moroccan food tour

Morocco Real Food Adventure

12 days | lift the lid on moroccan cuisine on this appetising adventure.

Clear your plate for flavour-filled Morocco, where Amazigh, Arabic and European influences mix to create an adventurous culinary medley. On this 12-day journey, follow the smell of food through mesmerising markets and master recipes taught by those that know them best. Grab street food from a souq and share traditional meals in local homes. Take a handful of bustling medinas, mix with a sprinkling of spices and season with fresh local produce, all drizzled with warm Moroccan hospitality for an adventure that will linger long on the tongue and in the memory.

Trip overview

• Get a real insight into Moroccan food with a home-cooked dinner in the Blue City, Chefchaouen. Prepared with seasonal ingredients – enjoy a dish that’s bursting with flavour and made with love.
• Do it yourself during hands-on cooking classes and demonstrations where you’ll learn how to make cous cous, pastilla, stuffed medfouna and local salads.
• See behind the scenes when you meet local producers of goat’s cheese in Chefchaouen, follow tasting trails through Fes and Marrakech’s medinas and visit a women's cooperative producing argan oil.
• Hit up Morocco’s highlights, including the Blue City of Chefchaouen, the ancient medina of Fes, the Sahara Desert and the buzzing city of Marrakech.
• Grab a fork and dig into Morocco’s most iconic dishes – tagine, pastilla, cous cous and camel burgers await!
• Morocco is a great food destination for vegetarians. With wonderful fresh produce and many delicious local dishes, you'll have a great time on this trip. For vegans we recommend reviewing the itinerary and inclusions to ensure that you will be able to fully participate and enjoy this trip. We also have many other trips to the Morocco which can accommodate a range of dietary requirements.
• As this trip covers quite a lot of ground there are some long drives. These are excellent opportunities to get to know your fellow travellers, catch up on some reading, or simply appreciate the scenery.
• On Days 8 & 9 you'll visit M’Goun Valley. This remote area of Morocco is an amazing place to discover on foot, but to do so you'll need a moderate level of fitness and have the relevant footwear and clothing with you. Don’t worry if trekking isn’t really your thing, there are plenty of other activities to do in the valley.
• The weather in Morocco can be extreme. Summer temperatures can be uncomfortably hot, especially for those who aren't accustomed to the heat, so please consider carefully what time of year you travel.
• Although you shouldn’t expect any aggressive selling techniques in Morocco, please be aware that you may be approached by shop owners and street vendors offering their goods to you on regular occasions.
• Ramadan is an annual month-long festival, during which travel can be a rewarding cultural experience, however some regular services may not be available during the day, such as restaurants or cafes, and occasionally travel can be disrupted by events. Your leader will adjust the itinerary accordingly, but please consider this when selecting your travel dates. You’ll find dates and further information in the ‘Climate and seasonal information’ section of the Essential Trip Information.

Salaam Aleikum! Welcome to Morocco. Your adventure begins today with a welcome meeting at 6 pm where you'll meet your tour leader and fellow travellers. As there's little free time included in Casablanca on this trip, consider coming a day early to fully explore the city. Modelled after Marseille in France, the city is famous for its art deco buildings. A pleasant way to spend a day exploring Casablanca is to wander the old medina and the city walls, then jump in a taxi to visit the Quartiers des Habous, the new medina. Then perhaps take a walk along the Corniche, watching the locals play football on the beach, or take it easy with a glass of sweet mint tea in one of the many great cafes. This evening, join your group for a welcome dinner of delicious traditional specialties.

• Hotel (1 night)
• Casablanca - Welcome Dinner

It’s very important that you attend the welcome meeting as we will be collecting insurance details and next of kin information at this time. If you are going to be late please let your travel agent or hotel reception know. Ask reception or look for a note in the lobby for more information on where the meeting will take place. Some travellers have reported being approached by locals offering excursions before their trip commences. This has been particularly prevalent in and around the hotels used by Intrepid. These guides are in no way connected to Intrepid and we cannot guarantee the safety or quality standards of their tours. We strongly advise customers against joining any tour offered by the unauthorised guides. For a choice of thoroughly designed and safety assessed excursions in Casablanca, please visit the Urban Adventures site: https://www.urbanadventures.com/destination/Casablanca-tours

Say goodbye to Casablanca and take an early train to Meknes. In the 17th century, Sultan Moulay Ismail turned Meknes from a provincial town to a spectacular Imperial city. On arrival, get to know Meknes on an orientation walk with your leader. For lunch, visit a friendly local restaurant in the medina and try a Moroccan delicacy – a deliciously rich camel burger! Next, drive on to Moulay Idriss and settle in at a local guesthouse, where the art of hand-rolled couscous is lovingly demonstrated along with an authentic Moroccan meal.

• Guesthouse (1 night)
• Meknes - Medina walking tour
• Moulay Idriss - Couscous Demonstration and Dinner

Today’s total travel time is approximately 4 hours.

Accommodation tonight is at an atmospheric guesthouse. Bathroom facilities are shared and rooming may be triple or quad share.

This morning, drive to Chefchaouen, or the ‘blue city’ – arguably one of the prettiest places in Morocco. Set against a wide valley and nestled between two peaks in the stunning Rif Mountains, Chefchaouen may take you by surprise. Its medina has been lovingly cared for with striking blue and whitewashed houses, red-tiled roofs and artistic doorways. Much of Chefchaouen was recreated by Andalusian refugees escaping the Reconquista, so you might feel like you're in the hills of Spain while exploring its streets. Ease into the relaxed pace of life in this rural retreat. This evening you’ll get a real insight into Moroccan food with a home-cooked dinner prepared with seasonal ingredients – bursting with flavour and made with love. As part of your meal, enjoy a taste of the town’s famous goat’s cheese. Herds of goats wander the sparse hillsides that surround Chefchaouen, and their cheese makes a great accompaniment to your meal.

