Morocco Family Vacation

Itinerary at a glance

We begin our Morocco trip in Fès (2 nights) at our palace-turned-hotel for a stroll that includes a 16th century fortress and pottery-making for the kids. At our friends' country estate, we'll meet the locals and the kids ride mountain bikes or donkeys. And we go time-traveling back to the 9th century as we explore the Medina in Fès before dinner at one of Morocco's finest restaurants.

On our drive into the Middle Atlas Mountains, we walk in cedar forests inhabited by Barbary apes, then check into our restored fortress/hotel in Erfoud (1 night). We'll meet local farmers and children as we take a path through their fields to the home of a Blue Man family. Later, we 4-wheel out to the Saharan dunes at Merzouga where we ride camels and overnight at a Berber encampment with all the amenities.

En route to Ouarzazate (3 nights) we'll walk in the 900-foot-deep Todra gorge. We've also go biking in an oasis...visit a kasbah that appeared in Gladiator and Romancing the Stone...ramble the foothills of the Atlas Mountains with the kids on muleback...and meet the students at a small country school.

Our last stop is Marrakesh (2 nights). We'll visit Djemaa el-Fna square to see the snake charmers. There's shopping in the souks and a final dinner in an over-the-top private mansion. On our final day, our family vacation in Morocco ends as we transfer to the airport for departure.