Marrakech WITH Locals

A small team of licensed Marrakech guides

Marrakech WITH Locals is a small guiding business in Marrakech, Morocco, that runs its own tours. The about page describes it as "a tour guide Travel Service based in Marrakech" and, in the first person, as "a local guide specialized in Free city guided tours as well as private customized tours for individuels and groups". It names 2 guides: Ismael, the founder, "a licensed local tour guide and host from Marrakech" who once worked at the Moroccan Pavilion at Epcot in Walt Disney World as a cultural representative, and Hassan, also "a licensed local tour guide from Marrakech". The homepage gives a Moroccan Tourism Ministry tour guide licence number, 2048, and an address at 19 Place Des Ferblantiers.

The walking tours are all in Marrakech's medina and old city. Beyond the city, the about page says, "I arrange one day trips from Marrakech to the suroundings tourist highlights of Marrakech such as Ourika Valley, Kasbah Ait Benhaddou, Ouzoud Waterfall, Essaouira city and Imlil valley." The stated aim is "to share our passion for travel and our country" and to help visitors "discover the treasures of Morocco with a trusted Service connecting you to its people, places and cultures."

The free medina walk

The core product is the tip-based group walk, called both the Marrakech Free Walking Tour and the "Hassle-free Walking Tour". It runs every day at 10h00, occasionally with a date-specific change posted on the page, and "The free tour is in English and will endure about 3 hours." The route passes the Mouassine Complex, Ben Youssef Mosque and "much more" through the medina's alleys, and the free tours page adds the Koutoubia Mosque, Bab Agnaou and the Jewish Mellah quarter.

The tour page describes the Koutoubia as a "12th century" mosque whose minaret, at "77m tall", is "a landmark for navigating the city", and notes that "The mosque's interior is not open to tourists". The walk stops at a hammam, which the site calls a "crucial public place for locals", and ends in Jemaa El Fna square, "the World Heritage site for culture as UNESCO named it", with its storytellers, snake charmers and food stalls. Along the way, the tour page says, the group will "get close as well to Morocco in terms of many issues such as the variety of cultures, people, languages, traditions, economy, political system and other topics", and the homepage calls the walk "purely educational", touching the "cultural, historical, social, economic and political aspects of Marrakech in particular and Morocco in general". The homepage adds that walkers may see "hidden sites like a local oven, bakeries or a hammam", and that the guide gives tips on local food, hammams, money exchange and shopping for souvenirs.

A Marrakesh Magic by Night group tour at 7 pm is also listed, but the site says "This tour doesn't take place now because of some arrangements."

Private tours and day trips

The Marrakech Full Day Exploring Tour is the one private tour with full details. It starts with a pick-up from the guest's hotel or riad, with the pick-up time flexible "from 09h30 To 17h30", and covers the medina, the Bahia Palace, the Koutoubia, the Dar El Bacha Museum, the Ben Youssef Madrasa, which the page calls "the largest Koranic school in Marrakech", the souks, the Jewish neighborhood and Jemaa el Fna. The price list reads "2 Persons: 70 € / person", "3-4 Persons: 50 € / person", and for 5 or more, contact the company. An "Official guide speaking English" is included; entrance fees to monuments, lunches and drinks are not.

Other private options named on the homepage are a Half-Day Marrakech Souks tour, a Half-Day Marrakech Medina Secrets tour and a Private Group Walking Tour for "an organized group, a group of students or friends". Day trips are listed to the Atlas Mountains and Ourika Valley, Essaouira on the Atlantic coast, the Ouzoud waterfalls, and Ait Benhaddou and Ouarzazate across the Atlas. The site does not give prices, timings or inclusions for the day trips.

Meeting and practical details

The group walk has a clear meeting point: "in front of Cafe Restaurant Le Samovar in the famous Square of Jemaa El Fna", with a Google Maps link on the page. Private tours start from the guest's hotel or riad. The guides speak English, and the free tour is described as being in English.

The site does not give a group-size cap, and it does not address accessibility, walking difficulty or children, which matters for a 3-hour walk through the medina. It does not say what to wear for the mosque garden and hammam stops either.

Tips, booking and contact

The free walk runs on tips: "I believe that everyone has the right to a quality tour regardless of their budget. At the end of the free tour you are the ones who can value the service ( Most Guests tip between 10 euros and 50 euros)". The site says its tours are "officialy Recommended at TripsPoint"; homepage reviews rate the guides "5 out of 5" and name Ismail as "a wonderful guide".

Booking and questions go directly to the guides by phone or WhatsApp on +212 673 647 763, or by email to info@marrakechwithlocals.com or moroccoguiding@gmail.com. There is no online checkout with terms on the page, and the site says nothing about deposits, cancellation or refunds for the priced private tours and day trips.

What the site leaves open

Cancellation and payment terms for paid tours are the main gap: the full-day tour has a published per-person price, but there is no word on how or when it is paid. Day trips have no prices or schedules at all. The free walk's group size and accessibility are not addressed. Date-specific changes to the free walk, such as a listed day when the group tour will not run, are posted on the tour pages, so the schedule is worth checking before heading to Le Samovar.

For travelers who want a licensed local guide in the Marrakech medina, with a free daily walk from a well-known café in Jemaa El Fna and a straightforward per-person price for a full private day, this is a personal, direct option. Anyone who needs firm booking terms before paying for a private day or a trip to the Atlas should settle them with the guides by message first.