Hassan II Mosque: tickets and times

How you get inside

The Hassan II Mosque is a working mosque, and the Foundation that runs it calls it a place of worship and meditation. Visitors go inside on its paid guided tour, which starts at set times and moves as one group. There's no self-guided ticket on the Foundation's price list. So whether you pay at the mosque or book ahead online, you go in the same way: with a guide, in a group, at a set time. The Foundation also offers private visits for groups of 10 people or fewer, by reservation, if you'd rather not share a guide.

Tour times by season

The Foundation splits the year in two, from 16 September to 14 March and from 15 March to 15 September, and adds an afternoon tour in summer. Its own pages don't fully agree on the details. Both list morning tours at 09:00, 10:00 and 11:00, Saturday to Thursday. The English page, last changed in April 2026, adds 12:00 and puts the afternoon tours at 15:00 and 16:00. The French page, updated on 29 September 2026, has no 12:00 tour and lists 14:00 and 15:00. So treat the afternoon times as approximate, and go by the time printed on your ticket or booking.

• Winter timetable: 16 September to 14 March
• Summer timetable: 15 March to 15 September
• Ramadan has its own shorter timetable
• Afternoon times differ between the official pages: check your booking

Fridays, Ramadan and prayer times

Friday has fewer tours than the rest of the week: both official pages list 09:00 and 10:00, with no 11:00 slot, then the afternoon tours. Friday is the day of the main weekly congregational prayer at midday, so plan your visit for the morning or the afternoon. During Ramadan the timetable shrinks to 09:00, 10:00, 11:00 and 14:00 from Saturday to Thursday, and to 09:00 and 14:15 on Friday. That afternoon slot means Ramadan isn't mornings only. On every day, the timetable leaves a gap over the middle of the day, when the midday prayer falls. Religious holidays can bring changes too, so treat any date close to a holiday with a little caution.

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What the tour covers

The Foundation's tour has three stages: the prayer hall, the minaret hall and the ablution hall. Along the way, guides point out the traditional Moroccan crafts used across the building: carved plaster, carved wood, zellige tilework, marble, tadelakt plaster and copper. The ablution hall sits in the basement. The mosque has two basements, much of which became ablution halls, one for men and one for women. There you'll see 45 marble fountains shaped like lotus flowers, ringed by about 600 taps. The hammams, also underground, aren't one of the three stages, so don't expect to see them on a standard tour.

The prayer hall up close

The prayer hall is 200 metres long, 100 metres wide and 60 metres high, with room for about 25,000 worshippers. Its sliding roof covers 3,400 square metres and opens in five minutes, turning the centre of the hall into a large open courtyard. It weighs about 1,100 tonnes. A channel of fresh water runs across the floor, a nod to the courtyard houses of Muslim Andalusia. Look up for the 50 Murano glass chandeliers, each about 1,200 kg. Two mezzanines above the hall are reserved for women. The carved wood is cedar from the Middle Atlas mountains.

Dress code and house rules

The Foundation's rules are short and firm. Wear clothes that cover your shoulders and torso and come below the knee. Shorts and sleeveless tops are, in its words, absolutely forbidden, and that applies to everyone. For women, the tour we link to adds that you need covered shoulders and long trousers or a long skirt, and it rules out short skirts. You take your shoes off before entering and carry them with you, in a bag handed out at the entrance. The Foundation's rules don't mention covering your hair. A light scarf in your bag costs nothing, though.

• No smoking, eating or drinking during the visit
• Stay with your group and keep quiet
• Don't step past the chains around the water channel
• No video cameras, radios or other sound devices inside

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The guided tour we link to

The tour we link to is run by Premium Transfers & Tours. It includes your entry ticket and the mosque tour with a local guide in English, German, French or Spanish. Italian and Arabic may also be available, depending on group size. Some options add hotel pickup and drop-off in central Casablanca. Depending on the option you choose, it runs from 45 minutes to four hours. Tips aren't included. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before, and you can reserve now and pay later.

• Included: entry ticket and a guided tour of the mosque
• Optional: hotel pickup and drop-off in central Casablanca
• Not included: tips
• Toilets at the mosque are free, whatever anyone suggests

Booking ahead or paying at the mosque

You don't have to book online. The Foundation sells its guided tour at the mosque itself, which is the most direct way in. Booking ahead makes sense for a few reasons. You pay in your own currency before you travel. A bundled ticket comes with a contact for the meeting point, and you can add a hotel pickup. If you're already in Casablanca and staying near the mosque, turning up before a tour starts is simpler. If you're arriving on a short stop or a tight schedule, a booked time with pickup takes the timing out of your hands.

Getting there and the meeting point

The mosque stands on the seafront on Boulevard Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah, in a 9-hectare complex between the harbour and the El Hank lighthouse. From Casa-Port, the nearest train station, it's about a 20-minute walk. A taxi is the other simple option, and the pickup option on the tour we link to covers central Casablanca hotels. If you book that tour without pickup, the meeting point is listed on Google Maps as the Premium Transfers and Tours meeting point. Look for the team in black vests in front of the Hassan II Mosque Museum, and message them on WhatsApp with your booking number if you can't find them.

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The museum and the esplanade

Before or after the tour, two parts of the complex are worth your time. The esplanade covers 30,000 square metres and can hold up to 80,000 worshippers. It is lined with arcades of horseshoe arches. The Hassan II Mosque Museum shows traditional Moroccan crafts and spare architectural pieces made for the mosque, such as carved stucco, painted wooden ceilings and zellige panels. It needs its own ticket. The Foundation lists museum hours of 09:00 to 13:30 and 14:30 to 17:00, and 09:00 to 15:00 during Ramadan.

Who this isn't for

If you want to wander the prayer hall alone at your own pace, the mosque doesn't offer that: every visit is guided and moves as a group. If shorts or a sleeveless top is all you've packed, you won't be let in, so change first. If the hammam is the part you most want to see, it isn't on the standard tour. And if you're already at the mosque with time to spare, you don't need a booked ticket at all. Paying at the mosque works fine.