Two weeks is the sweet spot for Morocco. You land once and leave from the same airport. In between you cross the High Atlas, sleep under the stars in the Sahara, walk the oldest living medina in the world and finish beside the Atlantic. This 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary does exactly that, day by day, with real driving times, honest costs and the small decisions that make or break a first trip.
We run these routes every week from our base in Morocco, so this 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary is written the way we brief our own travellers. You will find the full 14-day loop first, then the budget, the best months, the transport options and three ways to reshape the plan if your dates or your energy levels differ.
If you have less time, we also publish a 10-day Morocco itinerary, a 7-day route and a shorter five days in Morocco plan. For the wider planning picture, start with our pillar guide on how to plan a trip to Morocco.
Why this 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary starts and ends in Marrakech
Most visitors arrive through Marrakech Menara, which handles the widest choice of flights from Europe and sits fifteen minutes from the medina. Finishing in the same city also removes the open-jaw ticket premium, often worth two extra nights in a good riad.
The loop logic
A good 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary rewards a circle rather than a straight line. Drive south-east first, while your energy is high and the days are long. Cross the Atlas, hit the dunes, then swing north through Fes to the Rif mountains. Come back down the Atlantic coast, where trains do the hard work for you. Nothing is repeated, and no day is longer than it needs to be.
One airport, no repositioning flight
Internal flights sound convenient. In practice they eat half a day each and skip the landscapes that make Morocco memorable. The Tizi n’Tichka pass, the Ziz palm oasis and the Rif switchbacks are the trip, not filler.
Who this route suits
- First-time visitors who want the whole country, not one region.
- Couples and friends at a moderate pace, with two or three nights per base.
- Families with children over six, if you shorten day seven.
- Photographers, who get dune sunrises, blue walls and Atlantic light.
Would you rather someone else drove and planned it? Our 12-day tour from Marrakech covers most of this loop. We extend it to fourteen days on request through the contact page.
Is 2 weeks in Morocco too much?
No. Two weeks is barely enough, and here is why that answer is not just sales talk.
What 14 days actually buys you
Morocco is roughly the size of France, with mountains in the middle. Marrakech to Merzouga is a full day of driving, and Merzouga to Fes is another. A week forces you to choose between the desert and the north. Two weeks gives you both.
When two weeks is genuinely too long
Two weeks feels long in three cases. First, if you base yourself in one city, because Marrakech and Fes each run dry after four or five days. Second, if you travel in July or August, when inland heat passes 45 °C. Third, if you also try to add Agadir and the far south.
The honest comparison
| Trip length | What fits comfortably | What you sacrifice |
|---|---|---|
| 5 days | Marrakech plus a desert run | Fes, the north, the coast |
| 7 days | Marrakech, Sahara, Fes | Chefchaouen, Tangier, slow days |
| 10 days | The above plus Chefchaouen | Atlantic cities, rest days |
| 14 days | The full circle in this 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary | The far south and the Atlantic beach resorts |
Our guide to private versus group tours in Morocco explains how pace changes with the format you choose.
The 14-day route at a glance
Here is the whole 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary before we break it down. Distances are road distances, and times assume normal stops rather than racing.
| Day | Route | Distance | Night |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arrive Marrakech | — | Marrakech |
| 2 | Marrakech medina | On foot | Marrakech |
| 3 | High Atlas or Agafay day trip | 120 km return | Marrakech |
| 4 | Tizi n’Tichka, Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, Dades | 350 km, 6 h | Dades Valley |
| 5 | Todra Gorge, Rissani, camel trek into Erg Chebbi | 270 km, 4 h 30 | Desert camp |
| 6 | Erg Chebbi, Khamlia, nomad families | 60 km | Merzouga |
| 7 | Ziz Valley, Midelt, Azrou cedars, Fes | 470 km, 7 h 30 | Fes |
| 8 | Fes medina on foot | On foot | Fes |
| 9 | Volubilis and Meknes | 150 km return | Fes |
| 10 | Rif mountains to Chefchaouen | 200 km, 4 h | Chefchaouen |
| 11 | Chefchaouen and the Spanish Mosque | On foot | Chefchaouen |
| 12 | Tetouan and Tangier | 115 km, 2 h 15 | Tangier |
| 13 | Al Boraq high-speed train to Rabat | 1 h 20 by rail | Rabat |
| 14 | Casablanca, train to Marrakech, fly home | 3 h 30 by rail | Marrakech or home |
Total driving comes to roughly 1,900 km plus 450 km on rails, which averages under three hours a day.
