7-Day Tour from Tangier: Imperial Cities and Desert

Arrival in Tangier

Pick-up at the airport, the port or your hotel in Tangier. Stroll through the Kasbah and the Grand Socco and, at sunset, visit Cape Spartel, where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean.

Accommodation: Tangier

Tangier → Chefchaouen

Drive through the Rif hills to Chefchaouen. An afternoon to get lost in the blue lanes of the medina and watch the sunset from the Spanish Mosque.

Accommodation: Chefchaouen

Chefchaouen – Volubilis – Meknes – Fes

Visit the Roman ruins of Volubilis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Meknes, the imperial city of Moulay Ismail, with its monumental Bab Mansour gate. Arrive in Fes in the afternoon.

Accommodation: Fes

Fes

Guided visit of Fes el Bali, the largest medieval medina in the world: the Al Quaraouiyine University, the Bou Inania Madrasa and the Chouara tanneries. Free afternoon to explore the souks.

Accommodation: Fes

Fes → Ifrane → Midelt → Merzouga

Cross the Middle Atlas via Ifrane and its cedar forests, with stops in Midelt and the palm groves of the Ziz Valley. At sunset, a camel ride across the dunes of Erg Chebbi and a night at a desert camp.

Accommodation: Desert camp in Merzouga

Merzouga – Rissani – Todra Gorge – Dades Valley

Visit the market of Rissani, birthplace of the Alaouite dynasty. Continue to the Todra Gorge, with rock walls up to 300 metres high, and arrive in the Dades Valley.

Accommodation: Dades Valley

Dades Valley → Ouarzazate → Aït Ben Haddou → Marrakech

Through the Valley of Roses and Ouarzazate to the kasbah of Aït Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cross the High Atlas over the Tizi n’Tichka pass and arrive in Marrakech, where the trip ends.