Almost every Morocco trip we run begins with the same email. Someone has landed on a flight deal into Casablanca, they have somewhere between one and two weeks, and they want to know whether starting there is a mistake. It is not. Casablanca is Morocco’s main international gateway, and the country’s geography works in your favour if you fly into it: the whole north sits within a comfortable drive on day two, and the Sahara, the Atlas and Marrakech line up neatly to the south. Done properly, a trip from Casablanca never repeats a single road.

What follows is the guide we wish existed when travellers write to us. It covers what Casablanca tours actually involve, how long you really need, what a week or a fortnight costs, which season suits which kind of traveller, how far you will drive each day, and the specific decisions that separate a smooth trip from an exhausting one. We have run more than 900 tours since 2014, and nearly every lesson below came from something a guest told us afterwards they wished they had known first.

If you would rather skip the reading and look at finished routes, our Casablanca Tours page lists the departures we run most often. Otherwise, read on. This is the long version.

The case for the coast

Why Start Your Morocco Tour from Casablanca?

There are four realistic starting points for a Morocco trip: Casablanca, Marrakech, Fes and Tangier. Each one works, but they do not work equally well, and the difference comes down to flights and geography rather than to the cities themselves.

It is the country’s real international hub

Mohammed V International Airport, code CMN, handles more long-haul and connecting traffic than any other Moroccan airport. If you are flying from the United States or Canada, it is often the only direct option. From the UK, Ireland and continental Europe, the schedules are denser and the fares are usually lower than flying straight into Marrakech or Fes. Travellers from Australia connecting through the Gulf or Europe almost always route through Casablanca too.

That matters more than it sounds. A cheaper, better-timed arrival buys you a full extra day on the ground, and arriving on a mid-morning flight rather than a midnight one changes how day one feels.

The geography runs in one clean line

This is the real argument. Starting on the Atlantic coast lets a route run north into the Rif, east across the Middle Atlas into the Sahara, then west through the gorges and over the High Atlas into Marrakech. It is a single forward line. Nothing is driven twice.

Start in Marrakech instead and you either accept a there-and-back desert loop, or you build in a long repositioning drive to reach the north. Neither is wrong, but both cost you time you could be spending in Chefchaouen or Fes.

You can see the Hassan II Mosque before you leave

It is the only mosque in Morocco that non-Muslim visitors can enter, and it is genuinely extraordinary. Half of it is built over the Atlantic, the minaret is 210 metres tall, and the craftsmanship inside is on a scale you will not see again on the trip. Starting in Casablanca means you visit it on a rested afternoon rather than squeezing it in as a rushed stop on the way to a flight.

It absorbs flight delays

An arrival night in Casablanca is a buffer. Luggage goes missing, connections slip, and a route that starts with a seven hour drive on the morning you land is a route that starts badly. Every itinerary we run from Casablanca builds in a proper arrival day, and it is the single most appreciated design decision in the whole schedule.

Honest answer

Is Casablanca Worth Visiting?

Yes, for one day. Not for three.

We will be blunt here, because plenty of guides are not. Casablanca is a working city of roughly three and a half million people. It is Morocco’s commercial and financial centre, and it looks like it: wide boulevards, office towers, traffic, and a port. It is not a medina city in the way Fes and Marrakech are. Travellers who arrive expecting a labyrinth of ancient alleys are usually disappointed, and travellers who arrive expecting a confident modern Moroccan city with a spectacular mosque and excellent seafood usually love it.

What Casablanca does have is character that rewards a little context. The city centre holds one of the largest concentrations of 1920s and 1930s Art Deco and Mauresque architecture anywhere in the world, a legacy of the French protectorate period, and much of it is still in daily use rather than preserved behind glass. The Corniche at Ain Diab is where the city actually relaxes. The Central Market on Boulevard Mohammed V is a working market rather than a tourist one, and it is the best place in the city to see how ordinary Casablancais shop.

Our recommendation, after running this arrival hundreds of times: give Casablanca an afternoon and an evening, sleep well, and start moving on day two. That is exactly how our Casablanca Tours are structured, and it is why guests rarely feel they missed anything.

What to actually see

Top Attractions in Casablanca

If you have one afternoon, here is the order we use. It works geographically, so you are not crossing the city twice.