Days 1 to 3: Marrakech, the red city
Day 1: Landing and finding your feet
Every 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary should start gently. Clear immigration, take a taxi or your transfer, and drop your bags in a riad inside the medina walls. Then do nothing ambitious. Walk to Jemaa el-Fna in the late afternoon, drink a mint tea on a terrace and watch the square fill up as the light goes orange.
Remember one 2026 detail. Since 20 September 2026 Morocco stays on GMT all year, so the sun sets about an hour earlier on the clock than older guidebooks suggest. Plan your first evening around 18:00, not 19:00.
Day 2: The medina, properly
Start early at the Bahia Palace, then the Saadian Tombs and El Badi. Cut north through the spice souk to the Ben Youssef Madrasa, and finish at the Koutoubia at dusk. Our old town and new town guide maps the walk street by street, and the complete Marrakech travel guide covers opening hours and ticket prices.
Book a hammam for the evening. After a flight and a full day on your feet, it works better than a nap. Read our Moroccan hammam guide first so you know what to expect and what to bring.
Day 3: Mountains or stone desert
You have two good options, and both take a single day.
- Ourika Valley for waterfalls, Berber villages and cool river air, one hour from the city.
- Imlil Valley for walnut terraces and the first view of Toubkal, at 4,167 m the highest peak in North Africa.
- Agafay for a stone desert sunset thirty minutes away, though it is not the Sahara and we say so plainly.
- Ouzoud waterfalls if you prefer water, wild macaques and a picnic.
Our Atlas Mountains guide compares these valleys, and the day trips page lists departure times.
Days 4 and 5: Over the Atlas to the gorges
Day 4: Tizi n’Tichka, Ait Ben Haddou and the Dades
Leave at eight. The N9 climbs to the Tizi n’Tichka pass at 2,260 m, a road first traced in 1936 over an old caravan track. Stop for photographs, then descend to Ait Ben Haddou, a ksar listed by UNESCO in 1987 and familiar from a long list of films.
Cross the river, climb to the granary and look back over the palm groves. Lunch in Ouarzazate, a look at Taourirt Kasbah, then the Valley of a Thousand Kasbahs to the Dades gorge. The last hour, below the Tissadrine bends, is the best driving of the day.
You can also preview this section as a standalone Ait Ben Haddou day trip.
Day 5: Todra Gorge to the dunes
Drive north-east to Todra, where limestone walls rise 160 to 300 m above a shallow stream. Walk the canyon floor before the buses arrive, then head east through Tinejdad and Erfoud to Rissani, built beside the ruins of Sijilmassa, once the caravan capital of the Tafilalet.
Arrive at Merzouga in the late afternoon. Swap the car for a camel, or a 4×4, and ride ninety minutes into Erg Chebbi, where the dunes reach about 150 m. Dinner is tagine under the stars, followed by drums around the fire.
Our comparison of Erg Chebbi versus Erg Chigaga explains why this 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary picks Merzouga over Zagora. The Merzouga camel trekking guide covers what to pack for the night.
Day 6: A full day in Erg Chebbi
Sunrise first
Set an alarm. Climb the nearest crest in the dark, sit down and wait. The colour change takes about twenty minutes, and most travellers remember it above everything else.
The rest of the day
- Breakfast at the camp, then a slow ride back to the village.
- Khamlia, where families of Saharan descent play Gnawa music, listed by UNESCO in 2019.
- Tea with a nomad family in the hamada, the stone plain east of the erg.
- A fossil workshop in Erfoud, where the marine fossils are 380 million years old.
- Sandboarding, then a second sunset from another face of the erg.
A hotel in Merzouga village tonight gives you a proper shower before the long drive north. Our Sahara Desert Morocco guide goes deeper into the geology, the water and the etiquette of the region.
Day 7: The Ziz Valley road to Fes
Why this day is long, and worth it
This is the longest drive in the 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary: 470 km in about seven and a half hours.
Leave by seven, and treat the road itself as the attraction rather than an obstacle. Few countries change scenery this fast.
The stops that matter
- The Ziz gorges viewpoint, where a green ribbon of palms cuts through red rock.
- Errachidia and the Hassan Addakhil dam.
- Midelt for lunch and apples, at 1,500 m between two mountain ranges.
- The cedar forest near Azrou, home to Barbary macaques.
- Ifrane, built by the French in the 1930s, with pitched roofs and tidy lawns.
