10-Day Luxury Private Morocco Tour from Casablanca
Casablanca → Rabat → Fez → Sahara Desert → Marrakech → Essaouira
The full country in ten days, upgraded throughout: boutique riads in each city, a private desert camp, and a pace with real rest days built in rather than back-to-back transfers.
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Highlights
- Boutique properties in Rabat, Fez, and Marrakech
- A private luxury camp in the dunes at Erg Chebbi
- A converted kasbah stay on the way to Marrakech
- A closing stretch by the Atlantic in Essaouira
- A trip designer available throughout your trip
Day by day
A working draft: the order and pace are ours to adjust once we know what matters most to you.
Casablanca to Rabat
A transfer to Rabat, with an afternoon at the whitewashed Kasbah of the Udayas, built by the Almohad caliph Yaqub al-Mansur, above the river mouth.
About 1 hour on the road, roughly 90 km
Boutique riad, Rabat
Rabat to Fez
A short drive to Fez, with the evening free to walk the edge of the medina.
About 3 hours on the road, roughly 200 km
Boutique riad, Fez
Fez medina
A private guided day through the Chouara tanneries' 11th-century dye pits, the Al-Qarawiyyin mosque and university founded in 859, and the medina's other artisan workshops and monuments.
No driving today
Boutique riad, Fez
Fez to Merzouga
South through the Middle Atlas cedar forests around Ifrane to a private camp at Erg Chebbi.
About 7-8 hours on the road, roughly 460 km
Private luxury camp, Erg Chebbi
In the dunes
A full rest day, no driving, no fixed schedule, dinner served under canvas as the dunes turn from rust to deep violet at dusk.
No driving today
Private luxury camp, Erg Chebbi
To the Atlas
West through the Todra and Dades gorges (the Todra's walls rise up to 160 metres in places just 10 metres apart) to a converted kasbah on the edge of the High Atlas.
About 5.5 hours on the road, roughly 340 km
Kasbah hotel, High Atlas
To Marrakech
Over the Tizi n'Tichka, North Africa's highest major pass, into Marrakech.
About 1.5 hours on the road, roughly 65 km
Boutique riad, Marrakech
Marrakech
A private guided day through the medina and the Bahia Palace, expanded into its present form by Grand Vizier Ba Ahmed between 1894 and 1900, closing with a rooftop dinner over the Jemaa el-Fna.
No driving today
Boutique riad, Marrakech
Marrakech to Essaouira
A relaxed drive through argan groves to the coast at Essaouira, founded by Sultan Mohammed III in 1765.
About 2.5-3 hours on the road, roughly 180 km
Boutique riad, Essaouira
Departure
A final walk on the ramparts before the transfer to Marrakech airport for your flight home.
Just the transfer to the airport today
Included
- ✓Private car and driver throughout
- ✓9 nights in boutique riads, a kasbah, and a private luxury camp
- ✓Specialist guides in Rabat, Fez, and Marrakech
- ✓One private dinner arranged on your behalf
Not included
- —International flights
- —Most lunches and some dinners
- —Spa treatments and optional experiences
- —Tips for driver and guides
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Tour at a glance
- Duration
- 10 days · 9 nights
- Transport
- Private car/4x4
- Languages
- English, French
- Availability
- Year-round
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