Luxury Northern Morocco Tour from Casablanca to Tangier - 7 Days

Your luxury Northern Morocco tour begins in Casablanca, Morocco’s largest city and one of the country’s most modern coastal gateways. After arrival at Casablanca airport, meet your private driver for a comfortable transfer to your hotel, where you can check in, enjoy a traditional Moroccan mint tea, and take time to relax after your journey.

Later, begin a half-day introduction to Casablanca with a private local guide. The visit can include the elegant boulevards, palm-lined streets, old market areas, and the Hobous Quarter, also known as Casablanca’s new medina. This district combines Moroccan craftsmanship with early 20th-century architecture and offers a calmer place to browse local shops, pastries, books, and traditional goods.

Continue toward the Atlantic side of the city and the Corniche, where Casablanca opens toward the ocean with cafés, beaches, sea views, and a more contemporary atmosphere. The main highlight of the day is the Hassan II Mosque, one of Morocco’s most impressive architectural landmarks. Built partly over the Atlantic Ocean, it is known for its tall minaret, detailed zellij tilework, carved wood, marble, and refined Moroccan craftsmanship.

After the visit, return to your hotel for a relaxed evening. This first day gives you a soft but elegant arrival into Morocco, blending modern city life, religious architecture, Atlantic scenery, and private travel comfort.

Overnight in Casablanca.

After breakfast in Casablanca, meet your private driver and begin the journey toward Rabat, Morocco’s capital city and one of the most elegant stops in northern Morocco. This day connects modern Casablanca with the royal and historical atmosphere of Rabat before continuing inland to Fes.

In Rabat, enjoy a private guided visit focused on the city’s main cultural and architectural landmarks. You may begin near the Royal Palace area before continuing to Chellah, an atmospheric archaeological site where Roman and Islamic history meet inside peaceful old walls and gardens.

Continue to the Hassan Tower and the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, two of Rabat’s most important monuments. This area reflects Morocco’s royal heritage, ceremonial architecture, and national history. From there, explore the Kasbah of the Oudayas, a beautiful fortified quarter overlooking the Atlantic and the Bou Regreg River. Its blue-and-white streets, Andalusian gardens, old gates, and sea views make it one of Rabat’s most memorable places.

Depending on timing, you may also walk through parts of Rabat’s medina or stop for tea before continuing the private transfer to Fes. The road from Rabat to Fes takes you away from the coast and into the cultural heart of Morocco.

Upon arrival in Fes, check in to your riad or hotel and enjoy a relaxed evening. If time allows, you may visit a panoramic viewpoint above the old city before dinner, giving you a first impression of Fes Medina, its rooftops, minarets, and historic depth.

Overnight in Fes.

After breakfast in Fes, meet your private local guide for a deeper cultural exploration of one of Morocco’s most important historic cities. Fes is known for its ancient medina, traditional craftsmanship, spiritual heritage, artisan quarters, and living cultural traditions that have continued for centuries.

Begin your visit in Fes el-Bali, the old medina and a UNESCO-listed historic center filled with narrow lanes, souks, fountains, workshops, mosques, madrasas, and hidden courtyards. With your guide, the medina becomes easier to understand, as each area has its own rhythm, craft, and story.

Depending on timing and access, the visit can include important landmarks such as Bou Inania Madrasa, the area around Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque and University, and the famous Chaouara Tannery. Some religious sites may have restricted access, but the surrounding neighborhoods, doors, courtyards, and artisan streets still reveal the depth of Fes.

The tour can also include a refined shopping and craftsmanship experience. You may visit workshops known for leather, ceramics, zellij mosaics, textiles, carpets, brassware, carved wood, or fine Moroccan design. This gives you time to understand the patience and skill behind Fes craftsmanship instead of only passing through the markets.

In the afternoon, slow the pace with a traditional hammam-style wellness experience. A Moroccan hammam is deeply connected to local bathing culture and can include steam, black soap cleansing, exfoliation, body mask treatments, rosewater touches, and relaxation depending on the chosen spa package.

After the hammam, return to your riad or hotel refreshed, with the evening free to relax, enjoy dinner, or experience Fes at a slower pace.

Overnight in Fes.

After breakfast in Fes, meet your private driver and begin a rich cultural travel day through northern Morocco. This route connects Fes with Roman history, imperial architecture, sacred hill towns, rural landscapes, and finally the blue streets of Chefchaouen in the Rif Mountains.

Start with a visit to Volubilis, one of Morocco’s most important archaeological sites and a UNESCO-listed Roman ruin. Set in open countryside, Volubilis is known for its ancient columns, stone streets, preserved mosaics, old houses, temples, and views over the surrounding hills. Walking through the site gives you a strong sense of Morocco’s layered history before the Islamic dynasties and imperial cities.

Continue toward Moulay Idriss, a historic hill town near Volubilis and one of Morocco’s spiritually important places. Its whitewashed houses, narrow lanes, and hillside setting create a peaceful stop before continuing toward Meknes.

