Morocco
2 destinations to explore
Marrakech
Morocco
A former imperial city at the foot of Morocco's Atlas Mountains, built around a walled medieval medina of souks, palaces, and gardens. The main square, Jemaa el-Fnaa, shifts from market to open-air food court each evening.
Sahara Desert
Morocco
At 4am the cold wakes you before the alarm does. You climb a dune in the dark and by the time the sky turns orange the silence is so complete you can hear your own pulse. The Moroccan Sahara — centred around Merzouga and the Erg Chebbi dunes — is nothing like the endless flat wasteland people picture. The dunes are enormous, rust-coloured, and they shift overnight into new shapes.