Kasbahs, Sahara & Atlantic Grand Journey

Moha meets you at RAK and drives you to your riad in the medina. The evening stays deliberately calm — mint tea on the terrace, a short walk, an early dinner.

A full guided day with a licensed city guide: the Bahia Palace, the Ben Youssef Madrasa, the quiet of Le Jardin Secret, then the souks, finishing on Jemaa el-Fnaa as the square fills at dusk.

Choose the day: the Majorelle and Menara gardens, a traditional hammam and rest, or a market visit and cooking workshop with a Moroccan family.

Across the High Atlas by the 7,415-foot Tizi n'Tichka pass, with Amazigh villages on the slopes, then the UNESCO kasbah of Ait Benhaddou in the late light and a night beneath it.

The Taourirt Kasbah and the film studios of Ouarzazate, the palm groves of Skoura, then north into the Valley of Roses, where the distilleries scent the whole spring.

Up the Dades valley past the Monkey Fingers rock formations to the switchbacks above the gorge, with a walk among the almond terraces and a night in a kasbah hotel on the river.

Morning in the Todra Gorges, where thousand-foot limestone walls close to a few yards, then east through Tinghir and Erfoud to the edge of Erg Chebbi.

Camel trek or 4x4 into the dunes at golden hour, sunset from the crest, dinner and Amazigh drums at a luxury desert camp, and a sky with nothing between you and it.

Sunrise over the dunes, then the caravan market of Rissani and a long, beautiful drive west through Alnif and Nkob, with its tower houses and almond groves.

Over the Tizi n'Tazazert and down through Tazenakht, a weaving town of Amazigh carpets, to the ochre ramparts of Taroudant, often called little Marrakech.

The souks and saddlers of Taroudant in the morning, then the Tiout palm oasis in the afternoon — a mule track between the palms, a kasbah above the water, and a lunch of tagine cooked slowly.

West to the coast: the argan hills, the surf bay of Taghazout, and the pools and canyon walls of Paradise Valley in the Anti-Atlas foothills.

The coastal road north past Cap Rhir and the argan cooperatives, with fresh grilled fish at a fishing cove, arriving in Essaouira for the evening wind and the ramparts.

The Skala de la Ville ramparts, the car-free UNESCO medina and the thuya wood workshops in the morning, then a day that is genuinely yours: the beach, seafood at the port, surf, kitesurf or a horse ride on the sand.

An unhurried drive back through the argan groves and a private transfer to Marrakech airport in good time for your flight home.