Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
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Northern Morocco: Tangier, Chefchaouen and Fes
7 days from Tangier to Fes: the Kasbah and Cap Spartel, Tetouan's white medina, two nights in Chefchaouen with a Rif walk, Volubilis and Meknes, and two nights in the Fes medina.
7 days · Tangier to Fes · up to 12 guests
Storks nest on the columns of Roman Volubilis Photo: YoTuT from United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Volubilis,_Morocco_(5415629501)_(5).jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 7 days, 6 nights
- Start and end
- Tangier to Fes
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Longest drive
- 4.5 h on day 5
- Activity level
Moderate
Most days are 3 to 5 hours on foot on cobbles, stairs and steep medina lanes. Day 4 adds a guided Rif walk at Akchour of about 8 to 9 km return with some steady climbing on a rocky riverside path, or a short flat stroll instead. Day 6 is about 6 km slowly through the Fes medina. Drives are short except day 5, about 4.5 hours split into three legs.
- Meals included
- 6 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 1 dinner
- Room of your own
- + CAD 270 (estimated price)
- Season
- March to May and September to November
Highlights
Why this trip
- Two nights in Tangier: the Kasbah, the American Legation and the Atlantic meeting the Mediterranean at Cap Spartel
- Tetouan's white Andalusian medina with a local guide, on a day most Morocco trips drive past
- Chefchaouen's blue lanes at 8 am, before the day-trip coaches arrive
- A guided walk in the Rif to the God's Bridge rock arch at Akchour, with lunch by the river
- Volubilis with a guide and the mosaics still in place, then the gates and granaries of Meknes
- A full day on foot in Fes el Bali, with the tannery in morning light and sunset from the Marinid Tombs
- A hands-on morning with potters and zellige cutters in Fes before you fly home
What makes this trip different
Short drives, all published
Every drive is listed day by day. The longest is 4.5 h, on day 5.
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 270 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
The longest drive is 4.5 h, on day 5.
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Arrive in Tangier
Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, the ferry port or the station to your hotel in Tangier
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Tangier
- Drive about 30 min
Arrive in Tangier by air at Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG), by ferry from Tarifa in Spain to the Tangier Ville port, or on the high-speed train from Rabat or Casablanca. A driver meets you wherever you land and takes you to the hotel, close to the old town, where you stay two nights. Tangier faces Spain across the Strait of Gibraltar, about 14 km at its narrowest, and its history shows it: Phoenician and Roman port, Portuguese and English outpost, then an international zone shared by foreign powers from 1923 to 1956. If you arrive early, walk down the Boulevard Pasteur to the Terrasse des Paresseux, where old cannons look out over the port and the Spanish coast on a clear day.
Evening
At about 6 pm your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a short briefing on the week, then we sit down to a welcome dinner together at a local restaurant.
Included
- Pick-up at Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG), Tangier Ville port or Tangier Ville station
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner
Free time: Free until the 6 pm briefing
Activity: Land or dock by about 4 pm to make the briefing; later arrivals are met and join the group at dinner or the next morning.
The Kasbah, the medina and Cap Spartel
Tangier medina and Kasbah, then Cap Spartel and the Caves of Hercules
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Tangier
- Drive about 1 h
We start at the top of the old town while it is quiet. The Kasbah, the walled citadel above the port, holds the former sultan's palace, Dar el Makhzen, now the Kasbah Museum, with Roman mosaics from Volubilis and a garden of orange trees. From the Bab al-Bahr gate you look straight across the Strait to Spain. Then we walk down through the medina lanes to the Petit Socco, the small square whose cafes filled with writers and spies in the international-zone years, and on to the Tangier American Legation, the first property the United States owned abroad, given by the sultan in 1821.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in the medina. In the afternoon we drive about 14 km west to Cap Spartel, the lighthouse on the north-west tip of Africa where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean, and the Caves of Hercules at Achakar, whose sea opening is shaped like a map of Africa.
Evening
Back in town by late afternoon, with the evening free; Cafe Hafa's terraces above the sea are a short walk away.
Included
- Guided walk of the Kasbah and medina with your guide
- Kasbah Museum (Dar el Makhzen)
- The Petit Socco and the Grand Socco
- Tangier American Legation
- Sit-down lunch in the medina
- Cap Spartel lighthouse viewpoint
- Caves of Hercules
Easier option: Skip the afternoon drive and stay in town to rest or wander the Grand Socco and the Mendoubia gardens.
More active option: Walk the cliff path from Cap Spartel down towards Achakar and the caves, about 4 km, while the van carries everyone else.
Free time: Evening free in Tangier
Activity: About 3 hours on foot in the morning on steep, stepped medina lanes.