• Chefchaouen - Home-cooked Dinner
• Chefchaouen - Goat Cheese Tasting

Today’s total travel time is approximately 3.5 hours.

Enjoy your morning in Chefchaouen, taking in the sights, sounds, and smells of the medina, the shops in the square selling woven goods and small sweets. In the afternoon travel to Fes, the most complete medieval city in the Arab world. Fes is the spiritual and cultural heart of Morocco – vibrant, noisy, fascinating and overwhelming – a visual and pungent feast for the senses. You’ll have free time for the rest of the day to explore. This evening is a great time to seek out Moroccan specialities like harira (chickpea soup).

Take a guided group walking tour of the old city, known locally as Fes el Bali. Step back into the Middle Ages as you explore the labyrinth of the Medina, which is alive with craftsmen, markets, tanneries and mosques. Pass donkeys piled high with goods (this is one of the largest car-free urban zones in the world) and explore the specialty sections that divide the souk. Look out for the Medersa Bou Inania, one of the city's most beautiful buildings, which has recently been restored and is now open to tourists. Also, visit a ceramics factory where you can see traditional handmade pottery being made. Your local leader will guide you on a 'tasting trail' along the way today before enjoying an evening cooking demonstration, where you’ll learn how to create one of the city's signature dishes – pastilla (or bastilla) – a salty and sweet pastry parcel.

• Fes - Medina Tasting Trail including Pastilla Demonstration
• Fes - Guided walking tour

Start the day right with a tasty street food breakfast of msemmen (flatbread) with olive oil and boiled egg or omelette paired with coffee or mint tea. Then, leave the intensity of the city behind for the simplicity of the scenic Middle Atlas Mountains. On the way, stop at a local supermarket and get a broader view of the contemporary food habits of modern Moroccans. Here, you’ll get an everyday-life insight into the culture, and your leader will pick up some local popular snacks for the group to enjoy. Drive south, inland, through varied and spectacular scenery – fertile valleys, cedar and pine forests and barren, rocky landscapes. The area is populated with wandering nomadic shepherds attending to their flocks. Pass through cedar forests, home to North Africa's only monkey – Barbary apes – and on to your destination of Midelt. Nestled in a valley, Midelt is a market town, originally built as a mining base and surrounded by farmland and orchards. Stretch your legs as you explore the nearby village of Bremmen and take a closer look at local farming life. In the evening, a special meal will be prepared using the aromatic herbs native to the region.

• Midelt - Supermarket stop
• Fes - Street food breakfast

Enjoy a scenic drive towards the Sahara Desert with plenty of opportunities to stop and admire the panoramic views of the kasbahs and palm groves (valleys lush with date palms, fields and orchards). You may also have a chance to pause in some of the frontier towns such as Erfoud and Rissani before reaching your destination, the small Saharan settlement of Merzouga. Enjoy a demonstration of medfouna (also called 'Amazigh pizza'), a traditional stuffed bread prepared with meat, herbs and spices by the nomadic peoples of the High Atlas. Traditionally prepared by women to feed local farm workers, this hearty delicacy is a great introduction to the cuisine of the desert region. Later today you will leave your gear at a simple auberge and then ride camels to the edge of the Sahara Desert, enjoying a spectacular sunset along the way. The dunes are stunning, especially as the evening light plays across them and sets off the colours. Dinner this evening at your desert camp will be a traditional spread of Moroccan soup, tajine and seasonal fruit.

• Desert Camp (1 night)
• Merzouga - Medfouna cooking demonstration
• Merzouga - Sunset camel ride to the edge of Sahara desert

Today’s total travel time is approximately 5 hours.

After breakfast prepare for a scenic drive filled with stunning landscapes on the way to the M'Goun Valley. The journey will take you past ancient kasbah ruins, former colonial military outposts, austere mountains and valleys of palm trees and irrigated fields. Dinner tonight is an Amazigh tagine prepared in a traditional clay pot cooked over an open fire.

• Gite (1 night)

While the early morning holds the option of exploring the nearby village souk of Kelaat M'gouna or witnessing Moroccan bread-making techniques in action, today’s adventure will take you out on foot to explore the beauty of this largely untouched Moroccan backcountry. Accompanied by a local guide, pass through Berber villages, meeting local people along the way. You’ll take a trail that undulates slightly but isn't too challenging if you have a basic level of fitness. The walk takes approximately 3 hours, and the scenery is certainly worth the walk! Pass through agricultural land and learn about the produce grown in the region, then find out first hand over a plant-based dinner this evening. Tomatoes, beans, walnuts, almonds, figs, apples and grapes are all grown in the M'Goun Valley, which you might enjoy in tagine, couscous, Moroccan soup and seasonal fruit platters.

• M'goun Valley - Guided Half Day Hike

Today, head to your final destination – Marrakech. On the way, you’ll stop by a women's cooperative, where they produce locally grown argan oil. A product that’s endemic to Morocco and used for both culinary and cosmetic purposes, you’ll see the trees that produce the argan oil and learn the process of how the workers extract it. Learn about how it’s used and all the benefits before continuing to Marrakech. When you arrive, a local guide will take you on an orientation walk and tasting trail through the medina. Visit a locally-owned coffee shop for an insight into how this cultural practice uses hot sand to brew a unique, spiced coffee. This evening, maybe join the crowds for dinner at the famous Djemaa el-Fna – one of the largest public spaces in the world and unique to Marrakech. When night falls on this square, it transforms into a hive of activity, with henna painters, performers and storytellers sharing the square with a street food bazaar (where you can try snail soup)!

• Tichka - Argan Oil Cooperative Visit
• Marrakech - Tasting Trail
• Marrakech - Spiced Sand Coffee

Today’s total travel time is approximately 6 hours.

