9 Days from Tangier to Marrakech — Mountains & the Sahara

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1. Day1

   Tangier city

   Arrive in Tangier for a day among its layered history — the Kasbah Museum, the Dar el Makhzen and the American Legation Museum — with views out to the Strait of Gibraltar from the old fortifications.

   

2. Day2

   Tangier → Chefchaouen

   Head up into the Rif Mountains to Chefchaouen, spending the afternoon in its blue-and-white medina, the red kasbah and the small Ethnographic Museum before the town's lanes settle into evening quiet.

   

3. Day3

   Chefchaouen → Volubilis → Meknes → Fes

   Wind down from the Rif to the Roman ruins of Volubilis, still scattered with mosaics, then the imperial city of Meknes and its monumental Bab Mansour gate, before finishing the day in Fes.

   

4. Day4

   A full day in Fes

   A local guide walks you through the medieval medina — the Bou Inania madrasa, the Al-Qarawiyyin mosque and university, the South Tower viewpoint, a working pottery village and the gateways of Nejjarine Square.

5. Day5

   Fes → Ifrane → Merzouga (Sahara camp)

   Cross the Middle Atlas via the alpine town of Ifrane and cedar forest home to wild Barbary macaques, then drop through the Ziz Valley toward the Sahara. As the sun sets, a camel trek carries you into the Erg Chebbi dunes for dinner and a night at a desert camp.

   

6. Day6

   Merzouga → Todgha Gorge → Boumalne Dadès

   Drive west through the Tafilalet oasis and Tinghir's palm groves to Todgha Gorge, where limestone cliffs rise 300 metres above a narrow river, then continue on to Boumalne Dadès for the night.

7. Day7

   Boumalne Dadès → Valley of Roses → Ouarzazate → Aït Ben Haddou → Marrakech

   Follow the Valley of Roses past the Amerhidil Kasbah and the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs to Ouarzazate's film studios, then the UNESCO ksar of Aït Ben Haddou. Cross the High Atlas via the Tizi n'Tichka pass into Marrakech.

   

8. Day8

   Marrakech → Essaouira

   A guided morning in Marrakech — the Bahia Palace, the Saadian Tombs, the Koutoubia minaret and the theatre of Jemaa el-Fnaa — then an afternoon drive to the Atlantic port of Essaouira for the night.

   

9. Day9

   Essaouira → Marrakech

   A slow morning among Essaouira's ramparts, harbour and art galleries before the drive back inland to Marrakech, where the tour ends.

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