15 Days Grand Tour of Morocco from Agadir

Welcome to Morocco! Your driver meets you at Agadir airport or your hotel. If time allows, we drive up to the Kasbah of Agadir Oufella for the view over the bay at sunset and walk along the seafront promenade. Dinner and night at a hotel in Agadir.

We drive south to Tiznit, the silver town, with its ramparts and jewellery souk. Then the road climbs into the Anti-Atlas through Berber villages and almond trees to Tafraoute, surrounded by pink granite mountains. Afternoon visit of the Painted Rocks and the "Lion's Head". Dinner and night at a hotel.

Morning in the Ameln Valley and its Berber villages below the Jbel Lekst. We come down from the Anti-Atlas by the winding road of Ait Baha, among argan trees and fortified granaries (agadirs), to the Souss valley and Taroudant. Afternoon visit of the ramparts and the souks. Dinner and night at a riad.

We cross the Anti-Atlas by Taliouine and its saffron fields and Tazenakht, the carpet town, to Ouarzazate, the "Hollywood of Africa", with a visit of the Kasbah Taourirt. At the end of the day we arrive in Aït Benhaddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dinner and night at a kasbah hotel facing the ksar.

Morning walk up through the ksar of Aït Benhaddou to the old granary. Then we take the road of the thousand kasbahs through Ouarzazate, the palm grove of Skoura and Kelaat M'Gouna in the Valley of Roses, to the red cliffs of the Dades Gorges. Dinner and night at a hotel in the gorges.

After breakfast we drive to Tinghir and walk between the 300-metre walls of the Todra Gorge. We continue through Tinejdad and Erfoud to Merzouga. In the late afternoon the camels take us into the dunes of Erg Chebbi to watch the sunset and reach our desert camp. Dinner, Berber music around the campfire and night in the camp under the stars.

Sunrise over the dunes and breakfast in the camp. Today we discover the desert around Erg Chebbi by 4×4: a nomad family, the village of Khamlia and its Gnawa music, the old mines and the Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday market of Rissani. In the afternoon there is time for sandboarding or to relax by the dunes. Dinner and night at a hotel in Merzouga or in the camp.

After the sunrise and breakfast we drive north through Erfoud and the long palm groves of the Ziz Valley, then climb into the Middle Atlas to Midelt. We cross the cedar forests of Azrou, where Barbary macaques live, and Ifrane, the "Switzerland of Morocco", before arriving in Fes in the evening. Dinner and night at a riad in Fes.

A full day in Fes el-Bali, the largest medieval medina in the world, with a local guide (optional): the Bab Bou Jeloud gate, the Al-Attarine and Bou Inania madrasas, the Al-Qarawiyyin, the Chouara tanneries and the craftsmen's souks. In the afternoon, a panoramic view of the city from the Merinid tombs. Dinner and night at the riad.

We drive north through the green hills of the Rif to Chefchaouen, the blue pearl of Morocco. In the afternoon, free time to get lost in the blue alleys of the medina, visit the Kasbah on the Outa el-Hammam square and walk up to the Spanish Mosque for the sunset. Dinner and night at a riad.

We leave the Rif for Volubilis, the Roman city with its mosaics and the Arch of Caracalla, and continue to Meknes, the imperial city of Moulay Ismail, with the Bab Mansour gate and the Lahdim square. In the evening we arrive in Rabat, the capital, on the Atlantic coast. Dinner and night at a hotel or riad.

Morning visit of Rabat: the Hassan Tower, the Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the blue and white Kasbah of the Udayas above the ocean. We continue along the coast to Casablanca to see the Hassan II Mosque, one of the largest in the world, built over the sea. In the afternoon we drive south to Marrakech. Dinner and night at a riad.

A day to discover Marrakech with a local guide (optional): the Koutoubia mosque, the Bahia Palace, the Saadian Tombs, the souks of the medina and the Majorelle Garden. In the evening, the Jemaa el-Fnaa square comes alive with storytellers, musicians and food stalls. Night at the riad.

We cross the plains of the Haouz and the argan forest, where you may see goats climbing the trees and visit a women's argan oil cooperative, to Essaouira on the Atlantic. Afternoon free in the white and blue medina, the ramparts of the Skala and the fishing port. Dinner and night at a riad.

Morning in Essaouira, then we drive south along the coast road with views over the ocean, the beaches of Imsouane and the surf village of Taghazout. Arrival in Agadir in the afternoon. Drop-off at your hotel or Agadir airport and end of our services.