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Bousbir, Casablanca — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Bousbir is a walled former quarter of central Casablanca, built in 1924 in a neo-Moorish style by Edmond Brion.
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Where to stay in Bousbir
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Bousbir sits in the central belt of Casablanca, so most beds lie in the surrounding downtown rather than behind the old quarter's wall. The pull is the cultural core. Rooms near the Parc de la Ligue Arabe put guests within a short walk of the Villa des Arts de Casablanca, while the streets around the Mers Sultan roundabout trade that green calm for the modernist bulk of the Notre-Dame de Lourdes Church a block on.
Choose green for calm, or the roundabout for the church.
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Parc de la Ligue Arabe edge
The Villa des Arts de Casablanca stands on the park's rim off Boulevard Brahim Roudani, setting guests among the palm allées and free galleries rather than through traffic.Find hotels in Parc de la Ligue Arabe edgestained-glass walks under the Notre-Dame de Lourdes Church windowsMers Sultan roundabout
The Mers Sultan roundabout gathers wide colonial avenues around the modernist Notre-Dame de Lourdes Church, whose Gabriel Loire glass draws visitors to this corner of the centre.Find hotels in Mers Sultan roundabouta quiet base by the Abderrahman Slaoui Museum villaMuseum quarter off Rue du Parc
The lanes off Rue du Parc hold the Art Deco villa of the Abderrahman Slaoui Museum, a hushed side-street pocket away from the roundabout noise and close to the old core. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Museum quarter off Rue du ParcHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Bousbir
What are the main landmarks in Bousbir?
The cultural landmarks ring the centre, not the wall. The Villa des Arts de Casablanca fills a 1934 Art Deco villa beside the Parc de la Ligue Arabe, while the Abderrahman Slaoui Museum keeps its collection of jewellery and posters in a matching villa off Rue du Parc. Sport and worship mark the edges too.
The Notre-Dame de Lourdes Church raises its modernist concrete screen over the Mers Sultan roundabout, and the tennis courts of the Complexe Al Amal hold the ground where the Grand Prix Hassan II once ran.
What is the history of Bousbir?
The quarter was laid out in 1924. Edmond Brion drew Bousbir as an enclosed rectangle inside Casablanca, ringed by a high windowless wall with a single controlled gate, its neo-Moorish alleys built to sell a staged oriental scene to protectorate visitors. The name itself is a corruption.
Moroccan speech turned the first name of the French owner Prosper Ferrieu into Bousbir, and the walled district kept the label until the authorities shut it in 1955.
Where is Bousbir?
Bousbir lies in the central belt of Casablanca, a compact walled quarter set between the Parc de la Ligue Arabe and the Mers Sultan roundabout, close to the Notre-Dame de Lourdes Church in a subtropical band of the northern hemisphere.
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What is the best area to stay in Bousbir?
Parc de la Ligue Arabe edge: gallery mornings beside the Villa des Arts de Casablanca and the park palms. Mers Sultan roundabout: stained-glass walks under the Notre-Dame de Lourdes Church windows. Museum quarter off Rue du Parc: a quiet base by the Abderrahman Slaoui Museum villa.
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Updated September 2026