Start your day by learning to prepare splendid Moroccan salads, a staple of the table, at the amazing Amal Women's Cooking Centre – a non-profit empowering women through culinary skills and education, then feast on your creations for lunch. The afternoon is free to explore the sights of the city – you might like to drop by the Koutoubia Mosque or the dazzling Bahia Palace. In the evening, perhaps ascend the stairs of one of the surrounding restaurants for a birds-eye view of the action or head back into the medina for some shopping, where every step brings a new smell, a new sight or a new gift to buy. This evening, you may like to join your group for a farewell dinner.

• Marrakech - Moroccan Salads Cooking Class

Your food adventure across Morocco comes to an end this morning. If you are extending your stay, perhaps stroll through the tropical gardens of the French painter Jacques Majorelle, or return to the medina. The Saadian tombs are another recently uncovered gem of the medina. Be sure to take a break from the bustle to sip on tea or eat a tagine, filled with the quintessential flavours of Morocco.

• Marrakech - Medina, Palaces & Tombs Urban Adventure - MAD650
• Marrakech - Cascades d'Ouzoud Day Tour - MAD2207
• Marrakech - Luxury Spa Hammam & Massage - MAD750

11 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 8 dinners

Private Vehicle, Train, Taxi

Hotel (7 nights), Guesthouse (1 night), Gite (2 nights), Desert Camp (1 night)

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Important notes.

1. A single supplement is available if you’d prefer not to share a room on this trip. The single supplement exclude Day 2 (Guesthouse), Day 7 (Desert Camp) and Days 8,9 (Gite) where you will be in shared accommodation and is subject to availability. Please speak to your booking agent for further information. 2. While we endeavour to cater for specific dietary requirements, some meals and food activities are set in advance and may be difficult to adjust. Please advise us of any dietary requirements at the time of booking so that we can ensure you’ll enjoy this trip. 3. The 31 March 2023 departure will be travelling during Ramadan. Where we are unable to provide an experience, due to Ramadan closures, your leader will ensure an alternative activity is provided, highlighting the food traditions of this festival. 4. Optional transfer from Marrakech to Casablanca If you are flying into Marrakech we can provide an optional transfer to the starting point city of Casablanca. This transfer is on request and prepaid. Please speak to your booking agent for further information.

Want an in-depth insight into this trip? Essential Trip Information provides a detailed itinerary, visa info, how to get to your hotel, what's included - pretty much everything you need to know about this adventure and more.

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Moroccan food tours, moroccan cooking classes & authentic local experiences in casablanca, morocco.

Eat like a local in Casablanca and experience world-famous Moroccan hospitality, too! Our cultural and culinary activities will get you off the beaten path and into local markets, non-touristy neighborhoods, and even Moroccan homes.

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Marrakech Food Tour – A Taste of Morocco’s Culinary Scene

Posted on Last updated: August 28, 2020

Morocco’s bustling and electrifying city of Marrakech is a feast for all the senses. It dazzles visitors with bursts of vibrant colour, a myriad of lively sounds, and the ever-present heat of the desert.

But it’s the tastes and aromas of the city’s food that will truly blow you away. A variety of cuisines and cultures have influenced Moroccan cooking over the centuries.

And the country’s food has become well-loved all around the world. A trip to Marrakech , the cultural capital of Morocco, would be incomplete without indulging in its thriving food scene.

We recently visited Marrakech and embarked on a food tour through the historic Medina. It was an incredible way to experience a range of Morrocan foods while learning about the city’s culture and history along the way.

Food tours in Marrakech take you to exquisite stalls and restaurants that you’d have trouble finding on your own. And they bring Moroccan street food to life through stories of the city’s past and present.

I highly recommend taking a Marrakech food tour to everyone who visits.

• 1 Recommended Marrakech food tours
• 2.1 Stop 1 – Olives and Spices
• 2.2 Stop 2 – Pastilla and Briouat
• 2.3 Stop 3 – Kefta Sandwich
• 2.4 Stop 4 – Gueddid on Pancakes
• 2.5 Stop 5 – Rfissa and Dessert

Shopping in the souks of the Medina of Marrakech, Morocco

Recommended Marrakech food tours

There are many food tours available in the city. If you want to get a feel for Marrakech after dark, try this street food tour by night .

Alternatively, book this food tour and dinner experience if you’d like to include a tasty sit-down meal.

We really enjoyed the tour we chose, but they all tend to follow a similar structure, and each tour has its own charm. So book one that looks appealing, and get ready for an incredible feast.

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One of the spices market stalls we visited during our evening Marrakech street food tour

Our Marrakech food tour experience

We chose a night time walking tour of The Medina, which twisted through narrow alleyways and weaved through the bustling souks (markets). These souks are some of the most exotic and bewildering marketplaces on Earth.

The Medina is the old city of Marrakech. This UNESCO World Heritage site dates back to the 11th century and is packed with life and colour. Here you’ll find the most quintessential experience, making it the perfect spot for a food tour.

We started in the Jewish quarter (Mellah), making three stops there before moving on to the more central souks. Here’s a breakdown of our experience.

Enjoying a chicken pastilla and Moroccan tea during a Marrakech food tour

Stop 1 – Olives and Spices

Olives are a culinary staple in Morocco. They have a place in an extensive variety of Moroccan foods, and they’ve earned a permanent place on dinner tables around the country.

So naturally, they’re a popular feature in the souks of Marrakech. The olives are usually cured and often served with olive oil, herbs or spices as a kind of starter.

We stopped by a stall and tasted some of the olives they had to offer. They were delicious and acted as the perfect appetizer for the dishes to come.

Olives on display at one of the stalls in the souq of Marrakech

During this stop, we also dived headfirst into the heady spices of Morocco. A wide variety of Spices are used in Morrocan cooking, and they’re fundamental to the country’s intensely flavourful dishes.