Hassan II Mosque

Start here, ideally on a guided visit, because the interior is only accessible on scheduled tours and the timings change with prayer times and the season. Completed in 1993, it holds tens of thousands of worshippers, has a retractable roof, and sits partly on a platform over the ocean. Look for the hand-carved cedar, the zellij tilework, and the granite and marble that were quarried across Morocco. Photographers should aim for late afternoon, when the west-facing facade catches the light off the water.

The Corniche and Ain Diab

A twenty minute drive from the mosque along the coast. This is where the city walks, eats and watches the sunset. It is the best place in Casablanca for a relaxed first dinner, and the seafood is excellent and reasonably priced away from the most obvious terraces.

The Art Deco city centre and Place Mohammed V

Walk the streets around Boulevard Mohammed V and Rue Prince Moulay Abdellah. The wrought iron balconies, curved facades and tiled entrances are the reason architecture enthusiasts make a specific trip to Casablanca. Place Mohammed V, with its fountain and the surrounding administrative buildings, anchors the district.

The Habous quarter, or New Medina

Built in the 1930s as a planned interpretation of a traditional medina, Habous is calm, orderly and genuinely pleasant to walk. It has the city’s best bookshops, olive stalls and pastry shops, and it is where locals buy their traditional clothing. It is a far gentler introduction to Moroccan shopping than the souks of Fes or Marrakech, which is useful on day one.

The Old Medina and the Central Market

Smaller and much less visited than its counterparts elsewhere, Casablanca’s old medina sits near the port and takes under an hour to wander. Pair it with the Marché Central for fish, spices and flowers.

The four routes that work

Best Morocco Tours from Casablanca

Almost every Morocco trip from Casablanca falls into one of four lengths. Below is what each one realistically delivers, based on the routes we operate rather than on a wish list. All four run as a forward line toward Marrakech, all four include a night in the Sahara, and all four can be reshaped around your interests.

7 Days Morocco Tour from Casablanca

One week is the shortest trip that still touches all three of Morocco’s signature landscapes: imperial cities, the Sahara and the High Atlas. The route runs Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen, Fes, across the Middle Atlas to Merzouga for a night in the dunes, then through the gorges to Ait Ben Haddou and into Marrakech.

It is compressed but not frantic. The compromise is depth rather than coverage: Chefchaouen gets a long afternoon rather than a full day, and Fes gets one guided day rather than two nights of wandering. If your leave is fixed at a week, this is the version to book, and our 7 Days Morocco Itinerary from Casablanca sets out exactly which stops we keep and which we quietly drop to make it work.

Best for: travellers with fixed annual leave, first-timers who want the headline sights, anyone combining Morocco with another country on the same trip.

8 Days Morocco Tour from Casablanca

Eight days is the shortest trip that genuinely feels unhurried, and it is the upgrade we recommend most often to people looking at a week. The extra day is not spent adding another destination. It is spent giving Chefchaouen a full day and building in a proper arrival day in Casablanca, which changes the whole feel of the first half of the trip.

The route is otherwise identical to the seven day version: one forward line from Casablanca to Marrakech via Rabat, Chefchaouen, Volubilis, Fes, the Merzouga dunes, the Todra and Dades gorges and Ait Ben Haddou. If you can stretch your dates by 24 hours, this is where that time is best spent. Details are on our 8 day tour from Casablanca page.

Best for: couples, first-timers who dislike early starts, travellers arriving on a late flight.

10 Days Morocco Tour from Casablanca

Ten days is the length we recommend more than any other, and the one our own team books when family visit. It is the point where the trip stops being a highlights reel and starts being a proper journey.

What the extra days buy: a full day walking Chefchaouen before the day-trippers arrive, two nights inside the Fes medina with a licensed local guide, Roman Volubilis and Meknes as real stops rather than photo pauses, the slower southern road out of Merzouga through Khamlia and Rissani, and a complete guided day in Marrakech at the end instead of a rushed morning. Three of the ten days involve almost no driving at all.

The full day-by-day breakdown, with realistic driving times and overnight stops, is on our 10 Days Morocco Itinerary from Casablanca page.

Best for: first-time visitors, families, photographers, anyone who wants to come home rested rather than needing a holiday from the holiday.

14 Days Morocco Tour from Casablanca

Two weeks changes the trip qualitatively rather than just adding stops. The Atlantic coast comes into range, which means Essaouira and often El Jadida. The Sahara gets two nights instead of one, so you experience a full desert day rather than a sunset and a sunrise. Ait Ben Haddou becomes an overnight, which is the only way to see the ksar in early morning light with nobody else there. And there is room for the things people usually cut: a hike in the Ourika Valley, a cooking class in Marrakech, a slow afternoon doing nothing at all.

