5-Day Morocco Tour from Casablanca: Chefchaouen

Fes el Bali is the largest car-free urban area in the world and the oldest of the imperial capitals. A full day is the least it takes to get any sense of it, and most of that day is on foot.

• Morning in Fes el Bali, entering by Bab Boujloud
• The Chouara tanneries, seen from the terraces above
• Al Quaraouiyine, founded in 859 and still in use
• The Bou Inania medersa and its carved cedar screens
• Lunch in the medina
• The souks by trade: coppersmiths, dyers, weavers
• Afternoon at the Batha museum or the Merenid tombs for the view over the city

Overnight in Fes.

West to the Roman city at Volubilis in the morning, then north into the Rif mountains, reaching Chefchaouen in the late afternoon. Around four and a half hours of driving.

• Morning departure from Fes
• Volubilis, the Roman provincial capital, with its mosaics still in place
• Moulay Idriss, the hill town above the ruins
• Lunch en route
• The climb into the Rif mountains
• Arrival in Chefchaouen in the late afternoon
• The blue-washed medina and Place Outa el Hammam at dusk

Overnight in Chefchaouen.

A long transfer day out of the mountains and back to the coast, around five hours, arriving in Rabat with the evening free.

• Morning in Chefchaouen, or an optional walk toward the Akchour valley
• Descent through the Rif to the plain
• Lunch en route
• West across the Gharb to the Atlantic
• Arrival in Rabat in the late afternoon
• The Chellah necropolis, walled and overgrown
• Evening on the Oudayas terrace above the river

Overnight in Rabat.

A short final day down the coast, with the afternoon in Casablanca itself. Around an hour and a half of driving.

• Morning departure from Rabat
• The coast road south through Mohammedia
• The Hassan II Mosque, built out over the Atlantic
• Lunch on the corniche
• The Habous quarter and its arcaded streets
• Place Mohammed V and the downtown Art Deco quarter

Drop-off in Casablanca, or transfer to the airport.