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.