Tetouan's white medina, then Chefchaouen
Tangier to Tetouan, then over the Rif foothills to Chefchaouen
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Chefchaouen
- Drive about 2.5 h
An hour's drive east brings us to Tetouan, the white city under the Rif, which most Morocco trips drive straight past. Its walled medina, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997, was rebuilt in the late 15th century by refugees from Al-Andalus, and its whitewashed lanes, tiled fountains and craft streets still feel Andalusian. A licensed local guide walks us in from the Place Hassan II, beside the Royal Palace, through the tanners', leatherworkers' and jewellers' quarters, and to the traditional crafts school, Dar Sanaa, where students learn zellige, carved plaster and painted wood (when it is open).
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in Tetouan. In the afternoon it is about an hour and a quarter up into the mountains to Chefchaouen, where we stay two nights in a riad inside the medina.
Evening
After an orientation walk through the blue lanes to the Ras el Ma spring, we climb about 20 minutes to the Spanish Mosque on the hillside opposite for sunset over the town.
Included
- Tetouan medina with a licensed local guide
- Dar Sanaa traditional crafts school, when open
- Sit-down lunch in Tetouan
- Orientation walk in Chefchaouen to the Ras el Ma spring
- Sunset walk to the Spanish Mosque viewpoint
Easier option: Watch the sunset from a rooftop terrace in the medina instead of walking up to the Spanish Mosque.
Free time: Evening free in Chefchaouen
Activity: The walk to the Spanish Mosque is about 20 minutes uphill on a dirt path; bring a torch for the way down. From October to February the sun sets earlier, so we may drop the Dar Sanaa visit to reach the viewpoint in time without rushing.
Chefchaouen early, then a Rif walk at Akchour
Chefchaouen medina, then Akchour in Talassemtane National Park and back
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Chefchaouen
- Drive about 1.5 h
We meet at about 8 am, while the blue lanes are empty and the shopkeepers are still opening their doors.
Morning
The coaches of day-trippers from Fes and Tangier arrive later in the morning, so this is the hour for photographs. Chefchaouen was founded in 1471 as a mountain fortress, and our walk ends at its red-walled kasbah on the Outa el Hammam square, beside the Great Mosque with its eight-sided minaret. Mid-morning we drive about 45 minutes east to Akchour, at the edge of Talassemtane National Park, where a local guide leads a walk up the river gorge to the God's Bridge, a natural rock arch high over the water, about 8 to 9 km there and back. The path is rocky, with some short climbs and one or two stream crossings on stepping stones.
Afternoon
Lunch is a tagine at one of the riverside cafes, with time to cool your feet in the pools.
Evening
We are back in Chefchaouen by late afternoon, and the evening is yours: try the local goat's cheese, or a hammam.
Included
- Early-morning walk in the Chefchaouen medina with your guide
- The kasbah on Outa el Hammam square
- Guided walk at Akchour to the God's Bridge with a local guide
- Lunch by the river at Akchour
Optional experiences
- Hammam in Chefchaouen, paid locally
Easier option: Walk the flat first section of the Akchour river path to the lower pools and wait in the shade with lunch, or stay in Chefchaouen for a free day.
More active option: Carry on from the God's Bridge junction up the other branch of the gorge towards the upper waterfalls, a longer and steeper walk with the local guide.
Free time: Evening free in Chefchaouen
Activity: The Akchour walk is about 8 to 9 km return with some steady climbing (the local guide confirms the distance and route on the day) on a rocky path. Wear shoes with grip. After heavy rain the path can close; we then walk in the hills above Chefchaouen instead.
Volubilis and Meknes on the way to Fes
Chefchaouen to Volubilis via Ouazzane, then Moulay Idriss, Meknes and Fes
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Fes
- Drive about 4.5 h
Today is the longest drive of the trip, about 280 km and four and a half hours at the wheel, slightly over our four-hour cap because Volubilis and Meknes sit between the mountains and Fes. We break it into three legs.
Morning
We leave at 8 am and stop for coffee in Ouazzane, then reach Volubilis late in the morning. A local guide walks us through this Roman town on the edge of the empire, a UNESCO site since 1997: the Capitol and Basilica, the triumphal arch raised for the emperor Caracalla in AD 217, and floor mosaics still in place in the houses along the Decumanus Maximus.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in Moulay Idriss, the holy town on the hill above. Then half an hour on to Meknes, the 17th-century capital of Sultan Moulay Ismail, for the great Bab Mansour gate, the Place el Hedim and the vaulted Heri es-Souani granaries.
Evening
Fes is under an hour beyond, and we reach our riad in the medina by early evening.
