Shopping and entertainment

Arribat Center

Bélère Urban Hotel: 1.9 km, about 3 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 1.0 km, about 2 min by car

Opened on 20/11/19 in the heart of Agdal, Arribat Center is the CDG group's shopping centre (Foncière Chellah), part of a mixed-use complex with offices, a hotel, a conference centre and an urban park. Its 45,000 m² of leasable space over three levels houses H&M, a Samsung Experience Store and the Megarama multiplex, which has had an IMAX auditorium since December 2025.

Highlights

• Megarama multiplex with a 150-seat IMAX Laser auditorium since 17/12/25
• 1,600 m² two-level H&M store, reopened on 04/09/25
• Mixed-use complex with offices, a hotel, a conference centre and an urban park

Leisure on site: Megarama Rabat

Shops

Fashion: H&M

Electronics: Samsung Experience Store

Mega Mall

Bélère Urban Hotel: 6.1 km, about 8 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 6.4 km, about 8 min by car

Opened in April 2005 on Avenue Mohammed VI in Souissi, Mega Mall was billed at launch as Morocco's largest shopping centre and today gathers around a hundred fashion, beauty, home and dining brands. It stands out for its complete family leisure offer: an ice rink, a 12-lane bowling alley, virtual reality and several children's play areas.

Highlights

• 800 m² ice rink with a skating school and ice karting on Friday nights
• 12 certified bowling lanes, with bumpers for children
• Fashion: Max Mara, Boggi Milano, Lacoste, Diesel, Gérard Darel

Leisure on site: Mega Mall ice rink, Mega Mall bowling alley, Royal Kids, Kid’s Zone, VR Dôme, Palais du Miroir (mirror maze), Art City by Ma Fête, Les Savants Fous

Ryad Square

Bélère Urban Hotel: 8.9 km, about 10 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 8.2 km, about 10 min by car

Opened on 19/04/19 in Hay Riad, Ryad Square is a four-level family shopping centre developed by FC2B, a retail property company backed by the Bricoma group. Designed as a shopping, dining and leisure destination, it notably houses the Royal Kids indoor play park.

Highlights

• Royal Kids indoor play park for children
• 15,000 m² four-level family centre in Hay Riad

Leisure on site: Royal Kids

Le Marché Dar Essalam

Bélère Urban Hotel: 9.3 km, about 13 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 9.6 km, about 13 min by car

Opened on 21/06/25 in Souissi, Le Marché Dar Essalam is a lifestyle destination combining a fresh market, fine groceries, designer boutiques and restaurants, in an architecture inspired by the site's historic orange grove. Billed as the first commercial building in Africa with dual HQE and BREEAM certification, it has housed Rabat's first Pathé cinema since December 2025.

Highlights

• Rabat's first Pathé cinema: four premium auditoriums and VIP lounges
• Fresh market, fine groceries and a Frédéric Cassel pastry shop under one roof
• Africa's first commercial building with dual HQE and BREEAM certification

Leisure on site: Pathé Dar Essalam, Play area, Studio Skult

Sela Park, Témara

Bélère Urban Hotel: 16.3 km, about 20 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 15.3 km, about 19 min by car

Opened on 24/09/20 at the entrance to Témara, Sela Park is a convenience retail park owned by the property company Aradei Capital, which still lists it in its Sela portfolio in 2026. It opened around a Carrefour hypermarket operated by the LabelVie group.

Highlights

• Retail park in Aradei Capital's Sela network, at the entrance to Témara

Avenue Mohammed V

Bélère Urban Hotel: 0.5 km, about 1 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 2.1 km, about 3 min by car

Downtown Rabat's signature boulevard, Avenue Mohammed V is lined with protectorate-era neo-Moorish buildings, cafés, shops, gardens and fountains. It brings together Rabat-Ville station, Parliament, Bank Al-Maghrib and the Central Post Office, and is pleasant to stroll by day or night.

Highlights

• Protectorate-era neo-Moorish architecture
• Cafés, shops and gardens to enjoy by day or night
• Cinéma Renaissance, an Art Deco venue at no. 350

Rue Souika and Souk Es-Sebat

Bélère Urban Hotel: 2.3 km, about 4 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 3.7 km, about 7 min by car

The medina's main shopping axis, Rue Souika continues into Souk Es-Sebat, a covered gallery lined with small shops. It offers djellabas, kaftans, babouches, leather goods and jewellery, as well as street-food stalls and traditional pastry shops.