Reach Fes for dinner. If a seven-hour day sounds heavy with children, split it with a night in Midelt and shorten day eight instead.
Days 8 and 9: Fes and the imperial north
Day 8: Inside the oldest medina
Fes is the cultural heart of any 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary. Fes el-Bali holds around 9,000 lanes and no cars.
UNESCO listed the Medina of Fez in 1981, and a local guide for the first morning is money well spent. Start at Bab Boujloud, then work through the following.
- Al Qarawiyyin, founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri and often called the oldest degree-granting university still running.
- The Bou Inania Madrasa, with its cedar screens and green tiles.
- The Chouara tanneries, seen from a leather shop terrace with a sprig of mint in hand.
- Nejjarine Square, its fondouk and its wood museum.
- The Jewish quarter and the Royal Palace gates in the Mellah.
Then climb to the Merenid tombs for sunset over the city. Our article on traditional Moroccan clothing explains what you are looking at in the textile souks.
Day 9: Volubilis, Moulay Idriss and Meknes
Drive an hour to Volubilis, Roman capital of Mauretania Tingitana, where mosaics of Orpheus and Bacchus lie open to the sky. Continue to Moulay Idriss, then to Meknes for Bab Mansour and the granaries of Moulay Ismail.
Prefer to stay put? Fes has enough for a second slow day, especially with a cooking class. Our traditional Moroccan dishes guide is a good primer, and the cuisine in Morocco article covers regional differences.
Days 10 and 11: Chefchaouen, the blue city
Day 10: Into the Rif
The road north climbs through olive groves and Rif villages. Four hours later, blue walls appear on the hillside. Chefchaouen dates from 1471, and locals still refresh the indigo wash by hand each spring.
Drop your bags, then wander without a map. Uta el-Hammam square, the kasbah and Ras el-Maa spring all sit within twenty minutes of each other.
Day 11: A slow day that saves the trip
Halfway through any 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary, you need one day with nothing scheduled. Chefchaouen is the right place for it.
- Climb to the Spanish Mosque for the classic view, twenty-five minutes uphill.
- Take a taxi to Akchour for the waterfalls and the God’s Bridge arch, a half-day walk.
- Buy a wool blanket or a jellaba at prices well below Marrakech.
- Sit in a café on the square and do absolutely nothing until dinner.
Our dedicated Chefchaouen Morocco guide lists the best viewpoints, the quiet hours and the walk to Akchour in detail.
Days 12 and 13: Tangier, Rabat and the Atlantic
Day 12: Tetouan and the strait
Stop in Tetouan, whose Andalusian medina is a UNESCO site and feels closer to Granada than to Marrakech. Continue to Tangier, where Europe sits 14 km across the water. Walk the kasbah, then drive to Cap Spartel and the Caves of Hercules.
Tangier is also our northern hub. If you would rather run the loop in reverse, our tours from Tangier page shows the same country the other way round. It includes a 15-day tour and a 12-day version.
Day 13: High-speed rail to Rabat
Give the driver a break and take Al Boraq, the first high-speed line in Africa. Tangier to Rabat takes about 1 hour 20, and Tangier to Casablanca 2 hours 10, with sixteen departures daily. Second-class fares booked ahead start near 149 MAD, first class near 243 MAD, according to ONCF.
Spend the afternoon in Rabat. The Kasbah of the Udayas, the Hassan Tower, Chellah and the Mausoleum of Mohammed V make a compact, walkable set. The capital joined the UNESCO list in 2012.
Day 14: Casablanca and the road back to Marrakech
Morning in Casablanca
Take the 50-minute train down the coast. The Hassan II Mosque, finished in 1993, carries a 210 m minaret and stands partly over the Atlantic. Non-Muslim visitors join a guided tour, and the first slots are quietest. Add the Habous quarter if your flight is late.
Getting back to your plane
Casa Voyageurs to Marrakech takes about 2 hours 40 by Al Atlas train, so a mid-afternoon departure leaves time for a final dinner. If you fly out of Casablanca, the airport shuttle runs from the same station.
One planning note for 2026. The high-speed line currently stops at Casablanca, and the Kenitra to Marrakech extension was around 30 % complete in May 2026 with delivery targeted for 2029. Until then, the last leg stays on the classic network.
How much does 2 weeks in Morocco cost?
Cost is the second question everyone asks after the route, so here are 2026 numbers for a 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary rather than vague adjectives.
