Morocco Holidays

When we talk about Holidays to Morocco - we're talking gorgeous beaches that'll have your Insta feed looking fire, waves that are a surfer's dream, and cuisine that’s top-tier delish.  

Holidays to Morocco 2026

• 🤩 Fun fact: Morocco has the highest mountain range in North Africa on its doorstep. From a rooftop in Marrakech you can see snow on the Atlas while you are sitting in the sun.

• 🏖️ Best beach: it'd be too easy to say one of the popular beaches, like Agadir beach, but we rate Legzira Beach the most, with its Insta-worthy views and more secluded vibe perfect for a chill day.

• 🍺 Price of a pint: when it comes to bagging a bevvie, you're looking at around 40 - 70 Moroccan Dirhams - that's roughly between £3 and £5 - so a bit cheaper than back home - but that's with the alcohol tax, your food here will be MUCH cheaper, we're talking £5 to £10 for a main course.

Morocco Holiday Highlights

• Over 3,000km of coastline with golden sand beaches, world-class surf spots and year-round sunshine

• Food that goes hard. Tagines, couscous, fresh seafood, street-side grills and spices you'll be cramming into your suitcase

• Ancient medinas, palaces and souks that feel like stepping into another world. Marrakech's Jemaa el-Fnaa square alone is worth the flight

• Surf culture that rivals anywhere in Europe. Taghazout is Morocco's answer to Biarritz, and the waves are brilliant for beginners and pros alike

• The Atlas Mountains are right on the doorstep. Day trips from Marrakech take you to Berber villages, waterfalls and jaw-dropping scenery

Our expert Morocco Holiday tip...

"The heat hits you the second you land and it genuinely doesn't let up - pack light, drink water, and lean into it. The quad biking through the desert was the highlight for me; we stopped halfway so locals could make us tea over an open fire and I'd have happily stayed there all afternoon. Fair warning: in the busier squares you may find a small monkey landed on your shoulder before you've had a chance to react, smile, hand it back, and politely move on. And whether you're buying spices, souvenirs, or something from a pharmacy, always know your Dirham conversion before you hand anything over."

-Rob Brooks, OtB Holiday Expert

Morocco is perfect for you if...

• You want somewhere that feels totally different from home on a four-hour flight, not a twelve-hour one

• You are bored of the Med and want a holiday where the food, the buildings and the noise are all different

• You want winter sun without the long haul: Agadir is 21°C in January and there is no time difference from home

• You actually enjoy haggling, and you have been waiting years for a proper souk

• You want to go surfing (or learn sufing) somewhere warm and affordable

Where’s the Best Area to Stay on Your Holidays to Morocco?

Most holidaymakers to Morocco base themselves in either Agadir or Marrakech, and the right pick depends on what kind of trip you're after. Agadir is your beach resort, Marrakech is your cultural city break, and Taghazout splits the difference with surf and chilled vibes.

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Which part of Morocco is best for a family holiday? - Agadir’s your go-to for easy beach days and zero stress. It’s got everything you need for a kid-friendly jolly – think soft sandy beaches, splash-ready waterparks, family hotels with all the trimmings, and day trips to nature spots like Paradise Valley. Plus, it’s all super walkable, and there are tonnes of cafés with enough ice cream options to keep the kids quiet for at least five minutes.

• 💑 Where should couples stay in Morocco? - Looking for lantern-lit courtyards, rooftop dinners, and hammam spa days? Marrakech is where the romance is at. This city is a sensory overload in all the right ways – vibrant souks, luxury riads, and the kind of sunsets that make you both go “ooh.” Spend your mornings wandering palaces, your afternoons in a spa, and your evenings clinking glasses on a rooftop as the call to prayer echoes over the city. Dreamy.

• 🎉 Where should groups stay in Morocco? - Surf’s up and group chat is popping off – welcome to Taghazout, Morocco’s laid-back surf town turned cool kid capital. Perfect for mates looking to mix beach days, surf lessons, and chilled nightlife, all without the mega crowds. There’s a real boho vibe here, loads of beach bars, and plenty of affordable apartments and boutique hostels that are ideal for groups.

