Northern Morocco Itinerary – 5 Days: Tangier to Casablanca
- 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
- 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.
| 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 |
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.
Five days across the north only, Tangier to Casablanca: an evening in blue Chefchaouen after the ferry, Roman Volubilis and imperial Meknes on the way to Fes, a full day in the medieval medina, then Rabat and out through Casablanca. From €750 per person, private throughout.
The north is the Morocco most one-week itineraries sacrifice first, which is exactly why this route exists: Chefchaouen without the day-trip crowds, Fes with real time, and the Atlantic capitals — while skipping the long desert drives entirely. No day in this itinerary exceeds four hours on the road.
It pairs perfectly with a Spain trip (arrive by ferry, leave from Casablanca’s intercontinental hub) and suits repeat visitors who did Marrakech and the dunes last time. Dates on WhatsApp; the day-by-day quote comes back within the hour.
Who this tour is for: ferry arrivals sampling the north — Tangier to Casablanca in five days. For the full northern story with Fes and Rabat given real time, the Northern Morocco Tour – 10 Days doubles the canvas; from Casablanca instead of Tangier, the Northern Morocco Tour from Casablanca – 5 Days mirrors the idea.
The straight-line north: Tangier in, Casablanca out, with the blue city, Volubilis, a full Fes day and Rabat threaded between — no desert, no Marrakech, no doubling back. It pairs naturally with a Spain trip (ferry into Tangier, fly home from Casablanca) and keeps the photographer’s timings sacred: the Spanish Mosque climb at sunset, empty blue lanes at dawn, the Marinid Tombs as the light goes amber over Fes.
- 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)
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Questions travellers ask
How much does Northern Morocco Itinerary – 5 Days: Tangier to Casablanca 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 tangier airport or your hotel, night 1: chefchaouen 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.
What is the Hassan II Mosque made of?+
Almost entirely of Morocco itself: granite and marble from Agadir and Tafraout, cedar from the Middle Atlas for the carved ceilings, zellij cut by thousands of maalems — with Murano glass chandeliers as the famous exception. Built 1986–1993 by some 10,000 craftsmen, its prayer hall floats half over the Atlantic on reclaimed land, with a retractable roof and a 210 m minaret.
What time does the Hassan II Mosque open for visits?+
Non-Muslim visitors enter on guided tours at fixed time slots outside prayer hours — historically several slots each morning and early afternoon, reduced on Fridays and adjusted during Ramadan. Slots shift with the religious calendar, so the golden rule is to check that day's schedule (or ask us the day before — we confirm locally). The exterior esplanade is open at all hours and free.
What is the Hassan II Mosque known for?+
Superlatives with substance: one of the world's largest mosques, its 210-metre minaret long the world's tallest, its prayer hall built half over the Atlantic with a retractable roof — and, most importantly for travellers, one of the very few working mosques in Morocco that non-Muslims can enter, on guided tours. It compresses every Moroccan craft — zellij, carved cedar, stucco — at cathedral scale.
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.
More answers in the “Casablanca & Rabat” chapter of our Travel FAQ →
Itinerary and prices last updated October 2026.
