Finest Private 15-day Casablanca Morocco tour

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15 Days - 14 Nights · Casablanca

This 15 Days - 14 Nights private tour starts and finishes in Casablanca, and it is run for your party alone: your own driver-guide, your own vehicle, no group to keep up with and no fixed departure date.

Along the way it takes in Casablanca and the Hassan II mosque, built out over the Atlantic, Rabat, the capital, with the Hassan Tower and the Kasbah of the Udayas above the river and Asilah, a whitewashed Atlantic town with painted medina walls.

The Sahara is the centre of the trip: a camel ride into the dunes of Erg Chebbi for sunset, dinner and a night at a desert camp, and sunrise back over the sand the next morning.

The itinerary below is the one most travellers follow, but none of it is fixed. Days can be added or dropped, the pace slowed, and the accommodation moved up or down to suit you. Tell us your dates and what you want to see, and we will send a plan and a price for your own group.

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Tour Itinerary

Day by day, 15 days

• Iti1

  Day 1: Arrival In Casablanca → Transfer To Your Accommodation:

  Welcome to Morocco. On arrival at Casablanca airport your driver will meet you and transfer you to your hotel or riad.

  Depending on your arrival time, the rest of the day is free to rest or take a first stroll along the Atlantic corniche. Overnight in Casablanca.

  Accommodation: Val D'Anfa, Casablanca — or similar Meals: Breakfast
• Iti2

  Day 2: Casablanca → Rabat → Asilah:

  After breakfast you’ll visit the vast Hassan II Mosque, whose minaret rises 210 metres above the Atlantic, before driving north to Rabat, Morocco’s capital.

  In Rabat you’ll see the Hassan Tower, the Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the cliff-top Kasbah of the Udayas, then continue up the coast to the whitewashed artists’ town of Asilah for dinner and an overnight stay.

  E una giornata di strada nel senso migliore: il paesaggio cambia di continuo e si passa per Casablanca and the Hassan II mosque, built out over the Atlantic and Rabat, the capital, with the Hassan Tower and the Kasbah of the Udayas above the river.

  Las paradas las decides tu: un mirador, un cafe de carretera, un pueblo que merece diez minutos a pie.

  Accommodation: Riad Al Alba, Asilah — or similar Meals: Breakfast
• Iti3

  Day 3: Asilah → Tangier → Chefchaouen:

  You’ll explore Asilah’s ramparts and mural-painted medina before heading to Tangier, the gateway between Africa and Europe, with views across the Strait of Gibraltar from Cap Spartel and the Caves of Hercules.

  In the afternoon you’ll drive into the Rif mountains to Chefchaouen, Morocco’s blue-washed town, for dinner and an overnight stay.

  Much of today is spent on the road, which is where a good deal of the country reveals itself. The route takes in Asilah, a whitewashed Atlantic town with painted medina walls and Tangier, where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic.

  As paragens sao vossas: um miradouro, um cafe de estrada, uma aldeia que merece dez minutos a pe.

  Accommodation: Dar Echchaouen, Chefchaouen — or similar Meals: Breakfast
• Iti4

  Day 4: Free day in Chefchaouen

  A free day in Chefchaouen. Wander the blue-painted lanes of the medina, browse the artisan workshops around Plaza Uta el-Hammam and visit the restored Kasbah and its gardens.

  For the classic view, walk up to the Spanish Mosque on the hillside at sunset, when the whole blue town glows beneath the Rif. Overnight in Chefchaouen.

  Accommodation: Dar Echchaouen, Chefchaouen — or similar Meals: Breakfast
• Iti5

  Day 5: Chefchaouen → Volubilis → Meknes → Fes:

  Leaving the Rif, you’ll travel south to Volubilis, the best-preserved Roman city in Morocco and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous for its mosaics, capitol and triumphal arch.

  You’ll continue to Meknes, the imperial city of Moulay Ismail, to see the Bab Mansour gate, the royal granaries and El-Hedim square, arriving in Fes for dinner and an overnight stay.

  The distance today is real, but so is the payoff: the road takes in Chefchaouen, the blue-washed town in the Rif mountains and the Roman ruins of Volubilis, with mosaics still in place where the houses stood.

  Nao ha horario a cumprir alem do vosso, por isso as boas paragens ficam com o tempo que merecem.

  Accommodation: Riad Fes Salam, Fes — or similar Meals: Breakfast
• Iti6

  Day 6: Fes Sightseeing With A Local Guide

  A full guided day in Fes, Morocco’s oldest imperial city and its spiritual heart. With a local guide you’ll explore Fes el-Bali — a UNESCO World Heritage medina of some 9,000 lanes.