In the souks of Marrakech, you’ll see vibrantly coloured buckets of spices everywhere you look. Our guide explained what each of the spices is used for, allowing us to smell them as he did so.

This was a real highlight of the tour and offered some amazing insights into Morrocan cooking.

A spice selection in the souks of the Medina of Marrakech, Morocco

Stop 2 – Pastilla and Briouat

Next, a short walk through the bustling lanes brought us to some more culinary delights, in the form of pastilla and briouat.

Pastilla is a traditional, sweet-savoury Moroccan pie that brings together a diverse range of ingredients. Traditionally, the dish consisted of slow-cooked pigeon meat and a sweet almond crust with powdered sugar and cinnamon.

But the pigeon is usually substituted with chicken in the modern version. The results are surprisingly fantastic, and we enjoyed the pastilla thoroughly.

The next thing we tried was a briouat, which is a small pastry that’s generally filled with meat, cheese, pepper, and lemon.

They’re usually formed into triangles, and strongly resemble samosas. Ours had a spicy fish filling, which was a tasty treat.

Chicken pastilla, my newly discovered favourite Moroccan dish

Stop 3 – Kefta Sandwich

Kofta, as it’s most commonly known, is ground beef or lamb mixed with a variety of herbs and spices. It’s generally cooked on skewers, but sometimes takes the form of meatballs.

In Morocco, it’s often referred to as kefta. But no matter what you call it, it’s delicious.

At our third stop, we were introduced to the kefta sandwich – which, as you’d expect, is a tasty bit of kefta in some bread. Usually with salad and sauce.

The bread was gorgeous, and the meat really worked in sandwich-form.

Kefta skewers cooking on the grill in Marrakech

Stop 4 – Gueddid on Pancakes

Next, we headed out of the Jewish quarter on foot to explore more of the city’s flavourful offerings.

Our first stop was at a place that made an unusual dish. It consisted of gueddid, (a kind of Moroccan dried meat, very similar to beef jerky) which was served on pancakes.

And it ended up being an unfamiliar but tasty experience!

Check out prices and availability for your Marrakech food tour here!

Savoury pancakes being prepared at a market stall in Marrakech

Stop 5 – Rfissa and Dessert

Next, we walked and talked our way through the lanes of the souks to a stall that served Rfissa. Taking in the life and colour along the way.

Rfissa is a popular chicken dish in Morocco that’s traditionally prepared during a variety of celebrations. Our guide told us that the dish is commonly served to new mothers, three days after their child is born.

It usually contains chicken, fenugreek seeds, onions, lentils, and a kind of shredded pancake called m’semmen, among other things. The one we tried also had dates and eggs in it.

Rfissa – a traditional Moroccan dish usually served to new moms

To top it all off, our guide took us to find some sweet-tooth satisfaction.

After a short walk, we finished the tour with a Jewish dessert made with almonds, milk, cream, and honey.

Drawing our fabulous taste of Marrakech to a close.

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The dessert we had during our Marrakech street food tour

Final thoughts on food tours in Marrakech

A food tour in Marrakech is an essential part of any visit. They’re an awesome way to see the popular areas of the city and immerse yourself in its culture.

And they can help you during the rest of your stay, by teaching you which foods to order and which to avoid.  

I hope you’ve found this post valuable, and that it’s convinced you to try one of these amazing Marrakech tours for yourself!

Tip: For the most authentic experience, I suggest that you stay in one of Marrakech’s riads . They’re wonderful, traditional Morrocan houses with stunning central courtyards.

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Intrepid travel morocco food tour – a real food adventure.

We first visited Morocco in Africa over 10 years ago on a brief trip to Marrakech. To explore the country more in-depth we found ourselves on a food trip that took us seemingly to almost every corner of the country. If you are looking for food tours in Morocco, to learn more about the food culture, a Morocco food tour might be a great option. In this post, we share our review of the Intrepid Travel Morocco Food Tour, their Real Food Adventure.

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What Are Culinary Tours

Food tours  are all the rage in cities all over the world. More and more people are looking to travel for food. That’s why we are focused on culinary travel on this blog – how to help people eat better while traveling. Over the last few years, we’ve taken seemingly dozens of food tours. Most of these are half-day or full-day tours to get to know the food of a region better.

Another option is to book a full-blown culinary tour. This is a multi-day organized tour where each day offers a unique way to learn about local food culture. This is what we did during our visit to Morocco. We traveled on one of the best Morocco culinary tours available – through  Intrepid Travel .

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Intrepid Travel And Morocco Tour Companies

Although we generally travel independently, there are times when a group tour works best. We traveled with Intrepid Travel to  Cuba  years ago because of all the issues with Americans traveling there and access to money, etc. A trip to Morocco seemed like another great opportunity for an organized group tour. 

For people who don’t know Intrepid, they offer small-group tours that tend to focus on adventurous travel. To be honest, a little more adventurous than how we normally travel. They offer a few different  tr ip styles. Intrepid classified our trip to Morocco as Original style. These trips focus on a mix of public and private transport, and tourist hotels, and include some meals (I’ll explain more below). They also have Comfort style trips, which have more interesting accommodations and involve more private travel. 

We had a fabulous tour guide named Hamid who took such good care of us and our group. During most of our local stops, though, we also had a local guide, who is an expert in that village or area. I am not sure if other tour companies in Morocco offer this kind of experience. Or, if other companies are as focused on supporting local Moroccan businesses and sustainable tourism, which is great.  

Meeting stall owners in a medina

Intrepid Travel Morocco Real Food Adventure

Until recently, we didn’t even know that Intrepid offered food-focused group tours. It’s pretty common for us to take a half-day or full-day food tour when visiting a city. An entire trip with a focus on food, though, is a little harder to find. Learn more about Intrepid’s Food Adventures  here.

