10 Days Morocco Trip from Tangier to Marrakech

Your guide greets you at the port or airport in Tangier, and your 10-day journey begins with the drive to Chefchaouen through the beautiful Rif Mountains.

When we arrive, you have the afternoon to explore the stunning blue-and-white city. Then spend the night in a lovely hotel or riad.

The old medina of Chefchaouen is full of quirky art and craft shops, rooftop cafés, and restaurants where you can spend the evening enjoying the views and the fresh mountain air.

This morning we travel towards Fes through the villages of the Rif Mountains. On the way, we stop at Volubilis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997 and the best-preserved Roman ruin in this part of North Africa.

Driving into Meknes, you’ll see the famous Bab el-Mansour gate and the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail. After lunch, we continue to Fes, where you spend the night in an authentic medina riad.

Today we explore one of Morocco’s oldest cities. We stroll the alleys and lanes of Fes and visit the Royal Palace gate and the old Jewish quarter.

You’ll also see the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss, the Attarine Museum, the tanneries, and the famous Al Karaouine University — the oldest in the region. We stay overnight in the medina.

Today we cross the Middle Atlas Mountains, spending most of the day among stunning peaks, forests, rocky cliffs, and Berber villages. We pass Ifrane, a winter resort the French built in the 1930s to look like a Swiss village.

We stop for a meal in Midelt, a town famous for its apples and fossils, then continue through the Ziz Valley and Erfoud, the date capital, on our way south. In the afternoon we reach Merzouga and check into a hotel among the dunes.

After a delicious breakfast, today’s route brings you close to Gnawa music and culture in the village of Khamlia.

We then head into the Sahara to visit nomadic families who still live in Berber tents woven from animal wool.

For lunch, you could try a local specialty — Berber pizza. Afterwards we return to the hotel, where your camel and an experienced camel guide are waiting for you.

The ride to the camp takes about an hour and a half, ending at the foot of the most breathtaking dunes in time for sunset and stargazing. Dinner is served at the camp, where you spend the night.

Your camel guide wakes you early so you can watch what may be the most breathtaking sunrise of your life, then you ride calmly back to the village.

The majestic Erg Chebbi dunes will astound you as their colours shift with the changing light. After breakfast and a shower at the riad, you visit Rissani, Tinghir, and the Todra Gorge — the most spectacular narrow gorges in Morocco.

After lunch in the canyon, we cross the Dades Valley with its amazing rock formations, famous for their “monkey toes”, and its sand-castle kasbahs. You enjoy dinner and spend the night at a historic guesthouse.

After breakfast at your hotel, you travel through the Dades Valley towards Kalaat M’Gouna and Ouarzazate. The road through the valley is the famous Road of a Thousand Kasbahs, and it gives you plenty of chances to take your best travel photos.

Today you also get to meet Berber nomads in their caves. Along the route, enjoy the granite rock formations and the arid Rose Valley. We stop at Kalaat M’Gouna, “the city of roses”, where you can buy rosewater that will keep your linens smelling wonderful for the rest of the trip.

We continue towards Skoura and the Valley of the Birds, and visit the beautifully preserved Kasbah Amridil nearby. Then we take a break in Ouarzazate, “the Hollywood of Africa”. You spend the night at a cosy hotel or riad in the area.

Today we continue towards Marrakech, one of Morocco’s four royal cities. We set aside time to tour or photograph the Ouarzazate film studios, and on the way we visit the historic Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Then we drive on to Marrakech, crossing the highest road pass in North Africa, and arrive in the city late in the afternoon.

At 9:00 am, your guide picks you up at your hotel or riad to explore Marrakech’s main attractions: the Koutoubia Mosque, the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace, and Jemaa el Fna square with its souk.

After lunch, we drive you to the Majorelle Garden, then bring you back to your hotel.

Your departure day depends on your flight time. We drive you to the airport for your flight home — the end of your 10-day Morocco tour from Tangier to Marrakech.