Meknes, Fes and Rabat in five days from Marrakech, with Volubilis on the way and Casablanca on the road home.
Four cities have served as Morocco's capital, and this five-day loop from Marrakech visits the other three. You drive along the foot of the Atlas to Midelt, spend a morning in the Roman ruins of Volubilis and an afternoon in Meknes, and a full day in the medina of Fes. Then you cross to Rabat on the Atlantic for the Kasbah of the Udayas and the Hassan Tower, and come home to Marrakech by Casablanca.
North-east from Marrakech along the foot of the Atlas, past Beni Mellal, and up through the Middle Atlas to Midelt, on the high plains between the two Atlas ranges, for the night.
≈7 h · ≈410 km
A morning among the Roman ruins of Volubilis. In the afternoon you see Meknes: the Bab Mansour gate, the royal granaries and the souks of the medina. The night is in Meknes.
≈5 h · ≈300 km
A full day in Fes el-Bali with a guide: the Chouara tanneries, Al-Qarawiyyin, the Bou Inania madrasa and the old jewellers' souk. The night is in Fes.
West to Rabat on the Atlantic coast. You visit the Hassan Tower and the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, the Kasbah of the Udayas and the walled medina. The night is in Rabat.
≈3 h · ≈200 km
On the way south you can stop at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca to see it from outside. Then on to Marrakech, where you arrive in the evening.
≈4 h · ≈240 km
Starts from: Marrakech — your hotel or riad
PrivateFrom Marrakech up the Atlantic to Rabat and Asilah, across to Chefchaouen, Fes and Meknes, and home by the Middle Atlas and the Ouzoud waterfalls.
PrivateOne way north from Marrakech to the blue town of Chefchaouen, with a full day in the Fes medina and the Roman ruins of Volubilis on the way.
PrivateFour hours on foot through the old city with your own guide: the Mellah, Ben Youssef Madrasa, the craft souks, the tanneries and Djemaa El-Fna.
PrivateA guided day in Marrakech, then south down the Draa Valley to M'Hamid and across open desert to Erg Chegaga, returning by the dry lake of Iriki and the saffron town of Taliouine.