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The 9 Best Morocco Family Vacation Ideas Perfect for Summer Travel Morocco is the ideal destination for a summer vacation if you are searching for a one-of-a-kind travel experience for the entire family. The ideal family road trip to the Sahara starting and ending in the city of Marrakech will allow for travel down south via the Tizi n’Tichkapassing the geologic region of the Ounila Valley. During your Sahara Desert Family Adventure, you will also pass through the Draa Valley, the Todra Gorge and make a local stop to have lunch with a Berber family. If departing from Marrakech, you can drive along the desert route connecting the Draa Valley (Tansikht) and Rissani and enter the region of N’kob and Aït Ouzzine where you discover a local Berber village and enjoy time with a local family.

These actions are all in alignment with Morocco’s Green Key Label (Clef Verte), a voluntary eco – international title that allows Morocco’s hotels and riads to be recognized as part of environmental responsibility and sustainable operations within the tourism industry. The properties in Morocco also work with guests, staff and suppliers to create the behavioral changes necessary to promote and uphold the Green Key Label; accommodations are checked for proper behavior and regulations by a jury from the Moroccan Ministry of Health, Ministry of Tourism/Tourism Association, Association of local authorities, Association of hotels/campsites Education experts, and Environmental experts. The representatives of the Green Key National Jury are from the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Tourism/Tourism Association of local authorities, Association of hotels/campsites, Education experts, Environmental experts. Among the mandatory criteria to receive a Green Key eco-label, hotel management must appoint a staff member to be the environmental officer and give them an official title and duties related to promoting eco-tourism.

The region of Northern Morocco was placed under Spanish domain in the 1912 treaty established between France and Spain and a year later Francisco Franco made Tetouan his headquarters. The proximity of Northern Morocco to Spain has also played a role in creating a region of Morocco with clear indications the Spanish were there. Mohammed Ave is the mirror image of a white washed Andalucian street from Seville or Granada – a church, librerias, pastelerias selling milo de flores, tapa bars serving bocadillas, apartments with balconies hanging laundry, the Spanish Institute El Cervantes, and the Spanish Consulate can all be found on Mohammed Avenue and surrounding streets. Spanish style wrought iron gates, names of streets written in Spanish, and Spanish eateries.

Tetouan is a small city in northern Morocco with a unique heritage of Andalusian and Arab cultures making this green and whitewashed city one of the jewels of Morocco. Bab M’Kabar, another beautiful doorway into Tetouan’s medina is an area filled with the traditional Moroccan foods. The Riad Dar Achaach, located along the Rue Torreta – near the green mountains of Tetouan – is an ideal place to stay if you want to learn more about Spanish influence in Tetouan. Bab Saida as well as Bab Jifaf are two gates that can be used to exit the medina.