All Inclusive Holidays To Morocco

Just like the late, great, Freddie, you want it all, and you want it NOW! The hot sun, the hustle and bustle of Marrakech, the extraordinary beaches of Agadir, the beauty of the north African desert sky. You also want it all included in one simple price. Your flights, your hotel, and ALL your food and drink whilst you're out there. Sounds almost too good to be true doesn't it? Well with our package all-inclusive holidays to Morocco, that's exactly what you get.

It's worth mentioning that all-inclusive is especially good in Morocco because alcohol is taxed quite heavily, so your drinks here (outside your resort) will add up a LOT more quickly than your food, or excursions, so all-inclusive is particularly attractive here (not to mention who doesn't love unlimited buffets)

We've got all-inclusive holidays to Marrakech, and we've got all-inclusive holidays to Agadir, and they're ALL brilliant. Oh, and if you bag one of our last-minute holidays, you can be doing all that as early as next week! Hold onto your fez, folks, this holiday is Mo-rock-in (not sorry).

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 What are the best all-inclusive family hotels in Morocco?

• Pickalbatros Aqua Fun Club - the one with the most water slides in Marrakech, and the reason most families pick it. Fifteen pools, a mini club for four to twelve year olds, and all-inclusive that covers the snack bars as well as the buffet, which is the bit that saves you money with kids.

• Dunes D'or Ocean Club - beachfront in Agadir with two pools, waterslides and four restaurants, so the all-inclusive does not mean the same buffet for seven nights.

💑 What are the best all-inclusive hotels in Morocco for couples?

• Jaal Riad Resort - Adults Only - adults-only in the Agdal district, with an all-inclusive package that runs to branded spirits rather than the local stuff. Quiet in a way Marrakech normally is not.

• Pickalbatros White Beach Resort - ultra all-inclusive on the Taghazout coast, adults only from sixteen, with a private beach, seven pools and the Atlantic doing the soundtrack.

💰 What are the best value all-inclusive hotels in Morocco?

• Allegro Agadir - a couple of hundred metres from Agadir beach, all-inclusive covering the pool bar, the snack bar and the evening entertainment, and ten minutes from the centre if you fancy a night out of the hotel.

• Aqualis Club Resort Marrakech - four slides, five pools plus an adults-only one, and a spa with a hammam. The cheapest way into an all-inclusive Marrakech resort week.

Top hotels in Morocco

The best hotels in Morocco range from massive waterpark resorts for families to intimate adults-only riads dripping with Moroccan charm. You can bag brilliant all-inclusive holidays to Morocco, find cheap Morocco holidays with proper good value, or splash out on something from our luxury holidays collection. Agadir is where you'll find the beach resorts, while Marrakech delivers the cultural city-stay experience.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 What are the best all-inclusive family hotels in Morocco?

• Pickalbatros Aqua Fun Club - the clue is in the name. More water slides than any other resort in Marrakech, fifteen pools, a mini club for four to twelve year olds and enough splash zones to write off an afternoon. The ultimate family crowd-pleaser.

• Aqualis Club Resort Marrakech - four waterslides, five pools plus an adults-only one, a kids' club, a playground and a spa with a hammam for when the grown-ups need a breather.

• Valeria Jardin D'Agadir Resort - set in ten hectares of gardens with water slides beside the main pool, a kids' club, a teen zone and a spa. Five minutes' walk to the beach.

• Dunes D'or Ocean Club - beachfront with two pools, waterslides, a kids' club and four restaurants, so seven nights does not mean seven identical dinners.

💑 What are the best hotels in Morocco for couples?

• Jaal Riad Resort - Adults Only - adults only from sixteen, out in the Agdal district with gorgeous pools, an all-inclusive package that runs to branded spirits, and the calm that Marrakech does not usually hand out.

• Be Live Collection Marrakech - Adults Only - five-star in the Palmeraie, adults only from sixteen, with swim-up rooms onto a shared shallow pool, two seasonal outdoor pools and a thousand-square-metre spa.

• Pickalbatros White Beach Resort - private beach, seven pools and ocean views out on the Taghazout coast, adults only from sixteen. Romance with a side of surf town.

✨ What are the best luxury hotels in Morocco?

