Culture · 10D | 9N
Imperial Cities & Craft
Ten days through every imperial city — Marrakesh, Rabat, Meknès and Fes — with Volubilis, the blue lanes of Chefchaouen, and workshop time with a zellij cutter and a tanner.
- Best time
- March to May
- Route
- Marrakesh · Rabat · Chefchaouen · Fes · Meknès
Day by day
10 days, planned in full
Ten days through every imperial city — Marrakesh, Rabat, Meknès and Fes — with Volubilis, the blue lanes of Chefchaouen, and workshop time with a zellij cutter and a tanner.
Day 1
Arrive in Marrakesh
Into a medina riad, with an evening walk to the Koutoubia and dinner in a courtyard nearby.
- Night
- Marrakesh
- Meals
- Dinner
Day 2
Almoravid and Saadian Marrakesh
The koubba, the Ben Youssef medersa, the Saadian tombs and the El Badi ruins, with a historian working forward through the dynasties.
- Night
- Marrakesh
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 3
The souks, by trade
The dyers' lane, the coppersmiths, the babouche makers and the wool auction, then the Dar Si Said museum's woodwork collection.
- Night
- Marrakesh
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 4
North to Rabat
The train up the coast, then the Hassan tower, the Chellah necropolis and the Kasbah des Oudayas above the river mouth.
- Night
- Rabat
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 5
On to Chefchaouen
Four hours into the Rif to the blue town, arriving in time for the light to go soft on the walls above the medina.
- Night
- Chefchaouen
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 6
The blue lanes
Out at seven before the day visitors, the kasbah and its garden, and a walk up to the Spanish mosque for the whole valley.
- Night
- Chefchaouen
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 7
Volubilis and Meknès
The Roman city's Dionysus and Orpheus mosaics still in situ, the holy town of Moulay Idriss, and Meknès's Bab Mansour gate.
- Night
- Fes
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 8
Fes el-Bali
The Qaraouiyine, founded in 859 and the oldest working university anywhere, the Bou Inania medersa, and the Chouara tanneries.
- Night
- Fes
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 9
At the bench
A morning cutting zellij with a maalem and an afternoon at a Fassi ceramic kiln, then the Nejjarine woodwork museum.
- Night
- Fes
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 10
Fly home
A transfer to Fes–Saïss and the connection through Casablanca or Istanbul.
- Meals
- Breakfast
What's included
- 9 nights in riads and medina dars across four cities
- Return economy airfare from Delhi or Mumbai
- Marrakesh–Rabat first-class rail, and private cars for all other legs
- A cultural guide in Marrakesh, Rabat, Meknès and Fes
- Zellij cutting session and a ceramic kiln afternoon with materials
- All medersa, palace, necropolis, museum and Volubilis entries
- Daily breakfast and the named lunches and dinners
Not included
- Moroccan visa
- Meals not named in the itinerary
- Travel insurance
- Anything bought at the souks or the workshops
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