From Casablanca by Rabat, Meknes and Volubilis to Fes, across the Middle Atlas to the dunes, and over the High Atlas to Marrakech, with a guided day in each great medina.
A week that crosses the whole country and ends where it began, at Casablanca airport. Rabat, Meknes and the Roman city of Volubilis on the first day; a guided day in Fes; the Middle Atlas and a night in the Erg Chebbi dunes; the Todra and Dades gorges; the kasbah road and Aït Ben Haddou on the way into Marrakech; and a guided morning there before the drive back up to Casablanca.
Collection in Casablanca. In Rabat, the Kasbah of the Udayas and the Hassan Tower; in Meknes, the Bab Mansour gate and the mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, with lunch. The Roman city of Volubilis in the afternoon, then over the green hills of the Saïss plain to Fes.
A full day in Fes el-Bali, the old medina, with a licensed guide: the lanes and gates, the Al-Qarawiyyin, the old Jewish quarter, and the workshops where most of the city's trades are still practised by hand.
South-east on the old caravan road. The cedar forest of the Middle Atlas, home to wild Barbary macaques; lunch in Midelt; then the high open plateau, Errachidia, the Ziz Valley and the date palms of the Tafilalet, cradle of the Alaouite dynasty. At Merzouga, camels into the dunes for the night.
Woken for sunrise over the dunes, then back to the village by camel for breakfast and a shower. Through Rissani to the Todra Gorge, and after lunch up the Dades valley, past the rock formations locals call the monkey fingers, to a hotel for the night.
A stop at a rose distillery in the Rose Valley, the Skoura palm grove and the road of the kasbahs, Ouarzazate and its film studios, then the ksar of Aït Ben Haddou above the Ounila river. Over the Tizi n'Tichka pass, with coffee at a women's argan cooperative, into Marrakech.
A guided morning: the Koutoubia, the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace and the Ben Youssef Madrasa, then the artisans' lanes to Jemaa el-Fna. The afternoon is free.
By motorway to Mohammed V airport in Casablanca for your flight.
Starts from: Casablanca — your hotel or Mohammed V airport
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