Fourteen days is also the length that suits multi-generational family travel and honeymoons best, because the pace can absorb a bad night’s sleep or a change of plan without wrecking the schedule. Our 14 Days Morocco Itinerary from Casablanca covers the full route.

Best for: honeymooners, retirees, families with young children, repeat visitors, photographers working with light rather than around it.

A useful visual orientation to Casablanca before you plan your route south.

Side by side

7 Days vs 10 Days vs 14 Days: Which Length Fits You?

This is the single most common question we are asked, so here it is in one table. The column that matters most is the last one, because it is the honest cost of choosing a shorter trip.

How you travel

Private vs Shared Tours: An Honest Comparison

Both formats work. We run both. The right answer depends on how you travel and who you are travelling with, not on which is objectively better.

A shared tour puts you in a minivan with between six and sixteen other travellers on a fixed schedule. It is the cheaper option, it is sociable, and for solo travellers it can be the best part of the trip. The trade-offs are real though: departure times are set by the group, stops are timed rather than felt, and if one person is late every morning, everybody is late every morning.

A private tour means your own vehicle, your own driver-guide and your own pace. You stop when the light is good. You skip what does not interest you. You eat when you are hungry rather than when the schedule says so. On the long driving days, which are unavoidable in Morocco, this is the difference between a pleasant day and a tolerated one.

Trip length

How Many Days Should You Spend in Morocco?

Here is the short version, optimised for anyone skimming.

• Under 5 days: do not attempt a national route. Base yourself in Marrakech or Fes and take day trips. Flying into Casablanca for a four day trip means spending a quarter of it in transit.
• 7 days: enough for imperial cities plus one Sahara night, at a brisk pace.
• 8 to 10 days: the sweet spot. Everything above, plus time to actually sit still. Ten is our most-booked length for a reason.
• 14 days: adds the Atlantic coast, a second desert night and genuine slack in the schedule.
• 16 days or more: for repeat visitors, serious Atlas trekking, or travellers who want to add the far south around Erg Chigaga and the Draa Valley.

One rule we apply to every itinerary: no more than two consecutive long driving days, and never a long drive on the day you arrive or the day you fly home. Morocco is a big country. Casablanca to Merzouga is roughly 560 kilometres and Marrakech to Fes is around 530. Those distances do not shrink because a schedule says they should.

Seasons

Best Time to Visit Morocco

Morocco has real seasons, and a Casablanca route crosses several climate zones in a single week. You can be in Atlantic sea air on Monday, snow-dusted Atlas passes on Thursday and 35 degree desert heat on Friday. The question is not whether the weather is good, it is which combination of conditions you are willing to accept.

The short answer

March to May and September to November are the best windows for almost everyone. Comfortable city temperatures, warm desert evenings, reliably open Atlas passes and long usable light. If your dates are flexible, book one of those.

What each season actually feels like

Spring is the season photographers ask for. The Atlas foothills are green, the Dades and Valley of Roses are at their best in late April and early May, and the desert has not yet reached the temperatures that force you indoors at midday. It is also the busiest window alongside October, so riads in Fes and Chefchaouen fill early.

Summer is misunderstood. Casablanca, Essaouira and the whole Atlantic strip stay genuinely pleasant because of the ocean, often ten degrees cooler than Marrakech on the same day. Inland is another story. If you are travelling in July or August, we shift the schedule: earlier departures, longer midday breaks, camel treks at first light and last light only. It is entirely manageable, but it is not the season for a leisurely noon walk through the Fes medina.

Autumn is spring without the flowers and, in our experience, with slightly more reliable weather. September evenings in the desert are perfect. October is peak season across the whole country.

Winter surprises people. Days in the desert are pleasant, often 18 to 22 degrees, the light is clean and low, and the dunes are almost empty. The catch is night temperatures, which can approach freezing at Erg Chebbi. Our camps run heavy blankets and fires, but you need a real winter layer, not a cardigan. Snow on the High Atlas is also spectacular from the Tizi n’Tichka pass, and occasionally closes it for a few hours.

