Tours from Fes

The most popular day trip from Fes — a 2-hour drive into the Rif Mountains to Chefchaouen, Morocco's iconic blue-painted hill town. MSITravels times the departure for early morning arrival, giving you the medina before the tourist midday rush.

Fes to Meknes in 1 hour — with a stop at Volubilis, Morocco's best Roman ruins. The Bab Mansour gate, Meknes medina, and the vast royal stables (originally built for 12,000 horses) fill a rich full day from Fes.

Drive south from Fes into the Middle Atlas mountains to Ifrane — Morocco's "Little Switzerland," a French colonial hill station at 1,650 metres. The surrounding cedar forest is home to the last wild Barbary macaques in Morocco.

Beyond Ifrane, the Middle Atlas Azrou region has traditional Berber pottery workshops, weekly rural markets, and volcanic crater lakes at Dayet Aoua and Dayet Ifrah. A full-day circuit from Fes into largely tourist-free Morocco.

The classic Morocco circuit departing Fes south: Ifrane, Azrou, Midelt, Errachidia, and the Erg Chebbi dunes at Merzouga. A 2-day round trip from Fes, or one-way to Marrakech via the Dades Valley and Ait Benhaddou.

East of Fes, the town of Taza sits at the only natural corridor between the Rif and Atlas mountains — historically the pass through which Saharan kingdoms conquered the north. The Taza gorges are spectacular and virtually unknown to tourists.