Learn time-honoured techniques in a hands-on cooking workshop at La Maison Arabe. Under a professional chef’s guidance, grind spices, balance preserved lemon and saffron, and prepare an authentic tagine alongside classic salads like zaalouk.

Share your meal with fellow cooks and take home recipes to recreate the flavours. This experience is offered at additional cost and is bookable on tour, subject to availability.

Savour a cinematic evening with dinner at Rick’s Café, the celebrated homage to Casablanca’s classic film. Set in a restored riad, its arabesque arches, sculpted bar and candlelit tables conjure the mood of romantic 1940s Casablanca.

As the resident pianist drifts into “As Time Goes By”, enjoy refined Moroccan and international flavours in a setting of brass lanterns, balustrades and black-and-white nostalgia. It’s an atmospheric tribute to style, story and song.

Join a guided walking tour through Rabat’s 12th-century Kasbah of the Udayas, where sapphire-blue lanes climb towards whitewashed ramparts overlooking the Bou Regreg estuary. Flower-framed doorways and sea air lend a gentle village charm to the capital’s oldest quarter.

Continue through the historic medina and along French-era boulevards lined with palms. Hear how dynasties and the Protectorate shaped Rabat’s urban elegance, then browse artisan stalls along Rue des Consuls for woven baskets, leatherwork and fine textiles.

Explore the labyrinthine Fez medina, entering via the iconic Bab Bou Jeloud (Blue Gate) into a car-free world of spice heaps, brassware and weaving looms. Navigate narrow lanes where donkeys still deliver goods beneath a skyline of minarets and rooftops.

Step inside the exquisite Al-Attarine Madrasa to admire cedar latticework and zellij mosaics, then gaze over the Chouara Tanneries, a patchwork of dye pits best viewed with a sprig of mint in hand. Pause for photos by the gilded gates of the Royal Palace.

Taste heritage flavours during a traditional Moroccan meal served in an opulent riad palace. Beneath carved cedar ceilings and lantern light, savour dishes such as flaky pastilla, fragrant tagines and couscous layered with seasonal vegetables and spices.

Conclude with a graceful mint tea ceremony, poured from high to release aroma over zellij-lined courtyards. The setting and recipes reveal centuries of Andalusi-Maghrebi influence and the warmth of Moroccan hospitality.

Walk among colonnades and mosaics at the Roman city of Volubilis, a UNESCO World Heritage site set amid olive groves. Your guide brings to life the forum, basilica and the triumphal Arch of Caracalla that once framed the city’s main axis.

Admire intricate pavement scenes—Orpheus charming animals, Dionysian revels—preserved in situ. As a far-flung frontier of empire, Volubilis reveals how Roman urbanity adapted to North Africa’s landscapes and trade routes.

Discover the legacy of Moulay Ismail in the imperial capital of Meknes. Stand before Bab el-Mansour, a monumental gate adorned with green-and-white zellij and columns reputedly moved from Volubilis, facing the vast imperial square.

Explore the ingenious Heri es-Souani granaries and stables, whose thick walls once cooled stores for thousands of horses. Nearby, the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail offers serene courtyards and devotional artistry that reflect Alaouite power and piety.

Sample regional wines at Domaine de la Zouina, an estate nestled in the Middle Atlas foothills near Meknes. Learn how Atlantic breezes, altitude and limestone soils shape expressive blends in Morocco’s quietly resurgent vineyards.

Pair tastings—perhaps a delicate Gris or spiced Syrah—with estate-pressed olive oils, dried fruits and goat’s cheese. The setting and flavours illuminate North Africa’s overlooked viticultural past and its promising future.

Join a guided city tour to the Saadian Tombs, where Carrara marble, gilded stucco and cedar reveal a dynasty’s refined taste, and the Bahia Palace, famed for painted ceilings and tranquil gardens.

Venture into the Marrakesh souks to watch artisans hammer brass, carve wood and craft leather in a maze of alleys perfumed with cumin and orange blossom. Architecture and craft intertwine to showcase Marrakesh’s enduring artistry.

Experience the nightly pageant of Jemaa el-Fnaa, where drummers, storytellers and snake charmers animate the square as grills smoke and the Koutoubia minaret silhouettes against dusk. Stalls glow beneath a canopy of lanterns and stars.

Ascend to a terrace to pause for photos and reflection over the mosaic of performers and spice-scented food stalls. This is sunset over the square—a living stage of Moroccan tradition and modern city life.

Visit with a local expert the monumental Hassan II Mosque, dramatically poised above the Atlantic with a minaret soaring 210 metres. Step into a prayer hall of vast proportions where carved cedar, onyx and marble showcase Morocco’s finest craftsmanship.

Admire shimmering zellij tilework and learn how the mosque’s retractable roof opens the sanctuary to sky and sea. Built by nationwide patronage, this modern masterpiece expresses spiritual ambition and the artistry of Moroccan guilds.

Explore Jardin Majorelle, a serene artist’s garden where cactus terraces, bamboo groves and tranquil pools glow against walls painted in the electric Majorelle Blue. Created by painter Jacques Majorelle and later restored by Yves Saint Laurent, this oasis offers a cooling contrast to Marrakesh’s lively medina.

Wander shaded paths perfumed by bougainvillea and pause beside tranquil lily ponds that mirror Moorish arches. Berber motifs and elegant plantings reveal Morocco’s blended artistic heritage, making the garden a canvas for color, light and contemplative photography.