Region by region

Suggested Itineraries: What Each Region Gives You

Rather than list a dozen near-identical day plans, here is what each major region on a Casablanca route actually delivers, and how much time it deserves. Use this to build your own shape, then tell us and we will make it work.

The Imperial Cities: Rabat, Meknes and Fes

Morocco has four imperial cities, and a Casablanca route naturally collects three of them before you have even reached the desert. Rabat is the capital and the calmest: the Hassan Tower with its unfinished mosque, the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, and the Kasbah of the Udayas, where blue and white lanes drop toward the mouth of the Bou Regreg river. Half a day is enough and it fits neatly into the drive north on day two.

Meknes is the one most itineraries skip, which is a shame. The monumental Bab Mansour gate, the royal granaries and the scale of Moulay Ismail’s ambitions make it a worthwhile two hour stop, especially when combined with Volubilis, the best-preserved Roman site in Morocco, where floor mosaics still sit in the merchant houses under the arch of Caracalla.

Fes is different in kind. Fes el Bali is the largest car-free urban area in the world and it is not a place you can casually stroll through. You need a licensed local guide, and you need at least one full day. Al Quaraouiyine, founded in 859 and generally described as the oldest continuously operating university on earth, the medersas with their carved cedar and zellij, and the Chouara tanneries where hides are still dyed in stone vats. Two nights is our standard recommendation. One night is survivable. Half a day is a waste of the journey there.

Chefchaouen, the Blue City

Chefchaouen sits in the Rif Mountains and is the one destination on this route that people consistently want more time in. The blue-washed lanes are genuinely beautiful, but the town is small, and the difference between a good visit and a forgettable one is entirely about timing. Between roughly 11am and 4pm, day-trippers from Tangier and Fes fill the photogenic streets. Before and after that, it is a quiet mountain town with cats on the steps and weavers at work.

That is the whole argument for staying overnight rather than passing through. Walk the medina at 7am, climb to the Spanish Mosque for sunset over the blue rooftops, and eat in Outa el Hammam square in between. A full day here is one of the strongest reasons to choose a ten day route over a seven day one.

The Sahara Desert: Merzouga and Erg Chebbi

This is the reason most people book. Erg Chebbi is the dune sea near Merzouga, with crests reaching around 150 metres, and it is the Sahara most travellers picture. The standard experience is a camel trek out in the late afternoon, a night at a desert camp with dinner and Berber drumming around a fire, and a sunrise on the dunes before breakfast.

A few honest notes. The camel ride is roughly an hour and a half each way, and it is not comfortable for everyone. We can drive guests to camp by 4×4 instead, and nobody should feel obliged. Camps range from simple shared-bathroom tents to en-suite luxury tents with real beds and hot showers, and the price difference is significant but so is the experience, particularly in winter. And the stargazing is not marketing language: with no light pollution for a hundred kilometres, the Milky Way is visible to the naked eye on almost any clear night.

The alternative, Zagora, is closer to Marrakech but has smaller dunes and less of the classic desert feeling. On a Casablanca route Merzouga is the natural choice, because you approach it from Fes across the Middle Atlas rather than doubling back.

The Atlas Mountains

You cross three mountain ranges on a full Casablanca route: the Rif in the north, the Middle Atlas between Fes and the desert, and the High Atlas on the final approach to Marrakech. Each feels distinct.

The Middle Atlas crossing takes you through Ifrane, an alpine-looking town built during the protectorate and nicknamed the Switzerland of Morocco, and then the cedar forest near Azrou, where troops of wild Barbary macaques live beside the road. Please do not feed them, however tempting; it makes them aggressive toward the next group.

The High Atlas crossing over the Tizi n’Tichka pass reaches above 2,200 metres and is one of the great drives in North Africa. It is winding, so anyone prone to motion sickness should sit in front and take something before you start climbing. If you want to actually walk in the mountains rather than drive through them, the Ourika Valley and Imlil are both reachable from Marrakech as day trips, and a fortnight gives you room for one.

Ait Ben Haddou and the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs

Ait Ben Haddou is a fortified earthen village, a ksar, piled against a hillside above the Ounila river. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987 and you will recognise it immediately, because it has stood in for half the ancient world on screen. Nearby Ouarzazate is Morocco’s film capital and home to the Atlas Studios.

The site is genuinely worth the stop, and the timing decision is the same as Chefchaouen. Coach groups arrive from Marrakech late morning. If you are on a shorter route you will arrive mid-afternoon, which is fine and gives good light on the western face. If you have a fortnight, sleep across the river and walk over at dawn. The difference is considerable.

