Northern Morocco Tour from Casablanca – 5 Days
- Private vehicle & driver — Pick-up at your riad, pace set by you
- Local licensed guide — Licensed guide nº2898 · since 2011
- Book on WhatsApp — Reply within 1 hour · no payment at this stage
- Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen and Fes — one arc, no backtracking
- A real overnight in Chefchaouen — the blue hour without the crowds
- Roman Volubilis and Meknes on the road to Fes
A private 5-day tour from Casablanca: from €750 per person, with vehicle, driver, licensed guide and accommodation included — no groups, departures on your dates. Along the way: Chefchaouen, Fes and Volubilis.
| Duration | 5 Days |
| Price | From €750 per person — car, driver and accommodation included |
| Departures | Your dates — every departure is private, never a shared group |
| Languages | English- and French-speaking driver-guides; licensed city guides where included |
| Booking | WhatsApp +212 661 454 738 — written quote within 1 hour, no payment at this stage |
Five northern days, four northern cities — Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen and Fes — in one clean arc that never crosses a mountain pass higher than the Rif road. This is Morocco’s urban north given real time: the capital’s kasbah, a genuine overnight in the blue city, Roman Volubilis on the road, and Fes with a full guided day.
No desert stage means no marathon drives: the longest leg is under four hours, and every night lands somewhere with a medina outside the door. It is the route we recommend for winter city breaks, for travellers connecting through Casablanca, and for anyone who wants Morocco’s history before its landscapes.
Private vehicle and driver-guide throughout, licensed local guide in Fes, riads in the old towns.
A five-day northern loop from Casablanca, from €750 per person: the capital Rabat first, then blue Chefchaouen, Roman Volubilis on the road to Fes, a full day in the medieval medina, and back to Casablanca. One airport, no internal flights, private car and licensed guides throughout.
The loop shape is what people book it for: when your flights land and leave from Casablanca — as most transatlantic fares do — a one-way itinerary wastes its last day repositioning. This one builds the return in, so every day but the last is pure sightseeing.
It is the right five days for a first taste of Morocco’s history without desert distances, and it extends naturally into our longer imperial routes. Dates on WhatsApp — the full quote, hotels named, comes back within the hour.
Who this tour is for: five days from Casablanca given to the north. Starting from Tangier instead, the Northern Morocco Itinerary – 5 Days runs the same idea southbound; to sleep in Chefchaouen without counting hours, the Northern Morocco Tour – 10 Days is the comfortable answer.
This is the pure-north loop: no desert, no Marrakech, and that is the point. Five days from Casablanca stack the Hassan II Mosque, Rabat’s capital calm, Chefchaouen’s blue lanes, Roman Volubilis and the thousand-year medina of Fes into one UNESCO-dense circle that ends back at your arrival airport. Two field notes worth the trip alone: walk up to the Spanish Mosque for sunset over the blue city, and be out photographing Chefchaouen before breakfast, when the lanes are still empty.
- Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen and Fes — one arc, no backtracking
- A real overnight in Chefchaouen — the blue hour without the crowds
- Roman Volubilis and Meknes on the road to Fes
- Full guided day in the world's largest car-free medina
- Longest drive under four hours — an all-season route
Photos from the tour
Itinerary
Open a day to see the detail: transport, accommodation, meals and activity time.
Day 1 Casablanca and the capital — Rabat
Arrival in Casablanca and the one visit that outranks the city itself: the Hassan II Mosque, guided, inside — 25,000 places under a retractable cedar roof, glass floor panels over the living Atlantic. Then a short coastal hop to Rabat for the first night: the Kasbah of the Oudayas at golden hour, blue-and-white lanes above the river mouth, dinner near the medina.
Day 2 The blue city — Chefchaouen
A morning for the capital's calm — the Hassan Tower, the mausoleum's astonishing zellige, storks patrolling the Chellah ruins if you like your history with wildlife — then the road north into the Rif hills. Chefchaouen appears in the late afternoon, stacked and blue against the mountainside, exactly when its famous lanes photograph best. The Spanish Mosque viewpoint owns the sunset.