• Four Seasons Resort Marrakech - two pools, one of them adults only, a spa built around a mosaic-tiled hammam, and dining that runs Mediterranean, Moroccan and Asian. Five-star done properly, between the Red City and the Medina.

• Royal Mansour Marrakech - every riad has its own private plunge pool. Four restaurants, one of them by Massimiliano Alajmo, and a spa that has to be seen to be believed. Walking distance to Jemaa el-Fnaa.

💰 What are the best value hotels in Morocco?

• Allegro Agadir - a couple of hundred metres from Agadir beach and ten minutes from the centre, with a lagoon-style pool, a children's pool, a sports bar and a proper entertainment programme. All-inclusive available.

• Iberostar Waves Founty Beach - beachfront in Agadir with kids' clubs and an on-site spa, and one of the strongest-reviewed hotels we sell in the country.

• Hotel Riu Tikida Dunas - private beach, a wellness centre and an on-site nightclub, all-inclusive as standard. Agadir at its most straightforward.

Cheap holidays to Morocco

Morocco is one of the few places within four hours of home where your money genuinely changes what the holiday feels like, rather than just how many nights you get.

The flight is short and the competition on it is fierce, so your hotel is what's going to make the biggest difference to your price. Agadir is the cheaper of the two bases and it is cheaper for a good reason: it is a purpose-built resort town, so there are a lot of hotels, all competing with eachother.

If you wanna go to Marrakech on the cheap, the resorts out in the Palmeraie undercut anything in the medina by a distance, and you are twenty minutes from the square either way. Go outside July and August, when the inland cities are punishingly hot anyway, and the difference is significant.

The bigger saving is what happens once you land. A tagine in a local restaurant is £5 to £12 / €6 to €14, a mint tea costs almost nothing, and the things people come home talking about, the souks, the medina, the Atlas foothills, the beach, are free or close to it. The one thing that is not cheap is alcohol, which is taxed heavily and licensed, so if you plan on drinking, an all-inclusive package will save you more here than it would in Spain.

We can't tell you which hotels are cheapest as that depends on your dates and avaliability (just use the search bar at the top and filter by price to see that) but here are some of our favourite hotels that always offer great value...

• Allegro Agadir - a couple of hundred metres from the beach, all-inclusive available, and one of the best-priced four-star weeks we sell in Morocco.

• Aqualis Club Resort Marrakech - the value way into a Marrakech resort week, with five pools, four slides and a hammam.

• Valeria Jardin D'Agadir Resort - ten hectares of gardens, a five-minute walk to the beach and all-inclusive board, at a price that does not read like it.

💬 Local lingo 💬

The main language in Morocco is Moroccan Arabic, known as Darija. French is widely spoken too, and you'll find English in most tourist spots. That said, a few local phrases go a long way and always get a smile:

• Hello - Salam (sa-LAHM)

• Please / Thank you - Afak / Shukran (ah-FAK / SHOO-kran)

• How much is it? - Bshhal hada? (bsh-HAL ha-DA) - you'll need this one in the souks

• Delicious - Bneen (b-NEEN) - guaranteed to make your waiter's day

• Excuse me - Smeh liya (SMEH lee-ya)

• The bill please - L-hsab afak (l-HSAB ah-FAK)

• Beautiful - Zween (ZWEEN) - works for places, views, and tagines alike

Morocco Beaches

The best beaches in Morocco run along the Atlantic coast, from sheltered resort sands to wild surf breaks. Agadir has the longest and most family-friendly stretch, while further north and south you'll find quieter spots with serious character.

• Agadir Beach - the big one. A 10km sweep of golden sand with a promenade of cafés and restaurants running along much of it. Sheltered, warm and brilliant for families, with sunloungers and watersports the length of the front.

• Taghazout Beach - a surfer's beach about 20km north of Agadir, and a proper one: point breaks, rocky entries and surf schools rather than paddling. The village has a boho feel and a pace of life that is wonderfully slow.

• Essaouira Beach - wide, windswept and famous for kitesurfing and windsurfing, with side-shore wind almost every day of the year. The medina behind it is UNESCO listed and packed with art galleries, seafood stalls and blue-shuttered alleyways. About two and a half hours from Marrakech.

