The French colonial new city built in 1913. Wide boulevards, Art Deco cafes, the licensed bars, the city's best contemporary restaurants: Al Fassia, +61, Azar, Amal Center, Plus61.
Order The slow-cooked lamb tagine with caramelised quince, served with khobz bread.
Run entirely by women since 1987, Al Fassia in Marrakech's Gueliz cooks the refined Fassi (Fez) repertoire under chef Saida Chab, daily lunch and dinner.
Order Whatever the daily plate is; the Friday couscous is the standing classic.
Amal Center in Marrakech's Gueliz trains disadvantaged women in Moroccan cooking and serves the practice meals as lunch; non-profit, founded 2012.
Order Order across the mezze list, then pick a single shared main from the Levantine grills.
Dameh in Marrakech's Gueliz plates a Mediterranean menu spanning Morocco to Lebanon, Spain and Greece, in a sleek modern dining room near El Harti park.
Order Steak frites at the brasserie; this is the city's clearest French-protectorate inheritance.
Marrakech's Grand Cafe de la Poste occupies the 1920s post office in Gueliz, plating French brasserie classics under colonial-era ceiling fans since 2005.
Cassandra Karinsky and Sebastian de Gzell's +61 in Marrakech's Gueliz blends Sydney technique with Moroccan and Mediterranean produce under chef Andrew Cibej.
Order The all-day burger and a glass of Moroccan red on the rooftop; live jazz some nights.
Kechmara on Marrakech's Rue de la Liberte runs an all-day bistro-bar with rooftop terrace; 70s interior, alcohol licence, and busy jazz nights in Gueliz.
Order The Afro-fusion bowl of the week; the vegan menu is one of the deepest in Gueliz.
Mama Afrika in Marrakech's Gueliz plates Afro-fusion under tribal-art ceilings, with a vegan-friendly menu and Monday-night live reggae-jazz Mama Jam sets.
Order Mechoui by weight, with khobz and cumin; the tangia is the alternative.
Chez Lamine's Gueliz outpost on Rue Ibn Aicha brings Marrakech's mechoui-and-tangia institution to the new city, since 1965; cleaner than the medina counter.
Also on this listAmal Center Gueliz
Order Cafe almond pastry combo
Patisserie Amandine in Marrakech's Gueliz, since 1997: French and Moroccan pastries with almond focus, the café side at 175 Rue Mohamed El Beqal opens 07:00.
Also on this listLe Grand Cafe de la Poste
On this list, shown abovePatisserie Amandine
MARH Coffee Roasters in Marrakech's Gueliz is the city's serious-coffee specialty cafe: V60, AeroPress, espresso pulled to international third-wave standard.
Drink Moroccan red on the rooftop
Kechmara on Marrakech's Rue de la Liberte runs an all-day bar-restaurant: 70s-vibe ground floor, jazz on busy nights, rooftop drinks till 02:00 in Gueliz.
Also on this listBarometre
Marrakech's Marche Central de Gueliz, off Avenue Mohammed V, is the city's modern produce-and-fish market: cleaner, organized, the fish counters at the back.
On this list, shown aboveLe Grand Cafe de la PosteKechmara
On this list, shown aboveBarometre
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