Built in the 12th Century, this is the largest mosque in Marrakech, built below an impressive minaret tower, large and square, which can be seen from all over the city: it's 69metres high, in the red clay of most of the old city. Inside it are six chambers, one on top of each other.

People also still refer to is as the mosque of the booksellers because this used to be the bookseller's district.

Koutoubia Mosque is closed to non-Muslims, it's like a giant prayer hall inside, but it's a popular landmark in a nice area so it's nice to walk around it, especially in the evening when you can hear the hum of what's going on inside.

Written by  Esther Blume.

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