  You’ll visit the Al-Qarawiyyin, the Bou Inania and Attarine madrasas, the Chouara tanneries and the artisan quarters of coppersmiths, weavers and potters, with time to browse the souks. Overnight in Fes.

  A local guide who lives in the city walks you through it on foot, which is the only way the medina makes sense.

  In Fes that means Fes el-Bali, the walled medina founded in the ninth century, the Chouara tanneries seen from the terraces above, the Al-Qarawiyyin mosque and university, and the mosaic and brass workshops still working in the lanes.

  Al-Qarawiyyin was founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri and is recognised as the oldest continuously operating university in the world.

  The mosaic workshops still cut each zellij tile by hand with a chisel, which is the only way the pieces lock without a gap.

  Accommodation: Riad Fes Salam, Fes — or similar Meals: Breakfast
• Iti7

  Day 7: Fes → Ifrane → Cedar Forest → Ziz Valley → Merzouga:

  Today you cross the Middle Atlas toward the Sahara, passing alpine-style Ifrane and stopping in the Azrou cedar forest to meet its wild Barbary macaques.

  Continuing via Midelt and the palm-lined Ziz Valley, the landscape turns Saharan. In the late afternoon you’ll reach Merzouga for a sunset camel trek over the Erg Chebbi dunes to your desert camp — dinner, Berber drums and a night beneath the stars.

  The afternoon belongs to the desert. Camels are met at the edge of the dunes and the ride out to camp is timed so the sun goes down while you are among the sand.

  Dinner is served at the camp, the drums come out after it, and the stars over Erg Chebbi are the reason most people remember this night above the rest.

  The camp is far enough from any town that the Milky Way is visible to the naked eye on a clear night.

  Sunrise over the dunes comes early but nobody regrets it: the light arrives before the heat, and the sand is still cold underfoot.

  Accommodation: Tawada Desert Camp, Erg Chebbi — or similar Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
• Iti8

  Day 8: Sahara Desert Tour → Camel Trekking:

  A full day in the Sahara. After sunrise over the dunes and breakfast at camp, you’ll explore the Merzouga region by 4x4: the village of Khamlia, home to Gnaoua musicians of Malian descent, nomad families still living out in the desert, and the old Mfis mines.

  Late in the afternoon you’ll ride out again by camel to watch the sun set from a high dune, returning to camp for dinner and a second night in the Erg Chebbi dunes.

  A full day out in the Sahara: the nomad families who still live in the black tents around the erg, the old Mascara galleries where kohl was mined, the village of Khamlia and its Gnawa musicians, whose sung history came north with the caravans from Mali.

  Sunset is watched from a high dune, and the sand shifts through gold, orange and finally a deep red as the light goes.

  Khamlia was settled by descendants of people brought north along the caravan routes from Mali, and its Gnawa music carries that history in the rhythm.

  Sunset is watched from a high dune, and the sand shifts through gold, orange and finally a deep red as the light goes.

  Accommodation: Tawada Desert Camp, Erg Chebbi — or similar Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
• Iti9

  Day 9: Merzouga → Rissani → Todra Gorges → Dades Gorges:

  After breakfast you’ll head west, stopping at the lively souk of Rissani — one of the region’s oldest markets — and the Tafilalet palm groves.

  You’ll reach Tinghir and the Todra Gorge, where cliffs nearly 300 metres high enclose a cool river, perfect for a short walk. The day ends in the Dades Gorges, with dinner and an overnight stay in a local hotel or riad.

  The distance today is real, but so is the payoff: the road takes in Merzouga, the last village before the sand and Rissani, the old caravan capital of Sijilmassa and its covered souk.

  Nao ha horario a cumprir alem do vosso, por isso as boas paragens ficam com o tempo que merecem.

  Accommodation: Riad Paradise Dades, Dades Valley — or similar Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
• Iti10

  Day 10: Dades Gorges → Rose Valley → Ouarzazate → Ait Ben-Haddou → Marrakech:

  You’ll follow the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs through the Dades Valley and the Rose Valley of Kalaat M’Gouna to Ouarzazate, “the Hollywood of Africa,” with its Taourirt Kasbah and Atlas Film Studios.

  Then comes the fortified ksar of Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site seen in Gladiator and Game of Thrones. After lunch you’ll cross the High Atlas via the Tizi n’Tichka pass (2,260 m) to Marrakech for dinner and an overnight stay.

