Marrakech
Agafay Desert
Essaouira
Riad Living
8 days / 7 nights
Marrakech & Atlantic Escape
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Private journey · Available year-round
Grand Morocco Journey
The complete Morocco experience, without the race
Photo: Morocco by Heart studio — Erg Chebbi dunes, Sahara
Imperial cities, the Sahara, the gorges and Marrakech in one open-jaw route. The night in Midelt is deliberate: it removes the very long drive from Fes to the desert, because a comfortable journey should never feel like a race between sights.
This is a starting point, not a fixed package. We adapt the days, the pace and the hotels to your dates and to the airport you fly into.
- Time on the ground
- 12 days / 11 nights
- Route
- Casablanca · Rabat · Fes · Midelt · Merzouga · Todra · Dades · Ouarzazate · Marrakech
- Airports
- Arrive Casablanca (CMN), depart Marrakech (RAK)
- Best for
- A once-in-a-lifetime first trip that covers the whole country
- Pace
- A night in Midelt breaks the long Fes–Sahara drive; two nights in Fes and Marrakech
Day by day
How the journey unfolds
Airport welcome at CMN, the Hassan II Mosque, and a gentle first evening.
The Kasbah of the Udayas, Chellah and the Royal Palace gates with a licensed guide.
North-east to Fes, arriving with time to settle into your riad in the medina.
A full guided day: tanneries, medersas, souks and craft workshops, with a free late afternoon.
Through the cedar forests and Middle Atlas to Midelt — the stop that keeps tomorrow's drive humane.
Down the Ziz valley to Erg Chebbi, camels into the dunes at golden hour, dinner and drums at a desert camp.
Sunrise over the dunes, then the palm oases, the walls of Todra and the winding Dades valley.
The film studios and the great kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou in late-afternoon light.
Over the Tizi n'Tichka pass to Marrakech, with stops for the views and lunch on the way.
Guided medina, palaces and gardens in the morning; the afternoon is yours.
Choose: a full rest day with hammam and pool, or a day trip into the Ourika or Imlil valleys.
Private transfer to Marrakech airport (RAK), or on to Casablanca if your flight leaves from there.
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Highlights
- A night in a desert camp in the Erg Chebbi dunes
- Fes and Marrakech with licensed local guides, two nights in each
- Todra gorge, the Dades valley and Ait Ben Haddou
- A rest day built in, not squeezed out
What is included
- Private air-conditioned vehicle and licensed professional driver throughout
- 11 nights in handpicked riads, kasbah lodges and a desert camp
- Licensed local guides in Rabat, Fes and Marrakech
- Private airport welcome and all transfers, daily breakfast and dinner in the desert
- Moha as your personal host, on WhatsApp from the moment you land
Not included
- International flights — quoted separately at the current fare
- Travel insurance, lunches and dinners not listed, personal spending
Good to know before you go
Questions about this journey
Logistics, safety, accommodations and what a day actually feels like on this route.
Most days begin with an unhurried breakfast in your riad, then a guided morning while the light is soft and the medinas are still quiet. Lunch is somewhere we know well — a rooftop, a garden, a family kitchen. Afternoons are yours: a hammam, a market, a nap, or the road to the next place. Evenings stay open, with dinner suggestions rather than a schedule you have to keep.
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Photo: Morocco by Heart studio — Riad courtyard, Marrakech medina