Where to go in Morocco: neighborhood breakdowns, ONCF Al Boraq High-Speed Train transit links, and daily budgets in MAD (DH).
Against the snow-capped backdrop of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco's 'Red City' (Al-Hamra) enchants with rose-terracotta ramparts, tranquil courtyard riads tiled in zellige mosaic, cobalt-blue Jardin Majorelle, and the nightly storytelling spectacle of Jemaa el-Fnaa.
Founded in 789 CE, Fes el-Bali is the largest contiguous car-free urban area on Earth—a living medieval labyrinth of 9,000+ stone alleys where mules carry copperware past the world's oldest continuously operating university (Al-Qarawiyyin, 859 CE) and ancient leather tanneries.
Cradled between twin horns of the Rif Mountains, 15th-century Chefchaouen is washed in every shade of powder blue, cerulean, and indigo—offering relaxed, tout-free mountain lanes, hand-woven wool blankets, and dramatic waterfall hikes at Akchour.
Linked in just 50 minutes by Morocco's 320 km/h Al Boraq high-speed bullet train, economic powerhouse Casablanca (home to the monumental oceanfront Hassan II Mosque) and UNESCO-listed capital Rabat (with its white-and-blue Kasbah of the Udayas) showcase modern and imperial Morocco.
Crossing the 2,260-meter Tizi n'Tichka pass from Marrakech or descending through the Ziz Gorge from Fes reveals a cinematic route of earthen kasbahs (Ait Benhaddou), sheer 300-meter limestone canyons (Todra Gorge), and the 150-meter orange sand dunes of Erg Chebbi at Merzouga.
Just 2 hours 45 minutes west of Marrakech by Supratours or CTM coach (90–110 DH), the 18th-century whitewashed Atlantic port of Essaouira offers a laid-back, fixed-price medina, bronze cannons lining the Skala de la Kasbah, blue wooden fishing boats, and world-class kitesurfing.
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