The road between the Dades Valley and Ouarzazate is the so-called Road of a Thousand Kasbahs, taking in the Valley of Roses near Kelaat M’Gouna, the source of Morocco’s rosewater, and the switchbacks of the Dades gorge.

Marrakech

Marrakech is where most Casablanca routes end, and it is the city that suffers most from being rushed. A full guided day covers the Bahia Palace and its painted cedar ceilings, the Saadian Tombs, the ruins of El Badi, and the Koutoubia minaret that orients the whole medina. The afternoon belongs to the souks, or to the calm of the Jardin Majorelle and the Yves Saint Laurent museum if the crowds have worn you down.

Then Jemaa el-Fnaa at dusk, which is either the best hour of your trip or the most overwhelming, depending on your temperament. Eat on a terrace above it first, then walk down into it once you have seen the shape of the square from above. That single piece of sequencing is the most useful advice we give about Marrakech.

Distances

Estimated Driving Times on a Casablanca Route

These are real door-to-stop estimates including the scenic detours and photo stops we build in, not raw motorway figures. Morocco’s roads are good, but distance is distance, and knowing this in advance is the difference between a long day and an unpleasant surprise.

Budget

Travel Costs: What a Morocco Trip from Casablanca Really Runs

Morocco is not the bargain destination it was fifteen years ago, but it remains excellent value compared with most of Europe, and the gap between a comfortable trip and a luxurious one is smaller here than almost anywhere. What follows are realistic planning ranges rather than quoted prices, because your actual figure depends on group size, season and accommodation level. Ask us for a quote on your dates and we will give you an exact all-in number.

The currency is the Moroccan dirham (MAD). It is a closed currency, so you cannot buy it before you arrive. Airport and city ATMs are reliable, and rates at bank ATMs are better than at exchange desks.

Transportation

On a guided tour this is already included, and it is the single largest component of the price. A private air-conditioned vehicle with a licensed driver-guide is not a taxi with commentary; the driver handles routing, timings, fuel, tolls, parking, and the constant small logistics that make a long day work.

If you were doing it independently, the realistic alternatives are:

• CTM and Supratours coaches: comfortable, air-conditioned, cheap, and slow. Fine between major cities, useless for reaching Ait Ben Haddou or the desert.
• Trains: excellent on the Casablanca to Rabat to Fes corridor, including the high-speed line to Tangier. They do not go south of Marrakech or east toward the desert.
• Self-drive hire car: viable for confident drivers, though city parking, unfamiliar road etiquette and the Tizi n’Tichka switchbacks put many people off. Expect to pay for a full insurance waiver.
• Grand taxis: shared Mercedes running fixed routes between towns. Cheap, authentic, and cramped with six passengers.

The reason most visitors on a one to two week schedule end up with a private driver is simple arithmetic: independent transport in southern Morocco eats roughly a day and a half of your trip in waiting and connections.

Accommodation

Morocco’s accommodation is one of its genuine pleasures, and the categories do not map neatly onto star ratings.

The upgrade we recommend most often, if you are choosing one, is the luxury desert camp. It is the most memorable night of the trip and the one where comfort makes the biggest difference, particularly between November and February.

Food and daily spending

Most tour packages include breakfast daily and dinner at your accommodation and at the desert camp. Lunches, drinks and incidentals are on you, which in practice means somewhere between €15 and €30 per person per day depending on where you eat.

• Roadside and local restaurants: a tagine, bread and mint tea for €5 to €9. This is where your driver eats, and where the food is often best.
• Mid-range city restaurants: €12 to €22 per person for a full meal.
• Rooftop and riad dining in Marrakech or Fes: €25 to €45 per person.
• Street food at Jemaa el-Fnaa: €4 to €8, and better than its reputation suggests.
• Monument entry fees: typically €2 to €12 each. Budget around €40 to €60 per person across a ten day trip.

Things worth eating at least once: a lamb tagine with prunes, harira soup, a proper chicken pastilla, fresh grilled sardines on the Atlantic coast, msemen with honey for breakfast, and a tanjia in Marrakech, which is a different dish from a tagine and cooked in the ashes of a bathhouse furnace.

