7 Days Tour from Tangier

Day 1: Welcome to Tangier to Chefchaouen [125 km]

Your driver will meet you at the airport, ferry port, or your hotel in Tangier, the city where the Mediterranean and Atlantic meet. Before heading inland, you’ll stop at Cape Spartel to see the two seas come together, then visit the Hercules Cave, known for its sea-facing opening shaped like a map of Africa.

From Tangier, the drive crosses the Rif Mountains small villages, terraced hillsides, and long stretches of green countryside before reaching Chefchaouen. The town is known for its blue-washed buildings, and it’s worth just walking without a fixed plan: through the alleys around Plaza Uta el-Hammam, past the handicraft stalls, and into a café for mint tea before the light fades. Overnight in a riad or hotel in Chefchaouen.

Day 2: Chefchaouen – Volubilis – Meknes – Fes [253 km]

After breakfast, the road leads to Volubilis, one of the best-preserved Roman sites in North Africa. The mosaics here are still largely intact, and the site sits on an open hillside with views over the surrounding farmland it’s an easy, unhurried stop rather than a rushed one.

From Volubilis, continue to Meknes, one of Morocco’s four imperial cities. The Bab Mansour Gate and the Moulay Ismail Mausoleum are the two stops most worth your time here. In the afternoon, drive on to Fes and check into a riad in or near the medina, ready for the following day’s guided tour.

Day 3: Fes Guided Tour

A full day in Fes with a licensed local guide, starting inside the Fes medina, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and still one of the largest car-free urban areas in the world. Expect narrow lanes, working souks, and artisan workshops where leatherwork, metalwork, and weaving are still done by hand.

The guide will take you through the Bou Inania Madrasa, the Al Quaraouiyine complex recognized as one of the oldest continuously operating educational institutions in the world and the Chouara Tanneries, where hides are still dyed in the open-air stone vats. You’ll also see the Mellah, the old Jewish quarter, before finishing at a viewpoint over the medina rooftops. Return to your riad for the evening.

Day 4: Fes – Ifrane – Cedar Forest – Ziz Valley – Merzouga Desert [469 km]

Leaving Fes, the route climbs into the Middle Atlas Mountains to Ifrane, a mountain town known for its European-style architecture and cooler climate worth a short walk to see the town’s well-known Stone Lion statue.

From Ifrane, continue to the cedar forest near Azrou, home to Barbary macaques that live wild among the trees. After a lunch stop in Midelt, the drive continues through changing terrain rocky mountains, small Berber villages, wide valleys before reaching the Ziz Valley, lined with date palm groves and framed by dramatic viewpoints. By late afternoon you’ll arrive in Merzouga, at the edge of the Erg Chebbi dunes, with the rest of the evening free to settle in before the desert experience begins the next day.

Day 5: Explore the Merzouga Region

A full day around Merzouga and the Erg Chebbi dunes. Visit Khamlia, a village known for Gnawa music, a tradition rooted in West African spiritual heritage that’s still performed live here. In the late afternoon, head to the edge of the dunes for a camel trek across the sand as the sun sets. At the desert camp, dinner and music around the fire lead into an overnight stay under a genuinely dark sky.

Day 6: Merzouga Desert – Rissani – Todra Gorges – Dades Valley [273 km]

Those who want to see sunrise over the dunes can head out early before returning to the hotel for breakfast. After checkout, the drive continues to Rissani, known for its traditional souk if your visit lands on a market day, it’s worth the stop.

The road then passes through desert terrain and small villages to the Todra Gorges, where limestone cliffs rise sharply on either side of a narrow canyon a good stop for walking and photos. From there, continue through the Dades Valley along the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs, passing the rock formations known as Monkey Fingers, before an overnight stay in the valley.

Day 7: Dades Valley – Roses Valley – Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech [334 km]

The final day starts with the Roses Valley, known for its rose fields and small-scale rose water and cosmetics production. From there, continue to Ouarzazate, often called the gateway to the Sahara, with a stop at the Taourirt Kasbah.

Next is Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Morocco’s best-preserved fortified villages, recognizable from its appearances in a number of international film and television productions. After exploring its earthen walls and narrow passageways, the route climbs over the Tizi n’Tichka Pass through the High Atlas Mountains, with several stops for the views, before arriving in Marrakech in the late afternoon or evening where your 7 days tour from Tangier comes to an end.

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