What Budget for 7 Days in Marrakech?

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How much does a week in Marrakech cost, flights excluded? We went through each item (accommodation, food, transport, sights, internet) with prices that can be checked in October 2026, and we cite where every figure comes from. The result: about €220 per person on a tight budget, and about €540 per person for a comfortable riad stay as a couple, excluding day trips and shopping.

The essentials

  • Tight budget, solo: about €220 for 7 nights in a hostel, simple meals, buses and the main sights (flights excluded).
  • Comfortable stay as a couple: about €540 per person with a €100-a-night riad and a proper dinner every evening.
  • Entry fees: Jardin Majorelle about €15.50; Bahia Palace and Saadian Tombs about €9.20 each since June 2024.
  • Bus 19 links the airport and the centre for about €2.80; a simple meal costs about €3.20 (Numbeo, 2026).
  • Carry cash in dirhams, the local currency; prices in this article are converted to euros at the 13 October 2026 rate.

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A week's budget at a glance

Here are two budgets for 7 nights, per person, flights excluded, built from the prices detailed further down. Local prices are converted to euros at the 13 October 2026 rate.

Tight budget, solo traveller: about €220

  • Dorm bed at about €15 a night: €105
  • Two simple meals a day at about €3.20: about €45
  • Bus 19 return, a few city buses and petit taxis: about €18.50
  • Jardin Majorelle, Bahia Palace, Saadian Tombs, Ben Youssef Madrasa: about €38.50
  • Maroc Telecom visitor eSIM, 20 GB: about €11

Comfortable stay, couple: about €540 per person

  • Riad at €100 a night, shared by two: €350
  • One simple meal and one restaurant dinner a day: about €119
  • Bus 19 and around eight shared petit-taxi rides: about €16.50
  • The same four sights: €38.50
  • A 4G Wi-Fi router shared by two for 7 days: €17

Not included: flights, day trips out of Marrakech (Ourika Valley, Essaouira, the desert), hammam, cooking classes and souk shopping. Their prices vary a lot by agency and season, so ask for two or three written quotes before booking.

Accommodation: the biggest cost

Accommodation weighs most in the budget, and the range is huge. Two reference points checked on 2 October 2026:

  • Hostels: on Hostelworld, dorm beds in Marrakech hostels start at roughly €5 to €25 a night, and private rooms at roughly €20 to €31.
  • Riads: on Booking.com’s riad page, the “from” prices of the listed properties ranged from about €50 to over €300 a night.

Prices move with dates: European school holidays, the end-of-year festivities and spring are the busiest periods. A few tips to pay a fair price:

  • Check what is included: breakfast, airport transfer and tourist tax change the comparison.
  • Check access: many medina riads cannot be reached by car, so the last stretch is on foot with your luggage.
  • Read recent reviews about noise, hot water and Wi-Fi: thick riad walls often block the signal.
  • Gueliz and Hivernage have conventional hotels that are easier to reach by taxi, if sleeping in the medina does not appeal.

Food: what to budget per day and for two

The prices below come from Numbeo, a crowd-sourced database (updated 2 August 2026): they are averages reported by users, useful as a rough guide.

  • Meal at an inexpensive restaurant: about €3.20 on average (€1.80 to €4.60).
  • Three-course dinner for two at a mid-range restaurant, without drinks: about €27.50 on average.
  • Cappuccino: about €2; 1.5-litre bottle of water: about €0.60.

Food budget for a week for two, with breakfast included in the accommodation:

  • Budget version (two simple meals per person per day): 2 × 7 × €6.40 = about €90.
  • Comfortable version (a simple lunch and a restaurant dinner): 2 × 7 × €17 = about €238.

Fine-dining restaurants and big-hotel restaurants cost far more. To eat well without blowing the budget: have lunch in small neighbourhood restaurants, keep the expensive places for one or two dinners, and always ask the price before ordering at the Jemaa el-Fna food stalls.

Getting around Marrakech

From the airport: bus line 19, run by ALSA, links Marrakech-Menara airport with the city centre (Jemaa el-Fna, Gueliz, train station) for about €2.80. For an airport taxi we found no official fare table published online: agree the price before getting in, or ask your accommodation to arrange the transfer.

Petit taxis (beige in Marrakech) run on the meter. Numbeo gives an average of about €0.80 to start and about €0.60 per kilometre on the day tariff, so about €2.40 for a 3 km ride. A higher tariff applies at night. Insist on the meter; if the driver refuses, agree the fare before setting off or take the next taxi.

City buses cost about €0.40 a ride (Numbeo). Handy between Gueliz and the medina, less so inside the old town, where you walk anyway.

Day trips (grand taxi, private driver, agency) are negotiable: compare several offers and get in writing what is included (fuel, meals, guide, entry fees).

Sights: entry fees in 2026

Marrakech’s main sights remain affordable, but prices have risen in recent years. Bring cash in dirhams for the ticket desks.

