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Things to do in Morocco

City and region guides for the places our routes cover: what to see, when to go, how long to stay, and the tours that include each one.

Green horse-drawn calèches lined up on a palm-lined avenue with the Koutoubia minaret behind.

Central Morocco, foot of the High Atlas

Things to do in Marrakesh

The red city: a walled medina, palace courtyards and the Atlas an hour away.

The patterned esplanade and minaret of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca

Atlantic coast, central Morocco

Things to do in Casablanca

Morocco’s working port city: Art Deco streets, a vast ocean-side mosque and the country’s main airport.

A guide talking to a group of travellers in front of the golden doors of the Royal Palace of Fes.

Northern interior, Saïss plain

Things to do in Fes

The oldest imperial capital, and the largest car-free medina in the world.

A guide with travellers on the Skala ramparts of Essaouira, beside old cannons and the ocean.

Atlantic coast, three hours west of Marrakech

Things to do in Essaouira

A walled fishing port on the Atlantic, built for the wind and the gnaoua drums.

Tables with white cloths and lanterns on a stone terrace at a desert camp, with tents behind

South-east Morocco, edge of the Sahara

Things to do in Merzouga

The village at the foot of Erg Chebbi, where the tarmac ends and the dunes start.

Aerial view of Agadir’s curved sandy beach, blue bay and seafront buildings

Southern Atlantic coast, Souss valley

Things to do in Agadir

A rebuilt beach city with a mild, sunny climate and the Anti-Atlas behind it.

High-angle view of a coastal city with white buildings and stone fortifications at sunset.

Strait of Gibraltar, northern Morocco

Things to do in Tangier

Where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic, and Europe is visible across the water.

Colourful fishing boats on the Bou Regreg with the Kasbah of the Udayas walls behind

Atlantic coast, mouth of the Bou Regreg

Things to do in Rabat

The capital: an imperial city that is also a quiet, green, walkable administrative seat.

Colourful houses of Taghazout above the beach with blue fishing boats

Atlantic coast north of Agadir

Things to do in Taghazout

A fishing village turned surf town, with point breaks running down the whole coast.

A decorated blue and white public fountain stands in a paved square surrounded by blue buildings in Chefchaouen.

Rif mountains, northern Morocco

Things to do in Chefchaouen

The blue town in the Rif, built on a mountainside at 600 m.

A group of travellers sitting in a line on sandy dunes during sunset.

Draa valley, southern Sahara

Things to do in M’hamid El Ghizlane

The last village on the Draa road, and the way into Erg Chigaga.

Many kitesurf kites flying over the Dakhla lagoon

Far south, Atlantic peninsula

Things to do in Dakhla

A desert peninsula between a flat lagoon and the open Atlantic.

Taourirt Kasbah in Ouarzazate seen behind palm trees

South of the High Atlas, gateway to the Draa

Things to do in Ouarzazate

The door of the desert: kasbahs, film studios and the road to the valleys.

Travellers walking towards the ornate tiled archway of Bab Bou Jeloud gate in Fes.

Northern interior, near Volubilis

Things to do in Meknes

The quietest imperial city, built by Moulay Ismail on a monumental scale.

People enjoying a meal at an outdoor table surrounded by lush green foliage and trees.

High Atlas, 45 minutes from Marrakech

Things to do in Ourika Village

The closest mountain valley to Marrakech: a river, seven waterfalls and Berber villages.

Panoramic view of a coastal town behind high stone fortification walls and ramparts.

Atlantic coast between Casablanca and Safi

Things to do in El Jadida

A Portuguese sea fortress on the Atlantic, with a cistern film crews keep coming back to.

Earthen ksar of Aït Benhaddou climbing to the granary on the hilltop

Ounila valley, near Ouarzazate

Things to do in Aït Benhaddou

The earthen ksar on the old caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech.

Earthen city walls of Taroudant along a road

Souss valley, inland from Agadir

Things to do in Taroudant

A walled market town in the Souss, ringed by six kilometres of earthen ramparts.

Four travellers walking along the ridge of a large sandy desert dune under a clear blue sky.

Southern Sahara, beyond M’hamid

Things to do in Erg Chigaga Dunes

Morocco’s largest dune field, reached only by 4x4 or camel.

Jbel Zagora rising behind the palm grove of the Draa Valley at Zagora

Draa Valley, south-east Morocco

Things to do in Zagora

A palm-grove town on the Draa, between Jbel Zagora and the first dunes of the Sahara.