Morocco Travel Guide

Seven days covers Marrakech, one Atlas or desert excursion and a second city at a workable pace. Ten days is the point where you can add the Sahara without spending two full days in a vehicle, and fourteen lets you reach Chefchaouen and the Atlantic coast as well. Under five days, stay in one region — Morocco’s driving distances are longer than the map suggests.

January and February are the cheapest months for flights and riads, with the trade-off of cold desert nights and snow on the Atlas passes. November and early December are the best value overall: mild days, low crowds and shoulder-season room rates before the Christmas peak.

Yes, and it is a common one — but street harassment in the larger medinas is persistent enough that it is worth planning around. Staying inside the medina rather than the Ville Nouvelle, booking riads with airport transfers, and using licensed petit taxis after dark all reduce it substantially.

You can — the ferry from Tarifa to Tangier takes about an hour and day tours run daily. It gives you roughly six hours in Tangier, which is enough for the medina and the Kasbah but not for Chefchaouen, despite what many tours advertise.