13-Day Morocco Tour
from Casablanca

Day 1: Casablanca—Arrival and City Tour

Your 13-day Morocco tour from Casablanca begins at Mohammed V International Airport, where your driver is waiting. After check-in, the afternoon offers a first look at the city—the Hassan II Mosque, one of the world’s largest, built partly over the Atlantic Ocean—and a walk along the Corniche to ease into the journey. Overnight in Casablanca.

Day 2: Casablanca ⇢ Rabat ⇢ Chefchaouen

The route heads north to Rabat, Morocco’s capital, for visits to the Hassan Tower and the Kasbah of the Udayas, before continuing to Chefchaouen in the Rif Mountains. You arrive in the late afternoon—enough time to settle in and take a first evening walk through the blue-painted medina before dinner.

Day 3: Full Free Day in Chefchaouen

Today belongs entirely to Chefchaouen. Wander the medina at your own pace, browse the artisan shops, sit in a rooftop café, or walk up to the Spanish Mosque for a panoramic view over the blue rooftops—particularly rewarding near sunset. There is no schedule and no driver waiting. This is what a full day in Chefchaouen actually feels like, as opposed to a rushed morning.

Day 4: Chefchaouen ⇢ Volubilis ⇢ Meknes ⇢ Fes

After breakfast, a scenic drive through the Rif countryside leads to Volubilis—a UNESCO-listed Roman city where floor mosaics, stone columns, and 3rd-century archways tell the story of ancient North Africa with remarkable clarity. From there, you continue to Meknes for lunch and a visit to the monumental Bab Mansour Gate and the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail before settling into your riad in Fes for the night.

Day 5: Full-Day Guided Tour of Fes

A knowledgeable local guide leads your full day in the UNESCO-listed Fes medina—starting at the Royal Palace gate, then deep into the medina’s maze-like lanes to visit Al-Qarawiyyin University, the Bou Inania Madrasa, the Chouara Tanneries, and the Mellah. The tour finishes at an ancient fortress with a panoramic view over the whole city. You return to your riad in the evening, having genuinely explored one of the oldest and most complex cities in the Islamic world.

Day 6: Fes ⇢ Ifrane ⇢ Azrou ⇢ Ziz Valley ⇢ Merzouga

After breakfast, the route heads south through the alpine town of Ifrane—often called the Switzerland of Morocco—then through the cedar forests of Azrou, where wild Barbary macaques live among some of the oldest cedar trees in North Africa. The landscape shifts from forest to rocky plateau and eventually to the Ziz Valley and its extensive palm oasis before arriving at the Erg Chebbi dunes in the afternoon for a camel trek and sunset. The evening continues at your luxury desert camp with dinner, Berber drumming, and a night under exceptional desert stars.

Day 7: Merzouga ⇢ Rissani ⇢ Todra Gorge ⇢ Dades Valley

An early sunrise over the dunes is well worth the wake-up call. After breakfast, you return to Merzouga by camel or 4×4, with an optional stop at the Rissani souk—a historic desert trading town with a lively market on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. The route continues to Todra Gorge, where sheer limestone cliffs rise 300 meters on either side of a narrow canyon, followed by a drive through Dades Valley and its famous monkey finger rock formations. Overnight in a hotel overlooking the valley.

Day 8: Dades Valley ⇢ Ouarzazate ⇢ Ait Benhaddou ⇢ High Atlas ⇢ Marrakech

Today follows part of the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs through Ouarzazate—the Hollywood of Africa, home to Atlas Studios and the Taourirt Kasbah. Our dedicated Ouarzazate tours page covers the city in more depth if you want to extend this stop. From there, you continue to the UNESCO-listed Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, a filming location for Gladiator, The Mummy, and Game of Thrones, before the High Atlas crossing via the Tizi n’Tichka Pass into Marrakech.

Day 9: Full-Day Guided Tour of Marrakech

A local guide leads the full day—Jemaa El-Fna Square, the Koutoubia Mosque, the medina souks, Bahia Palace, Badi Palace, and Ben Youssef Madrasa—before an afternoon at the Majorelle Garden. The evening is yours to spend on the square or at a rooftop café with views over the medina. It is also possible to extend time in Marrakech via our Marrakech Desert Tours page if you want to stay longer in the city.

Day 10: Day Trip to Ourika Valley

After breakfast, the drive into the Ourika Valley takes around an hour from Marrakech, entering the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains through a landscape of terraced fields, walnut groves, and small Berber villages. The main draw is the Setti Fatma waterfalls—a 20-minute walk from the end of the road leads to the first falls, with the option to climb higher for more. The valley is also a good place to experience traditional Berber village life at close range. You return to Marrakech in the evening.

Day 11: Marrakech ⇢ Essaouira

After breakfast, the two-hour drive west leads to Essaouira—a former Atlantic trading port with a UNESCO-listed medina built on 18th-century European military fortification principles. Blue shutters, whitewashed walls, cannon-lined ramparts, and a working fishing harbor give Essaouira a completely different atmosphere from any other city on this route. The afternoon and evening are yours to explore the artisan workshops, seafood restaurants, and the Skala fortress with its ocean views.

Day 12: Essaouira ⇢ Casablanca

After a final morning in Essaouira—last walk along the ramparts or one more browse through the artisan quarter—the drive north follows the Atlantic coastline back to Casablanca. After check-in, the evening is free to revisit the Corniche, explore local markets, or simply reflect on thirteen days of travel before the departure transfer the following morning.

Day 13: Transfer to Casablanca or Marrakech Airport

Depending on your flight schedule, your driver transfers you to either Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca or Marrakech Menara Airport for departure, bringing your 13-day Morocco tour from Casablanca to a close.