Morocco

Day 1 · Home → Marrakech

Home→Marrakech

Day 2 · Marrakech

Day 3 · Marrakech

Day 4 · Marrakech → Aït Benhaddou

Lose yourself in the souks north of Jemaa el-Fnaa — haggle for lanterns and leather, then find the dyers' alley

Jardin Majorelle early, before it fills; the cobalt walls and the Berber museum

Jemaa el-Fnaa after dark for grilled skewers, snail broth, and the storytellers' circle

Rooftop mint tea at sunset over the Koutoubia minaret

Marrakech→Aït Benhaddou

Cross the Tizi n'Tichka pass over the High Atlas — switchbacks, argan stalls, snow on the far peaks

Day 5 · Aït Benhaddou → Merzouga desert camp

The fortified ksar glowing gold at dusk — Gladiator and half of Hollywood filmed here

Aït Benhaddou→Merzouga

Day 6 · Merzouga desert camp → Fes

4x4 the last stretch, then camel trek into Erg Chebbi for the sunset over the dunes

Tagine and drums around the fire, then sleep out under the Milky Way — up early for sunrise on the crests

Merzouga→Fes

Day 7 · Fes

Day 8 · Fes

Day 9 · Fes → Chefchaouen

Get deliberately lost in Fes el-Bali, the world's largest car-free medina — hire a guide for the first morning

Chouara tanneries from a leather-shop terrace; take the sprig of mint they hand you at the door

Bou Inania Madrasa for the carved cedar and zellige, then a hammam scrub in the afternoon

Fes→Chefchaouen

Day 10 · Chefchaouen → Essaouira

The blue town — climb to the Spanish Mosque for the wash of indigo below at golden hour

Chefchaouen→Essaouira

Day 11 · Essaouira

Day 12 · Essaouira → Home

Windswept ramparts and the bustling fishing port — grilled sardines straight off the grill at the harbor stalls

Fresh air, gnaoua music, and no hassle after the medinas — the calm end of the trip

Essaouira→Marrakech

Marrakech→Home