Rabat is Morocco's calm capital — a UNESCO-listed ensemble of kasbah, medina and monuments, about 1h20 from Casablanca, and the most underrated stop on the imperial-cities line. Our circuits through Rabat start at €750 per person for 5 days.
Diplomats' city, gardeners' city: whitewashed Oudayas lanes over the river mouth, a medina without hustle, storks nesting on Roman columns at Chellah. Rabat is what Morocco feels like when nobody is selling anything — which is exactly why it belongs on the route.
What to see and do
- The Kasbah of the Oudayas — blue-and-white lanes above the Bou Regreg
- Hassan Tower and the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, guards on horseback included
- Chellah: Roman ruins, a Merinid necropolis and a colony of storks
- The medina and its calm, fixed-price shopping — a relief after the souks
- The Ville Nouvelle's palm avenues and the Mohammed VI museum of modern art
Planning Rabat
- 1h20 from Casablanca by motorway or train — an easy first-night stop
- Half a day covers the monuments; a night lets you dine by the river
- Pairs naturally with Meknes and Volubilis on the way to Fes
Tours that go there
- Four Cities in Five Days — from €750
- Imperial Cities of Morocco, 7 days — from €1050
- Imperial Cities & Desert, 10 days — from €1500
- Cities & Nature, 15 days — from €2250
