North, on the motorway, before the heat.
Signature tour
The Imperial North
Atlantic cities, Roman stones, the oldest medina still at work, a blue town in the Rif — and the sea at the end of it all.
- Duration
- 8 days · 7 nights
- Distance
- ≈ 950 km
- Fare
- Quote on request
Hassan II, half over the ocean.
The Corniche at dusk. The whole city out walking.
The Udayas, white and blue above the river mouth.
A tower begun in 1195 and never finished.
Rome, in the middle of the wheat fields.
A holy town stacked up the hill.
Bab Mansour, the great gate of Moulay Ismail.
Fes el-Bali: a city still working the way it did.
The Chouara tanneries, from the terraces.
A spill of blue against the Rif.
End of the road. The sea takes it from here.
Day by day
- Day1
MarrakechCasablanca≈ 240 km
To the Atlantic
North on the motorway to the Atlantic. The Hassan II Mosque stands half over the ocean, its minaret one of the tallest in the world. Late afternoon on the Corniche, where the city comes to walk.
Overnight Casablanca · hotel
- Day2
CasablancaRabat≈ 90 km
The capital
An hour up the coast to the capital. The Kasbah of the Udayas, white and blue above the mouth of the Bou Regreg; the unfinished Hassan Tower and, facing it across the esplanade, the Mausoleum of Mohammed V.
Overnight Rabat · hotel
- Day3
RabatVolubilisMoulay IdrissMeknès≈ 205 km
Roman stones, imperial gates
Inland, through farmland, to Volubilis — Roman streets, mosaics still in place, the Arch of Caracalla against open sky. Moulay Idriss sits on the next hill, a holy town stacked up its slopes. Evening in Meknes, the imperial city of Moulay Ismail and its monumental Bab Mansour.
Overnight Meknes · riad
- Day4
MeknèsFès≈ 60 km
First look at Fes
A short drive to Fes, and the afternoon is yours: first the medina seen whole from the hills, then down into it.
Overnight Fes · riad
- Day5
Fès
Nine thousand lanes
A full day in Fes el-Bali, one of the largest car-free urban areas on earth. The Chouara tanneries from the terraces above, Al Quaraouiyine — founded in 859 and still teaching — and some nine thousand lanes you'll be glad to have a guide for.
Overnight Fes · riad
- Day6
FèsChefchaouen≈ 200 km
The blue town
North into the Rif. Chefchaouen appears as a spill of blue against the mountain. Wander it at the hour the day-trippers leave.
Overnight Chefchaouen · riad
- Day7
ChefchaouenTanger≈ 115 km
Down to the Strait
Down from the mountains to the Strait. Afternoon in the Kasbah of Tangier, the old city above the port, with Spain on the other side of the water.
Overnight Tangier · hotel
- Day8
TangerCap Spartel≈ 40 km
Where two seas meet
Out to Cap Spartel, where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean, and the Caves of Hercules just below. The tour ends wherever suits you — your hotel, the port, the airport, or the train south.
Overnight Tour ends · Tangier
Day 8 · Tangier
End of the road. The sea takes it from here.
Tangier sits on the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean and Europe is close enough to see on a clear day. Your last morning: the Kasbah above the port, the lighthouse at Cap Spartel, and the Caves of Hercules below it.
across the Strait, at its narrowest
Where you sleep
We book hand-picked hotels, riads and desert camps along the way. You'll see exactly where you're staying with your quote.
Make it yours
Every tour is private. Move the dates, add a night, change a hotel, skip a stop — tell us what you want and we'll build the quote around it.
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