Privétransfer van Marrakech Airport naar ChefchaouenLuxury Travel

The Marrakech Airport–Chefchaouen transfer covers 590 km in about 7h10. It links the Haouz plain with the Rif mountains by way of Nouaceur (skirting Casablanca), Rabat and Tangier, and it is priced per vehicle from €348, so a family or group pays the same as one traveller.

Who makes the Marrakech Airport to Chefchaouen trip

Almost everyone booking this leg has just landed at Marrakech Airport. RAK is where most holidays in southern Morocco begin — many arrivals head straight out of the city rather than spending the first night in the medina. Chefchaouen is the destination because visitors come for photographs in the blue lanes, hikes to the Spanish Mosque and Akchour's waterfalls, and a slower mountain pace. After a flight, 7h10 is a long time to spend in a car, so it pays to pick the roomier vehicle class and ask the driver to stop once or twice — the fare does not change.

The road from Marrakech Airport to Chefchaouen

Menara Airport sits just 6 km south-west of the medina walls, so every trip from here effectively starts in Marrakech itself. North of Marrakech the A7 crosses the Jbilet hills and the long, flat Rehamna and Chaouia plains past Benguerir and Settat to Mohammed V airport. From Mohammed V a motorway bypass skirts Casablanca's eastern edge and joins the coastal A3 to Rabat, avoiding the city traffic. North of Rabat the A1 passes Kenitra and the Loukkos plain by Larache, with the painted seaside town of Asilah just off the motorway before Tangier. From Tangier the road crosses to Tetouan's white medina, then climbs south into the Rif through green valleys to Chefchaouen. Good places to break the drive: the Sidi Bou Othmane service area, Asilah's painted medina and Larache's Lixus ruins.

Arriving in Chefchaouen

Chefchaouen is the blue-washed mountain town of the Rif, its medina of indigo lanes climbing the slope below two peaks, with a kasbah and a spring-fed river at the top. Cars cannot enter the medina. Drop-off is at Plaza Outa el-Hammam's lower gate, Bab el-Ain, or near the hotel district on the ring road; lanes are steep, so pack light or let the riad send help.

Should you split the journey?

At 7h10 this is a full day in the car. We run it in one day for anyone who wants that — with breaks every two hours or so — but many travellers prefer to split it. The natural halfway point is Rabat: Rabat is a calm capital for a night, with the Kasbah of the Udayas at sunset. Book two one-way legs and the driver meets you again the next morning.

Before you go

Once you are in Chefchaouen, the Akchour waterfalls and God's Bridge are 45 minutes into the Talassemtane park. Cold and wet in winter at 600 m altitude; spring wildflowers and autumn light are the best times. The return leg, Chefchaouen to Marrakech Airport, has its own page and the same per-vehicle pricing.