Private Azemmour and El Jadida Heritage Tour from Casablanca

Two Portuguese fortress towns on the Atlantic, in one unhurried day out of Casablanca. Your English speaking driver/guide drives south along the coast and handles the parking and the timings, so the day is yours. Azemmour comes first, a quiet white medina stacked above the mouth of the Oum Er-Rbia river, its lanes painted with murals and its ramparts looking out over the water. Then El Jadida, where the Portuguese City of Mazagan is UNESCO listed: a compact walled quarter built in the sixteenth century, with monumental sea bastions you can walk, the old Church of the Assumption, and the Portuguese streets around it. You set the pace at every stop, and your driver/guide can point you to the cistern, the ramparts or a seafront cafe depending on how the day is going. Entrance fees are paid on the day. Return to your Casablanca accommodation in the late afternoon.