Day 3 Roman Volubilis and the road to Fes
The blue city at dawn belongs to the people who slept there: empty lanes, deep colour, coffee in the Uta el-Hammam square as the town wakes. Mid-morning the road bends south to Volubilis — the best-preserved Roman city in Morocco, mosaics open to the sky — with imperial Meknes and Bab Mansour as the afternoon's second act. Fes by evening, riad inside the walls.
Day 4 The medieval medina of Fes
Fes el-Bali with a licensed guide, all day: the madrasas' carved cedar and zellige, the doorway views into Al-Qarawiyyin, the coppersmiths' square ringing, the Chouara tannery from a terrace with the traditional sprig of mint. By dusk you will have walked a thousand years without leaving the walls. Evening free on the rooftops.
Day 5 Back to Casablanca
A gentler final morning — the Jardin Jnan Sbil, the mellah's balconied lanes, or one last artisan hunt — then the motorway west, with a Meknes pause if time allows, to Casablanca for your flight or onward night. Five days, four cities, the north done properly.
This route runs beautifully all year — the northern cities are at their best in the cool months, and the Rif stays green when the south bakes. It extends naturally: add Tangier at the front or the desert at the back and it becomes our longer northern circuits.
Included in your tour
- Private air-conditioned 4×4 or minivan with English/French-speaking driver-guide — 5 days
- Pickup at Casablanca airport or your hotel
- Night 1: Rabat riad — half-board
- Night 2: Chefchaouen riad — half-board
- Nights 3–4: Fes riad (2 nights) — half-board
- Guided visit of Fes with a licensed local guide (Day 4)
- Guided visit inside the Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca
- Traditional hammam session
- Drop-off at your Casablanca hotel or at the airport
Not included
- International flights
- Lunches and beverages
- Entrance fees to monuments and historical sites (optional — pay directly)
- Tips for guide and driver
- Personal expenses
- Travel insurance (recommended)
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Questions travellers ask
How much does Northern Morocco Tour from Casablanca – 5 Days cost?+
From €750 per person, per person. The price includes private air-conditioned 4×4 or minivan with english/french-speaking driver-guide — 5 days, pickup at casablanca airport or your hotel, night 1: rabat riad — half-board. You receive a written itemised quote before paying anything — no hidden fees.
How long is this tour and when does it depart?+
5 Days, departing on the dates you choose — there is no fixed schedule, because every departure is arranged for you alone.
Is this a group tour or private?+
Fully private: your own vehicle, driver and licensed guide, never seat-in-coach and never mixed with other travellers. The daily pace flexes around you.
When was Chefchaouen painted blue?+
The blue is a 20th-century tradition that deepened over the decades — histories often credit the town's Jewish community in the 1930s with spreading the wash — and today residents repaint their lanes regularly, which is why the colour always looks fresh. Earlier Chefchaouen was largely whitewashed, as Rif towns typically were.
What is Chefchaouen known for?+
The blue-washed medina above all — but also its Rif-mountain setting, a famously relaxed pace compared with the imperial cities, the sunset view from the Spanish Mosque, cold spring water at Ras el-Maa, and wool weaving you will see drying on the walls. It is Morocco's most photogenic small town.
What does Chefchaouen mean?+
The name comes from the Berber word for 'horns' — chaouen — after the twin mountain peaks that rise directly above the town. Locals simply say 'Chaouen'.
What is there to see in Chefchaouen?+
The blue lanes themselves are the sight: give them an unhurried morning. Beyond them, Uta el-Hammam square and the kasbah, the Ras el-Maa spring where the medina meets the mountain, the Spanish Mosque viewpoint at sunset, and — for walkers — day hikes into Talassemtane National Park. One overnight covers it beautifully.
More answers in the “Chefchaouen & the Rif” chapter of our Travel FAQ →
Itinerary and prices last updated October 2026.
