10 Day Morocco Itinerary

Leave Casablanca and drive north to the capital city of Rabat where you will enjoy a tour of a few hours of the highlights of this modern/ancient city including Mohammed V mausoleum, the Kasbah of Oudaya, and Hassan II tower. Enjoy lunch in the Medina and then travel into the Rif Mountains to Chefchaouen.

Spend the morning in Chefchaouen enjoy the fresh mountain air. Walk through the blue streets seeing the merchants and their wares, happen upon an artist or a weaver and enjoy a cup of coffee and some people watching.

Make your way to Volibulus, Meknes and to Fes this afternoon out of the Rif Mountains into the plains that cradle this ancient hub of culture.

Today you will meet your local city guide and enjoy a day tour of the medina and surrounding area. Marvel at the carved brass gates at the Royal Palace, walk through the Jewish quarter, meander through the narrow busy streets of the medina stopping for demonstrations of weavers, carpet knotting, brass hammering and tile and pottery making. Visit the famous tanneries, a UNESCO site and famous for its natural dying methods dating back centuries. You will stop for lunch along the way and return to your riad dazzled by the sights and sounds.

Drive over the Middle Atlas mountains through the cedar forests and rolling hills. See Macaque monkeys and Berber horses and stop in at the small European hamlet of Ifrane, known at the “Switzerland of Morocco”.

Then head south to Midelt, and on to the stunning Ziz Valley where you will see valleys and oasis filled with date palms as far as the eye can see. Berber villages and casbahs will take over the view as you head through Rissini and into Merzouga. Take your camels into the dunes and Spend the night in a luxury desert camp with your dinner and breakfast.

After making your way back to the car, you will ride through Erfoud (date capital of Morocco) and along the Valley of 1,000 Kasbahs (old and new) and drive towards Todgha Gorge.

Spend some time exploring the gorge basin and marveling at the rock face (350m high). Then drive to dades and Stay in the nearby valley at an riad and enjoy the traditional Berber lifestyle of the south.

Travel through the southern villages today passing through the valley of dades, and stopping at the Roses Valley where roses are plucked each year by the thousands and distilled to precious rose oil and other beauty products. Travel through Berber Villages and see what life is like in the countryside of Morocco. Pass by the khetteras, the ancient form of irrigation using underground tunnels and mounds.

Visit Ouarzazate, an important city in the south and home to many movie studios. Finally arrive at Ait Ben Haddou kasbah, one of the most well preserved examples of kasbah architecture in the world. Explore the kasbah alley ways up to the top and get a birds eye view of the surrounding area before settling in for the night in the local village.

Today you will head over the High Atlas Mountains. This is one of the most beautiful drives there is in Morocco. Up to the top of the highest pass at Tizi n’ Tichka at 2260 m and down the windy roads into the valley that is home to Marrakech.

Approach the Red City and settle into your riad near the old Medina. Enjoy dinner in Jemna el Fna square where snake charmers play their flutes and orange juice stalls beckon you to taste.

Try snail soup if you dare, or just enjoy some traditional Moroccan bbq in the midst of the excitement.

Your guide will meet you at the Riad for a full day tour of Marrakech including the Koutoubia mosque grounds, the Bahia Palace, Saadian tombs, majourelle gardens and the Mellah or old Jewish quarter.

After lunch visit the souks and do some shopping the souks for souvenirs and try your hand at haggling. Sunset at the main square.

Ideally you will be departing from Marrakech, but if you are heading out of Casablanca we can make that work too. Keep in mind its about 3 hours to the airport there so we will need to plan ahead. the beauty of 10 days morocco itinerary end.