Best 14 Days in Morocco — History

Admire Marrakech's iconic 12th-century minaret and stroll through the surrounding gardens

Step inside North Africa's largest medieval Islamic college with exquisite carved stucco walls

Discover the ornate 16th-century royal mausoleum hidden for centuries behind a sealed wall

Marrakech's 16th-century Jewish quarter — spice market, Lazama Synagogue, and the Miaara Jewish cemetery (2h)

Navigate the labyrinthine souks from spice markets to leather workshops with a local guide

Learn to prepare tagine, couscous, and pastilla in a traditional riad kitchen with a local chef

Taste your way through the medina's best street food stalls and hidden local eateries

Unwind in a Moroccan bathhouse with steam rooms, black soap scrub, and argan oil massage

Savor mint tea poured from height and sample traditional Moroccan pastries in a riad

Lose yourself in the world's largest car-free urban area, a medieval labyrinth of 9,000 alleys

Look down on the medieval tannery's honeycomb of colorful dye vats from a leather shop terrace

Admire the finest Marinid-era architecture with its water clock and carved marble courtyard

Photograph the ornate golden brass doors and zellige tilework of the king's Fes residence

The world's first mellah (1438) — Fez's walled Jewish quarter with a beautifully restored 17th-century synagogue (2h)

Watch the sun set over the entire Fes medina from the hilltop ruins above the city

Visit the vast hillside Jewish cemetery and the revered pilgrimage shrine of the saint Haim Ben Diwan

Explore the 15th-century fortress with its ethnographic museum, Andalusian garden, and tower views