Ephebe Crowned With Ivy and Head of a Young Berber'. On the ground floor of the museum is an extensive collection of stone artifacts from prehistoric cultures. On display are a number of tools, arrows, axes, swordss, items of pottery, altars and sarcophagi and polished stones and stelae carved with inscriptions. The floor also has a number of tomb fragments and rock carvings. It covers Acheulian culture. The Pre-Islamic collection of the museum is derived from sites that include Volubilis, Banasa, Thamusida, Sala and Mogador and are organized by theme. The displays such as cooking utensils such as plates, dishes, glasses and knives reveal much about every day life and Mediterranean relations in earlier times particularly between Morocco and Carthage. The museum has an extensive collection found at the site of Sala-Chellah on the upper floor of the museum including an early Christian altar, a Byzantine censer. "(The above description is based on Wikipedia under Creative Common License)" Address: Rue al-brihi Parent, 23, Rabat, Morocco Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Marie-Lan Nguyen. Sight description based on wikipedia Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 4 -

in 1970. The museum is a very interesting and popular tourist attraction.

distance. The museum has some very interesting postal vans.

5 Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 5 - E) National Museum of Postal Services and Telecommunication National Museum of Postal Services and Telecommunication is located within the Ministry of P&T in Rabat and was established in The museum is a very interesting and popular tourist attraction. The museum has an extensive collection not only of postal stamps and envelops, but also of all kinds of telephones, telegraph machines, a telegraph with printer and a machine to send pictures a long distance. The museum has some very interesting postal vans. Address: Avenue Mohammed V, 196, Rabat, Morocco Image Courtesy of Flickr and Smabs Sputzer F) Galerie Bab Rouah Bab Rouah is one of the most outstanding architectural structures and art galleries in Rabat. It is one of the five Rabat gates, also called the Gate of the Winds. It is huge and well preserved. The gate itself and its doors are richly decorated with amazing ornaments. Inside the gate there is an art gallery, a very popular one that has permanent as well as temporary exhibitions. The paintings belong to modern local artists and among them are such names as Farid Belkahia, Hassan Glaoui and Labied Miloud. Address: Avenue en Nasar, Rabat, Morocco Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Radosław Botev G) Musée de la Monnaie de Bank Al-Maghrib (must see) The Bank Al-Maghrib is the central bank of Morocoo and it was founded in In 1992, the bank opened the Musée de la Monnaie de Bank Al-Maghrib. The museum contains an outstanding collection of coins and other monetary documents. Also, it has a permanent collection of paintings. The museum is located on the third floor of the Al-Maghrib Bank. The building of the bank is a fascinating model of modern architecture in Rabat. Address: Avenue Mohammed V, 277, Rabat, Morocco Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Gridge Copyright by GPSmyCity.com - Page 5 -

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