Figures are per person, per day, based on two people sharing, and exclude international flights.
| Style | Per person per day | 14 days for two | What it looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backpacker | 40–60 € | 1,120–1,680 € | Hostels and guesthouses, buses and shared taxis, street food |
| Mid-range | 90–150 € | 2,520–4,200 € | Riads, private driver on the desert legs, trains in the north |
| Luxury | 250 €+ | 7,000 €+ | Design riads, private car throughout, luxury desert camp |
A private tour compared with doing it yourself
On a fully private version of this route, expect roughly 1,300 to 1,900 € per person at a standard level, 3,200 to 5,600 € at a luxury level, and from 6,500 € for a VIP build. Those prices include the car, driver, fuel, hotels and the desert night, so the gap with a self-planned trip is smaller than it looks.
Line-item costs to sanity-check your budget
| Item | Indicative 2026 price |
|---|---|
| Riad double room, mid-range | 450–900 MAD per night |
| Desert camp, standard to luxury | 350–1,500 MAD per person |
| Tagine in a local restaurant | 60–90 MAD |
| Dinner in a tourist riad | 200–350 MAD |
| Monument entry | 70–100 MAD |
| City guide, half day | 350–500 MAD |
| Petit taxi across town | 20–40 MAD |
| Litre of petrol | 14–16 MAD |
How much spending money for 2 weeks in Morocco?
Assuming the hotels, car and desert night on your 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary are prepaid, plan 35 to 50 € per person per day in cash.
That covers lunch, dinner, entry tickets, tea, a hammam and tips, with room for a rug you did not plan to buy.
Tipping, clearly
- Driver-guide: 100 to 150 MAD per day.
- City guide: 50 to 100 MAD per half day.
- Hotel and camp staff: 20 to 50 MAD.
- Restaurant: round up, or 10 % where service was good.
Cash, cards and the dirham
The dirham is a closed currency, so change money on arrival. Cards work in city hotels and larger restaurants, while everywhere else runs on cash. Rural ATMs empty on Fridays and holidays, so withdraw in Marrakech and again in Fes.
The best time of year for this 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary
Season changes this route more than any other variable, because the loop crosses mountains, desert, the Rif and the Atlantic in a fortnight.
Month by month
| Period | What to expect | Verdict for 14 days |
|---|---|---|
| March to May | Warm days, green valleys, comfortable dunes | Best overall |
| June | Hot inland, pleasant on the coast | Good with early starts |
| July and August | 40 °C+ in Marrakech and the south | Hardest, choose the coast |
| September to November | Cooling, clear skies, harvest light | Best overall |
| December to February | Cold desert nights, snow on passes, cheap riads | Fine with warm layers |
The 2026 clock change matters here
Morocco returned permanently to GMT on 20 September 2026 under decree 2.26.530, ending the year-round GMT+1 in place since 2018. Sunset therefore arrives an hour earlier on the clock. On an autumn 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary, aim to reach each night’s base by 18:00, and expect the Fes medina to empty sooner than you imagine.
Our best time to visit Morocco article breaks down rainfall and temperature by region, and what time is it in Morocco now covers the time change and Ramadan adjustments.
Travelling during Ramadan
Ramadan moves each year and falls in February in 2027. Medina restaurants reduce daytime service, though hotels serve as usual and sites stay open. Evenings, on the other hand, bring the best street food of the year. Read our religion in Morocco guide before you go so the rhythm of the month makes sense.
How to travel this 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary
Option 1: Private driver
This is how most of our travellers do it, and it suits the desert legs. You get flexible stops, no navigation stress and a driver who reads mountain road conditions.
Option 2: Self-drive
Roads are good, signage is bilingual and fuel stations are frequent. Watch three things: speed checks on the N9 and N13, sheep on blind bends, and city parking, which works best outside the medina walls with a guardian.
Option 3: Trains and buses
Rail covers Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat, Meknes, Fes and Tangier well, and CTM or Supratours buses reach Chefchaouen, Merzouga and Essaouira. You lose flexibility in the desert, where the small stops between Ouarzazate and Merzouga are the point.
Option 4: A hybrid, which we usually recommend
Split your 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary by terrain. Take a private car for days four to seven, then trains for days twelve to fourteen.
That combination keeps the mountain and desert days flexible, and it keeps the northern days cheap and fast. Our tours from Marrakech page lists the desert sections that slot into this plan, from the 3-day desert run up to the 7-day private tour.
