KSC2003

Hi Fellow Travelers,
I'm planning a trip to Morocco in mid April.
We thought we would do the following:

Day 1 Arrive Marrakech
Day 2 Marrakech
Day 3: Marrakech – Ait Ben haddou – Dades Gorge (Five Hours Drive)
Day 4: Casablanca/Rabat (Three Hours Drive)
Day 4: Fes (two and a half hours drive)
Day 5: Fes
Day 6: Chefchaouen (four hours drive)
Day 7: Tangiers
Day 8: Cross over to Spain

We would like a car and driver. Any recommendations?
We realize this misses the Sahara and eastern parts but the time driving seems too much for a short trip.


KSC

DarrenHumphrys

Sallam 'lekum KSC2003,
I see your plans have a changed slightly and well done on continuing your planning/research. However, I think you've looked at a different map ...Casablanca/Rabat are definitely not a 3-hour drive from the Dadès Gorge (Day 3). With the days you have available, perhaps you meant your itinerary to read:
Day 1: Arrive Marrakech
Day 2: Marrakech
Day 3: Casablanca/Rabat
Day 4: Fès
Day 5: Fès
Day 6: Chefchaouen
Day 7: Tangiers
Day 8: Cross over to Spain

Even this itinerary is rushed but at least it follows a logical route whereas heading over the Atlas to Aït ben Haddou and the Dadès Gorge followed by backtracking through the mountains towards Casa/Rabat does not.

Hope this helps?
Darren Humphrys

KSC2003

Hi Darren,
thank you so much. very helpful...mis-numbered my days.
can I take a side trip from Marrakech to Ait Ben haddou and back to Marrakech in a day? we know we can't really fit in a trip to the eastern side or Sahara but thought a long day out towards the gorge might be doable...KSC

Bedar

I would skip Ait ben Haddou and take the train from Marrakech to Rabat. Have a look around Rabat, then take the train to Fes and from there the train to Tangiers.

DarrenHumphrys

Hi KSC2003,
I think you'll have to choose between visiting Aït ben Haddou or Chefchaouen. The knowledgeable Bedar makes a good suggestion, in that you could travel solely by train from Marrakech - Rabat - Fès - Tangier, and then choose between a (long) day visit to Aït ben Haddou from Marrakech, or a (also long) day visit to Chefchaouen from Tangier.
Regards,
Darren

watakeet

We used the service of Essaourira Taxi in 2013 and the driver assigned was wonderful. You may contact them at [email protected] or check it out at https://essaouirataxi.com/index.php?lang=en.

Mirasia

We used Your Morocco Tour in September and were very pleased with our English speaking driver Abdul. They also booked our Riads.