Kosher & Shabbat-Observant Jewish Morocco Tour — 14 Days

This kosher tour of Jewish Morocco is designed for travellers who keep kosher and observe Shabbat. See here for more Jewish tours of Morocco.

From Casablanca and the Sephardic blue town of Chefchaouen to the thousand-year mellah of Fez, the Sahara, and Marrakech's living Jewish community, this journey pairs deep heritage with dining and a Shabbat rhythm arranged around your needs.

Because observance is personal, we confirm the exact kosher standard and Shabbat arrangements with you in writing before you commit.

Kosher & Shabbat-Observant Jewish Morocco 14 Days — tour specification
Duration 14 days / 13 nights
Cities Casablanca · Chefchaouen · Fez · Sahara (Merzouga) · Skoura · Marrakech
Accommodation 4-star hotels & riads (luxury tier available)
Dining Kosher dining arranged throughout, to your observance level
Guiding Same licensed Moroccan guide & driver throughout
From price from $8,734pp

What's Included on This Tour Package

  • Private air-conditioned transfers throughout, with driver, mineral water and WiFi
  • Fast-track arrival assistance at Casablanca Airport
  • A professional English-speaking guide across the journey
  • All entrance fees to the sites and synagogues in the itinerary
  • 13 nights' accommodation with daily breakfast (full-board in Skoura)
  • Dinners throughout the trip (excluding beverages), arranged to your kosher requirements
  • Kosher lunch with a Jewish community host in Casablanca (Day 2)
  • The Sahara desert camp – 4x4 transfer, camel ride and dinner (Day 7)
  • Kosher dinner with a Moroccan Jewish family in Marrakech (Day 11)
  • The Ourika Valley excursion with a local tea break and lunch (Day 12)

Pricing & How to Book This Tour

The itinerary below is priced from $8,734 per person, based on our 4-star accommodation, sharing a double or twin room. This covers everything listed in "What's Included" – private guiding, transfers, kosher and community meals, the Sahara camp, the Ourika excursion, and all site entrances.

Prefer to travel at the highest level? A luxury tier – with properties such as Riad Fes, Dar Ahlam in Skoura, and Le Naoura Barrière in Marrakech – is available as an upgrade, from $10,620 per person.

To book this tour at either price range please contact us.

And if you'd like this journey shaped around you – a particular kosher standard, specific Shabbat arrangements, or your own private group and dates – we build it bespoke. Contact us and we'll confirm every detail in writing before you commit.

Kosher Dining & Shabbat Observance

This journey is built for kosher and Shabbat-observant travellers. We arrange kosher dining throughout – from meals with Morocco's Jewish community and kosher restaurants where they exist, to dedicated kosher catering where they don't – and we plan your Shabbat around rest and observance rather than travel.

Because observance is personal, your requirements set the plan. Tell us your kosher standard (including glatt or supervised requirements) and how you keep Shabbat, and we confirm the exact arrangements with you in writing before you commit. The sample itinerary below shows the route and heritage; the specific dining and Shabbat plan is tailored to you.

14-Day Kosher & Shabbat-Observant Jewish Morocco Itinerary

This fourteen-day journey moves through Jewish Morocco with kosher dining and Shabbat observance built in. It opens in Casablanca with the Museum of Moroccan Judaism, the Beth-El and Neve Shalom synagogues, and a kosher table with a member of the city's Jewish community. It reaches the Sephardic blue town of Chefchaouen, the restored Moshe Nahon Synagogue in Tangier, the imperial heritage of Meknes and Roman Volubilis, and a Shabbat in Fez among the 650-year-old mellah, the Ibn Danan and Slat al-Fassiyine synagogues, in the city of Maimonides and Rabbi Isaac Alfasi. It crosses to the Sahara at Merzouga, the oasis of Skoura, and closes in Marrakech — the Lazama and Slat al-Azama synagogues, the Miâara cemetery, a Jewish family table, and the Ourika Valley tombs of Rabbi Haim Ben Diwan.

Day 1 — Arrival in Casablanca

Welcome to Morocco, with fast-track arrival assistance and a private transfer. If time allows, an orientation tour with the Museum of Moroccan Judaism and an optional exterior visit to the Hassan II Mosque.

Explore the sites in depth in our guide to Jewish Casablanca.

  • Stay: Hotel Le Casablanca (or similar) – two nights
  • Dinner: Cercle de l'Alliance (or kosher catering alternative)

Overnight in Casablanca.

Day 2 — Jewish Casablanca

A private tour with a member of Casablanca's Jewish community: the Royal Palace walls, the Habous district, the Beth-El and Neve Shalom synagogues, and Mme Fhal's celebrated Moroccan-Jewish bakery, followed by a kosher lunch in a community host's home with stories of the city's Jewish life.

  • Stay: Hotel Le Casablanca (or similar)
  • Included: Kosher lunch with a Jewish community host (soft drinks included)
  • Dinner: SOC Chez David (or kosher catering alternative)

Overnight in Casablanca.

Day 3 — To Chefchaouen, via Tangier

A scenic drive north. If time allows, a stop in Tangier to explore its former Jewish quarter and the restored Moshe Nahon Synagogue. Continue to Chefchaouen, the blue-washed "Blue Pearl," for a two-night stay.