• Legzira Beach - a huge red stone arch standing in the surf, golden sand and barely a soul in sight. Its twin came down in 2016, which somehow makes the survivor more of an occasion. It is a long day out from Agadir, a bit over two hours each way, and there are no lifeguards, so this one is for the photographs and the walk rather than the swim.

• Oualidia Beach - a sheltered tidal lagoon about two and a half hours from Casablanca, famous for its oysters and its incredibly calm water. Ideal for paddleboarding and for families with younger kids.

• Asilah Beach - up in the north, about 45 minutes from Tangier, where a long sandy beach meets a whitewashed medina covered in murals that get repainted every August for the town's arts festival.

Morocco holidays 2026 / 2027 travel guide

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 What are the best things to do in Morocco with kids?

• Crocoparc - around 325 Nile crocodiles plus tortoises, iguanas and pythons, in botanical gardens fifteen minutes outside Agadir at Drarga. A brilliant half-day out from the beach.

• Oasiria Waterpark, Marrakech - wave pools, lazy rivers and slides galore. If you are staying in Marrakech and need to cool the kids down, this is the answer.

• Agadir Beach and promenade - sandy games, camel rides along the shore, beginner surf lessons and enough ice cream stops to keep everyone happy.

• Paradise Valley - palm-shaded rock pools in a gorge about an hour and a quarter north of Agadir, and no four-wheel drive needed to get there. Best from spring to early summer, when the pools are full: by late summer they can be dry.

💑 What are the best things to do in Morocco for couples?

• Hammam de la Rose, Marrakech - a traditional hammam on Dar El Bacha where they scrub, steam and exfoliate you until you feel brand new. Romantic in a way you did not know scrubbing could be.

• Rooftop dining in the Medina - Nomad and Terrasse des Épices both serve modern Moroccan food with views over the rooftops. Book for sunset and thank us later.

• Sunset camel ride, Palmeraie - cheesy? Maybe. Worth it? Absolutely. The palm groves outside Marrakech are gorgeous at golden hour.

• Essaouira day trip - two and a half hours from Marrakech, and a completely different country when you get there: blue doors, fresh fish off the boats and a walled medina you can walk end to end.

🎉 What are the best things to do in Morocco for groups?

• Surf lessons in Taghazout - grab boards, grab mates, fall off repeatedly, laugh about it over a tagine afterwards. The surf schools here are brilliant for all levels.

• Souk shopping in Marrakech - Jemaa el-Fnaa and the surrounding souks are an experience in themselves. Haggling is expected, so channel your inner Del Boy and have at it.

• Nightlife in Marrakech - Theatro is a 1950s theatre inside Morocco's first casino, now a nightclub that runs to five in the morning. Comptoir Darna does belly dancing, cocktails and live music, with the main show around half nine.

• Agafay Desert - forty minutes outside Marrakech, and stony rather than sandy, so it is not the Sahara and nobody should pretend otherwise. Day trips do quad biking, camel rides and dinner at a desert camp under some of the best stars you will see.

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Explore Morocco

Morocco is a big country, but most jollies revolve around a few key spots:

• 🏖️ Agadir - Morocco's beach capital. 10km of golden sand, year-round sunshine and a modern resort feel.

• 🕌 Marrakech - The cultural heart of Morocco. Souks, palaces, rooftop dining and more energy than you'll know what to do with.

• 🌊 Taghazout - Chilled surf town north of Agadir with a boho vibe and brilliant waves.

• 🎨 Essaouira - Windy, arty and full of character. Famous for kitesurfing and fresh seafood.

More North African Holidays

If you know you want somewhere hot, somewhere great value, somewhere that feels properly different from home, but aren't quite sure where that is yet, you could also try:

• 🏛️ Egypt - Pyramids, Red Sea diving and all-inclusive resorts packed with waterparks. Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada are the big hitters for beach holidays.

• 🏖️ Tunisia - Brilliant value, gorgeous Mediterranean beaches and Star Wars filming locations if that's your thing. Hammamet and Sousse are the main resort towns.

• 🌴 Cape Verde - Year-round sunshine off the west coast of Africa. 350 days of sun, turquoise waters and a seriously laid-back island vibe.