Included
- Volubilis with a licensed local guide, entry included
- Sit-down lunch in Moulay Idriss
- Meknes: Bab Mansour, the Place el Hedim and the Heri es-Souani granaries
Easier option: Stay with the van in Meknes and watch the Place el Hedim from a cafe terrace instead of walking to the granaries.
Free time: Evening free in Fes
Activity: About 2 hours on foot at Volubilis on uneven Roman paving with little shade; bring a hat and water.
Fes el Bali on foot
A day in the Fes medina, then the Marinid Tombs at sunset
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Fes
- Drive about 15 min
Fes el Bali, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981, has no cars, and the only way in is on foot. A licensed local guide joins us at the blue-tiled Bab Bou Jeloud gate.
Morning
We go first to the Chouara tannery, seen from a terrace above, in the morning when the dye pits are full and the light is soft. Then the Bou Inania madrasa, built in the 1350s, the Al-Attarine madrasa of the 1320s, with its carved cedar and zellige, and the Nejjarine fountain and fondouk, now a museum of wood crafts. We look into the Qarawiyyin, founded in 859, through its open doors, and listen to the coppersmiths hammering in the Seffarine square. There are no rug-shop stops: if you want to buy, your guide explains prices first.
Afternoon
Lunch is in the medina, and the afternoon is free.
Evening
Before sunset we drive up to the Marinid Tombs to watch the light go over the whole medina, then share a farewell dinner.
Included
- Fes el Bali with a licensed local guide
- Chouara tannery from a terrace
- Bou Inania and Al-Attarine madrasa entries
- Nejjarine fountain and fondouk (Museum of Wooden Arts and Crafts)
- Seffarine square and the doors of the Qarawiyyin
- Sit-down lunch in the medina
- Sunset at the Marinid Tombs
- Farewell dinner
Optional experiences
- Hammam in Fes, paid locally
Easier option: Return to the riad with the guide after lunch and rest until the sunset drive.
More active option: Spend the free afternoon on a second walk with your guide through the Andalusian quarter on the far bank of the old river.
Free time: Afternoon free in Fes
Activity: About 6 km on foot through steep, crowded lanes; the walk is slow, with stops.
A craft morning, then home
Fes medina to the potters' quarter at Ain Nokbi, then Fes-Saiss Airport
- Breakfast
- Drive about 30 min
Morning
Fes is a working craft city, and on the last morning we go where the work is done. After breakfast and checkout, the van takes us a few minutes east of the medina walls, beyond Bab Ftouh, to the potters' quarter at Ain Nokbi. Here potters throw bowls and tagines on kick wheels, painters work the blue and white designs that Fes is known for, and zellige cutters chip glazed tiles into small geometric pieces by hand, then lay them face down to make a single panel. A craftsman shows the group each stage, and you try a piece yourself: painting a bowl or cutting a tile. There is no obligation to buy. We finish by late morning and drive about half an hour to Fes-Saiss Airport (FEZ), or to Fes station for the train to Rabat, Casablanca or Tangier. Your guide sees you to the airport and checks your flight before saying goodbye. Book a flight leaving after about 3 pm.
Included
- Hands-on pottery and zellige morning at Ain Nokbi with a craftsman
- Drop-off at Fes-Saiss Airport (FEZ) or Fes railway station
Easier option: For a morning flight, go straight from the riad to the airport and skip the workshop.
Activity: Book a flight leaving after about 3 pm to join the craft morning.