Where the money actually goes

On a typical private ten day tour, the split is roughly: 35 to 45% accommodation, 30 to 35% vehicle, fuel and driver-guide, 10 to 15% meals included in the package, and the remainder guiding fees, entrance arrangements and support. Understanding that is useful, because it explains why per-person prices drop so sharply when a second, third or fourth traveller joins. The vehicle and the guide cost the same whether one person or four are in the car.

Practicalities

Is Morocco Safe? Practical Advice for 2026

Morocco is one of the safer countries in the region and receives millions of visitors a year, including a very large number of solo women. Violent crime against tourists is rare. The realistic risks are the ordinary ones: opportunistic pickpocketing in crowded medinas, overcharging, and persistent unofficial guides.

What to actually watch for

• Unofficial guides in Fes and Marrakech who offer to show you the way and then demand payment, or lead you to a shop that pays commission. Licensed guides carry an official badge. Ours do, and it is worth asking to see one anywhere.
• The “this street is closed” line, usually followed by an offer to take you a better way. It is almost never closed.
• Overpaying in the souks. Bargaining is expected and friendly. Start at around 40% of the first price and settle somewhere near the middle. If you would be happy at the final figure, it is a fair price regardless of what someone else paid.
• Petty theft in dense crowds, particularly Jemaa el-Fnaa at night. Standard precautions are enough.

Health, water and driving

Tap water is chlorinated and safe in the main cities, but most visitors and plenty of locals drink bottled water, and it is what we supply in the vehicle. Stomach upsets are usually caused by unfamiliar oils and spice rather than by contamination; go gently for the first day or two.

No vaccinations are required for entry from the US, Canada, UK, EU or Australia, though it is sensible to be current on routine ones. Pharmacies are excellent, widely available and staffed by pharmacists who can advise on minor issues. Bring any prescription medication in its original packaging with a copy of the prescription.

Travel insurance is not a formality here. Mountain roads, remote desert locations and adventure activities are all reasons to have proper medical and repatriation cover.

Culture, dress and etiquette

Morocco is a Muslim country and a relaxed one, but modesty is appreciated and it will change how you are treated. Shoulders and knees covered is a reasonable rule for both men and women in medinas, villages and religious sites. Beachwear is fine on the beach and at riad pools. Ask before photographing people, particularly women and particularly in rural areas. A refusal is not hostility.

Learn three words. Salam for hello, shukran for thank you, la shukran for no thank you. That last one, said with a smile, ends almost every unwanted sales approach politely.

Before you fly

Morocco Packing List for a Casablanca Tour

You will move through three or four climates in a single week. Layers matter more than volume, and one soft bag beats two hard suitcases, because vehicle space is finite and medina streets are not wheeled-luggage friendly.

People also ask

Frequently Asked Questions About Casablanca Tours

Wrapping up

Final Thoughts on Planning Casablanca Tours

If you take three things from this guide, make them these.

First, starting in Casablanca is a structural advantage rather than a compromise. The geography lets your trip run as one forward line, and an open-jaw ticket turns that into a genuine extra day on the ground.

Second, length matters more than any other decision you will make. The difference between seven and ten days is not three more sights; it is a full morning in Chefchaouen before anyone else is awake, a second night inside the Fes medina, and a Marrakech day that is not spent watching the clock. If you can find the extra days, find them.

Third, the parts of Morocco people remember are almost never the ones on the itinerary. It is the tea with a nomad family in the Ziz Valley, the Gnaoua musicians in Khamlia, the moment the vehicle stops on a pass and nobody says anything for a while. Those happen when the schedule leaves room for them, which is the whole argument for a private route with a driver who knows when to stop.

When you are ready, look through the routes on our Casablanca Tours page, or compare the 7 Days Morocco Itinerary from Casablanca, the 10 Days Morocco Itinerary from Casablanca and the 14 Days Morocco Itinerary from Casablanca side by side. Then tell us what you want from your trip, and we will handle the rest.

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Marrakech	marrakech-medina.jpg	Marrakech medina rooftops and Koutoubia minaret at the end of a Casablanca tour	Marrakech, the usual finishing point for tours from the coast.

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• Move the <title>, meta description, canonical and OG or Twitter tags into your SEO plugin fields rather than duplicating them in the DOM, since TourPress generates its own head.
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• The live Casablanca landing page currently displays 4.9 stars and 100+ reviews. Verified figures are 5.0 stars from 82+ Tripadvisor reviews and 900+ tours since 2014. Worth aligning both.
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