Highlights of Morocco

In Fes, the oldest imperial city, the medina’s labyrinth reveals craftsmen at work and the Royal Palace’s glimpse of Moroccan power. Nearby lies the Roman site of Volubilis, with mosaics still vivid after centuries of sun. The pace quickens as you cross Berber lands to Merzouga, where a Berber desert camp waits on the edge of the Erg Chebbi dunes. Shared facilities and basic showers may not suit everyone, but the sunset’s light on the sand more than compensates.

After dawn on the dunes and possibly a camel ride, the route traces the southern Atlas foothills through Todra Gorge and the Dades Valley’s kasbahs to Ouarzazate. Late in the day you visit Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou before returning over the Tizi n’Tichka Pass to finish with a guided tour of Marrakech’s medina.

New to Morocco? Our Morocco guide has the practical essentials: money, plugs, visas and when to go.

These are the places the trip visits, in order. Explore Worldwide publishes the day-by-day itinerary on its own site.