- Departure: Tangier
- Arrival: Marrakech
- Duration: 6 days / 5 nights
- Tour type: Private tour with driver
Tour overview
Six days from Morocco’s northern gateway to Marrakech. Starting in Tangier with Cape Spartel and the Hercules Caves, you visit Tetouan and blue Chefchaouen, spend a day in Fez, then continue through Meknes and Volubilis to Rabat. A day linking Rabat and Casablanca brings you to Marrakech for a final day in the medina and on Jemaa el-Fna.
Tour highlights
- Cape Spartel and the Hercules Caves on the Strait of Gibraltar
- Tetouan and its museums
- Chefchaouen, the blue town of the Rif
- Fez medina, Nejjarine fountain and the Merinid tombs viewpoint
- Bab Mansour and the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail in Meknes, Roman Volubilis
- Rabat’s royal monuments and Casablanca’s Corniche
- Souks of Marrakech, Jemaa el-Fna and the Koutoubia
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Tangier – Tetouan
After breakfast, set off to discover Tangier, the gateway to Morocco and meeting point of Spain and Africa, a pleasant seaside town with beautiful beaches. Visit Cape Spartel and the Hercules Caves, natural caves on the Strait of Gibraltar, and enjoy lunch in town before heading to Tetouan to visit the city and its archaeological and modern art museums. Dinner at your hotel.
Overnight: Tetouan
Day 2: Tetouan – Chefchaouen – Ouazzane – Fez
After breakfast, depart for Fez via Chefchaouen and Ouazzane. Chefchaouen, in the heart of the Rif, takes its name from the Berber word for “horns”, after the peaks that overlook it. Its old medina and kasbah, the Ras El Ma waterfalls and above all its blue-painted houses and cobbled lanes climbing the hillside make it one of Morocco’s most beautiful towns. The day ends in Fez.
Overnight: Fez
Day 3: Fez
Discover Fez, the spiritual capital of Morocco: its medina, souks, mosques, museums, Koranic schools, palace and the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss II. Rest by the mosaic fountain of Nejjarine square, then finish with Fez el-Jdid and the Merinid tombs, which offer a panoramic view over the city and its ramparts. Dinner at your hotel.
Overnight: Fez
Day 4: Fez – Meknes – Volubilis – Rabat
After breakfast, drive to Meknes to see its famous gates, Bab Mansour and Bab Khemis, the Heri es-Souani granaries and the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail. Continue to the 2,000-year-old Roman city of Volubilis, then end the day in Rabat.
Overnight: Rabat
Day 5: Rabat – Casablanca – Marrakech
After breakfast, visit Morocco’s capital: the Royal Palace and its Mechouar walls, the Hassan Tower, the Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the Kasbah of the Udayas. Then continue to Casablanca, the economic capital, for lunch and a city tour including the Anfa residential district, United Nations Square, the Palace of Justice and the Corniche; a visit to the Hassan II Mosque is possible. Drive on to Marrakech.
Overnight: Marrakech
Day 6: Marrakech
Let yourself be carried away by the life of Marrakech. Stroll through the colourful souks of the medieval medina, with their countless trades, crafts and traditional clothes and jewellery, then enter the vast Jemaa el-Fna square, where storytellers, stallholders and snake charmers compete for your attention day and night. Throughout the walk, the minaret of the Koutoubia, emblem of the city, is never far away.
Overnight: Marrakech
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