Saadian Tombs and El Badi Palace tickets: 100 MAD each, no combined ticket, and restoration still going on at both

💡 The Short Version: The Saadian Tombs and El Badi Palace are 100 MAD each (about £7.50) for a foreign adult, with no combined ticket. Buy on the Ministry of Culture’s e-services site or at the gate. There is no timed slot, and both are listed as open 09:00 to 17:00. Both reopened on 9 October 2023 and parts are still under restoration: the state’s November 2025 report put the tombs at 65% and El Badi at 40%. Go to the tombs at 09:00. Or book a tour: the Bahia Palace, Saadian Tombs, souk and medina tourad (from £13, 4 hours) adds a guide, and check what its ticket includes before you rely on it covering entry.

The tickets, compared

The operator is the Ministry of Culture. Prices are from its ticket pages for the Saadian Tombs and El Badi Palace, at about 13 MAD to the pound. Look-alike “official” sites turn up in search results and sell the same entry at a higher price.

• No combined ticket: each monument sells its own, so the tombs and El Badi together are 200 MAD (about £15).
• No timed slot: the ministry’s platform sells a ticket for the day.
• Free: visitors with reduced mobility, and Moroccan nationals on Fridays and on the first day of national and religious holidays.
• The Bahia Palace is a third ministry ticket at the same price. See Bahia Palace tickets.

Tours worth paying for

The ministry sells the entry, and GetYourGuide sells walking tours that include the two monuments. At £12 to £13 these cost less than the entry tickets of the monuments they visit (the tombs and the Bahia together are 200 MAD, about £15), so read “what’s included” on the product page before you assume entry is covered. Where it is not, pay the 100 MAD at the gate or on the ministry’s site. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.

The Bahia, the Saadian Tombs, the souk and the medina

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Marrakech: Bahia Palace, Saadian Tombs, Souk and Medina Tourad is the most-reviewed of GetYourGuide’s medina tours.

The tombs and the Bahia

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The Bahia, the tombs and the Koutoubia

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Marrakech: Bahia Palace, Saadian Tombs & Koutoubia Mosquead is the shorter tour. Non-Muslims cannot enter the Koutoubia Mosque.

What to see

Both are in the Kasbah quarter, on the medina walk between the Bahia Palace and Bab Agnaou. The tombs are the smaller visit and the state says they are under heavy visitor pressure, so go to them first, at 09:00.

The Hall of Twelve Columns at the Saadian Tombs. Photo: Matt Kieffer, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

1. The Saadian Tombs (about 30 minutes). The necropolis was begun in 1557 by Sultan Abdallah al-Ghalib to hold the tomb of his father, the founder of the Saadian dynasty, and it was discovered in 1917. Its first section holds the Mihrab Hall, the Hall of Twelve Columns and the Hall of Three Niches, and its second the Koubba of Lalla Messaouda, the mother of Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur, buried there in 1591. The tombs are pyramid-shaped, in marble or tilework, with Merinid and Andalusian influences. The tomb of the Alaouite sultan Moulay al-Yazid, who died in 1792, is there too.
2. El Badi Palace (about an hour). Ahmad al-Mansur, who reigned from 1578 to 1603, built El Badi, “the Incomparable”, to commemorate his accession after the Battle of the Three Kings. The visit is its ruins, and the works there include demolition of unsafe parts, rubble clearing and strengthening of foundations.
3. The works. In November 2025 the state reported El Badi’s restoration at 40%, from a contract of 31.7 million MAD over 18 months, and the Saadian Tombs at 65%, with both due to end in June 2026.

The central pool at El Badi Palace, with the ruined walls behind. Photo: Jakub Hałun, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.

What to skip: a guide at the gate, unless he shows an official badge, and any ticket sold at a markup. The ministry’s price is 100 MAD for each monument.

Hours, rules and getting there

• Last entry: the platform publishes none, so arrive well before 17:00.
• Where: both are in the Kasbah quarter, in the south of the medina.
• Crowds: the state’s November 2025 report says the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace and the Ben Youssef Madrasa are under heavy pressure from visitor numbers.

The Bahia Palace is the third ministry monument in the quarter, and the Ben Youssef Madrasa and Le Jardin Secret are in the north. Marrakech after the earthquake lists what has reopened and what is still under restoration. For the rest of the city’s bookings, see what to book before you go to Marrakech. Marrakech medina tours and licensed guides compares the guided options, and 3 days in Marrakech puts the Kasbah in one morning. Jemaa el-Fnaa and the souks are the rest of the old city. To sleep nearby, hotels near Jemaa el-Fnaa lists the hotels beside the square, and where to eat in Marrakech lists places to eat.