In Meknes, explore one of Morocco’s imperial cities, known for its monumental gates, old walls, medina atmosphere, and connection to Sultan Moulay Ismail. Depending on timing, you may see Bab Mansour, one of the most impressive gates in Morocco, and other historic areas connected to the city’s royal past.

After Meknes, continue through fertile countryside, rolling hills, rural villages, and mountain scenery as the road leads toward Chefchaouen. The landscape becomes greener and more dramatic as you approach the Rif Mountains.

Arrive in Chefchaouen, Morocco’s famous Blue City. After check-in, enjoy free time to relax at your riad or take a gentle first walk through the blue-painted streets, quiet alleys, small shops, and scenic corners of the old medina. The evening atmosphere in Chefchaouen is calm and photogenic, making it a beautiful contrast after the historic depth of Fes and Meknes.

Overnight in Chefchaouen.

After breakfast in Chefchaouen, enjoy a relaxed morning in Morocco’s famous Blue City. Nestled below the Rif Mountains, Chefchaouen is known for its blue-painted streets, peaceful medina, mountain views, artisan shops, and calm atmosphere.

Take time to walk through the old town at your own pace. You can explore the steep blue alleys, visit small craft shops, stop for mint tea, photograph painted doorways and stairways, or simply enjoy the slower rhythm of the town before continuing toward the coast.

Chefchaouen has a strong cultural identity shaped by Moroccan, Andalusian, and mountain influences. Its small squares, religious buildings, white-and-blue walls, and surrounding peaks give it a different feeling from the imperial cities of Rabat, Fes, and Meknes.

Later, meet your private driver for the journey to Tangier. The road leaves the Rif Mountains and gradually approaches the northern coast, where Morocco faces the Strait of Gibraltar. Tangier has long been a gateway between Africa and Europe, and its architecture, cafés, medina streets, and sea views reflect this international character.

Upon arrival in Tangier, check in to your selected luxury hotel, boutique riad, or refined guesthouse. Depending on timing, you may enjoy a first walk near the medina, kasbah area, seafront, or a quiet terrace with views toward the city and sea.

In the evening, enjoy a refined dinner experience in Tangier if included in your confirmed package. This can be arranged at your hotel, a selected local restaurant, or a sea-view dining venue depending on availability and travel style.

Overnight in Tangier.

After breakfast in Tangier, meet your private local guide for a cultural visit of one of Morocco’s most atmospheric northern cities. Tangier has long been a meeting point between Africa and Europe, shaped by Moroccan, Mediterranean, Andalusian, and international influences.

Begin with a walk through Tangier’s old medina, where narrow lanes, small shops, historic houses, cafés, markets, and sea-facing corners reveal the city’s layered character. Your guide can share stories about Tangier’s past as a port city, artistic refuge, diplomatic center, and gateway between continents.

Continue toward the kasbah area, set above the city with views toward the Strait of Gibraltar. This elevated quarter offers a quieter and more historic atmosphere, with old walls, traditional doors, narrow alleys, and panoramic viewpoints. Depending on timing, you may also pass through Grand Socco, one of Tangier’s best-known squares, where the old medina meets the more modern city.

The visit can also include Mendoubia Gardens, a peaceful green space near the old city, before stopping for mint tea or lunch at a local café or restaurant depending on the confirmed schedule.

In the afternoon, continue by private vehicle toward the Caves of Hercules, one of the most famous natural landmarks near Tangier. Located close to the Atlantic coast, the caves are connected to old legends and offer a dramatic setting where mythology, sea views, and natural rock formations come together.

Later, visit Café Hafa, one of Tangier’s most iconic cafés. Known for its terraces overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar, Café Hafa has been part of the city’s creative and international identity for more than a century. Enjoy mint tea while looking out toward the sea and reflecting on the journey through northern Morocco.

Return to your hotel for a relaxed final evening in Tangier.

Overnight in Tangier.

After breakfast in Tangier, enjoy your final morning in northern Morocco. Depending on your departure time, you may have a little free time to return to the Grand Socco, walk through part of the medina, enjoy a final mint tea, or look for last-minute Moroccan handicrafts before leaving the city.

Tangier is one of Morocco’s oldest and most atmospheric coastal cities, and its final views bring together the feeling of the whole journey: Atlantic and Mediterranean influences, old medina streets, sea air, international history, and the sense of standing at a gateway between Africa and Europe.

At the agreed time, your private driver will meet you for a comfortable transfer to Tangier airport, ferry port, train station, or another confirmed drop-off point. The transfer is arranged according to your travel schedule to make your departure smooth and relaxed.

This marks the end of your 7-day luxury Northern Morocco tour from Casablanca to Tangier, after visiting Casablanca, Rabat, Fes, Volubilis, Meknes, Chefchaouen, and Tangier.