Casablanca Courtyard
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
8 days, planned by Meridian Overland
Eight days through northern Morocco — the imperial cities and the Rif, none of which the Marrakech and Sahara trip reaches.
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| Hassan II Mosque |
| Corniche |
| Art deco quarter |
Fes el Bali is the largest car-free urban area in the world — around nine thousand lanes, and goods still move on mules.
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| Kasbah des Oudayas |
| Hassan Tower |
| Chellah |
| Fes el Bali |
Al-Qarawiyyin was founded in 859 and is generally called the oldest continuously operating university in the world. The tanneries have used the same process for a thousand years and you smell them first.
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| Chouara tannery |
| Al-Qarawiyyin |
| Bou Inania Medersa |
Volubilis has mosaics still in place on the floors they were laid on, and it was inhabited for centuries after Rome left.
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| Volubilis |
| Mosaics |
| Moulay Idriss |
| Bab Mansour |
The blue was applied over the last century and the explanations vary — Jewish refugees, mosquitoes, or tourism. Nobody agrees and the town does not mind.
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| Chefchaouen medina |
| Kasbah |
| Plaza Uta el-Hammam |
The Akchour walk is four hours on a good path to a natural rock arch, and it is the reason to stay two nights rather than one.
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| Spanish Mosque |
| Akchour |
| God's Bridge |
| Talassemtane |
Tangier was an international zone until 1956, governed jointly by nine countries, and it still feels like nowhere in particular.
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| Tangier kasbah |
| Cap Spartel |
| Caves of Hercules |
| Grand Socco |
Tangier flies across Europe and the Al Boraq high-speed line reaches Casablanca in just over two hours.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
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Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
7 breakfasts and 4 dinners across 8 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 8.
11 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“Europe and the far north on a fixed calendar”
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Plenty to eat and they were happy to work around a gluten allergy. Would send friends their way.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Would send friends their way.
Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
Well paced over 8 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Good value for what's included.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Meals were good throughout and the vegetarian options weren't an afterthought. Good value for what's included.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Good value for what's included.
Fes done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Would send friends their way.
Hotels were a step below what I expected for the price.
Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Simple food, well made, and enough of it. Recommended.
More than almost anywhere. Fes el Bali has around nine thousand lanes, no through streets and no car access, and getting comprehensively lost is the normal first-day experience. A licensed guide also stops the unofficial ones, who attach themselves and then demand payment.
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