One of the reasons why we choose a group, escorted tour in Morocco is because I knew we could travel to a city like Marrakech on our own (we did over 10 years ago). Trying to explore the entire country, though, and organizing local transport or renting a car, just felt daunting.

By booking an organized tour, we let the experts plan our trip and we saw a lot of the country in only 10 days in Morocco. Although you need a full 12 days for the trip, it’s more of a 10 day Morocco tour, with 10 full days of activities. On the first day, we started just before dinner. On the last day we departed after breakfast.

We started in Casablanca and finished in Marrakech. Along the way we visited: 

• Meknes and Moulay Idriss, for a market tour, lunch at a local home, and a stay in a Muslim village
• Chefchaouen , the Blue City
• Fes, including a tour of the medina and historic sites, a demonstration of how they make ceramics and  tagines , as well as a weaver and tannery
• Midelt in the Middle Atlas Mountains
• Merzouga for a desert safari, including a sunset camel ride and desert camping
• M’Goun Valley in the Atlas Mountains
• Marrakech, to tour the medina

Learn more about Intrepid Travel’s Real Food Adventure here. 

Exploring smaller towns and villages

What Types of Activities Are Included In A Culinary Trip Through Morocco

All Intrepid Morocco tours include a handful of typical activities including guided city tours. Unlike other Intrepid tours in Morocco, though, our trip focused on food. This meant additional tours of local food markets and food stalls. Mostly, though, it involved a lot of cooking classes and demonstrations to help us really learn about Moroccan food. 

Some of the food-related activities included in this trip were: 

• Having an authentic local breakfast in Casablanca
• Learning about the traditions of Moroccan  tea , by visiting a nomadic tribe and a local woman in the  Atlas Mountains
• Eating camel burgers at a local’s home in Meknes
• Touring a local weekly market as well as daily markets in the various medinas we visited
• Taking a food-focused market tour in Fes
• Participating in cooking demonstrations for couscous, Moroccan bread, pastilla, and Berber pizza, most of which were conducted in someone’s home
• Tasting various street foods and snacks
• Taking a cooking class at a local women’s cooperative in Marrakech
• Taking a street food tour of the medina in Marrakech

For a culinary trip in Morocco, I was surprised that not all meals were included. That said, we ate as a group almost all the time. We just paid for a handful of lunches and dinners. The price was very reasonable for everything, with most meals costing between $7-10 a person.

Learning about Moroccan food and spices

Learning About Moroccan Food Culture

One of the best things about taking a food tour is learning about the local culture through its food and  drink . It’s one of the things I tell people when they book a food tour. Don’t just look at the value of the food eaten along the tour. It’s important to consider the value the guide provides, in helping you learn more about what you are eating.

One of the things I loved about our tour was learning about the local Morocco food culture. Our guide, Hamid, was excellent at sharing everything he knows about food. Our local guides did the same. They were also very helpful in answering all of our questions, which are often more detailed than the average traveler. 

We also got to meet cooks, chefs, and food producers along the way. We ate many of our meals in someone’s home as well, meaning we got to see what local Moroccan life is like. This is something you certainly don’t get by eating at a local restaurant. All in, we learned a lot about the Moroccan food culture on our tour.

One of our nicer accommodations in the Blue City

What To Expect From Intrepid Tours In Morocco

One important thing to note. Intrepid is not a luxury tour operator. They are definitely more on the adventurous side. This was a bit of an adjustment for us, but for other travelers, I think it could be a perfect blend of service and value. 

Accommodations

The Morocco Real Food Adventure is one of Intrepid’s Original style trips. Our accommodations were a mix of tourist-class hotels and homestays. The homestays were simple, but all very clean, and lovely. We often stayed in the home of a local family, where they’ve managed to squeeze in a dozen small rooms in their village home. 

In larger cities, like Casablanca, Fes, and Marrakech, we were in simple tourist hotels. They are more functional than design oriented. They were fine, but nothing to write home about. Most of the time, though, our itineraries kept us on the move so there wasn’t as much time to spend in the hotels anyway. 

We spent one night in a desert camp. It was comfortable but still a bit basic. There was a full mattress and carpeting and walls. There was a light and an electric outlet. There was no air conditioning, but at night it was definitely cool enough. The bathroom and showers were shared but were surprisingly clean considering we were at the edge of the desert.

Our van for the trip

Transportation

We took a public train, traveling in a first-class coach, from Casablanca to our first destination, Meknes. The train was comfortable and our guide took good care of us. From that point on, we traveled the entire time in an air-conditioned van with a friendly driver. 

We spent a good amount of time on the bus, with some long travel days. Our guide and driver broke up the longer days with multiple stops for lunch, coffee breaks, and other attractions. One day we had a “picnic,” which involved picking up food at a big grocery store and eating it on the side of the road. Certainly an adventure and really the only place to eat in a very desolate part of Morocco. 

Group Travel

I always assumed that Intrepid Travel catered to the young and adventurous. They do offer tours that are specifically focused on the under-30 crowd. Our group, though, skewed older. There was one other couple besides us. And, we were one of the youngest on the trip. I think this is rather unusual. Normally the group has people of a variety of ages, both solo travelers and couples. 

The maximum group size is 12 people. Our tour had the full 12 because it was the start of the high season. We had a mix of Americans, Canadians, and mostly Australians in the group. 

I mention that this is a value option for people because the  Morocc o Real Food Adventure starts at around $1500 a person. This includes shared accommodations. That means if you are traveling with someone, you share the room with them. If you are traveling solo you may be paired with another traveler. Or, you can purchase a single supplement to have your own private room. 