Distances and driving times you should plan around
| Leg | Distance | Driving time |
|---|---|---|
| Marrakech to Ait Ben Haddou | 190 km | 3 h 30 |
| Ait Ben Haddou to Dades | 160 km | 2 h 30 |
| Dades to Todra | 60 km | 1 h |
| Todra to Merzouga | 210 km | 3 h |
| Merzouga to Fes | 470 km | 7 h 30 |
| Fes to Chefchaouen | 200 km | 4 h |
| Chefchaouen to Tangier | 115 km | 2 h 15 |
| Marrakech to Essaouira | 175 km | 2 h 45 |
Add 30 % to any online estimate for mountain roads, because photo stops, tea stops and roadworks are real.
Where to sleep on each night
Match the room to the day
- Marrakech, three nights: a riad inside the medina, ten minutes from Jemaa el-Fna.
- Dades, one night: a small kasbah hotel with a valley view and a wood stove in winter.
- Erg Chebbi, one night: a desert camp with private tents, and hot water in the better ones.
- Merzouga, one night: a village hotel with a pool, which you will want after two days of sand.
- Fes, two nights: a riad in Fes el-Bali, close to Bab Boujloud for easy taxi access.
- Chefchaouen, two nights: a guesthouse in the upper medina with a roof terrace.
- Tangier and Rabat, one night each: modern hotels near the stations.
Book the desert camp and the Fes riad first. Those two fill earliest in spring and autumn, and they anchor the rest of the 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary around them.
Three ways to customise your 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary
Variant A: Desert and coast, no north
Skip Chefchaouen and Tangier. Add a second desert night, a day in the Draa Valley towards Zagora and three nights in Essaouira. This version suits travellers who want fewer transfers and more beach, and it pairs with our Essaouira day trip.
Variant B: Slow travel, three bases only
Five nights Marrakech, two in the desert, four in Fes, three in Chefchaouen. You still see the Sahara, yet you unpack half as often. Families and travellers over sixty usually prefer this shape of 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary.
Variant C: North to south, one-way
Fly into Tangier, run the loop in reverse and fly home from Marrakech. The scenery order improves, because you finish with the desert and the Atlas rather than the cities. Compare our 10-day and 6-day Tangier to Marrakech routes for the shape of that direction.
Add-ons worth a day each
- Essaouira for wind, seafood and Gnawa music.
- Asilah for murals and quiet ramparts, covered in our Asilah guide.
- Ouzoud waterfalls between Marrakech and Fes.
- A trek day from Imlil for walkers.
What to pack for a 14-day loop
Clothing that works in four climates
A 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary crosses four climates. You will meet 30 °C in the palm groves and 5 °C at night in the dunes, sometimes in the same 24 hours.
Layers solve this. Pack light trousers, long sleeves, a fleece, a windproof jacket and a scarf that doubles as sun protection and dust filter.
Dress codes relax in the cities and tighten in villages, so shoulders and knees covered is the easy rule. Our detailed guide on what to wear in Morocco covers men, women and the desert night specifically.
The small things people forget
- A head torch for the camp, since generators switch off late.
- Wet wipes and hand gel for road days.
- A refillable bottle plus purification tablets, because bottled water piles up fast over fourteen days.
- A universal adapter for European two-pin sockets, 220 V.
- Cash in small notes for tips and market stalls.
Culture, etiquette and everyday practicalities
Language
Darija and Amazigh are the languages of daily life, French is common in hospitality, and Spanish is widespread in the north. Learning shukran and la shukran changes every souk interaction. Our guide to the language spoken in Morocco lists the phrases that matter.
Souks and prices
Bargaining is normal and friendly. Decide your number, offer roughly half of the first price, then be ready to walk away. Fixed-price cooperatives suit anyone who dislikes haggling, and our article on SIM cards and artisan cooperatives explains how they work.
Connectivity and money
Buy a local SIM at the airport for around 50 MAD with data, or use an eSIM. Coverage is good, and patchy only in the gorges and deep in the erg. Download offline maps anyway.
Safety and health on this 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary
The realistic picture
Nothing on this 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary takes you near a restricted area. Morocco is a low-violence destination for visitors, and the common problems are commercial rather than dangerous: unofficial guides, taxi meters that stay off, and shops that follow you. Petty theft happens in crowds, so use a cross-body bag in Jemaa el-Fna and the Fes souks.
Solo women travel this route often, and modest dress plus confident body language reduce street comments. Our article on Morocco travel warnings summarises what the American, British and Canadian advisories actually say.
Health basics
- Tap water is treated in cities, though most visitors drink bottled water for two weeks.
- Bring rehydration salts, a basic stomach remedy and any prescription medicine in its original box.
