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Four of Morocco&rsquo;s most photographed places in three days, and no desert driving at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why go north instead of south<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sahara is the headline, but the north is where the country&rsquo;s history is stacked up. Rabat is a UNESCO World Heritage site &mdash; inscribed in 2012 as a &#8220;Modern Capital and Historic City&#8221; &mdash; and the <strong>Hassan Tower<\/strong> there is the unfinished minaret of a mosque begun in 1184. Volubilis was the Roman provincial capital and has been UNESCO-listed since 1997, with its mosaics still in the ground where they were laid. And Chefchaouen is not just blue for the camera; it is a working Rif mountain town, and two nights is what it takes to see it before and after the day-trippers arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day by day, briefly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day one is the drive north: <strong>Casablanca<\/strong> for the Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993 with a 210-metre minaret standing over the Atlantic; <strong>Rabat<\/strong> for the Hassan Tower and the Kasbah of the Udayas above the river mouth; then on into the Rif to Chefchaouen for the night. Day two is Chefchaouen itself, unhurried &mdash; the blue lanes, the Spanish mosque on the hill above the town for sunset, the Ras el-Maa spring where the water comes out of the mountain. Day three brings you to <strong>Volubilis<\/strong> and the imperial city of <strong>Meknes<\/strong>, and into Fes by evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who this suits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone flying out of Fes or Tangier, anyone who has already seen the desert, and anyone travelling in high summer when the south is punishing and the Rif is not. It pairs naturally with a desert trip in the other direction: do this first, then our <a href=\"https:\/\/moroccosaharaspirit.com\/fr\/trip\/3-day-sahara-desert-tour-fes-to-marrakech\/\">3-day Sahara crossing from Fes to Marrakech<\/a>, and you have seen most of the country in under a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our <a href=\"https:\/\/moroccosaharaspirit.com\/fr\/chefchaouen-blue-city-guide\/\">Chefchaouen guide<\/a> covers the town in detail, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/moroccosaharaspirit.com\/fr\/things-to-do-in-fes-medina-guide\/\">Fes medina guide<\/a> is worth reading before you arrive.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three days north from Marrakech: Casablanca, Rabat, two nights in the blue city of Chefchaouen, then the Roman ruins of Volubilis and Meknes on the way into Fes.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","destination":[14,167,97],"activities":[169],"trip_types":[21,168],"difficulty":[5],"trip_tag":[],"class_list":["post-635","trip","type-trip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","destination-the-blue-pearl","destination-imperial-cities","destination-morocco-tours-from-fes","activities-sightseeing","trip_types-cultural-tours","trip_types-multi-day-morocco-tours","difficulty-easy","travel-monster-post","latest_post"],"packages_ids":[636],"trip_extras":[],"cut_off_time":{"enabled":true,"duration":5,"duration_unit":"days"},"booked-seats":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3-Day Marrakech to Chefchaouen and Fes Tour via Rabat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three days north from Marrakech: Casablanca, Rabat, two nights in the blue city of Chefchaouen, then Volubilis and Meknes into Fes. 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Instead of going south to the dunes, you head up the Atlantic coast through <strong>Casablanca<\/strong> and <strong>Rabat<\/strong>, spend two nights in the blue mountain town of <strong>Chefchaouen<\/strong>, and come into <strong>Fes<\/strong> past the Roman ruins of <strong>Volubilis<\/strong>. Four of Morocco&rsquo;s most photographed places in three days, and no desert driving at all.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":2} -->\n<h2>Why go north instead of south<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Sahara is the headline, but the north is where the country&rsquo;s history is stacked up. Rabat is a UNESCO World Heritage site &mdash; inscribed in 2012 as a \"Modern Capital and Historic City\" &mdash; and the <strong>Hassan Tower<\/strong> there is the unfinished minaret of a mosque begun in 1184. Volubilis was the Roman provincial capital and has been UNESCO-listed since 1997, with its mosaics still in the ground where they were laid. And Chefchaouen is not just blue for the camera; it is a working Rif mountain town, and two nights is what it takes to see it before and after the day-trippers arrive.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":2} -->\n<h2>Day by day, briefly<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Day one is the drive north: <strong>Casablanca<\/strong> for the Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993 with a 210-metre minaret standing over the Atlantic; <strong>Rabat<\/strong> for the Hassan Tower and the Kasbah of the Udayas above the river mouth; then on into the Rif to Chefchaouen for the night. Day two is Chefchaouen itself, unhurried &mdash; the blue lanes, the Spanish mosque on the hill above the town for sunset, the Ras el-Maa spring where the water comes out of the mountain. Day three brings you to <strong>Volubilis<\/strong> and the imperial city of <strong>Meknes<\/strong>, and into Fes by evening.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":2} -->\n<h2>Who this suits<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Anyone flying out of Fes or Tangier, anyone who has already seen the desert, and anyone travelling in high summer when the south is punishing and the Rif is not. It pairs naturally with a desert trip in the other direction: do this first, then our <a href=\"https:\/\/moroccosaharaspirit.com\/fr\/trip\/3-day-sahara-desert-tour-fes-to-marrakech\/\">3-day Sahara crossing from Fes to Marrakech<\/a>, and you have seen most of the country in under a week.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/moroccosaharaspirit.com\/fr\/chefchaouen-blue-city-guide\/\">Chefchaouen guide<\/a> covers the town in detail, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/moroccosaharaspirit.com\/fr\/things-to-do-in-fes-medina-guide\/\">Fes medina guide<\/a> is worth reading before you arrive.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":2} -->\n<h2>Practical notes before you book<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Day one is the long one &mdash; around eight hours of driving with the Casablanca and Rabat stops &mdash; and days two and three are gentle by comparison. The <strong>Hassan II Mosque<\/strong> interior is open to non-Muslim visitors on guided tours only, at set times, and that ticket is not included; tell us if seeing the inside matters and we will try to time the stop around a tour slot. Chefchaouen is at around 560 metres in the Rif and is noticeably cooler and wetter than the south, so bring a layer and expect rain between November and March.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/moroccosaharaspirit.com\/fr\/chefchaouen-blue-city-guide\/\">Chefchaouen guide<\/a> covers the town in detail and our <a href=\"https:\/\/moroccosaharaspirit.com\/fr\/things-to-do-in-fes-medina-guide\/\">Fes medina guide<\/a> is worth reading before you arrive. 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