8-Day Morocco Jewish Heritage Tour: Casablanca, Fes & Marrakech

Day 1: Casablanca

Airport pick-up and a first visit of the Museum of Moroccan Judaism, the only museum of Jewish history in the Arab world, and Temple Beth-El with its stained-glass windows. Time permitting, the Hassan II Mosque and the old Mellah near the medina walls.

Day 2: Rabat – Volubilis – Meknes – Fes

A walk through the Mellah of Rabat, then the Roman city of Volubilis, where archaeologists found a Hebrew-inscribed tombstone among the oldest traces of Jewish life in Morocco. In Meknes you visit the Mellah built under Sultan Moulay Ismail before reaching Fes for the night.

Day 3: Fes

A full day with a local guide. The Mellah of Fes, created in the 15th century, was the first in Morocco. You visit the 17th-century Ibn Danan Synagogue, the Jewish cemetery with its white tombs, and the medina of Fes el-Bali, where the philosopher Maimonides is said to have lived in the 12th century.

Day 4: Fes – Ifrane – Midelt – Merzouga

Across the Middle Atlas through the cedar forests of Ifrane and down the Ziz Valley. At Merzouga, camels take you into the Erg Chebbi dunes for sunset and a night in a desert camp.

Day 5: Merzouga – Rissani – Todra – Dades

Sunrise over the dunes, then Rissani and the remains of Sijilmassa, the caravan city where Jewish merchants traded gold, salt and goods across the Sahara. Near the Todra Gorge you see the old Jewish quarter of Tinghir before a night in the Dades Valley.

Day 6: Dades – Ouarzazate – Marrakech

The Road of a Thousand Kasbahs through Skoura and Ouarzazate, then over the High Atlas by the Tizi n’Tichka pass. Many Atlas villages once had Jewish families living alongside Amazigh neighbours. Evening arrival in Marrakech.

Day 7: Marrakech

The Mellah of Marrakech, the Slat al-Azama Synagogue, still in use, and the Miâara cemetery, the largest Jewish cemetery in Morocco. In the afternoon, the Bahia Palace next to the Mellah and an evening in Jemaa el-Fna.

Day 8: Marrakech – Casablanca

Transfer back to Casablanca airport (about 3 hours), or to Marrakech airport if you fly from there.