Highlights

• Djellabas, kaftans and babouches in the heart of the medina
• Covered Souk Es-Sebat: jewellery, leather goods and musical instruments
• Street food: msemen, maakouda, harira and gazelle horns

Agdal, Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir

Bélère Urban Hotel: 2.3 km, about 3 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 1.1 km, about 2 min by car

A modern, sought-after district south of downtown, Agdal gathers international fashion brands, cafés and shopping centres, in contrast with the traditional medina. Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir is its main shopping street, in the same district as Arribat Center.

Highlights

• Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir: boutiques, cafés and international brands
• Samsung Store and Starbucks on Avenue Fal Ould Oumeir
• Home to Arribat Center and Rabat-Agdal railway station

Cinéma 7ème Art

Bélère Urban Hotel: 0.8 km, about 1 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 2.4 km, about 4 min by car

A downtown cinema owned by the Moroccan Cinema Centre (CCM) on Avenue Allal Ben Abdellah. From 18 to 25/02/25 it hosted the screening series held for the launch of the Moroccan Cinematheque.

Highlights

• Historic downtown cinema owned by the CCM
• Hosted the Moroccan Cinematheque series in February 2025

Megarama Rabat

Bélère Urban Hotel: 1.8 km, about 2 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 0.7 km, about 1 min by car

Megarama Maroc's multiplex inside Arribat Center, open since 05/08/19. Since 17/12/25 it has offered its first IMAX auditorium in Rabat, equipped with IMAX with Laser technology.

Highlights

• 150-seat IMAX with Laser auditorium since 17/12/25
• Screenings in French and original versions, including IMAX 3D
• Inside Arribat Center, in Agdal

IZI Morocco escape game at the Oudayas

Bélère Urban Hotel: 2.7 km, about 4 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 3.6 km, about 6 min by car

A self-guided outdoor digital escape game played on a smartphone in the Kasbah of the Udayas, lasting about two hours. Its puzzles draw on the site's history and legends.

Highlights

• Self-guided smartphone game with no fixed schedule
• Puzzles inspired by the history and legends of the Udayas
• Lasts about two hours

El Akkari ice rink

Bélère Urban Hotel: 3.2 km, about 4 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 2.2 km, about 4 min by car

Billed as Africa's largest ice rink, this seafront multi-sport arena offers 1,738 m² of ice and was inaugurated on 24/01/26 with a Morocco–France friendly match. It is intended for clubs of the Royal Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation; public access had not been confirmed as of summer 2026.

Highlights

• Billed as Africa's largest ice rink, with 1,738 m² of ice
• Inaugurated on 24/01/26 with a Morocco–France hockey match
• On the Rabat seafront, in the El Akkari district

Mega Mall bowling alley

Bélère Urban Hotel: 6.1 km, about 8 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 6.4 km, about 8 min by car

A 12-lane certified bowling centre built by US specialist AMF inside Mega Mall in Souissi. It hosts birthday parties, corporate evenings and tournaments, including the Intercity Strike Cup (January 2025 and February 2026).

Highlights

• 12 certified AMF lanes, with bumpers for children up to age 10
• Birthday packages, corporate evenings and tournaments
• Host of the Intercity Strike Cup in 2025 and 2026

Mega Mall ice rink

Bélère Urban Hotel: 6.1 km, about 8 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 6.4 km, about 8 min by car

Opened with Mega Mall in 2005 as Morocco's first ice rink, it offers an 800 m² ice surface with public sessions seven days a week. A skating school run by qualified coaches welcomes skaters from age 5.

Highlights

• 800 m² ice surface, public sessions seven days a week
• Skating school from age 5 with qualified coaches
• Ice karting on Friday nights

Pathé Dar Essalam

Bélère Urban Hotel: 9.3 km, about 13 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 9.6 km, about 13 min by car

Rabat's first Pathé cinema, opened on 17/12/25 in the west wing of Le Marché Dar Essalam in Souissi. Its four premium auditoriums feature a Samsung Onyx LED screen and Dolby Atmos sound, with VIP lounges.

