​Marrakech Morocco Motorcycle Tour  11 days

Day 1 ° Fuengirola - Ceuta - Tetouan

160 km ° d

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We start our engines at 10 am and drive to Algeciras... Andalusia's port to North-Africa. Our first connection to Africa is a tiny piece of Spain in the continent, Ceuta, from where we will cross to Morocco. Today, it will feel like Costa del Sol in Morocco when we drive to Tétouan on the coastal road. Tétouan is also the stop of our first night in Morocco.

Day 2 ° Tetouan - Al Hoceima - Nador

438km, 6h 9m ° b,d

Today you smile easily inside your helmet from curve to curve when we follow the gorgeous coastal road to Nador. Morocco is Africa's gift for bikers and you understand very soon why! One great thing here is also, the police do not tease you if you don't drive like crazy! Our second night in Morocco will be in the port city, of Nador.

Day 3 ° Nador - Midelt

408km, 5h 19m ° b,d

Yes, you will see many lambs, goats, donkeys and dogs in Morocco. The good thing is that they a used to traffic and do not react to it. Naturally, you need to be awake as always on the bike! Today we are crossing a lot of peaceful countryside from Nadar to Midelt... most of the villages look like they looked 100 years ago. It's very different from the modern coastline you saw on the first day.

Day 4 ° Midelt - Errachidia - Merzouga

264km, 4h 2m ° b,d

Riff mountains we were driving on our 2nd day. Today we drive over the magnificent small Atlas mountains on the way from Midelt the desert city of Errachidia. Our driving ends today next to the dunes of the Sahara and from there we will continue with Camels to our desert camp! It will be a tent night... but probably the most luxurious tent night you have ever had!

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Day 5 ° Merzouga - Gorges Du Dadès

273km, 4h 12m ° b,d

Yesterday was a great driving day and... and today is a great driving day also! First, we drive to Tinghir, from where we turn into the magnificent Gorges Du Todgha Valley. GDT is also a great place for a mint tea or two with a Berber omelette... and for many pictures. From the Gorges du Todra we drive to another awesome gorge... Gorges du Dadès where we also stay overnight!

Day 6 ° Gorges Du Dadès - Ouarzazate - Marrakech

355km, 5h 34m ° b,d

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In the morning we drive the best of Gorges du Dadès. After that, we cross the impressive High Atlas mountains and climb up to 2260m from sea level. Going down is even more fun, on the side of Marrakech, the new road is ready! Evening in colourful Marrakech, from here you get everything you did not know you need in the morning when you woke up!

Day 7 ° Marrakech

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Visit Marrakech as you wish... it's a day off! You might not want to drive around with your motorcycle... but you can always take a horse taxi from one sight to an other.

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Day 8 ° Marrakech - Beni Mellal

249km, 4h 17m ° b,d

Today is a very nice and relaxing driving day towards the northeast! Lots of nice countryside, beautiful mountains and lots of fun curves and bends! We drive the second part of our day on the lower sloper of High Atlas! Our destination today is the modern Beni Mellal.

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Day 9 ° Beni Mellal - Fes

288km ° 5h 23m ° b,d

Today we pass the other one of Morocco's skiing centres at Ifran, but yes this is a motorcycle tour so we don't go skiing... and there is no snow this time of the year! Instead, we drive to Fès, which is one of Morocco's old capitals with a very lively Medina... old town! And our driving day is nice, with a lot of hills, mountains and curves! The main food for the bikers!

Day 10 ° Fes - Chefchauen

306km ° 4h 38m ° b,l,d

Morocco is known for its sheepskin and Fès leather tanneries! In the morning, we do a couple of hour's circuit in the labyrinths of Medina’s old town. The so-called must-visit in Fès is the world's oldest tannery, Chouara Tannery! And no matter what, after the Medina of Fès, we have another wonderful driving day ahead of us. The film Smurfs has not been shot in Chefchaouen but in Juzcar in Andalusia! Chefchauen is blue because it was painted blue by Spanish Jewish refugees in 1492 after escaping the Inquisition from Europe! 

Day 11 ° Chefchauen - Ceuta - Fuengirola

256km, 5h 29m ° b

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In the morning after breakfast, we go with our feet into the Blue Medina of Chefchauen for an hour or two! Latest 11 am we start our engines and head towards Spain in Africa, Ceuta! From Ceuta a fast ferry to Algeciras, from where to Fuengirola! In Fuengirola, we are in the late afternoon and our Africa adventure has come to the end! Farewell dinner we had yesterday in Chefchauen!