Morocco Things To Do

Hi, March is one of the best months to be travelling around Morocco so thats great youre going then and that you have so much time! With that amount of time a wide route like yours is an advantage but I would say that the price is overly expensive for what you could do on your own - as others have recommended I do too to rent your own car and do all your travelling in it.

I find having a good map such as the Michelin with its scenic routes marked gives a good help with planning and linking must sees. I have quite a few tips and pages on my must sees but not all are covered yet.

The top places and areas -
Marrakech to Telouet - and the valleys around Telouet and its Glaoui palace to see while you still can
Telouet to Ait Ben haddou - but half a day or even only 2 hours is enough for Ait Benhaddou!!
the kasbahs around Skoura and the Dades Valley road from Skoura to Boumalne and Tinerhr
The Dades Gorges road up to the Dades Gorges and Msemrir (better than Todra Gorge but Todra Gorge is also nice to Tamtatouche)
Rissani and its circuit touristique and its big souks on Tues, Fri and Sun
the wonderful dunes of the sahara around Merzouga!! and you can book your own auberge/hotel and you can either walk to the dunes right next to the hotel or the hotel can take you out on camels or 4x4 - I recommend nice family run hotels such as Dunes Dor, then places such as Timbuktu, Auberge du Sud, Erg Chebbi - not the Lahmada and not Sables D'or!!
Ouarzazate and its view from the top of Taourirt kasbah - also a Glaoui palace
the Draa valley drive - with a stop at the old town of Tamnougalt and its fortress on the hill above down to Zagora
the road from Rissani to the Draa Valley through Nkob
the Ziz valley road up from Rissani to Midelt and on up to Azrou - near Azrou are its huge cedar trees and its macaques
Fez and its medina and its view over from Borj Nord
Volibulis and Moulay Idriss
The drive from Fes up to Ouzzane and Chefchouen
Wonderful Chefchouen!! and the drive to Tetouan and Asilah
Asilah and the Grottoes of Hercules
Moulay Bousselham along the coast from Asilah down to Larache
the exotic botaniques just north of Rabat
the Ouadia fortress and Chellah of Rabat
Casablancas wonderful Hassan II mosque
the drive down to Khenifra - which is also nice in that time of year and then turn into Azilal past the big dam to visit Cascade Douzoud
the road from Marrakech to Tizntest with a stop at Tin Mal and road up to Ourika and Oikaimden - the view from the top of Tizntest - along here you will see almond blossoms and (also in Telouet area)
Tafroute!! and its surrounds - the road from Taroudannt down through Igrhem is tar sealed and a good back to come down then over Kerdous to either Sidi Ifni or just to Tiznit and Aglou Plage - though the road from Tafroute back to Agadir is also lovely and passes by hilltop fortress towns. there is a good/famous hotel on the top of the Kerdous pass i think called hotel Kerdous which would make a good stay
Aglou Plage

and then thats about it - there is SousMassa national park on that road from Tiznit to Agadir worth spending some time to see birds (as also in the desert of Merzouga there is often a lake formed there bringing flamingoes and other birds if youre lucky with timing)
of and Essaouira of course. but there is not much reason to go on up to Agadir - its such a long way from there back to Marrakech which might be a better departure point - but if you need to leave from Casa then by all means head on up and you will benefit from seeing El Jadida and its famous/unesco portugese fortress and cistern, Safi and Oualidia on the way up the coast. You could then pay a fee to have the car taken back to Marrakech if youve decided to pick up from there.

with the amount of extra satisfaction youve had by doing it yourself and probably money saved then the fee which is only about a days rental fee is probably worth it.

All the best and enjoy having a lot around at VTers pages and recommendations!
Ive driven around and spent time in a lot of Morocco. As far as rental car prices the best til now have been in Marrakech or Agadir - Casa, Fes and Tangier terribly expensive. We had connections in Meknes though who we were able to get a new Yaris for 30 euro a day. Windcity is living in Morocco and good to see that she too says that a small car can be got for 30 euro a day - thats what I paid or slightly less for local rates for a good Clio which is better than the smallest cheapest such as an Uno or Punto. Whereas there are companies who are out to get as much as they can from tourists and charge as much as they can and go on that 45 euro is the norm (up at Tangier for eg. we struggled to haggle to get less than 55 euros a day.)

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