Café de France

Présentation

Café de France opened on Jemaa el-Fna in 1912, which means it has been watching the square below for over a century — through the protectorate, independence, UNESCO listing, and now the smartphone era. Three rooftop terraces stacked above the café look directly over the entire square: the storytellers, the snake charmers, the acrobats, the food stalls that appear at dusk, the minarets catching the last light. This is not a place where you come for innovative food or cocktail programs. The menu is traditional Moroccan — tagines, harira, briouates — plus coffee, ice cream, and beer delivered at Moroccan café pace. What you come for is the view and the history. At sunset, when the square transforms and the Atlas turns pink on the horizon, the Café de France rooftop is one of the most striking places to be in all of Morocco. I've been bringing people here since before I lost count, and the view has never been less than exactly what it promises.

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