Additional Expenses

In addition to this, we spent about $250 a person during the trip. This includes meals that were not covered by the tour package and tipping. We each added about $40 to a “trip kitty.” This means our guide carried the money with him and paid for tips as needed. He also bought large six-liter bottles of water so that we could refill our water bottles throughout the day. This saved money and plastic. 

We also tipped our guide and driver from our $250 budget. Together, we tipped them about $100 in local currency.  

We did laundry once during the middle of the trip. Our guide found a local place for us, which cost about $5 for a bag, so we did not need to pay hotel prices. This service probably depends on your guide.

All in, for about $1750 for 12 days, you can’t get much better. We saw a lot, toured almost the entire country, and ate well for a little more than $100 a day. 

Our Moroccan guide, Hamid

What Are The Benefits Of Group Tours In Morocco

There are a lot of pros and cons when considering a group tour in Morocco, or in any other country. Here are a few reasons why we choose a Morocco-organized package tour. 

A lot of people asked us whether Morocco is safe to travel in. Overall, I would say yes. But, there were a lot of places where I felt a little uncomfortable. This included navigating the tiny alleyways of the medinas with all of the craziness. There are so many people (and donkeys) walking the streets. I  also couldn’t imagine driving a rental car in Morocco although it is possible.

I never felt uncomfortable as a woman traveling in a Muslim country, but I also was particular about packing only conservative clothing (and had Eric at my side the whole time). When we were on our own in Marrakech, I felt a little more on guard with touts and people trying to sell us stuff but felt more comfortable when we were traveling with Hamid. 

Ease of Travel

The main benefit of choosing to travel with a tour company in Morocco is just the ease of traveling across the country. You don’t have to worry about not speaking the language. I also think this type of travel is great for solo travelers as well. I don’t know that I would have been able to traverse the country as a solo female traveler. 

We came across independent travelers during our visit to Morocco, but I think they are a lot more adventurous than we are. We are fine traveling on our own through most of Europe and even a lot of Asia, but there was some comfort in traveling in a group through Morocco.

Eating Camel Burger In A Moroccan Home

Going “Off-The-Beaten-Path” In Morocco

I really hate the term off-the-beaten-path, but sometimes it is an apt description. When I reviewed our Intrepid Morocco itinerary, I only recognized a handful of our stops. I don’t know that I would have found some of the towns and villages we visited on our own. I don’t think I would have stopped in the Atlas Mountains, for example, unless it was part of a tour. This means that we saw a lot of the country, in a short amount of time.

We also met a lot of interesting people and learned their stories along the way. These are experiences I don’t think we could have organized on our own. 

Is An Intrepid Morocco Tour Right For You?

I am glad we did the tour in Morocco, but there were a few things we didn’t like. As much as I like that we saw so much of the country, we moved a lot quicker than we normally do. This is just due to our job, really. We often visit a city for five or seven days and rarely spend fewer than three or four nights in a hotel. We travel a lot slower than the average traveler.

During our Intrepid tour in Morocco, we moved every one to two nights, which was tiring for us. This is really unique to our situation, though. Most travelers don’t mind moving so much because it means that they can pack a lot into their holiday, often one of the few they take in a year. The other travelers in our group had no problem with the pace.

You also have to enjoy meeting new people and then traveling with them for a while. This was the biggest adjustment for us. We are normally on our own schedule or have a private guide where we can make last-minute adjustments. We walk quickly and are often ready to move to the next spot a lot quicker than other people. One of us starts to lose patience more quickly than others (not pointing fingers at all!).

The Benefits Of Group Travel

All of that said, there are a few reasons why an Intrepid Morocco Tour could  be right for you:

• You want to dive deeper into a culture and learn a lot more than you can from a guidebook.
• You want someone else to do the planning, either because you don’t have the time to do it yourself or because it feels overwhelming. 
• If you are a solo traveler. For solo female travelers, it provides a lot of security and comfort. For solo male travelers, you get to meet new people. 
• If you enjoy group tour travel and love learning about food, this is probably the best Morocco tour to take.

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Key Facts About Intrepid Travel Morocco Real Food Adventure

Click  here  to learn more about this Morocco food tour, including the latest pricing and the full itinerary. 

• The cost is around USD $1500 per person depending on the time of year, plus an additional $250-300 for in-country expenses. We did not do any shopping with this money. We shopped for a few items in Marrakech at the end of the trip and spent about $150 there. 
• This is a 12 day organized tour. You arrive before 6 pm on the first day and can depart any time on the last day. 
• The tour starts in Casablanca and ends in Marrakech
• The best time to visit Morocco is in spring or fall. Our trip was in October and it was still pretty warm. Because the tour travels around the country it can be super hot in one area and cold in the other. The temperature can be extreme during summer and winter. See more in our  Morocco Packing Guide . 

We were supported by Intrepid Travel during our stay but all views are our own. 

FAQs – MOROCCO FOOD TOUR

Yes, check out all of their tours in Morocco here . We have friends who’ve taken the Intrepid Best of Morocco and raved about the experience. The same with the Morocco Uncovered trip. They visited a lot of the same places, but don’t have a focus on cooking classes and demos or the variety of different dishes we tried during our tour. 

Yes, we booked ours through World Nomads, which was a good price. We purchased the Explorer Plan because we wanted to ensure our laptops and cell phones were covered up to $500 each for only a few dollars more. This really gave us peace of mind. We cannot recommend enough the importance of travel insurance for Morocco.

Surprisingly flavorful without being spicy. Check out our Morocco Food Guide to learn more about what to eat in Morocco.

No. Morocco is a diverse country with mountains, desert, and a long coast line. Therefore its climate isn’t the same throughout the country. For the most part, March to May and September to October are the best times to visit. Temperatures are warm but not hot. In the mountains temperatures can be cold, so make sure to have at least one article of warm clothing.

