Destinations · 42 curated guides
The best places to visit in Morocco.
Nine destinations cover ninety percent of what travellers come to Morocco for — from Marrakech to the Sahara dunes, Fes to Chefchaouen and the Atlantic coast. Each guide gives you the real number of days, the right time to visit, and a quote on request.
42 destinations
Marrakech
The red city of souks, riads and gardens — three easy hours down the line from your Casablanca arrival.
Fes
The world's largest car-free medieval city — a direct train ride from your Casablanca gateway.
Chefchaouen
Morocco's blue pearl — a 15th-century Rif medina, the high point of any northern run from your Casablanca arrival.
Sahara & Merzouga
Real Sahara: 150m dunes, camel caravans and luxury camps — the great onward journey from your Casablanca arrival.
Essaouira
The windy fortress city: ramparts, fishing boats, argan oil and the best seafood in Morocco.
Atlas Mountains
Berber villages, walnut groves and North Africa's highest summit — an hour beyond Marrakech.
Tangier
Where Africa meets Europe — and barely two hours from Casablanca on the Al Boraq high-speed line.
Ouarzazate & Aït Ben Haddou
The Hollywood of Africa: kasbahs, film studios and the southern gateway to the dunes.
Casablanca
Morocco's front door — Hassan II Mosque on the Atlantic, Mauresque art-deco downtown, and the country's busiest international gateway.
Rabat
Morocco's calm, green capital — the closest onward city to Casablanca, barely an hour up the line.
Meknes
The quiet imperial city of Moulay Ismail — monumental gates, vast granaries and Roman Volubilis next door.
Agadir
Morocco's sunshine beach capital — a long golden bay, modern resorts and the gateway to Paradise Valley and Taghazout.
Dadès & Todra Gorges
Towering red canyons, palm oases and the famous switchback road — the dramatic heart of the desert route.
Ouzoud Falls
Morocco's highest waterfalls — 110 metres of cascades, rainbows and wild Barbary macaques.
Agafay Desert
A lunar landscape of rolling hills 40 minutes from Marrakech — luxury camps, camel rides and Atlas sunsets without the long drive.
Ourika Valley
Berber villages, river-bank lunches and seven waterfalls — the greenest, easiest Atlas escape from Marrakech.
Asilah
A whitewashed Atlantic art town — Portuguese ramparts, painted murals and a calm, walkable medina near Tangier.
Zagora
Gateway to Erg Chigaga — a palm-lined oasis town at the threshold of the deep Sahara.
Imlil
Imlil is the High Atlas trekking village that puts North Africa's highest summit within two days' walk.
Taroudant
Taroudant is the 'little Marrakech' of the south — a walled Saadian city of ochre ramparts and souks in the Souss plain.
Taghazout
Follow the Atlantic corridor south from Casablanca and it ends, eventually, at Taghazout — a bohemian surf village of point breaks, argan oil and copper sunsets above Agadir.
Ifrane
Trade Casablanca's Mauresque facades for alpine chalets: Ifrane is the Middle Atlas 'Little Switzerland' of red roofs, snow and wild Barbary macaques, an inland turn off the northern rail line.
Dakhla
The Atlantic corridor that begins at Casablanca runs all the way to Dakhla — Africa's kitesurf capital, a turquoise Saharan lagoon where the ocean wind blows 300 days a year.
Skoura
Far from Casablanca's Atlantic concrete, Skoura is its opposite in earth — a palm oasis east of Ouarzazate of mud-brick kasbahs and the beautifully restored Amerdil fortress.
Tinghir
Where Casablanca's gateway funnels travellers south, the road eventually reaches Tinghir — a green Todra-valley oasis below the Atlas, base camp for one of Morocco's most dramatic canyon hikes.
Oualidia
Just down the Atlantic corridor from Casablanca, Oualidia is the country's oyster lagoon — a sheltered tidal bay of shellfish and flamingos on the road toward Essaouira.
Volubilis & Moulay Idriss
Two hours inland from Casablanca's gateway lies the most historically layered day in Morocco — Volubilis's Roman mosaics beneath the hilltop holy town of Moulay Idriss, near Meknes.
Midelt
On the long inland road that drops south from Casablanca toward the dunes, Midelt is the apple-country crossroads of the Atlas — gateway to the Cirque Jaffar and the Moulouya gorges.
Sidi Ifni
If Casablanca is Morocco's Mauresque Art-Deco metropolis, Sidi Ifni is its sun-bleached Spanish echo — a far-south Atlantic enclave of crumbling colonial lines and surf beaches by the Legzira sea arches.
El Jadida
El Jadida is Morocco's UNESCO Portuguese city — a 16th-century Atlantic fortress with a miraculous cistern, 90 minutes from Casablanca.