  Today is a driving day in the best sense, with the country changing as you go, passing the Dades gorge, where the road folds back on itself between walls of red rock and the Valley of Roses, where the damask harvest scents the whole valley each May.

  The vehicle is private and the pace is yours, so the driver stops wherever the view, a mint tea or a photograph is worth it.

  Accommodation: Riad Aslal, Marrakech — or similar Meals: Breakfast
• Iti11

  Day 11: Marrakech ( Visit The City With A Local Guide )

  A guided day in Marrakech, the Red City. With a local guide you’ll explore the medina and its landmarks — the Koutoubia minaret, the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace and the Ben Youssef Madrasa.

  You’ll wander the souks and finish at Jemaa el-Fna, the great square that fills each evening with food stalls, musicians and storytellers. Overnight in Marrakech.

  Today is on foot with a licensed local guide, because the old city is a place you have to be walked through to understand.

  In Marrakech that usually means the Koutoubia minaret, the Bahia palace, the Saadian tombs and the souks behind Jemaa el-Fna, ending in the square itself as the food stalls are lit.

  The Bahia palace was built for a grand vizier who wanted every room to open onto a courtyard, and its painted cedar ceilings took craftsmen years.

  The Koutoubia minaret sets the scale for the whole city: no building in the old town is allowed to stand higher than the palm trees around it.

  Accommodation: Riad Aslal, Marrakech — or similar Meals: Breakfast
• Iti12

  Day 12: Free day in Marrakech → Go to Hammam:

  A free day in Marrakech to explore at your own pace — the Majorelle Garden, the Mellah, or simply the souks and rooftop cafés of the medina.

  In the afternoon, unwind with a traditional hammam and argan-oil massage, the Moroccan way to relax. Overnight in Marrakech.

  A local guide who lives in the city walks you through it on foot, which is the only way the medina makes sense.

  In Marrakech that usually means the Koutoubia minaret, the Bahia palace, the Saadian tombs and the souks behind Jemaa el-Fna, ending in the square itself as the food stalls are lit.

  Jemaa el-Fna is worth timing for dusk, when the food stalls are lit and the storytellers and musicians take over the square.

  The Koutoubia minaret sets the scale for the whole city: no building in the old town is allowed to stand higher than the palm trees around it.

  Accommodation: Riad Aslal, Marrakech — or similar Meals: Breakfast
• Iti13

  Day 13: Marrakech → Essaouira:

  Today you’ll drive west to the Atlantic and the old port of Essaouira. On the way you’ll stop at a women’s argan oil cooperative and, with luck, see goats perched in the argan trees.

  In Essaouira you’ll walk the blue-and-white medina, the ramparts and the Portuguese Skala fortress, with a fresh fish lunch by the harbour. Overnight in Essaouira.

  Today is on foot with a licensed local guide, because the old city is a place you have to be walked through to understand.

  In Marrakech that usually means the Koutoubia minaret, the Bahia palace, the Saadian tombs and the souks behind Jemaa el-Fna, ending in the square itself as the food stalls are lit.

  The Ben Youssef madrasa housed students for four centuries, and its carved stucco and zellij are the finest surviving work of their kind in the city.

  The souks are organised by trade, so you pass a lane of dyers, then one of slipper makers, then the ironworkers, each with its own noise and smell.

  Accommodation: Riad Mimouna, Essaouira — or similar Meals: Breakfast
• Iti14

  Day 14: Essaouira → Casablanca:

  After breakfast you’ll have free time on Essaouira’s wide sandy beach or in its souks before travelling north along the coast.

  You’ll pass El Jadida and its Portuguese cistern on the way to Casablanca, arriving in the evening for dinner and an overnight stay.

  Accommodation: Val D'Anfa, Casablanca — or similar Meals: Breakfast
• Iti15

  Day 15: Casablanca → Airport:

  After breakfast, and depending on your flight time, you’ll have a last chance to see Casablanca or pick up souvenirs.

  Your driver will then transfer you to Casablanca Mohammed V airport, where your 15-day Morocco tour comes to an end.

  Departure: Departure day — transfer to the airport

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Practical travel notes

• The cost of your tour varies depending on the number of participants in your group.
• The estimated driving durations do not include stops for sightseeing, photos, or meals, so plan accordingly.
• Our comfortable 4x4 vehicles seat up to four adults. For groups of five or larger, we provide a spacious van.
• Sandboards are available at your Luxury Desert Camp for you to enjoy at any time during your stay.