Upon arrival at Marrakech Airport, your guide will welcome you and transfer you to your riad in the medina. The afternoon is free to explore at your own pace. Step into the souks, find a rooftop terrace for mint tea, and make your way to Djemaa el-Fna as it fills with musicians, storytellers and food vendors at sunset.

A full day with your private guide. Begin at the Koutoubia Mosque, wind through the covered souks, visit the magnificent Bahia Palace and the Saadian Tombs. In the afternoon explore the extraordinary Majorelle Garden, before returning to Djemaa el-Fna as the square transforms into its nightly open-air theatre.

The day begins before sunrise with a hot air balloon flight over the Haouz Plain and the Atlas foothills, drifting silently above palm groves and Berber villages as the sun rises. Landing is followed by a Berber breakfast in the countryside. In the late morning, a private Moroccan cooking class in a traditional riad kitchen ; selecting spices in the souks, preparing a classic tagine and making Moroccan pastries. The afternoon is free for a hammam, a bike ride in the Palmeraie, a carriage through the medina, or simply your riad rooftop. A day to make the journey entirely your own.

After breakfast we head north directly to Rabat, Morocco's elegant royal capital. Arriving early afternoon, we visit the Mausoleum of Mohammed V with its extraordinary carved cedarwood ceiling, and the unfinished 12th-century Hassan Tower rising from three hundred broken columns. In the late afternoon, explore the Kasbah of the Oudayas with its blue and white lanes, and the Roman and medieval ruins of the Chellah necropolis.

Departing Rabat, we drive to Meknes where Sultan Moulay Ismail built stables for 12,000 horses. Visit the legendary Heri es-Souani stables, the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail and the colourful medina with its Bou Inania Medersa. In the late afternoon, visit the UNESCO Roman city of Volubilis where extraordinary mosaics and columns rise from the Moroccan plain.

A short drive east to Fes, the spiritual and intellectual capital of Morocco. We check in at a riad in the heart of the medina. In the afternoon, a first orientation walk through the city with your guide, beginning to understand the extraordinary logic of a place inhabited continuously for over 1,200 years.

A full day in the medina of Fes. Begin at the Chouara tanneries where a scene unchanged for a thousand years unfolds below the viewing terraces. Visit the extraordinary 14th-century Bou Inania Medersa, walk past Al-Qarawiyyin the oldest university in the world, through the Jewish mellah and to the Al-Attarine Medersa, perhaps the most beautiful building in Fes. Explore the specialist souks of the dyers, weavers, potters and brass workers.

After breakfast we head west from Fes to Casablanca, arriving by early afternoon. We go directly for a guided interior visit of the magnificent Hassan II Mosque ; 25,000 square metres of hand-carved plaster, painted cedarwood and Italian marble, with the world's tallest religious minaret at 210 metres rising over the Atlantic. The perfect conclusion to this journey through Morocco's great Islamic heritage. The evening is free to walk the Corniche and enjoy a final dinner at one of Casablanca's excellent seafood restaurants.

After breakfast your guide arranges your transfer to Mohammed V International Airport. Should you wish to extend your stay, we can arrange additional nights in Casablanca or a return south to Marrakech.