Morocco: Coasts, Kasbahs, and Saharan Sands
Introduction
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Journey Overview
The journey opens in Casablanca with a private morning at the Hassan II Mosque, one of the few in Morocco accessible to non-Muslim visitors, its minaret visible from the Atlantic. Lunch along the Corniche, then north to Tangier.
The Fairmont Tazi Palace sits above the city looking toward Spain, and Tangier is unlike anywhere else in Morocco. The American Legation Museum, the only American National Historic Landmark on foreign soil, anchors one morning. A private guide moves through the Kasbah and the Grand Socco into the layered city that has spent centuries being neither fully European nor fully African. The drive south pauses in Tetouan's UNESCO-listed Andalusian medina before reaching Chefchaouen and Lina Ryad for the night.
The road to Fes passes through Volubilis, the best-preserved Roman site in North Africa, and Meknes, where the Bab Mansour gate stops most people mid-step. Riad Fes Relais and Chateaux sits inside the medina walls. Two full days with a private guide moves through the tanneries, the textile quarter, and the Al-Qarawiyyin, the oldest continuously operating university in the world, ad offerds time for independent exploration.
South through the Ziz Valley and into the pre-Saharan landscape of Skoura. Dar Ahlam, the House of Dreams, is a 19th-century kasbah in a palm grove at the desert's edge, where meals are never served in the same location twice and one night moves to a private camp in the dunes, with a sunset tea ceremony and dinner by fire. Excursions reach the Dades and Todra gorges and Berber villages whose residents have known the property's team for years. The drive to Marrakech passes through Aït Benhaddou with a private guided visit and lunch before the Atlas crossing.
La Mamounia is home in Marrakech. The medina and souks, the Majorelle Garden, the Bahia Palace, and the Ali Ben Youssef Medersa fill the days with a private guide. The final Marrakech morning begins at Al Kawtar, a non-profit embroidery workshop employing women who support people with disabilities, before the drive into the Atlas foothills. The Asni weekly market and Berber villages above the valley lead to Kasbah Tamadot, Richard Branson's Virgin Limited Edition property for a luxurious and relaxing finale.
Highlights
Explore the grandeur of Casablanca's Hassan II Mosque, a marvel among the world's largest and most beautiful mosques.
Stand at Cap Spartel at the northernmost tip of Africa, where the Atlantic and the Mediterranean meet at the Caves of Hercules, looking out at two bodies of water from the same point of land.
Go behind the public face of Tangier through the Kasbah and the Grand Socco, then into the American Legation Museum, the only American National Historic Landmark on foreign soil, in continuous diplomatic use since 1821.
Pass through Tetouan's Andalusian medina with a specialist guide, a city whose character was set by the Moorish families who crossed from Granada more than five centuries ago.
Spend two full days inside the Fes medina, from the leather tanneries at dawn through the textile quarter and the ancient foundouks to the Al-Qarawiyyin, the oldest continuously operating university in the world
Make a full day of Volubilis and Meknes from Fes, walking the best-preserved Roman ruins in North Africa in the morning and standing before the Bab Mansour gate in the afternoon, one of the great set pieces of Islamic imperial architecture.
Spend a night in Dar Ahlam's private desert camp in the dunes outside Skoura, arriving at sunset, eating beside the fire as the temperature drops, and waking before first light to the silence of the Sahara before it ends.
Spend an evening at Marrakesh's famed Djemaa el-Fna when the square has fully assembled itself, then take a morning through the Majorelle Garden, the Bahia Palace, and the Ali Ben Youssef Medersa with context that a self-guided visit cannot provide.
Close a Marrakech evening with a private dinner and the spellbinding tales of a Moroccan storyteller, bringing the city's history and mythology to life around the table.
End in the Atlas Mountains at Kasbah Tamadot, where the trail toward Toubkal National Park leads through terraced farmland and walnut groves, and an Eve Branson Foundation village
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Sustainable Contribution
Community Impact:
This journey positively affects the local communities visited.
Cultural Engagement:
Experiences on this journey provide authentic cultural interaction and connection
Social Impact:
Evolved Experiences are incorporated into this journey as a means of building our global community.
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