  • Jemaa el-Fna square, the souks, the Koutoubia gardens: free. Keep some coins if you photograph the square’s performers, who will ask for a tip.
  • Jardin Majorelle: about €15.50 for the garden alone, according to recent travel guides. Tickets are sold online on the official ticketing site by time slot; the garden opens every day from 8am. The neighbouring museums (Yves Saint Laurent, Berber arts) cost extra.
  • Bahia Palace and Saadian Tombs: about €9.20 each for a foreign adult since 13 June 2024, up from about €6.40 (Médias24).
  • Ben Youssef Madrasa: about €4.60 for a foreign adult.

The four paid visits therefore add up to about €38.50 per person. Go early in the morning: fewer crowds and cooler temperatures in summer.

Souvenirs and haggling

The souks run on bargaining, especially for rugs, leather, lanterns and ceramics. There is no official “right price”, but a few rules help you avoid overpaying:

  • Visit several shops before buying, to get a feel for the price of the same item.
  • Set yourself a maximum before you start, and only bargain if you really want the item.
  • For argan oil and spices, prefer shops with displayed prices or cooperatives, and be wary of “guided tours” that end in a shop.
  • For a rug, ask about size, material and origin, and check shipping terms if you are not carrying it home.

Internet: what a connected week costs

Being online every day helps with medina directions, bookings, translation and messages with your riad. The options and their prices:

  • Roaming from your home provider: Morocco is not part of the EU “roam like at home” area, and UK and US plans vary widely. Check your tariff before you go, as it can be expensive. Our guide on avoiding high roaming charges explains the traps.
  • A local SIM: an Orange prepaid SIM costs about €1.80 with about €1.80 of credit (orange.ma). You need an unlocked phone and your passport. See buying a local SIM.
  • A Moroccan eSIM: in November 2025 Maroc Telecom sold a visitor eSIM at about €11 for 20 GB over 30 days, or about €29.50 for 14 days of unlimited data; Orange advertises its unlimited Marhaba eSIM from about €11. You need a compatible phone.
  • Accommodation and café Wi-Fi: free, but limited to where you are, and often weak in riads.

For a solo traveller, a local SIM or eSIM is usually the cheapest choice. If you want to be online as soon as you land, read what actually works at the airport.

Rent A Phone: one Wi-Fi router for the whole family or group

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Things change when you travel with others or carry several devices. Rent A Phone rents a 4G pocket Wi-Fi router on the Maroc Telecom network, with unlimited data, for €4.90 per day (2-day minimum). For 7 days that is €34.30 for the router, or €8.58 per person for a group of four. Up to 10 devices can connect at once and the battery lasts up to 8 hours; a power bank is available for €1.90 per day.

On speed, to be honest: up to 150 Mbps in theory, typically a few tens of Mbps in town (often 20 to 50 Mbps), less inside a thick-walled riad or in the mountains. It is 4G, not 5G. For reference, Maroc Telecom recorded the country’s fastest typical mobile download speed in Q1 2026, 27.5 Mbps (Opensignal, April 2026). The router works wherever Maroc Telecom’s 4G reaches, including on day trips.

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Tips to stay on budget in Marrakech

  • Withdraw dirhams locally from bank ATMs, and check your card’s foreign fees before you leave.
  • Keep small notes for taxis, tips and small purchases: getting change for a large note is often a problem.
  • Set a daily cap and note your spending in the evening: the simplest way not to overspend in the souks.
  • Group sights by area: Bahia, the Saadian Tombs and the Kasbah are close together; Majorelle is in Gueliz.
  • Book early for busy periods (European holidays, end of year): that is when accommodation prices rise most.
  • Compare day trips between several agencies and get what is included in writing.

Marrakech budget: frequently asked questions

How much money do I need for 7 days in Marrakech?

Excluding flights, allow about €220 per person on a tight budget (hostel, simple meals, buses, main sights) and about €540 per person for a comfortable riad stay as a couple. Day trips, hammam and shopping come on top and vary a lot in price.

Sights, transport and simple meals are cheap: a simple meal costs about €3.20 and a bus ride about €0.40. Accommodation and upmarket restaurants make the difference: a riad can cost anything from €50 to over €300 a night.

The garden alone costs about €15.50 according to recent travel guides, and the neighbouring museums cost extra. Tickets are bought online on the official Jardin Majorelle ticketing site, by time slot.

Bus 19, run by ALSA, links the airport with the centre (Jemaa el-Fna, Gueliz, train station) for about €2.80. For taxis there is no official fare table published online: agree the price before getting in or ask your accommodation to arrange a transfer.

With breakfast included in your accommodation, two people spend about €90 eating in simple restaurants, or about €238 with a restaurant dinner every evening. These figures use Numbeo averages from August 2026: about €3.20 for a simple meal, about €27.50 for dinner for two.

Alone, a local SIM or eSIM is usually cheapest (Maroc Telecom eSIM at about €11 for 20 GB, operator page as seen in August 2026). In a group, a 4G Wi-Fi router such as Rent A Phone’s costs €34.30 a week for up to 10 devices, delivered free in Marrakech.

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