Category: Family Travel
Fès: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Fès Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Fès sits at 408 metres above sea level in northern Morocco, home to 1,167,842 residents and arguably the world’s most intact medieval Islamic city. Founded in 789 AD by Idris I, its medina — Fès el-Bali — was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 […]
Essaouira: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Essaouira Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Essaouira — formerly called Mogador until the 1960s — is a UNESCO-listed Atlantic port city of 82,962 people perched just 11 metres above sea level on Morocco’s windswept west coast. Founded in its current form in 1765 by Sultan Mohammed III, it sits roughly 170 km […]
Errachidia: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Errachidia Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Errachidia, formerly Ksar es-Souk, sits at 1,009 metres above sea level in southeastern Morocco and serves as the capital of the Drâa-Tafilalet region, home to 97,687 residents. It is the primary gateway to the Saharan dune fields of Merzouga, roughly 100 km to the southeast. Founded […]
El Ksiba: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
El Ksiba Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) El Ksiba is a Moroccan market town of nearly 20,000 residents sitting at 990 metres above sea level in the foothills of the Middle Atlas, roughly 30 km southeast of Béni Mellal. Founded as a Berber agricultural hub, it serves as one of the last […]
El Jadida: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
El Jadida Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) El Jadida is a historic Atlantic port city of 235,681 people located 96 km south of Casablanca on Morocco’s western coast, built on a Portuguese colonial foundation dating to 1502. The old medina — a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004 — contains one of […]
Demnate: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Demnate Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Demnate is a Berber market town of 33,635 people perched at 968 metres in the foothills of the High Atlas, roughly 110 km east of Marrakesh. Founded as one of the oldest settlements in southern Morocco, it served for centuries as a vital caravan crossroads linking […]
Chichaoua: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Chichaoua Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Chichaoua is a mid-sized Moroccan market town of 38,452 residents sitting at 322 metres above sea level in the Marrakesh-Safi region, roughly 70 km southwest of Marrakesh along the N8 highway. It serves as the administrative capital of Chichaoua Province and is best known across Morocco […]
Chefchaouen: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Chefchaouen Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Chefchaouen sits at 564 metres above sea level in Morocco’s Rif Mountains, a city of 46,168 residents whose medina is famously painted in dozens of shades of blue. Founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali ben Rachid, it served for centuries as a refuge closed to non-Muslims […]
Casablanca: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Casablanca Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and its undisputed economic powerhouse, home to 3.2 million residents in the urban area and sitting at just 115 metres above sea level on the Atlantic coast. Founded as Anfa by Berber tribes and later refounded by Portuguese traders in the […]
Boumalne Dades: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Boumalne Dades Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Boumalne Dades sits at 1,526 metres above sea level in Morocco’s Drâa-Tafilalet region, serving as the main gateway town to the spectacular Dadès Gorge. With a population of 12,391, this compact desert-edge town was historically a Berber trading post along the ancient caravan routes connecting […]
Berrechid: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Berrechid Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Berrechid is a Moroccan city of 168,687 inhabitants sitting at 213 metres above sea level on the Chaouia plain, just 32 km south of Casablanca — close enough to visit in an hour yet authentic enough to feel nothing like a tourist hub. Founded as a […]
Beni Mellal: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Beni Mellal Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Beni Mellal is a north-central Moroccan city of 209,594 people, sitting at 620 metres above sea level at the foot of Jbel Tassemit — a location that gives it a noticeably cooler microclimate than the scorching plains below. Founded in 1688 when Sultan Moulay Ismaïl […]