Itinerary
Six stops, one evening, walkable. The night you'd take a friend on a Friday in Marrakech.
17:30 — Aperitif · City centre · $$$ · Cocktail Bars
1944 is the bar inside the Selman Marrakech, the palace hotel famous for its Arabian horses. Named for the year a foundational piece of the Selman story took pl Start polished. Order something stirred and bracing — a martini, a manhattan, or whatever the bar's house spec is. You're warming up the palate, not chasing trends.
19:00 — Cocktails · Medina · $$$$ · Rooftop Bars
Bar Medina Rooftop at La Sultana draws a steady local crowd in Medina. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Now move into the city's cocktail-bar heart. Order off-menu if you can; if the bartender has a single-drink-special-of-the-week, that's the one.
20:30 — Wine break · Gueliz · $$$ · Cocktail Bars
Amal Cafe Bar draws a steady local crowd in Gueliz. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Hit a wine bar before the second cocktail run. Two glasses, a small plate, a reset. Keep your conversation in here — the rooms after midnight aren't for talking.
22:00 — The destination cocktail · Hivernage · $$$$ · Cocktail Bars
Azar Restaurant Bar draws a steady local crowd in Hivernage. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. This is the room you booked for. Lights are lower, prices higher, drinks are tightly built. Stay an hour, no longer.
23:30 — Late-night listening · Gueliz · $$ · Cocktail Bars
Bar L'Omnibus draws a steady local crowd in Gueliz. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Move to a music room. Jazz, soul, or a DJ at modest volume. You want a soundtrack, not a club.
01:00 — Last drink · Gueliz from former El Fenn bartenders. House-distilled spirits · $$$ · Cocktail Bars
Baromètre is a speakeasy laboratory bar in Gueliz from former El Fenn bartenders. House-distilled spirits, dehydrated garnishes, smoke, ice programs — the most End on something simple. A clean martini, a Negroni, a whisky and water. Tip your bartender. Walk home or take a quiet cab.
The order matters. We start polished, peak in the middle, end somewhere quieter than we started. You can swap any room for a closer alternative — every bar listed has at least two backups within a five-minute walk.
Total time: about seven hours. Total spend: depends on you, but plan £80-£150 per person across the night. Save this page, send it to whoever you're meeting, and treat the timings as guidance, not gospel.
Each stop links to the full bar page if you want to dig deeper. Treat timings as guidance — adjust to your pace.