11-Day Luxury Private Morocco Tour from Tangier
Tangier → Chefchaouen → Fez → Sahara Desert → Marrakech → Essaouira
The longest of our luxury circuits, because Tangier is the furthest departure point from the south: boutique riads, a private desert camp, and a closing stretch on the coast, with nothing rushed to make up time.
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Highlights
- A boutique hotel in Tangier's kasbah to start
- Chefchaouen's blue medina, then two nights in Fez
- A private luxury camp in the dunes at Erg Chebbi
- A converted kasbah stay on the way to Marrakech
- A closing stay by the Atlantic in Essaouira
Day by day
A working draft: the order and pace are ours to adjust once we know what matters most to you.
Tangier
Arrival at a boutique hotel in the kasbah, with a private evening walk through the medina and the Spanish coast visible across the Strait.
No driving today
Boutique hotel, Tangier
Tangier to Chefchaouen
South by way of Tetouan, its medina rebuilt from 1492 by Andalusian refugees after the fall of Granada, then into the Rif toward Chefchaouen, founded in 1471, with the afternoon free in the blue medina.
About 2 hours on the road, roughly 115 km
Boutique guesthouse, Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen to Fez
On across the Sais plain to Fez, arriving at a boutique riad by evening.
About 3.5 hours on the road, roughly 200 km
Boutique riad, Fez
Fez
A private guided day through the medina's Chouara tanneries (11th-century dye pits still worked by hand), the carved-cedar Bou Inania madrasa, and the souks.
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, arriving at a boutique riad.
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: begun in 1866–67 for Grand Vizier Si Moussa and expanded by his son Ba Ahmed between 1894 and 1900 into the carved-cedar complex you see today, 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
Essaouira and departure
A slow morning on the 18th-century ramparts by the Atlantic before your transfer to Marrakech airport.
No significant driving — free time before your transfer to the airport
Included
- ✓Private car and driver throughout
- ✓10 nights in boutique hotels, riads, a kasbah, and a private luxury camp
- ✓Specialist guides in Tangier, 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
- 11 days · 10 nights
- Transport
- Private car/4x4
- Languages
- English, French
- Availability
- Year-round
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