Has anyone been recently? Any recommendations or can't miss sites or cities?

Morocco is probably one of the hottest destinations right now (not talking temperature).

How long are you planning to be there?

My Top Recommendations:
- Marrakech & Casablanca
- Fes
- Chefchaouen
- Essaouira
- Overnight in the Sahara is a must

If you have a lot of time, doing some desert excursions or time in the Atlas Mountains is a common adder to time in the cities.

Happy to answer any questions or help y'all put it together if you're looking for assistance.

I have a couple partners there who can help put together a full touring itinerary with private guides, escorts, etc.

Hi - I had a fantastic trip to Morocco in 2023 April. Planet Morocco LLC (owned by a friend in St. Louis) scheduled all the excursions, tours, hotels/riad, vehicle with a private guide, etc. Phillip (@ Planet Morocco) customized the trip based on what we liked and also has great connections within the country. I highly recommend them.

The guide/driver picked us up from the airport and he was great throughout the trip:
- showed us around Rabat's medina
- took us to the Roman ruins in Volubilis
- visited Fes where they scheduled a private tour of the 'behind the scenes artisans' - no purchase commitments or pressure, visit to the ancient tombs, and to the tanning areas
- Sahara visit where we did four-wheelers on the dunes, camel ride, sand boarding, and an overnight stay in a Bivouac
- Visit to Atlas Studios (they were filming Gladiator 2)
- Drive through the route of 1000 Kasbahs where we visited Ait Ben Hadou and an old palace
- Marrakech tour of the Soukhs (with our guide who kept the hawkers away), Bahia palace and El Badi palace, as well as the Roman tombs. They also scheduled a Moroccan cooking class.
- They also gave us fine dining recommendations and scheduled reservations throughout the cities we visited.

Contact: Owner is Philippe Ballet. Email is pbkf5@hotmail.com and phone # is 314-278-6373.

aggiejumper said:

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Has anyone been recently? Any recommendations or can't miss sites or cities?

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I've visiting Marrakesh last October. Amazing experience. My husband and I stayed at a ryad, and I highly recommend this kind of accommodation. You can probably do Marrakesh in 3+ days (including an Atlas Mountains tour and camel ride). Marrakesh was as exotic and interested as a I hoped, and the food and shopping were excellent. Great trip.

I hear such drastically differing opinions and experiences on Morocco. Everyone here has spoken so highly. Other travel websites and blogs etc people talk about how its on the list of places they'd never return, never felt safe, so many aggressive scammers etc.

It can certainly be stimulation overload, especially in the market areas. It's not the right destination for everyone. And like just about everywhere in the world, if you don't stay in the right location it can be sketchy.

My clients have all wanted a guide/escort just for familiarity with the area but none of them have reported feeling unsafe.

I was intimidated by what I heard of the aggressive sellers and scammers. What helped is that we had our guide/driver with us at most times. He batted people away and took us into great restaurants and helped us negotiate in stores