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This trip is an excellent introduction to Morocco’s centuries-old culture.

You’ll visit the country’s three most beautiful imperial cities, ancient strongholds with maze-like streets surrounded by towering walls. You’ll see colourful markets, grand mosques, Koranic schools and ancient palaces. You’ll visit splendid Roman ruins, Morocco’s most important pilgrim city, and the snow-capped mountains of the High Atlas. And you’ll return home feeling that you’ve not only observed all of this Eastern culture at arm’s length but that you’ve been immersed up to your neck in it!

Day 1: On the first day we’ll meet up in Casablanca. If you arrive early you can visit the Hassan II Mosque, the world’s second largest and the only working mosque in Morocco that can be visited by non-Muslims.

Day 2: The second day we’ll drive to the charming city of Meknes, with its yellow ochre houses and green tiles, situated amongst orchards and olive groves. Formerly an imperial city, it boasts a huge system of ramparts that form part of the ancient palace complex.

Day 3: On this day we visit the well-preserved Roman site of Volubulis (World Heritage Site UNESCO) and Meknes. Later in the day we travel on to Rabat.

Day 4: On day 3 a short drive from Meknes will take us to the once-great Roman city of Volubilis, where we can pay a combined visit to its impressive ruins and to the nearby pilgrim city which holds the bones of the founder of Islam in Morocco, Moulay Idriss. We’ll then visit the oldest imperial city, Fes, which simply exudes history and religion, and is considered by some to be on a spiritual par with Cairo and Damascus.

Day 5: On day 5 we’ll leave for the largest of all the imperial cities and the southern capital, Marrakech. Our journey will take us through the Middle Atlas Mountains, where cedar forests abound, and nearer to Marrakech we’ll be able to glimpse the even more imposing snow-covered peaks of the High Atlas Mountains.

Day 6: Marrakech is dynamic and typically Berber, unlike the more peaceful Arabic city of Fes. You’ll love the markets, the tombs and the gardens. You’ll love watching the sunset whilst listening to the call-to-prayer emanating from the mosques. It is an almost mystical experience as it contrasts red buildings with snow-covered mountain peaks and deep blue skies.