One way from Marrakech to Fes over the High Atlas and the Middle Atlas, with Aït Ben Haddou, Ifrane, the Azrou cedars and a full day in the Fes medina.
A one-way journey between Morocco's two great old cities, by the mountains rather than the motorway. You cross the High Atlas by the Tizi n'Tichka, stop at Aït Ben Haddou and sleep in Midelt. The next day runs through the Middle Atlas, past Ifrane and the cedar forest of Azrou, where Barbary macaques live wild, to Fes. The last day is spent in Fes el-Bali, the old medina, with a guide.
We leave Marrakech at 7:30 am and climb over the Tizi n'Tichka. After a visit to Aït Ben Haddou the road continues through the Ziz Valley to Midelt, where you spend the night.
≈11 h · ≈640 km
Across the Middle Atlas to Ifrane, then into the cedar forest near Azrou, where you can often see wild Barbary macaques. You reach Fes in the afternoon and check in to your riad.
≈4 h · ≈220 km
A guided day in Fes el-Bali: the Chouara tanneries, the Al-Qarawiyyin university, the Bou Inania madrasa and the lanes of the souks. The trip ends here in Fes.
Starts from: Marrakech — your hotel or riad
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