Azrou
Swap Casablanca's Atlantic haze for cedar shade: Azrou is the Middle Atlas forest village where wild Barbary macaques move through ancient Cedrus atlantica groves.
Moulay Bousselham
Moulay Bousselham is Morocco's premier birdwatching lagoon — the Merja Zerga wetland draws tens of thousands of wintering waterbirds to a sleepy fishing village between Rabat and Tangier.
Tétouan
Ride the high-speed line north from Casablanca and finish in Tétouan — Morocco's Andalusian city, a UNESCO medina of whitewashed lanes, Moorish stucco and the heritage of Muslim and Jewish Iberia.
Tafraout
Far from Casablanca's grey Atlantic stone, Tafraout glows pink — a granite-and-palm village ringed by painted boulders, almond blossom and the peaks of the Ameln valley.
Mirleft
Where Casablanca's Atlantic is all corniche and concrete, Mirleft is all cliff and cove — Morocco's finest undeveloped surf village, strung between Agadir and Sidi Ifni.
Larache
Up the Atlantic corridor from Casablanca, Larache is the coast's quiet Spanish-colonial port — a weathered medina above a river estuary beside the Phoenician and Roman ruins of Lixus.
Béni Mellal
The first inland turn off the Casablanca corridor: Béni Mellal opens the Ain Asserdoun springs, the Bin el-Ouidane reservoir and the cedar highlands of the central Middle Atlas.
Rissani
At the far south-eastern end of the road from Casablanca sits Rissani — ancient Tafilalt capital, cradle of the Alaouite dynasty and Morocco's most atmospheric Thursday market, gateway to Merzouga.
M'Hamid el Ghizlane
Follow the road as far inland from Casablanca as it goes and it stops at M'Hamid el Ghizlane — the last town before Erg Chigaga and Morocco's deepest, wildest desert.
Aït Bougmez Valley
Trade Casablanca's Atlantic flatlands for high mountain silence: Aït Bougmez is Morocco's 'Happy Valley', a terraced Berber sanctuary and trailhead for the M'Goun massif.
Akchour
At the northern end of the run from Casablanca, deep in the Rif, Akchour delivers the region's finest day hike — emerald waterfalls and the natural rock arch of God's Bridge, 30 km from Chefchaouen.
Saïdia
Cross the country east from Casablanca's Atlantic and you reach Saïdia — Morocco's Mediterranean Blue-Flag resort, 14 km of golden sand on the Algerian border with the country's finest sea swimming.
Frequently asked
Frequently asked questions about Morocco destinations.
Why start a Morocco trip in Casablanca?
Casablanca has Morocco's main international airport (Mohammed V) and is the country's busiest rail hub, so it is the most common arrival point for travellers flying in. From the city you can see the landmark Hassan II Mosque and the Art-Deco centre, then continue by train to Rabat, Marrakech, Fes or Tangier. That makes it a practical gateway and stopover at the start or end of a wider Morocco itinerary.
Which destinations are easy to reach from Casablanca?
Rabat, the capital, is the closest major destination — about an hour north by train — and pairs naturally with Casablanca for its kasbah and historic medina. El Jadida and the Portuguese cistern lie down the Atlantic coast, while the trains south reach Marrakech in around three hours and the high-speed Al Boraq line runs north to Tangier. Fes and Meknes are reachable by direct train too, so Casablanca connects easily to most of the country.
What is worth seeing along the Atlantic coast?
Morocco's Atlantic seaboard has plenty beyond Casablanca's Corniche. Rabat blends ocean ramparts with the Kasbah of the Udayas; El Jadida has its UNESCO-listed Portuguese cistern and walled town; Oualidia is known for its calm lagoon and oysters; and further south, the walled port of Essaouira is a favourite for its relaxed medina and sea breezes. The coast stays milder than the interior, which makes it pleasant even in summer.
How do you travel between Moroccan cities?
The national rail operator ONCF links Casablanca with Rabat, Marrakech, Fes, Meknes and Tangier, including the Al Boraq high-speed service to Tangier. For towns the train does not reach, CTM and Supratours run reliable long-distance buses. To explore at your own pace — or to reach the Atlas mountains, the kasbah country or the Sahara — a private driver gives the most flexibility, since those routes involve long drives and several stops.
When is the best time to visit Casablanca and the coast?
Thanks to the ocean, Casablanca and the Atlantic coast enjoy a mild climate for most of the year. Spring (April–June) and autumn (September–November) are especially comfortable, with warm days and sea breezes. Summers are warm but rarely extreme near the coast, while winters are cool and can be wet. Coastal mornings are sometimes hazy, so afternoons often give the clearest light for sightseeing and photographs.