Grand tour of Morocco

Morocco’s second largest city is inextricably linked to the 1942 film Casablanca. In reality, Casablanca reflects the country’s modernity and business flourishes around its large port. Time in Casablanca can be spent strolling beaches and touring the Hassan II Mosque.

Rabat, the capital of Morocco, shows two distinct faces existing side-by-side. There is the modern, French-inspired town, with wide tree-lined boulevards, cafes and bistros, and there is historic Rabat, centred on the 12th century walled medina of the Almohad sultans.

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The city of Fez has always occupied a place at the spiritual and political heart of Morocco. founded in the ninth century, many of the early settlers were Islamic refugees, fleeing neighbouring Spain and Tunisia.

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The three ranges of the Atlas Mountains create a striking, sometimes harsh barrier between the arid Sahara and Morocco’s milder coastal climate. The mountains, begins close to the Atlantic in Agadir and run in a jagged line northeast through the country, encompassing some of the region’s most authentic pockets of culture.