- Pharmacies are excellent, and pharmacists advise freely.
- Emergency numbers: 19 for police in cities, 177 for the gendarmerie on the roads, 15 for ambulance.
Mistakes to avoid on a 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary
- Booking the desert as a day trip. Merzouga is 560 km from Marrakech. It needs three days minimum, which this route gives it.
- Overpacking the schedule. Four cities in five days looks efficient on paper and feels miserable on the road.
- Ignoring the new sunset time. Since the GMT change, mountain roads go dark early, and driving passes at night is best avoided.
- Confusing Agafay with the Sahara. Agafay is a stone desert near Marrakech, and it is lovely, yet it has no dunes.
- Leaving shopping to the last day. Rugs and lanterns are cheaper in Chefchaouen and Fes than in Marrakech.
- Skipping travel insurance. Mountain roads, camel rides and street food all argue for it.
- Choosing the cheapest desert camp blindly. Ask about private tents, bathrooms and how far into the erg the camp sits.
What changed in Morocco for 2026
- Permanent GMT since 20 September 2026, which shifts every sunset an hour earlier on the clock.
- Marrakech Menara expansion, a project taking capacity from 7.4 million to 16 million passengers, with work running through 2026 to 2028.
- Record arrivals, with 9.4 million visitors in the first half of 2026, up 6 % year on year.
- High-speed rail extension from Kenitra towards Marrakech, roughly 30 % complete in May 2026 and due in 2029.
- The Moroccan caftan joined the UNESCO intangible heritage list in December 2025, which you will hear about in every textile souk.
- World Cup 2030 preparation, covered in our Morocco World Cup 2030 article, is already reshaping stadiums and airports.
Frequently asked questions about 2 weeks in Morocco
Is 14 days enough to see Morocco properly?
Fourteen days covers the imperial cities, the Atlas, the Sahara and the north comfortably. It does not cover Agadir or the deep south, which need their own trip.
How much does 2 weeks in Morocco cost per person?
Budget travellers manage on 560 to 840 € for fourteen days on the ground. Mid-range travellers spend 1,260 to 2,100 €. Luxury starts near 3,500 € per person, excluding flights.
Can I follow this 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary without a car?
Yes, with one adjustment. Use trains and CTM buses between the cities, then book a three or four-day guided desert loop from Marrakech or Fes for the section that public transport handles poorly.
Is 2 weeks in Morocco too much for a first visit?
It is not, provided you keep moving in one direction and build in two slow days. Travellers who regret a fortnight almost always spent it in a single city.
What is the best month to start?
April, May, October and early November give the widest comfort across mountains, dunes and coast. October is our own favourite for this loop.
Do I need a visa?
Citizens of the EU, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia enter visa-free for 90 days, with a passport valid six months. Rules change, so check your nearest Moroccan consulate.
How many nights should I spend in the Sahara?
One night in a camp plus one night in a Merzouga hotel is the sweet spot. A single night rushed at the end of a long drive is the most common regret we hear.
Is Chefchaouen worth two nights on a 14-day trip?
Yes. It is the natural rest point in the second week, and the light for photography is best in the early morning, which requires sleeping there.
Can I combine Morocco with southern Spain in two weeks?
You can, though something has to go. Most travellers who add Spain drop either the desert or the north, and the ferry from Tarifa to Tangier takes about an hour.
What should I not miss?
Sunrise in Erg Chebbi, the walk down through Fes el-Bali, the Tizi n’Tichka pass, the blue lanes of Chefchaouen and one long lunch with no plan afterwards.
Is the food safe?
Busy stalls with high turnover are usually the safest bet. Peel your fruit, drink bottled water and eat where families eat.
Can this route work with children?
It works well from about age six. Shorten day seven with a night in Midelt, add pool time in Merzouga and swap one medina morning for the Ouzoud waterfalls.
Ready to travel this 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary?
We build this exact loop as a private trip, with your own driver-guide, riads chosen for their location and a desert camp we know personally. Follow the fourteen days as written, or use them as a frame for something slower.
Browse our Morocco tours. Look at the 12-day Marrakech to Sahara route, which we most often extend into a fortnight. Or compare the 15-day tour from Casablanca if you arrive on the coast. Prefer to see who you would be travelling with first? Read about us, then send your dates through the contact page and we will map your 2 weeks in Morocco itinerary around them.
More reading before you go: our Marrakech holidays guide, the Morocco highlights tour overview, the Berber culture article and the full travel blog.