Most visitors photograph one Almohad gate and walk on. The five-kilometre rampart it belongs to is the more rewarding visit. Yacoub al-Mansour intended Rabat as the capital of his empire and enclosed it in the 1190s within a continuous wall of pisé — rammed earth finished in lime plaster — pierced by three monumental gates (Bab el Had, Bab Rouah, Bab Zaer) and several minor posterns. Of Morocco's four major Almohad city walls, Rabat's is the most complete.

The most rewarding stretch runs Bab el Had → Bab Rouah → Bab Zaer, about three kilometres of continuous wall on traffic-calmed pavement. Bab el Had sits in the northwest next to the medina; walking south past the old Mellah outskirts brings you to Bab Rouah on Place Kennedy after about twenty-five minutes. The wall continues from there toward Bab Zaer, with the southern stretch running along the Mechouar (royal palace) perimeter — keep your camera lowered on the palace side. Square towers punctuate the rampart every thirty to forty metres; palm plantings, cafés and the occasional bench line the outer pavement.

The walk is free, open air and entirely self-guided. A simple printed map is enough; a guide adds historical context if you want one, often combined with a medina tour. Early morning or late afternoon is the better light, and winter days are the most comfortable — midsummer the route is treeless and hot. After dark the walls are lit in sections but the side streets quieten down, so stick to the main-avenue side. From Bab Zaer, a short taxi drops you at Chellah to close out an Almohad-themed afternoon at the Roman-Merinid site.