City walk · Casablanca · Morocco
Hubert Lyautey
1854–1934 · a real person
an ageing French marshal, clipped and proud, softening as the lanes narrow and his certainties give way
Read what Hubert Lyautey says
I am Lyautey. For thirteen years France let me draw lines on this coast, and Casablanca is the line I drew hardest. They told me to knock the old town down and I refused; I built beside it instead, and told myself that was mercy. Walk with me from my square into the medina and judge whether it was. I will not pretend to be a gentle man, but I would like one honest witness before the end.
Casablanca · 5 stops · 1.7 km
about 25 min walking, 24 min listening at the stops — going inside is extra · Tap a stop on the map for a preview.
Where it takes you
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Best time to walk: Early morning or after five: the square is bare of shade at midday and the medina lanes are calmer before ten. Rick's Café serves only from the evening.
49 min · 1.7 km · 5 stops · medium
You’re walking this one before anyone at Walk & Tell has. If something looks wrong, tap Report at any stop — we’ll fix it for everyone after you.
Partly shadedBest time to walk: Early morning or after five: the square is bare of shade at midday and the medina lanes are calmer before ten. Rick's Café serves only from the evening.
The walk
A story walk from the great square the French built to the medina it pressed against, told by the man who ordered the line drawn between them. No puzzles: just eight places, eight chapters, and a city arguing with itself. It ends at a café invented by a film, in the quarter that was here long before anyone thought to plan it.
Start here
Arrondissement de Sidi Belyout ⵜⴰⴳⵥⵥⵓⵎⵜ ⵏ ⵙⵉⴷⵉ ⴱⵍⵢⵓⵟ مقاطعة سيدي بليوط
Stand on United Nations Square, on the open paving by the tram stop, with the walls of the old medina ahead of you.
DirectionsWhere Hubert Lyautey takes you5 stops
Best from stop 1 — the story is told in order. Tap Start here on any stop to begin there instead; the guide will catch you up.
