• 7 Dinner (D)
• 18 Breakfast (B)
• 1 Lunch (L)

• London: A modular trip means fellow travellers will join and leave at various locations. There’ll be some goodbyes, sure, but there’ll also be plenty of hellos with new like-minded travellers.
• Marrakesh: Tipping’s a big deal in Morocco – it’s part of the culture and helps support locals (especially those working in tourism). During your trip, you’ll be expected to tip people like hotel staff, local guides, porters, and restaurant crews. To keep it simple (and avoid the awkward maths), your Trip Manager will organise a tipping kitty. On Day 1, they’ll collect $70 USD (or local equivalent in MAD), to cover group service tips along the way. Heads-up: this doesn’t include a tip for your Trip Manager.

• Córdoba: This ornate World Heritage site was built by the Moors after they conquered Iberia. And it’s still one of the world’s biggest mosques.
• Lisbon: Take an orientation in Lisbon’s ‘museum district’. See the Jerónimos Monastery, Belém Tower and the best places to taste a pastel de nata.  
• Sintra: There are plenty of UNESCO heritage sites to see in this colourful Portuguese town.
• Lisbon: Get to grips with Portugal’s coastal capital. See all the sights, including Castelo de São Jorge, the Praca do Comércio, Rossio Sqaure and Praca da Figueira. 
• Rabat: Stroll around the Moroccan capital and check out the Hassan Tower and Dar al-Makhzen: the official royal palace. (entry not included) 
• Chefchaouen: Morocco’s ‘blue pearl’ is one of the world’s most Instagrammable places. Marvel at the medina of turquoise, azure and sky blue.   
• Volubilis: See another side to colourful Morocco, as you explore the Ancient Roman ruins at this archaeological site. 
• Fes: Get to know the city through the eyes of a local. See the Medina, Royal Palace, and visit a co-operative for handmade carpets. 
• Erfoud: Stay at an authentic Moroccan hotel that’s like an oasis in the desert, with a pool, aircon, and sun loungers. 
• Merzouga: Stay at a luxury desert camp, equipped with a pool, hot showers, air con, and a lounge area inside tents.  
• Merzouga: Saddle up and get ready for a sand-filled adventure atop an actual camel. A total bucket list moment! 
• Ouarzazate: Enjoy a traditional tea ritual with a nomad family. It’s a hallmark of Moroccan hospitality.   
• Todra Gorge: Nestled in the divine beauty of the Dades Valley, we’ll meet the women of Tatefy to listen to their stories and enjoy their tea and cakes.
• Ouarzazate: Get to know the local women behind the production of Morocco’s ‘liquid gold’ and see the work being done by this social enterprise.
• Marrakesh: Step into the heart of the action in this bustling square. Get a taste of local life and do a bit of people watching. 

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Explore the Mezquita-Cathedral of Córdoba, where rows of red-and-white arches create one of Spain’s most distinctive interiors. The visit brings you into a landmark at the heart of Córdoba’s UNESCO-listed historic centre.

Built as a great mosque under Muslim rule and later converted into a cathedral, the building preserves centuries of Iberian history in one space. Its architecture makes the city’s layered heritage tangible.

Explore Lisbon’s Belém district on an orientation that takes in the exterior sights of Jerónimos Monastery and Belém Tower. You’ll also discover where to look for a pastel de nata, the custard tart closely associated with the neighbourhood.

Belém’s monuments recall Portugal’s maritime age, when voyages departed from the Tagus estuary. This experience focuses on getting to know the district and its landmarks; entry to the monuments is not specified.

Get your bearings in Portugal’s capital with an orientation of Lisbon’s central sights, including Praca do Comércio, Rossio Square and Praca da Figueira. You’ll also see the setting of Castelo de São Jorge above the city.

These public squares connect Lisbon’s riverside, historic streets and everyday café life. The experience is an introduction to the city’s layout and atmosphere, rather than a stated visit inside its landmarks.

Travel by train to explore Sintra, a hillside town of winding lanes, colourful buildings and leafy surroundings. Time in the town lets you take in its architecture and cafés at your own pace.

Sintra’s cultural landscape is UNESCO-listed, shaped by centuries of royal retreats and Romantic-era estates. The included experience is the visit to the town itself; entry to a particular palace or estate is not specified.

Stroll through Cascais, a coastal town known for its marina, beaches and seafood restaurants. The stop gives you time to take in the Atlantic setting and walk along the waterfront.

Once a fishing village and later a seaside retreat, Cascais has a different pace from nearby Lisbon. Its harbour and shore offer a chance to experience Portugal’s coast beyond the capital.

Get to know Salamanca’s historic centre on an orientation that introduces its centuries-old university, cathedral and richly decorated facades. Look out for the carved shells covering the Casa de las Conchas.

