Morocco receives more solo travelers than almost any country in Africa and the Mediterranean — and has for decades. The ancient medinas of Fes and Marrakech, the Sahara desert, the blue alleys of Chefchaouen, the windswept Atlantic coast of Essaouira: these are precisely the kind of deeply atmospheric, visually extraordinary places that draw people to...Read More
Morocco is one of the most diverse countries on earth to pack for. In a single 7-day trip, you might walk the medieval stone lanes of Fes in the morning, cross a 2,260-metre mountain pass in the afternoon, spend a night in a Sahara desert camp under stars so thick they look like spilled salt,...Read More
There is a specific moment on a Morocco road trip that happens to almost everyone, usually somewhere between the Tizi n’Tichka Pass and the first glimpse of pre-Saharan desert: you realise that no photograph you have seen of this country — and you have seen many — came close to preparing you for the actual...Read More
Morocco has something that no other African country has: a high-speed rail network. The Al Boraq — launched in 2018 as Africa’s first high-speed train — connects Tangier to Casablanca at up to 320 km/h, reducing a journey that once took 4.5 hours to just over 2 hours. Beyond the Al Boraq, the ONCF network...Read More
Morocco has a way of exceeding expectations that is almost unfair. You have seen the photographs of the blue streets of Chefchaouen — and then you arrive at dawn before the day-trippers and the light is doing something to the walls that no photograph has ever managed to capture, and you realise photographs are simply...Read More
There is a particular kind of travel magic that Morocco produces for couples that no other country in the Mediterranean or North Africa quite replicates. It is the combination of extremes that does it: the intimate courtyard of a centuries-old riad in the evening, then the vastness of the Sahara desert at dawn. The perfumed...Read More
When you announce you are going to Morocco alone as a woman, you will almost certainly hear two things: someone who had a terrible time and tells you not to go, and someone who had an extraordinary trip and cannot understand why you are hesitating. Both of these people are telling the truth. The difference...Read More
This is the most common question in Morocco travel planning. Marrakech vs Fes? Both cities are ancient imperial capitals with UNESCO-listed medinas. Both have extraordinary food, souks, riads, and the particular atmosphere of a Moroccan city that has been alive and complex for over a thousand years. Both are genuinely transformative places to spend several...Read More
April is, without question, one of the best months to visit Morocco. The brutal summer heat hasn’t arrived yet. The winter cold is completely gone. The landscapes are impossibly green. The roses in the Dades Valley are beginning to bloom. The medinas are alive with post-Ramadan energy. And the light — that warm, golden spring...Read More
May is the month when Morocco splits in two — and understanding that split is the key to having an extraordinary trip rather than a sweaty, overpriced, overcrowded one. Here is the honest picture: inland cities like Marrakech and Fes are getting genuinely hot in May, with temperatures regularly hitting 30–35°C by midday. The Sahara...Read More
