Want To Travel Morocco But Have No Idea Where To Start?

When we started planning Morocco for September 2025, we genuinely thought the route part would be easy. Open the map, start in Tangier, work our way around the country in a loop and back to Tangier. Done.

And to be fair, for us, that actually worked really well

1. Because the flights were cheap from London Gatwick
2. That meant we didn't have to go to Marrakech and waste days there

But after six weeks travelling around Morocco, we realised pretty quickly that there isn't really one "best" Morocco itinerary. Two people can visit the same country and end up having completely different trips.

You can go from blue mountain towns to chaotic medinas, then suddenly be in a surf town where everyone seems permanently barefoot and carrying a board under their arm. A few days later you're driving past camels on the way to the desert. Then somehow you're back in a modern coastal city eating sushi wondering how this is still the same country.

So before you even look at flights, we honestly think the first thing to work out is what version of Morocco you actually want.

Do you want slow beach days and surfing? Desert camps and camel rides? Shopping in medinas for three hours until everyone needs a sit down and fresh orange juice? Mountains? Riads? Small towns? Cities? A mix of everything?

Because trying to squeeze all of Morocco into 10 days is where people usually end up completely exhausted.

Don't underestimate travel days

This caught us out a few times.

On the map, Morocco can look deceptively manageable. Then suddenly what looked like a "quick transfer day" becomes six hours in the car with snack wrappers everywhere and everyone slowly losing the will to speak.

Some journeys are absolutely worth it. Some are less fun when you're doing them in 34 degree heat with a tired eight-year-old asking how long is left every 20 minutes.

We also found that the places we enjoyed most were usually the ones where we slowed down a bit. A couple of towns we originally booked for two nights turned into four because nobody wanted to leave. We found slow mornings in random towns which made extending stays very easy.

The biggest thing that helped us was not overplanning every second before we arrived.

We had a rough route, a few places we really wanted to stay, and a couple of experiences we didn't want to miss. Beyond that, we left space for plans to change. Morocco feels like the kind of place where somebody mentions a town you've never heard of over breakfast and suddenly you're googling riads there an hour later.

And honestly, we think people put far too much pressure on themselves to "do Morocco properly".

You really do not need to see every famous place in one trip.