Northern Morocco’s Cities: Tangier to Casablanca – 5 Days
- Private vehicle & driver — Pick-up at your riad, pace set by you
- Local licensed guide — Licensed guide nº2898 · since 2011
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- Tangier in, Casablanca out — built around real flight schedules
- Chefchaouen on your very first afternoon
- Volubilis and Meknes on the road to Fes
A private 5-day itinerary starting in Tangier — from €750 per person with accommodation and guiding included, never shared with a group. You will see Fes, Meknes and Volubilis along the route.
Tangier to Casablanca in five days — the northern cities in one unhurried line, engineered to end at the country’s main airport on the evening of day five. Chefchaouen on the first afternoon, the Roman road to Fes, a full guided medina day, then Rabat and Casablanca’s great mosque timed before your flight.
It is the compact northern circuit for travellers who fly open-jaw or connect through Casablanca: no desert stage, no mountain pass beyond the Rif road, and cities that shine in every season — including deep winter, when the light is at its crispest and the lanes at their quietest.
Private vehicle and driver-guide throughout; licensed local guide for the Fes day; riads in the medinas.
- Tangier in, Casablanca out — built around real flight schedules
- Chefchaouen on your very first afternoon
- Volubilis and Meknes on the road to Fes
- A full guided day inside Fes el-Bali
- The Hassan II Mosque timed before an evening departure
Photos from the tour
Itinerary
Open a day to see the detail: transport, accommodation, meals and activity time.
Day 1 Tangier arrival, evening in blue
Arrival at Tangier — port or airport — and straight into the good part: the Rif road south, olive country rolling past, until Chefchaouen stacks itself blue against the mountain ahead. The whole late afternoon and evening belong to the lanes, the kasbah square and the rooftops; the Spanish Mosque viewpoint takes the sunset if your legs agree.
Day 2 Volubilis and Meknes to Fes
The blue city at dawn is the reward for sleeping there — have it, then roll south to Volubilis for Roman Morocco under the open sky: the triumphal arch, the house mosaics, storks nesting on second-century columns. Meknes adds Bab Mansour and imperial swagger before Fes closes the day, your riad hidden inside the world's oldest working medina.
Day 3 Fes, the medieval city
Fes deserves a whole day on foot and gets exactly that, guided: Bab Boujeloud to the madrasas, the brass and cedar quarters, the tannery terraces, the lanes where donkeys still out-rank motors. By evening the labyrinth has become a map with favourite corners. Dinner in the medina; rooftop tea to finish.
Day 4 Fes — Rabat
West across the plains to the capital — the gentlest afternoon of the route. Rabat offers the Hassan Tower and mausoleum, the Oudayas kasbah with its Andalusian garden, and an ocean wall made for slow walking. It is Morocco's most underrated city precisely because it never performs. Night near the medina.
Day 5 Casablanca and departure
The finale is timed to your boarding pass: the Hassan II Mosque's guided interior visit in the morning — the Atlantic under the glass floor a last image worth keeping — a seafood lunch on the Corniche, and the airport drop-off with margin to spare. Five days, five cities, and a return trip already sketching itself.
Day five is paced around your flight: tell us the departure time and we set the mosque visit and lunch accordingly. Ferry arrivals from Tarifa slot straight into day one. The route runs all twelve months.
Included in your tour
- Private air-conditioned 4×4 or minivan with English/French-speaking driver-guide — 5 days
- Pickup at Tangier airport or your hotel
- Night 1: Chefchaouen riad — half-board
- Nights 2–3: Fes riad (2 nights) — half-board
- Night 4: Rabat riad — half-board
- Guided visit of Fes with a licensed local guide (Day 3)
- Guided visit inside the Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca
- 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)
Questions travellers ask
Is Casablanca worth visiting, honestly?+
As a working metropolis it is not a postcard — but the Hassan II Mosque alone justifies the stop, and the art-deco centre and corniche reward a curious half-day. Most of our routes give it exactly that: arrival, the mosque, one good dinner.
Can non-Muslims visit the Hassan II Mosque?+
Yes — it is the great exception: guided visits run most mornings, taking you inside a prayer hall built for 25,000 with the Atlantic breaking beneath the glass floor sections. Book with your tour; dress modestly and expect shoe bags.
What is Rabat like compared to Casablanca?+
Calmer, greener and more graceful: the Kasbah of the Oudayas above the river, the Hassan Tower and Mohammed V mausoleum, a clean-swept medina and ocean walls. As capitals go it is underrated — our 9-day route sleeps there on purpose.
How much time does Rabat need?+
A half-day covers the Oudayas, the tower and the mausoleum; a full day adds the Chellah necropolis, storks included, and the new Mohammed VI modern-art museum. It slots naturally between Casablanca and the north road.
More answers in the “Casablanca & Rabat” chapter of our Travel FAQ →
