10-Day Private Morocco Itinerary

Ten days, private, paced from the riad rather than a coach timetable. For travellers who already know which parts of Morocco matter to them and would rather see those properly than see more of them badly.

Duration: 10 days / 9 nights
Route: Marrakech → Tangier
Pace: Built around your list, two to five hours of driving a day

Overview

Ten days built backwards from what you care about. Tell us which parts of Morocco matter to you and the route is built around them, at the pace of your riad rather than a coach timetable.

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Route

You set the stops. Give us the parts of Morocco that matter to you and we will build the route around them.

Highlights

Fully private — no fixed departure, no group schedule
Your list decides the route
Paced from the riad, not from a coach
For travellers who would rather see a few things properly than many badly

Day by day

A representative plan. Every trip is adjusted to your dates, your pace and what you want to see.

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Day 1
Arrival in Marrakech
Your driver meets you at the airport and takes you into the medina. Day one stays light: bags down, a walk to Jemaa el-Fna, dinner on the square.
This plan is one example rather than a fixed departure. Tell us which parts of Morocco matter to you and the days get rebuilt around that.
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Day 2
A full day in Marrakech
A day on foot: the Koutoubia, the souks north of Jemaa el-Fna and lunch somewhere off the main lanes. Your driver is off today, so the walking runs on your schedule.
If a hammam or a cooking class fits better, it goes here. Days in a city are the easiest ones to move.
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Day 3
Marrakech to Ait Benhaddou
About three and a half hours over the Tizi n'Tichka pass and down into the south, with a stop at the top of the pass. After that it is valley road and scattered villages.
Afternoon is the ksar at Ait Benhaddou, mud brick above the river, walked before dinner. You sleep nearby and can go back up in the morning if you want to.
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Day 4
Ait Benhaddou to the Dades Valley
About three hours east: Ouarzazate, then the valley of a thousand kasbahs to Boumalne Dades. The afternoon drive above the gorges is short and worth doing twice.
A deliberately light day. The long stretches come on the desert days.
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Day 5
Dades to the Sahara
Morning at Todra Gorge, an hour away, then about four hours south-west to Erg Chebbi. Arrive mid-afternoon and take a camel out to the camp for the sun going down.
Sleep on the dunes tonight. This is the longest single day on the example plan, at about five hours.
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Day 6
Merzouga to Midelt
Sunrise first, then breakfast and the road north. About four hours through Errachidia and along the Ziz valley to Midelt, a small town that exists to break this drive in two.
The landscape changes from sand to orchards and irrigation channels. You sleep in Midelt and the desert is behind you.
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Day 7
Midelt to Fes
About three hours through Ifrane and the cedar forest at Azrou, then down onto the Saiss plain. Fes is reached around lunchtime.
Your riad is inside the car-free medina, so the car stops at the gate. The afternoon is free for a first walk.
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Day 8
A full day in Fes
The largest car-free medina in the country, and the stop on this plan that works best with a guide. Tanneries, madrasas and the workshops that still supply the city.
The second half of the day is yours. Stay with the guide, or double back to the lanes you liked.
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Day 9
Fes to Chefchaouen
About four hours north into the Rif, where the walls turn blue. Chefchaouen is small and built on a slope, so an afternoon covers the kasbah square and the lanes above it.
You sleep inside the old town, and the lanes empty out after dark.
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Day 10
Chefchaouen to Tangier
About two hours west to Tangier, with time for a coffee stop before the airport if the flight is in the evening.
This is one shape of ten days. The same trip can finish in Casablanca or Marrakech instead, and the middle days move according to your list.

Good to know

How the route is set

You send us a list: the desert, the coast, the medinas, whatever matters most. We build the ten days around it and send the plan back for changes before anything is booked.

Pace and driving

On this example two days are walking only, and the longest single day is Dades to the Sahara at about five hours. Nothing on it runs longer than that.

Who it suits

Travellers who already know which parts of Morocco they care about and would rather do those properly. Private from end to end, so you set the dates and the pace.

What's included

Private vehicle and driver for the whole itinerary
Accommodation each night, with breakfast
Airport transfers at the start and end
A local guide in the medinas where a guide adds most
A named contact in Marrakech throughout your trip

Not included

International flights
Lunches, dinners and drinks unless listed
Entrance fees to monuments and sites
Tips for your driver and guides
Travel insurance