Morocco, old cities between the Atlas and the ocean

Morocco holds the senses with its rare blend of Andalusian heritage and Moroccan craft, and with a landscape that runs from the shores of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean to the high peaks of the Atlas and the golden dunes of the Sahara. Saudi citizens enter without a visa, on a direct flight from Jeddah to Casablanca.

In Marrakech, the red city, you find Jemaa el-Fna, the Koutoubia minaret, the Bahia Palace and the Majorelle Garden, with the Atlas mountains and their villages an hour away. In Fes, the country's scholarly and spiritual capital, you walk through Fes el Bali, the largest car-free old city in the world, home to Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque, founded in 859, the Marinid madrasas and the traditional tanneries.

In the north, Chefchaouen, the blue jewel of the Rif mountains, and Tangier on the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean. On the Atlantic coast, Casablanca, the business capital, with the Hassan II Mosque reaching out over the ocean, and Essaouira with its sea walls and calm, artistic air.

We arrange your Morocco journey with quiet comfort: historic hotels and private riads, licensed Arabic-speaking guides, private drivers, the Al Boraq high-speed train between Tangier and Casablanca, and nights in the desert for those who wish.