Amber Hoffman

Amber Hoffman, food and travel writer behind With Husband In Tow, is a recovering attorney and professional eater, with a passion for finding new food and drink destinations. She lives with her husband, Eric, in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Together over the last 20 years, they have traveled to over 70 countries. Amber is the author of the Food Traveler’s Guide to Emilia Romagna. She regularly lectures on social media marketing to travel professionals throughout Europe.

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Where to eat in Fez, birthplace of Morocco's finest food traditions

The history of this imperial city is intertwined with many of Morocco’s greatest food traditions — a tour of its vast medieval medina can lead to centuries-old recipes, but also local wines and experimental kitchens.

“You need to be in a relaxed mood to make couscous,” says chef Nezha Bouayadi, hair neatly tucked into her black hijab. Arabic R & B music echoes around the walled patio of The Ruined Garden, a restaurant in Fez that champions local Fassi food culture. Like many businesses in the city’s eighth-century medina, this leafy patio restaurant is hard to find, but the successful are rewarded with dishes that rarely make it onto menus — and the chance to see couscous made from scratch every Friday.  

Nezha massages grains of semolina through a fine wooden sieve. Then, alternating between fingertips and palms, she instinctively adds splashes of water and flour, rolling the grains around a rough basket until she’s got that couscous texture. Some 20 minutes later, it’s ready to be steamed and plated with saffron-flecked roast pumpkin and courgette, then scattered with sticky caramelised raisins and marinated chickpeas. The couscous is as light as air, absorbing all the rich sweet-savoury juices.

Nezha learnt to roll couscous when she was 16, in preparation for getting married. While the dish remains a Friday lunch staple — part of weekly holy day rituals — few Fez households still make it at home this way; most opt to buy bags in shops and markets.

  While times change, tradition is not taken lightly in Fez’s medina. On first appearances, life in what’s the largest car-free urban area in the world looks little different to how it was a millennium ago. Along thousands of tiny medieval alleyways, whose mud-packed walls are propped up by wooden beams, artisans hammer, polish and paint in cubbyhole shops. Founded by Moulay Idriss — a descendant of the prophet Muhammad — Fez is considered Morocco’s spiritual and cultural heartland. Unlike in Marrakech, where many souks now cater to travellers, Fassis still come out in force to do their shopping here on Saturdays.  

“Everything you see is local, seasonal and brought to the market this morning,” says Loubna El Bouchikhi the next day, on a tour of Fez’s kissaria — covered markets where we’re buying ingredients for her cooking class. Negotiating laden donkeys and hand-pulled carts, we pass tables of coriander and parsley before turning into another section where a sea of olives glistens under naked bulbs. In keeping with tradition, everything in the market is halal, and different alleys are dedicated to specific foods — like ancient supermarket aisles.  

We arrive at Fez Cooking School later in the day, as muezzins are announcing the adhan (call to prayer) from a mountainside bristling with minarets and Imperial tombs. The school is set on the rooftop of an 18th-century merchant’s house-turned-hotel called Palais Amani, built by a family who grew wealthy trading goods such as wool, and leather from Fez’s tanneries.

“Fez is like a melting pot,” says Loubna, as we stand charring aubergines on an open flame to make zaalouk — a dip similar to baba ganoush that she says was brought to Morocco by Sephardic Jews. Considered holy by Arabs, Fez was the first Moroccan city to establish a mellah — Jewish quarter — in the 15th century, in response to southern Spain’s Jewish expulsion. This ancient mixing of cultures is at least partly responsible for Fez’s reputation as the birthplace of many of Morocco’s signature dishes — pastillas and tagines among them.

“When the Sephardic Jewish people came to Morocco, they brought a lot of cooking techniques,” explains Loubna. Among them were the processing of olives and pickling of vegetables, along with the recipes for pastillas — pies stuffed with cinnamon and meats such as pigeon, dusted with icing sugar. “That combination of sweet and savoury is 100% Sephardic origin,” she says.  

Tagines and pastillas are ubiquitous on Moroccan tourist menus, but this evening they’re refreshingly absent at Nur fine-dining restaurant. “We have no pork, no bread, no couscous and no tagine!” says chef-owner Najat Kaanache, ushering me into the kitchen. Najat tells me she’s been doing a photo shoot for her next cookbook, so she’s dressed not in chef’s whites but a richly coloured kaftan that gives her the air of a Moroccan Frida Kahlo.  

That impression of an artist at work follows through onto the plate, in all nine beautiful courses, beginning with tiny seaweed tacos of white fish and wakame. Najat’s take on zaalouk follows, with homemade Worcestershire sauce and deliciously crisp tentacles of fried octopus, with a finale of Moroccan halba cake made with fenugreek.

Najat is a remarkable woman. Raised in a simple house near San Sebastian, northern Spain, she went to university in London, and worked with chef Ferran Adrià at El Bulli, where she met Anthony Bourdain, who put her on CNN. She’s also filmed a food documentary for National Geographic with Gordon Ramsay in the Taza mountains north of Fez, where her family are from. Returning to her roots, she opened her first Moroccan restaurant, Nur, in 2017. Two years later the Fez establishment had earned a spot on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.  

Inspired by Nur’s exclusively Moroccan wine list, I head to the rooftop bar at hotel Riad Fes, one of the medina’s highest vantage points. Up here, across a patchwork of flat-roofed dwellings, I can single out two of Morocco’s holiest sites: the pea-green pyramid roof of Moulay Idriss’s mausoleum, and the tall minaret tower of Kairaouine mosque and university, established in 859 and considered the world’s oldest university.

While alcohol is forbidden in Islam, Morocco’s winemaking heartland has nevertheless thrived around the country’s most sacred city, originating in vineyards established during the French protectorate era (1912-1956). Restaurants and hotels like Riad Fes are champions of local wineries such as Chateau Roslane, whose complex signature Cabernet Merlot is the standout of the five I try, including a Sauvignon Blanc-Chardonnay blend grown close to the UNESCO-listed Roman ruins of Volubilis nearby, a ‘gris’ dry rosé blush from Meknes and a peppery Syrah made near Casablanca.

