diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/CollectionMap.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Collections/CollectionMap.test.tsx
index bfc230529..044dcb84a 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/CollectionMap.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/CollectionMap.test.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import L from 'leaflet';
 import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { act, render, waitFor } from '../../../tests/helpers/render';
 import { resetAllStores } from '../../../tests/helpers/store';
+import { withMarkerCategory } from '../../pages/collections/collectionsModel';
 import CollectionMap from './CollectionMap';
 
 vi.mock('../../hooks/useGeolocation', () => ({
@@ -258,3 +259,26 @@ describe('CollectionMap framing', () => {
     expect(wrappedIn(map, '[--bottom-nav-h:0px]')).toBe(true);
   });
 });
+
+describe('CollectionMap pins (#3073)', () => {
+  const MUSEUM = { id: 4, name: 'Museum', color: '#7c3aed', icon: 'Landmark' };
+
+  it('FE-COMP-COLMAP-008: a saved place carries its category where the markers read it', () => {
+    const pin = withMarkerCategory({ ...place(1, 'Belvedere', 48.1915, 16.3809), category_id: 4, category: MUSEUM });
+    expect(pin).toMatchObject({ category_name: 'Museum', category_color: '#7c3aed', category_icon: 'Landmark' });
+    expect(withMarkerCategory(place(2, 'Somewhere', 48.2, 16.37))).toMatchObject({
+      category_name: null,
+      category_color: null,
+      category_icon: null,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('FE-COMP-COLMAP-009: the pin of a place with a category wears its colour, not the grey default', async () => {
+    const { view } = await renderMap([
+      { ...place(1, 'Belvedere', 48.1915, 16.3809), category_id: 4, category: MUSEUM },
+    ]);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(view.container.querySelector('.leaflet-marker-icon')).not.toBeNull());
+    const html = view.container.querySelector('.leaflet-marker-icon')?.innerHTML ?? '';
+    expect(html.toLowerCase()).toContain('#7c3aed');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/CollectionMap.tsx b/client/src/components/Collections/CollectionMap.tsx
index ad9ece60f..7a5d6e201 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/CollectionMap.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/CollectionMap.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { MapViewAuto } from '../Map/MapViewAuto'
 import type { CollectionPlace } from '@trek/shared'
-import { mappablePlaces } from '../../pages/collections/collectionsModel'
+import { mappablePlaces, withMarkerCategory } from '../../pages/collections/collectionsModel'
 import { useTileUrl } from '../../hooks/useTileUrl'
 import { OFM_DARK, OFM_POSITRON } from '../../constants/mapDefaults'
 import type { ViewportPadding } from '../../utils/mapViewport'
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function framePoints(places: CollectionPlace[]): [number, number][] {
  * while the map is built rather than flying in.
  */
 export default function CollectionMap({ places, selectedPlaceId, onOpenPlace, onDeselect, dark, underBar = false }: CollectionMapProps): React.ReactElement {
-  const pts = useMemo(() => mappablePlaces(places), [places])
+  const pts = useMemo(() => mappablePlaces(places).map(withMarkerCategory), [places])
   const tileUrl = useTileUrl(dark ? OFM_DARK : OFM_POSITRON)
   const focusPoints = useMemo(() => framePoints(pts), [pts])
   // The places as a set: another list, a filter or a new place frames again, while a
diff --git a/client/src/pages/collections/collectionsModel.ts b/client/src/pages/collections/collectionsModel.ts
index 454f3881b..f306b46dc 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/collections/collectionsModel.ts
+++ b/client/src/pages/collections/collectionsModel.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,25 @@ export function mappablePlaces(places: CollectionPlace[]): CollectionPlace[] {
   return places.filter(p => p && typeof p.lat === 'number' && typeof p.lng === 'number')
 }
 
+/**
+ * A saved place with its category where the trip map reads it. The server nests a
+ * collection place's category (`category.color`), the markers and the hover card
+ * read the flat fields a trip place carries, so every pin here was the grey default
+ * (#3073).
+ */
+export function withMarkerCategory(place: CollectionPlace): CollectionPlace & {
+  category_name: string | null
+  category_color: string | null
+  category_icon: string | null
+} {
+  return {
+    ...place,
+    category_name: place.category?.name ?? null,
+    category_color: place.category?.color ?? null,
+    category_icon: place.category?.icon ?? null,
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Normalise a user-typed link: prepend https:// when there's no scheme so the
  * href is absolute (a bare "booking.com" would otherwise resolve relative to the