Founded in the 13th century, the University of Salamanca helped make the city a centre of learning. Its golden-coloured stone buildings and monumental squares give this UNESCO-listed city a character all its own.

Discover Marrakesh on a sightseeing tour that takes in the exterior of the Koutoubia Mosque and the activity of Jemaa el-Fnaa. The square offers a vivid introduction to the city’s public life.

The Koutoubia’s 12th-century minaret is a landmark of Marrakesh, while Jemaa el-Fnaa has long been a gathering place for performers, traders and food sellers. The tour is a chance to absorb the sights and sounds of both.

Explore Morocco’s capital and visit the Mohammed V Mausoleum while seeing Hassan Tower and the royal palace, Dar al-Makhzen. The sightseeing brings together some of Rabat’s most significant ceremonial landmarks.

Hassan Tower remains from an unfinished 12th-century mosque, while the mausoleum honours Morocco’s 20th-century monarch. You’ll view the royal palace as part of the city tour; entry to the palace is not included.

Explore Chefchaouen’s blue-painted medina, including Place Outa Hammam, the area around the kasbah and local markets. Its narrow lanes and blue-washed walls offer plenty to discover on foot.

Set in the Rif Mountains, Chefchaouen is known for the many shades of blue across its historic quarter. Walking through the medina lets you experience the town as a lived-in place as well as a striking photographic setting.

Walk through the Roman ruins of Volubilis with a local guide, exploring the remains of streets, houses and public buildings. The archaeological site offers a view of Morocco’s ancient history in its original landscape.

Volubilis flourished under Roman rule and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its surviving mosaics and columns help reveal how people lived here nearly two millennia ago, far from the empire’s centre.

Explore Ouarzazate, a city closely associated with Morocco’s film industry and desert landscapes. Its setting gives you a sense of why productions such as Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven have used the region.

At the meeting point of mountain routes and the roads toward the Sahara, Ouarzazate has long been a gateway to southern Morocco. The itinerary describes city exploration, not entry to a film studio or specific kasbah.

Join an EatWith dining experience in Seville for an authentic meal focused on local hospitality. Sharing food in this setting offers a different way to connect with Andalusian culture beyond the city’s monuments.

Seville’s food traditions are closely tied to sociable, leisurely dining. This experience is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour; the exact menu and venue are not specified in the itinerary.

Join the group for seafood at a local Lisbon restaurant. The meal is an opportunity to sample a part of Portuguese food culture shaped by the country’s long Atlantic coastline.

Portugal’s seafood cookery ranges from simple grilled fish to richly seasoned shellfish dishes, depending on what is available locally. This group dining experience is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour; no set menu is specified.

Join local residents for a street art tour in Cascais, discovering a neighbourhood using murals and public art to challenge old perceptions. Your hosts share the stories and culture behind its open-air gallery.

This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER™ experience puts community voices at the centre of the visit, offering a perspective beyond Cascais’s beaches and marina. It is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Spend an evening at a traditional Portuguese singing show during your stay in Porto. Live performance offers a way to experience the sound and expression of Portuguese musical culture.

The itinerary does not specify the performers, venue or musical style, so the experience is best approached as an evening of traditional song rather than a particular named production. It is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Join the group for a food tour in Porto and discover the city through its local flavours. Guided tasting offers a sociable introduction to Portuguese food culture while you explore.

Porto’s culinary identity reflects its riverside trading history and the traditions of northern Portugal. Specific stops and tastings are not listed, but the focus is on getting to know the city through food. The tour is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Visit the Bahia Palace in Marrakesh for a closer look at its decorated rooms and courtyards. The palace’s tilework, carved wood and garden spaces offer rich detail for anyone interested in Moroccan architecture.

Developed in the 19th century for powerful court figures, Bahia Palace reflects the craftsmanship and domestic grandeur of its era. This visit is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Choose to visit Casablanca’s Hassan II Mosque, a monumental building set beside the Atlantic Ocean. Its scale, intricate decoration and coastal position make it one of the city’s defining landmarks.

Completed in the 1990s, the mosque brings together Moroccan craftsmanship and modern engineering. This is a chance to see the landmark more closely than on the included city sightseeing. The visit is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Take a cooking class with a local family in Marrakesh and learn about Moroccan hospitality through preparing food together. It is a hands-on way to connect with the people and traditions behind the cuisine.

Moroccan home cooking draws on aromatic spices and recipes shared across generations, though the itinerary does not specify which dishes you will make. This experience is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Experience a traditional hammam treatment in Marrakesh, taking time for a bathing ritual rooted in Moroccan everyday life. It offers a restorative experience distinct from the city’s busy streets and markets.

