10 Days Grand Morocco Tour from Casablanca

Ten days to see it all at a relaxed pace, from the Rif mountains to the Sahara and the Atlantic coast of Essaouira. Want to change something? Every tour can be adapted: more days, other stops, other hotels.

Highlights

• Hassan II Mosque, Rabat and the blue city
• Roman ruins of Volubilis and imperial Meknes
• Guided visit of the medina of Fes and its tanneries
• Cedar forests of the Middle Atlas and a night in the Erg Chebbi dunes
• 4x4 day around Erg Chebbi, Khamlia and the nomad families
• Todra and Dades on the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs
• The kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, UNESCO World Heritage
• Guided visit of Marrakech and Jemaa el Fna square

Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1

   Day 1Casablanca – Rabat – Chefchaouen

   Pick-up in Casablanca and stop at the Hassan II Mosque, one of the largest in the world. Visit of Rabat, the capital, with the Hassan Tower and the Kasbah of the Udayas, then drive north to the blue city of Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains.

   Riad in Chefchaouen · Breakfast
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   Day 2Chefchaouen – Volubilis – Meknes – Fes

   Morning walk in the blue medina. We drive south to Volubilis, the best preserved Roman city in Morocco, and the imperial city of Meknes with its monumental Bab Mansour gate. Arrival in Fes in the late afternoon.

   Riad or hotel in Fes · Breakfast
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   Day 3Fes – Guided visit of the medina

   Full day in Fes el Bali, the largest medieval medina in the world, with a licensed local guide: the Bou Inania madrasa, the Al Quaraouiyine university, the Chouara tanneries and the artisans' souks. Afternoon at leisure.

   Riad or hotel in Fes · Breakfast
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   Day 4Fes – Ifrane – Midelt – Merzouga

   We leave Fes through the Middle Atlas: Ifrane, the cedar forest of Azrou with its Barbary monkeys and the high plateaus of Midelt. Then the Ziz Valley and its palm groves lead us to Merzouga, where camels take us into the dunes for a night in a Berber camp.

   Desert camp in Erg Chebbi · Dinner and breakfast
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   Day 5Merzouga – A full day in the Sahara

   A whole day in the desert by 4x4: around the dunes of Erg Chebbi, the Gnawa village of Khamlia and its music, nomad families, the black desert and the old kasbahs of Rissani. Optional sandboarding or quad. Evening at the camp around the fire.

   Desert camp in Erg Chebbi · Dinner and breakfast
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   Day 6Merzouga – Todra – Dades – Ouarzazate

   Sunrise over the dunes, then we head west through Rissani and Tinejdad to the Todra Gorges and the Dades Valley, following the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs to Ouarzazate.

   Hotel or kasbah in Ouarzazate · Dinner and breakfast
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   Day 7Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Tizi n'Tichka – Marrakech

   Guided visit of the kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, then we cross the High Atlas over the Tizi n'Tichka pass with stops at Berber villages and argan cooperatives. Arrival in Marrakech in the afternoon.

   Riad or hotel in Marrakech · Breakfast
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   Day 8Marrakech – Guided visit

   Guided tour of the red city: the Koutoubia, the Bahia Palace, the Saadian Tombs, the Ben Youssef madrasa and the souks of the medina. In the evening, the unforgettable atmosphere of Jemaa el Fna square. End of the tour.

   End of our services in Marrakech
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   Day 9Marrakech – Essaouira

   Drive west across the argan plains, with a stop at a women's argan cooperative. Afternoon in Essaouira: the ramparts, the fishing port and the relaxed white-and-blue medina by the Atlantic.

   Riad in Essaouira · Breakfast
10. 10

    Day 10Essaouira – El Jadida – Casablanca

    Morning at leisure in Essaouira. We follow the Atlantic coast north with a stop at the Portuguese cistern of El Jadida, arriving in Casablanca at the end of the day, where the tour ends.

    End of our services in Casablanca