Casablanca is often overlooked by visitors to Morocco, with preference given to imperial cities like Marrakech and Fez or well-known beach resorts such as Agadir and Tangier. There are, however, plenty of reasons to stop by Morocco’s biggest city for a few days.
Casablanca boasts the largest mosque in Morocco and one of the most spectacular in the world: the striking Hassan II Mosque. With interiors that are as stunning as the facade, it’s one of the city’s major tourist attractions as well as an important place of Islamic worship. Constructed in the 1990s, only the finest materials were used in its creation. Master artisans were employed from all over the country to produce exquisite details and you’ll see fine carvings in both wood and plaster as well as colourful tiling and much more. Read the full travel article here.