Places/ Imperial cities

Marrakech

The red city, and the start of every southern road. The Koutoubia sets the skyline, the souks run for miles behind Jemaa el-Fnaa, and the High Atlas sits on the horizon with snow on it half the year.

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21 itineraries
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Imperial cities
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The Grand Traverse
The rooftops of Marrakech with the snow-capped High Atlas behind

Marrakech, Morocco

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21 itineraries include Marrakech

Including the signature — The Grand Traverse, twelve days at $4,800 per person, departing April 1 – April 12, 2027.

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Fes

The oldest living medina in the world, and still a working one — nine thousand lanes, no cars, and the Chouara tanneries dyeing hides in stone vats exactly as they have since the eleventh century.

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The stone dye vats of the Chouara tanneries in Fes seen from a terrace above

Fes, Morocco

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Rabat

The capital, and the quietest of the imperial cities. The Kasbah of the Udayas looks out over the river mouth in blue and white, and the Hassan Tower has stood unfinished since 1199.

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A blue-and-white lane in the Kasbah of the Udayas in Rabat
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Rabat, Morocco

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Volubilis & Meknes

The best-preserved Roman city in Morocco, standing in an olive plain with its mosaics still in the floors. Imperial Meknes and the Bab Mansour gate are twenty minutes down the road.

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The standing columns and triumphal arch of Roman Volubilis on an open plain
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Volubilis & Meknes, Morocco