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2 weeks in Morocco: how to plan a longer trip
Enough time to see most of the country properly: if you resist the urge to see all of it.
Written by Morocco Tailored Tours.
This is one of our trip-length guides. For the full picture of how long to spend and where to go, start with the ultimate Morocco itinerary guide, or browse our private Morocco itineraries by trip length.
Two weeks is enough to cover the desert, the imperial cities, the Atlas Mountains, and the coast in a single loop, without the rushed feeling that shows up when the same regions are squeezed into seven or ten days. It's the length we most often end up rebuilding from scratch around a specific traveller.
A well-paced version might run: Marrakech, into the High Atlas for a night or two, over the Tizi n'Tichka and through the gorges to two full nights in the Sahara, north through the Middle Atlas to Fez, a detour to Chefchaouen and the Rif, then a final stretch on the coast at Essaouira before flying home.
The temptation with fourteen days is to add a region for every extra day available. We'd push back on that instinct: building in one full rest day, with no driving and no sights, tends to make travellers happier with the trip overall than one more city ever does.
If you're not sure how to divide the time, the regions worth prioritising, in order, are usually: the desert (it's the least substitutable experience), one imperial city done properly rather than four done quickly, and a closing coastal stretch to decompress before the flight home.
Want to see how this works on a real route? Our 14-Day Grand Morocco Tour from Marrakech and 13-Day Grand Morocco Circuit from Casablanca are private itineraries we can adjust to fit.
Planning around Essaouira? Read the Essaouira destination guide, or see 14-Day Grand Morocco Tour from Marrakech, a sample itinerary that includes it.
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14-Day Grand Morocco Tour from Marrakech
A private 14-day Morocco tour from Marrakech that circles the whole country in one trip: the Red City, the Atlas and the Sahara, Fez and the Roman and imperial north, the blue streets of Chefchaouen, Tangier and the Atlantic coast, finishing in Essaouira before a last night in Marrakech. It is the slowest way to see Morocco, with long stays in the places that deserve them.
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