Hammams have long been places for cleansing and social connection in Moroccan towns and cities. Treatment details and the venue are not specified in the itinerary. This experience is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Join a guided stroll through Seville to discover the Andalusian capital’s riverfront, Mudéjar architecture and grand aristocratic houses. The walk offers a close-up introduction to the streets and buildings that give the city its character.

Seville’s architecture reflects centuries of Islamic and Christian influence, visible in its decorative tilework, courtyards and palaces. Your guide helps bring that history into focus amid the city’s lively street atmosphere.

Pause to admire Ávila’s medieval walls, the fortifications that encircle the city’s historic centre. Their towers and gates form one of Spain’s most recognisable medieval skylines.

Largely built from the late 11th century onward, the walls protected a city now recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is a viewing stop to appreciate their scale and setting; walking the ramparts is not specified.

Walk along La Corniche, Casablanca’s Atlantic-facing waterfront, and take in views of the coast. This promenade reveals a seaside side of the city beyond its busy streets and architectural landmarks.

Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and a major Atlantic port. The Corniche is part of its contemporary social landscape: a place to feel the ocean breeze and see how city life meets the shore.

Explore Casablanca’s cityscape and admire its Moorish-influenced buildings. This sightseeing introduction draws attention to the architectural details that distinguish Morocco’s largest city.

Casablanca’s streets combine older Moroccan forms with architecture from the early 20th century, giving the city a visual identity unlike the country’s medieval medinas. A visit inside Hassan II Mosque is offered separately as an optional experience.

See Fes through local eyes on a city sightseeing experience covering its medina and the exterior of the Royal Palace. Visit a carpet cooperative to learn about handmade craft traditions and how to navigate medina shopping.

Fes is celebrated for its long-standing role as a centre of Moroccan learning and craftsmanship. Its dense historic streets provide the setting for a closer look at skills still practised by local makers.

Visit a local home in the Erfoud and Merzouga region for Berber hospitality and Moroccan mint tea. The hosted encounter offers time to meet your hosts and share a familiar ritual of welcome.

Preparing and serving mint tea is an important expression of hospitality in Morocco. Its unhurried pace makes this visit a personal counterpoint to the landscapes of the Sahara’s edge.

Ride a camel into the Sahara near Merzouga and watch the light change across the dunes at sunset. Enjoy a traditional Berber feast in a tent as part of the desert experience.

Merzouga sits beside Erg Chebbi, where sweeping sand dunes create one of Morocco’s best-known desert landscapes. The camel trek and shared meal bring together the scenery and hospitality that define a night at the desert camp.

Explore Todra Gorge, where steep rock walls frame a passage through Morocco’s mountain landscape. You’ll have the chance to hike in the area and visit a date palmeraie, a cultivated palm grove.

The gorge and nearby oasis show how dramatically the terrain changes between rocky cliffs and irrigated greenery. Seeing both offers a closer look at the landscapes and agricultural traditions of this part of Morocco.

Visit a women’s argan oil cooperative to learn how this distinctive Moroccan oil is traditionally produced. Meet the people behind the work and see the techniques involved.

Argan oil comes from trees native to southwestern Morocco and is used in both cooking and skincare. This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® experience supports a women-led enterprise while giving you insight into a valued local product and the livelihoods connected to it.

Discover the women who shaped Salamanca’s history through an optional experience offered alongside the city orientation. It brings another perspective to a place often introduced through its university and monumental buildings.

Salamanca’s long history of scholarship and civic life provides a setting for stories that can be overlooked on a conventional sightseeing walk. This experience is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour; the precise route is not specified.

Share a traditional Spanish dinner near Madrid’s Plaza Mayor at an iconic local restaurant. The meal offers a group dining experience in the heart of the capital.

Plaza Mayor has been a centre of Madrid’s public life for centuries, and the surrounding streets remain a lively place to eat and gather. This dinner is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour; dishes and restaurant details are not specified.

Enjoy a Moroccan feast with live entertainment during your stay in Fes. The evening combines a shared meal with performance for a sociable introduction to the city’s cultural atmosphere.

Fes is renowned for traditions of craft, cuisine and music that have developed over centuries. The itinerary does not name the venue, dishes or performers. This dining experience is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Visit the Berber Music Center near Merzouga for an introduction to local musical culture. The experience offers a cultural complement to time spent among the Sahara’s dunes.

Music is an important form of expression across Morocco’s Amazigh communities, though the itinerary does not specify the centre’s programme or whether a performance is included. This visit is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Meet the women of Tatefy cooperative near the Dades Valley, listen to their stories and enjoy tea and baked goods. The visit centres on the people behind a local enterprise rather than a conventional sightseeing stop.

Sharing food and conversation offers a personal introduction to the region. Described as a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® experience, the visit is presented as a choice in the itinerary and is optional, at additional cost and bookable on tour.