Two weeks from Tangier round the whole country: Chefchaouen and Fes, two nights at Merzouga, Marrakech, Essaouira, and the Atlantic coast home.
A grand loop for travellers arriving in the north. Tangier and Chefchaouen first, then Volubilis and Fes, the Middle Atlas and two nights at Merzouga. West to Ouarzazate, over the High Atlas by Aït Ben Haddou and Telouet to Marrakech, out to Essaouira, and back up the Atlantic by Safi, El Jadida, Casablanca, Rabat and Asilah to Tangier.
We meet you at Tangier airport or the ferry port and take you to where you are staying.
A day in Tangier, where the old medina and the modern city sit side by side above the Strait of Gibraltar, with a visit to the Caves of Hercules on the Atlantic shore.
Through Tetouan, whose white medina shows its Andalusian roots, into the Rif to Chefchaouen, the blue town below two peaks of the Rif.
South to Volubilis for a guided visit of the Roman city, then the holy town of Moulay Idriss Zerhoun, and through olive groves past the Sidi Chahed reservoir to Fes.
A full day in Fes el-Bali with a licensed guide: the lanes and gates, the Al-Qarawiyyin and the old Jewish quarter.
From the green fields of Fes to the cedars and cool air of Ifrane, then Midelt and the steadily drier country south of it, to a hotel at the edge of Erg Chebbi.
The villages around the dunes by 4x4, including Khamlia and the old mines of Mifis. In the afternoon, camels into the dunes for a night at camp.
Sunrise over the sand and the camels back for breakfast. Rissani, home of the Alaouite dynasty that still reigns, then the Todra Gorge and west to Ouarzazate.
The fortified ksar of Aït Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987, then the Kasbah of Telouet, plain and crumbling outside and richly decorated within. Over the Tizi n'Tichka pass to Marrakech.
A guided morning: the Koutoubia, the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace and the Ben Youssef Madrasa, then the craftsmen's lanes to Jemaa el-Fna. The afternoon is yours.
To the windy Atlantic town of Essaouira, with a stop at an argan oil cooperative on the way.
Up the coast: Safi and its potters, the Portuguese harbour at El Jadida, and the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, then on to Rabat.
The Hassan Tower, the Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the Kasbah of the Udayas, then north along the Atlantic with a walk in the medina of Asilah, and on to Tangier.
Transfer to Tangier airport or port.
Starts from: Tangier — airport or ferry port
PrivateA week in the far north from Tangier: Tetouan, two nights on the Mediterranean at Al Hoceima, two in Chefchaouen, then Larache and Asilah on the Atlantic.
PrivateDown the Atlantic from Tangier to Essaouira, across the High Atlas to the dunes by 4x4, and back north through Fes and Chefchaouen.
PrivateFrom 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.
PrivateThe southern loop to the Erg Chebbi dunes with an extra night, so no day on the road runs much past five hours.