Ready for dinner, I head back to the medina where queues are starting to form at snack vendors along the ancient main street of Talaa Kebira. The throaty call of a drum guides me to an alleyway so dark I’m half convinced I’m lost. But this is the entrance to Cafe Clock. When Brit Mike Richardson opened this cultural hub in 2007, after a London career in hospitality that included time at The Wolseley, he wanted to create a bridge between travellers and the local community. Today, 40% of the cafe’s footfall is Moroccan — which is no mean feat for a foreign-owned business in Fez. Mike has since opened Clocks in Marrakech and Chefchaouen, but the original — which plays host to a cinema, art exhibitions and regular music performances — is still an institution.

I nab the last seat as a group of musicians in white djellabas (robes) warm up instruments for an aissawa performance showcasing a celebratory form of call and response music from the nearby Middle Atlas mountains. People are drinking tea and milkshakes amid chatter in Darija, Morocco’s Arabic dialect, and I order Cafe Clock’s signature dish: the camel burger.  

Lean, nutritious and with its origins steeped in traditions of nomadic Arabic desert culture, camel meat is still sold along Talaa Kebira today — but it’s typically only eaten by Moroccans at celebrations. As I wait for food, the cafe feels like it’s gearing up for a fittingly raucous shindig. The burger arrives, patties piled high with gherkins and homemade tomato and cinnamon ketchup, just as the drumming picks up pace. It’s an unusual taste: gamey, but light. Around me, hands start to twirl, heads bob, people clear their throats to sing. And so, the beat goes on, as it has in Fez for a millennium — just with a few new rhythms.  

Where to eat in Fez, Morocco

1.   Nur The food at this fusion medina restaurant is as cutting-edge as its off-the-wall monochrome decor. The menu by Spanish-Moroccan chef Najat Kaanache offers an eclectic mix of dishes, from calamari with lemongrass broth to duck with artichoke, truffle and Moroccan spices. Tasting menus from US$80 (£63) per person, excluding wine.

2. Abdullah's tea stall Affable Abdullah Touati has run a tea counter in Fez medina since 1969, just off the metal-workers’ Place Seffarine. He uses a blend of herbs — peppermint, spearmint, sage, marjoram, absinthe and lemon verbena — grown behind his house on the edge of the city. It’s served to locals and travellers at low plastic stools piled with cushions. 10 MAD (80p) a glass.  

3.   Foundouk Bazaar Paper lanterns lead up to inviting roof terraces at this contemporary Moroccan cafe-restaurant above the ancient medina thoroughfare of Talaa Kebira. Popular with young Fassis, the menu runs from dishes such as shakshuka to tagliatelle with feta and olives. The orange-blossom and cinnamon lassi tastes like Morocco in a glass. 175 MAD (£14) for three courses.

4. Bissara soup stands In the Al Aachabin food section of Fez el Bali medina, split-pea soup is made the traditional way, the peas slow-cooked and smashed with a long wooden pole akin to a baseball bat. Popular at breakfast, it’s served with olive oil and ground cumin. 15 MAD (£1.15) per bowl.  

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After arriving in Tangier on the night of April 12th we spent about 2,5 hours on an excellent highway to Rabat, where we stayed for a night. On the morning of April 13th we had a very nice meeting at the Embassy of Germany in Morocco. It was a great honor for us having a very warm welcome from ambassador Volkmar Wenzel and his colleagues. We discussed our route with them, talked about all, that happened to us during the past 5 days and showed some pictures, videos and, of course, our pickup. Also we filmed our meeting and took some photos for the memory. After visiting the embassy we went for a walk around the city center of Rabat and were very impressed by it. Rabat is a city of contrasts, where Arabic culture is mixed with European. And it is everywhere: in architecture, in music, in food, in language and even in the faces of the inhabitants! At night we went on to the next Moroccan city – Agadir.

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Mariah Carey is officially a mother to teenagers as her twins celebrate their 13th birthday on April 30, 2024

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Mariah Carey is a mother to teenagers!

The singer's twins Monroe and Moroccan , whom she shares with ex-husband Nick Cannon , turn 13 on April 30. And Carey, 55, has admitted the two — affectionately nicknamed Roc and Roe or Dem Babies — can be a handful.

"They're a lot, but they give me so much love in return. I wouldn't be the same person without them," Carey  previously told PEOPLE . "I think Nick and I have done pretty well in co-parenting, staying friends with each other so that we can talk," she added of Cannon, whom she split from in 2015.

In commemoration of Dem Babies' 13th birthdays, see their cutest pics with their iconic mom.

Mariah Becomes a Mom!

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Mariah Carey welcomed her babies on April 30, 2011. Here, the hitmaker is pictured in new-mommy bliss while cuddling the newborns at home.

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When your mom is an international superstar, you don't make a standard debut. Roc and Roe were introduced to the world during a special 20/20 episode helmed by none other than Barbara Walters .

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Mariah Carey and then-husband Nick Cannon took Monroe and Moroccan out for a family day hosted by Cannon at the Santa Monica Pier in 2012.

Just Another Day

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Jane Lynch looked on as Mariah Carey held Ms. Monroe while President Barack Obama leaned in to greet the tot during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., in December of 2013.

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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon walked the orange carpet with their kids at the 2018 Kids Choice Awards. The family wore coordinating ensembles, with the girls opting for black and white with high ponytails and dark shades and the boys in white and slime orange and accessorized with headbands.

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"Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mommies in the land!!! 💕💕💕" the "Always Be My Baby" singer wrote in the caption. "Love yourself even more today...Standing ovations and Blessings upon Blessings to all! 🦋"

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