- Tangier2 nights
- Chefchaouen2 nights
- Fes2 nights
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: Spring brings green hills and wildflowers around Volubilis and full rivers at Akchour; autumn is warm and settled. Summer is hot in Fes and Meknes and busy in Chefchaouen, while winter is wet and cold in the Rif and the Akchour path can close after heavy rain, when we walk closer to town instead.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers who want northern Morocco slowly, with two nights in each place
- A first Morocco trip without long desert drives
- Walkers happy on steep medina stairs and a rocky mountain path
- Those arriving from Spain by ferry, or combining with a Sahara trip afterwards
- Solo travellers who want a fair, published single supplement
Not for you if you want
- Anyone who wants the Sahara dunes, a desert camp or Marrakech: see our Sahara trips instead
- Step-free access: the medinas are steep, stepped and car-free
- Travellers who want large modern hotels with a bar every night
- A beach holiday on the Mediterranean coast
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
6 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Tangier2 nights
- Chefchaouen2 nights
- Fes2 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 6 nights: 2 in a central hotel in Tangier, 2 in a riad in the Chefchaouen medina, 2 in a riad in the Fes medina
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG), Tangier Ville port or Tangier Ville station
- Our own air-conditioned van and driver from Tangier to Fes
- Porters for luggage in the Chefchaouen and Fes medinas
- Drop-off at Fes-Saiss Airport (FEZ) or Fes railway station
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide for the whole trip
- Licensed local guides in Tetouan, Volubilis and Fes, and a local mountain guide at Akchour
Activities
- Tangier: the Kasbah, the Kasbah Museum, the medina and the American Legation
- Cap Spartel and the Caves of Hercules
- Tetouan medina and the Dar Sanaa crafts school, when open
- Chefchaouen: sunset at the Spanish Mosque and an early medina walk
- Guided walk at Akchour to the God's Bridge
- Volubilis
- Meknes: Bab Mansour and the Heri es-Souani granaries
- Fes el Bali: the Chouara tannery, the Bou Inania and Al-Attarine madrasas, the Nejjarine fondouk
- Sunset at the Marinid Tombs
- Pottery and zellige morning at Ain Nokbi
Meals
- 6 breakfasts, 5 sit-down lunches and 2 dinners (a welcome dinner in Tangier and a farewell dinner in Fes)
- Drinking water in the van
Not included
- International flights, ferries or trains to Tangier and from Fes
- Visa, if your nationality needs one
- Travel insurance
- Dinners on days 2 to 5
- Drinks with meals
- Tips for drivers, porters and local guides
- Optional activities such as a hammam
- Personal shopping and expenses
- Nights before day 1 or after day 7
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 270 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
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Prefer to travel without a group or guide? Ask us about arranging hotels, transport and city tours for you to travel independently.
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Questions
Prices in these answers apply from Jan 1, 2027. Black Friday offer: 6% off the small-group price for requests received by Dec 1, 2026. From CAD 1,500 per person. Dec 2 to Dec 31: from CAD 1,545. From Jan 1, 2027: from CAD 1,595.
What does the price include?
Six nights in a central Tangier hotel and medina riads in Chefchaouen and Fes, 6 breakfasts, 5 sit-down lunches, a welcome and a farewell dinner, transfers at both ends, our own van and driver, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, licensed local guides, and every entry and visit in the day plan, including the Akchour walk and the Fes craft morning.
How big is the group?
The small group runs with 7 to 12 guests in one van, so everyone hears the guide in narrow medina lanes and fits around one table at lunch. The maximum is 12, never more.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from the welcome dinner in Tangier to the airport in Fes. Licensed local guides join in Tetouan, Volubilis and the Fes medina, as Moroccan rules require, and a local mountain guide leads the Akchour walk. We name your guide when we confirm your dates.
How fit do I need to be?
A moderate level: you walk 3 to 5 hours most days on cobbles and stairs. The Akchour walk is about 8 to 9 km return with some steady climbing on a rocky path, and there is a short flat option. The longest drive is day 5, about four and a half hours split into three legs.
I am travelling solo. Do I pay a single supplement?
Only if you want a room of your own, which is from CAD 270 more, shown before you request to book. If you would rather share, tell us and we check whether another solo guest on your date would like a twin room. Solo travellers get the same rooms, tables and guide time as everyone else.
When is the best time to go?
March to May and September to November: mild days, green hills in spring and full rivers at Akchour. Summer is hot in Fes and busy in Chefchaouen. Winter is wet and cold in the Rif. During Ramadan some cafes close by day; we tell you if your dates fall in it.
How does booking work?
Choose a start date and send a request to book; no payment is taken. We confirm your place within 24 hours. The small group starts from CAD 1,595 per person sharing, with taxes, and the private trip from CAD 2,870. Prices are indicative until your dates are confirmed.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. The trip also runs as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, with your own guide, van and driver. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section and we will quote the same riads, drivers and local guides.
Do I need a visa for Morocco?
Not if you hold a Canadian, US, UK or EU passport: you can stay up to 90 days as a tourist without a visa. Your passport should be valid for at least six months after arrival. Other nationalities should check current rules before booking.
Can I arrive by ferry from Spain?
Yes. Ferries cross from Tarifa to the Tangier Ville port in about an hour, and we meet you at the port as we would at the airport. You can also arrive on the high-speed train from Rabat or Casablanca. The trip ends in Fes late on day 7: book a flight or train leaving after about 3 pm.
Does this trip go to the Sahara?
No. This trip covers the north that Sahara trips skip: Tangier, Tetouan, Chefchaouen and Fes. For the dunes, see our Marrakech to Fes trip through the Sahara, or the 14-day Morocco in Depth trip that adds Chefchaouen to the desert, the Atlas and Essaouira.
Will we be taken to rug shops?
No. There are no shopping stops unless you ask for one, and we take no commission. Before each market your guide explains fair prices and how haggling works, and walks with you in the busy medinas. The pottery morning in Fes is about watching and trying the craft, with no obligation to buy.
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