Day trip to Chefchaouen from Tangier

This Chefchaouen day trip from Tangier is the most popular outing in northern Morocco: about 110 km through the Rif Mountains to the blue city, with its blue-washed medina, Outa el-Hammam Square and the kasbah.

Most Chefchaouen day trips are sold as group tours in a minibus. Ours is private: the vehicle and driver are just for your group, you leave at a time we agree and you stay in Chefchaouen as long as you like.

Morning pick-up from your hotel in Tangier. After 2 to 2.5 hours on Rif mountain roads you reach Chefchaouen, where you have most of the day for the medina: Outa el-Hammam Square, the Great Mosque, the kasbah and its museum, the blue lanes and the craft workshops.

In the afternoon, if you feel like it, you can walk up to the Spanish Mosque viewpoint, which looks out over the whole town. Then back to Tangier.

To make more of the day, you can combine Chefchaouen with Tetouan, the white medina on the way from Tangier, or with the Akchour waterfalls, in the mountains near Chefchaouen. It’s on request: message us on WhatsApp and we’ll plan it with you. Bear in mind that it makes for a very long day, with less time in each place.

If you’d rather see Tetouan at an easy pace, there’s our Tetouan day trip.

Yes, it works well as a day trip: the drive is shorter than from Fes or Casablanca. Group tours run on a fixed timetable with a full minibus; with a private driver you leave when you want, stop where you like and choose how long to stay. If you’d rather sleep there, both our tours from Tangier, the 9-day and the 11-day tour, spend a night in Chefchaouen.