It can run in either direction and be adjusted in length and lodging. It is private: no groups and no fixed dates.
12 days · 11 nights · from Tangier to Tangier
Airport → Tangier
Pickup at Tangier airport at your flight's arrival time, with a sign bearing the agency's name. A first look at the city, facing the Strait of Gibraltar, which spent much of the 20th century as an international zone and still shows the mark of the European communities that lived here. A walk through the old medina and transfer to your hotel to rest.
Overnight: hotel · Tangier
Tangier → Tetouan → Chefchaouen
Breakfast and the drive to Chefchaouen through Tetouan. The town was founded in 1471 as a base for attacks on the Portuguese along the northern coast, and Europeans were barred from entering until 1920. It is a holy town set on the mountainside, inside a biosphere reserve, with streets painted white and blue and good local crafts. Arrival and free afternoon.
Overnight: riad in the medina · Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen → Volubilis · Meknes → Fez
A free morning in the Chefchaouen medina, ringed by the Rif mountains, to walk in through any of its gates and explore the blue streets. Then the drive south. A guided visit to Volubilis, the Roman city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, about 27 km (17 mi) from Meknes, and a stop in Meknes to walk its great square, El Hedim. You reach Fez in the late afternoon.
Overnight: hotel or riad · Fez, 2 nights
Fez → full day → local guide
Guided tour of Fez, the oldest of the imperial cities, founded in the 8th century and home to Al Qarawiyyin, one of the oldest universities in the world. In the medina, work is still organized by guilds, the streets are so narrow that only donkeys get through, and you pass quarters like the Andalusian one, mosques, and Koranic schools.
Overnight: same lodging · Fez
Fez → Ifrane · Azrou · Midelt · Erfoud → Merzouga
Into the Middle Atlas. Ifrane, known as the Switzerland of Africa, and Azrou, meaning the rock in Berber, known for its carpets and woodcarving, with Barbary macaques living wild in the cedar forests. After Midelt you cross the Tizi n'Talghemt pass, at 1,907 m (6,257 ft), between bare mountains, then descend through Errachidia and the Tafilalet palm groves to Erfoud. Sunset over the Erg Chebbi dunes and dinner.
Overnight: hotel facing the dunes · Merzouga
Merzouga → Rissani · Todra · Dades → Ouarzazate
An early start toward Rissani, the Jorf palm grove, and the ksar of Touroug. You continue to the Todra Gorge, with time to walk between its rock walls, then through Boumalne Dades and Kelaa M'Gouna, the land of roses, along the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs. You reach Ouarzazate in the late afternoon.
Overnight: riad · Ouarzazate
Ouarzazate → Aït Ben Haddou · Telouet → Marrakech
About 30 km (19 mi) from Ouarzazate, Aït Ben Haddou, the mud-brick ksar listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with time to climb its lanes to the top for the valley view. Then Telouet and its kasbah, the former residence of the Glaoui, off the main road. You cross the High Atlas over the Tizi n'Tichka pass, at 2,260 m (7,415 ft), stopping whenever you like to see the stone villages.
Overnight: hotel or riad · Marrakech, 2 nights
Marrakech → full day → local guide
Guided tour of Marrakech. Jemaa el Fna square takes up a good part of the day, but the city has much more: the Majorelle Garden, the Menara, the Saadian Tombs, the medina, the Mellah or old Jewish quarter, a walk along the walls, and Gueliz, the modern city. Whatever you don't see with the guide is left for your free time.
Overnight: same lodging · Marrakech
Marrakech → Casablanca
The drive north to Casablanca, the country's largest city and its economic capital. A walk along La Corniche, the seafront, and a visit to the Hassan II Mosque, built partly over the Atlantic and with one of the tallest minarets in the world. In the afternoon, time to explore the city before nightfall.
Overnight: riad · Casablanca
Casablanca → Rabat → Asilah
The drive to Rabat, the country's capital. You see the Royal Palace, the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, the Hassan Tower, an unfinished 12th-century minaret, the Kasbah of the Udayas above the Bou Regreg, and the port. In the afternoon you continue north along the coast to Asilah, a small walled town on the Atlantic.
Overnight: riad · Asilah, 2 nights
Asilah → full day → at your own pace
An easy day in Asilah. Portuguese ramparts surround a white medina with murals on its walls, repainted each summer for the town's cultural festival. Time to wander its streets, shop in the local markets, and head down to the beach. Late afternoon is a good time to walk the ramparts above the sea.
Overnight: same riad · Asilah
Asilah → Tangier
Breakfast and transfer to Tangier, to the port or the airport depending on your return. End of our services.
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