  • Stay: Lina Ryad & Spa, Chefchaouen (or similar) – two nights
  • Dining: vegetarian options recommended locally, or kosher catering alternative (no kosher restaurant in the area)

Overnight in Chefchaouen.

Day 4 — Chefchaouen & its Sephardic Story

A walking tour of the blue medina, Outa El Hammam Square, and the Kasbah, with the tradition that the town's blue was introduced by its Jewish community. Through the former mellah, the story of the Sephardic Jews who settled here after the expulsion from Spain.

  • Stay: Lina Ryad & Spa, Chefchaouen (or similar)
  • Dining: vegetarian options recommended locally, or kosher catering alternative

Overnight in Chefchaouen.

Day 5 — To Fez, via Volubilis & Meknes

The Roman ruins of Volubilis and the imperial city of Meknes – a UNESCO site where Jewish heritage survives in Hebraic epitaphs – with the Moulay Ismail Mausoleum, the New Mellah, and the Jewish cemetery of Meknes. Lunch and a tasting at Château Roslane before continuing to Fez.

  • Stay: Riad Fes (or similar) – two nights
  • Lunch: vegetarian menu at Château Roslane (or kosher catering alternative)
  • Dinner: Dragon Restaurant (or kosher catering alternative)

Overnight in Fez.

Day 6 — Shabbat in Fez

A day in the historic Jewish quarter of Fez – the 650-year-old mellah, the restored Ibn Danan Synagogue and, subject to opening, the Slat al-Fassiyine Synagogue, and the Jewish cemetery where many revered rabbis are buried, in the city of Maimonides and Rabbi Isaac Alfasi. The pace and activities of your Shabbat are arranged around your observance – including rest, synagogue access, and pre-arranged Shabbat meals where required.

More on the quarter in our guide to the Fez Mellah.

  • Stay: Riad Fes (or similar)
  • Dining: Shabbat meals arranged to your observance (kosher catering or community options)

Overnight in Fez.

Day 7 — Across the Middle Atlas to the Sahara

A full travel day south through the cedar forests of the Middle Atlas, the Ziz Valley, Erfoud and Rissani, to the Erg Chebbi dunes near Merzouga. Mint tea at the desert camp, a sunset camel ride, and dinner under the stars.

  • Stay: Merzouga Luxury Camp (or similar) – one night
  • Included: 4x4 desert transfer · sunset camel ride · camp dinner
  • Dinner: vegetarian menu at the camp (or kosher catering alternative)

Overnight in Merzouga.

Day 8 — Sahara to Skoura, via Tinghir & the Dades Valley

West toward the palm oasis of Skoura, stopping in Tinghir to explore its historic mellah, and through the Dades Valley, long home to Jewish communities among its oasis villages.

  • Stay: Dar Ahlam, Skoura (or similar) – two nights, full-board
  • Dining: vegetarian dining provided (or kosher catering alternative)

Overnight in Skoura.

Day 9 — Skoura at Leisure

A slower day in the oasis, with optional experiences to arrange in advance – a guided walk, bike or horse-drawn carriage through the palm groves, a private lunch, and a cooking class.

  • Stay: Ksar El Kabbaba, Skoura (or similar), full-board
  • Dining: vegetarian dining provided (or kosher catering alternative)

Overnight in Skoura.

Day 10 — Skoura to Marrakech, over the High Atlas

Cross the High Atlas, stopping at the Atlas Film Studios of Ouarzazate and the UNESCO-listed kasbah of Aït Benhaddou. Arrive in Marrakech for a four-night stay.

  • Stay: Riad Kniza, Marrakech (or similar) – four nights
  • Dinner: Chez Abehssera kosher restaurant

Overnight in Marrakech.

Day 11 — Jewish Marrakech & a Family Table

The historic mellah, the Lazama and Slat al-Azama synagogues, the Rabbi Hanania Hacohen cemetery, and the ancient Miâara cemetery, with your guide sharing Sephardic history and local Jewish life, followed by the Majorelle Garden and the Yves Saint Laurent Museum. In the evening, an intimate kosher dinner in the private home of a Moroccan Jewish family.

Read our guide to the Marrakech Mellah for more on the sites.

  • Stay: La Naoura Barriere, Marrakech (or similar)
  • Included: Kosher dinner with a Moroccan Jewish family (soft drinks included)

Overnight in Marrakech.

Day 12 — High Atlas: Ourika Valley Excursion

A 4x4 morning into the Ourika Valley to the ancient Jewish zaouia and the tombs of Rabbi Mordekhai, Rabbi Abraham Ben Hammou, and Rabbi Haim Ben Diwan, with centuries-old menorahs and Hebrew inscriptions, and a tea break with local hosts.

  • Stay: La Naoura Barriere, Marrakech (or similar)
  • Included: Ourika Valley 4x4 excursion & tea break
  • Lunch: Restaurant of Kasbah Bab Ourika, vegetarian meal (or kosher catering alternative)

Overnight in Marrakech.

Day 13 — Marrakech at Leisure

A relaxed day at your own pace with your guide – the Bahia Palace, the Secret Garden, Madrasa Ben Youssef, the souks, or simply mint tea in a courtyard café.

  • Stay: La Naoura Barriere, Marrakech (or similar)
  • Dinner: Dar Ima (or kosher catering alternative)

Overnight in Marrakech.

Day 14 — Departure

A private transfer to Marrakech Airport for your onward international flight.

  • Included: Private departure transfer

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