Destinations

Where we operate

Each destination gets a page when there is genuine operational content behind it: how it is reached, what constrains it, and what we check before we confirm anything. We do not generate these in bulk.

Published destinations

Written from how we operate them, not from what they look like.

The courtyard of the Ben Youssef Medersa in Marrakech, seen through a carved archway, with zellige tilework and a still central pool.

Marrakech

Our base, and the arrival point for most programmes. Riad access and medina logistics decide more than the hotel choice does.

Agafay

Close enough to Marrakech to work as an evening. Wind, transfer waves and the wet-weather plan decide whether it does.
A High Atlas village of earth-built houses on a mountainside above a wooded valley, with the access road visible cut into the slope.

Atlas Mountains

A day trip or a crossing, and the two are entirely different operations. Passes, vehicle class and winter closures govern both.

Essaouira

The most common single day out of Marrakech. Coach parking and medina access are the constraints, not the driving.
Wind-rippled orange sand of the Erg Chebbi dunes near Merzouga, rising to a clean horizon under a clear sky.

Merzouga

The longest standard leg we run. Whether it should be two days or three is the question an operator actually needs answered.

Fes

Usually reached as a crossing rather than a transfer. The medina is the operational problem, and it is a serious one.

Operated, not yet written up

We work in these already. They do not have pages yet, because a page here has to say something an operator cannot get elsewhere, and we would rather have six pages worth reading than seventeen worth skimming. Ask us about any of them directly in the meantime.

No destination page on this site carries a distance, drive time or capacity that PM Travel has not measured. Where a figure would normally sit, the page states that verification is in progress instead.

Questions about planning Morocco

How many days are needed for Morocco's main cities?
More than most itineraries allow, and the shortfall is almost always in the last city on the list. The useful way to check is to count usable hours rather than nights: a late arrival after a long crossing and an early departure the next morning is one compressed day, not two. Send us a draft itinerary and we will tell you where it is over-committed.
How many days for a first Morocco itinerary?
Fewer places than the client will want. A first visit that takes in Marrakech properly, one contrasting destination and one long journey tends to be remembered better than one that covers twice as much ground at speed. The long southern legs are where itineraries most often break.
Are Imperial Cities and Sahara destinations?
No. They are itinerary groupings, useful for selling and not for operating. What we plan against is a specific place, a specific road and a specific night's accommodation, which is why each destination here gets its own page rather than being folded into a region.

Send us the itinerary

Draft itineraries are welcome, including rough ones. We will tell you which sections are comfortable, which are tight, and which we cannot yet give you a measured timing for. The measured position on each leg is on route intelligence.