Highlights

• Four premium auditoriums with VIP lounges
• Samsung Onyx LED screen and Dolby Atmos sound
• Inside Le Marché Dar Essalam, among boutiques and restaurants

Rokya Aquaparc

Bélère Urban Hotel: 20.7 km, about 22 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 22.2 km, about 24 min by car

A family water park on the Meknès road in the commune of Al Arjate (Salé prefecture), about twenty minutes from Rabat. It offers seven pools, slides, water play areas and a VIP area.

Highlights

• Seven pools, slides and water play areas
• VIP area
• About twenty minutes from Rabat

Bahnini Hall

Bélère Urban Hotel: 0.7 km, about 2 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 2.3 km, about 4 min by car

A performance hall in central Rabat, Salle Bahnini hosts plays and concerts throughout the year, often in partnership with cultural institutes. It notably serves as a stage for Visa For Music showcases and the Jassad International Festival of Women Stage Directors.

Highlights

• Live Visa For Music showcases every November
• Theatre productions, such as “Crise” staged in September 2026
• Plays from the Jassad International Festival of Women Stage Directors

Events

• Jassad festival of women stage directors: October
• Visa For Music: November

French Institute of Rabat (Institut français)

Bélère Urban Hotel: 0.8 km, about 2 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 2.4 km, about 4 min by car

The French Institute of Rabat publishes a quarterly cultural programme of cinema, literary talks, exhibitions, live performances and workshops. It has a media library and the Gérard Philipe cinema, and stages many performances in partner venues across Rabat and Salé.

Tuesday to Friday, 09:00:00–13:00:00 and 14:00:00–18:00:00; Saturday, 09:00:00–13:00:00 and 14:00:00–17:00:00

Highlights

• Gérard Philipe cinema at 2, rue Al Yanboua
• The Institute's media library and exhibition room
• Shows co-presented at Salle Bahnini, Shems'y and the Villa des Arts

Cinéma Renaissance – Café La Scène

Bélère Urban Hotel: 1.0 km, about 2 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 2.6 km, about 4 min by car

Built in the 1930s as a theatre and turned into a multi-purpose hall from 1946, this Art Deco gem was acquired in 2006 by the HIBA Foundation. Fully refurbished, it combines a screening hall and the La Scène cultural café, hosting debates, meetings, shows and artistic events.

Highlights

• 1930s Art Deco building on the national heritage register
• A screening hall and the La Scène cultural café under one roof
• Live Visa For Music showcases in November

Events

• Visa For Music: November

Mohammed V National Theatre

Bélère Urban Hotel: 1.6 km, about 3 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 3.4 km, about 5 min by car

The first theatre built in Morocco after Independence, it was inaugurated on 14/03/62 by King Hassan II in downtown Rabat, close to the medina and Avenue Mohammed V. A public institution under the authority in charge of culture, it programmes theatre, music and shows and hosts several major festivals every year.

Highlights

• Season opened in September 2026 with the play “Qaïd Al Oued”
• A stage for Mawazine, the Fado Festival and Visa For Music
• Esplanade hosting open-air concerts during Visa For Music

Events

• Mawazine – Rhythms of the World festival: June
• Fado Festival, Rabat stop: September
• Visa For Music: November

Royal Theatre of Rabat (formerly Grand Theatre of Rabat)

Bélère Urban Hotel: 3.5 km, about 5 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 4.4 km, about 7 min by car

Designed by Zaha Hadid and delivered by the Bouregreg Valley Development Agency, the theatre was officially inaugurated on 29/10/24 and opened to the public on 22/04/26 with a show featuring about a hundred Moroccan artists. It has a main auditorium of more than 1,800 seats, a 250-seat hall and a 7000-seat open-air amphitheatre.

Highlights

• Flowing architecture by Zaha Hadid in the heart of the Bouregreg Valley
• Main hall designed for theatre, dance, opera and symphonic concerts
• 7000-seat open-air amphitheatre for festivals and major events

Shems'y National Circus School

Bélère Urban Hotel: 8.3 km, about 10 min by car
Bélère Arribat City Center: 9.7 km, about 13 min by car

Based in Salé, the Shems'y National Circus School trains young artists and stages live performances under its big tops. With AMESIP, it runs Karacena, the biennial of circus and travelling arts, whose 11th edition took place from 21/08/26 to 31/08/26.

Highlights

• Circus and dance shows under the big top, with the French Institute
• Karacena: circus, dance, music and equestrian arts every two years
• A creative space for the young artists trained at the school