Casablanca to Tangier Day Trip by High-Speed Train

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Duration10h

GroupUp to 10

LanguagesEN · IT +2

PickupAt your hotel

Medina maze tour exploring market stalls within 15th-century Portuguese fortress walls

This 10-hour day trip from Casablanca to Tangier combines high-speed train travel with guided sightseeing by minivan, including the Kasbah museum, the old Medina, Cape Spartel and Hercules Caves. Hotel or train station pickup and drop-off in Casablanca are included, as is your return train ticket. Monument entry fees are separate.

10h

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Tangier city and surroundings

Visit Tangier Kasbah museum
Walk through the old Medina
Relax at Place Souq Ad Dakhil
Explore Grand Socco plaza
Tour the American Legation museum
See Ibn Battuta's tomb
Visit Cape Spartel promontory
Explore Hercules Caves

The Experience

The Boraq high-speed train departs Casablanca in the morning and arrives in Tangier roughly two hours later. A minivan and local guide meet you at the station, and the day unfolds through the city's layered history: the Kasbah museum, housed in a former sultan's palace called Dar El Makhzen, holds artifacts from prehistoric times through the 19th century. The old Medina comes next — a labyrinth of alleyways that weave between commercial shops and residential passages, all contained within walls built by Portuguese occupiers in the 15th century, though most of the buildings themselves are younger. The Grand Socco, a large sloping plaza ringed with palms, marks the romantic entrance to the Medina; it was once a major market and is now where modern streets narrow into the past.

The tour moves through smaller squares and museums: Place Souq Ad Dakhil, once Tangier's most notorious crossroads, now freshly painted and crowded with visitors; the American Legation Museum, housed in an elegant five-storey mansion and the only US National Historic Landmark on foreign soil, marking Morocco as the first country to recognize the United States in 1777; and the modest tomb of Ibn Battuta, the 14th-century scholar and traveler born in Tangier who journeyed across North Africa, the Middle East, Russia, Central Asia, China, Sri Lanka and East Africa — outpacing Marco Polo by a significant margin. Each stop is a thread in the city's past.

The afternoon reaches Cape Spartel, a promontory about 1,000 feet above sea level at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, roughly 12 kilometers west of the city. Below it lie the Caves of Hercules, caverns where Hercules allegedly rested during his labors, with an opening shaped like the African continent. The minivan returns you to Tangier station for the evening train back to Casablanca, arriving late enough to end the day without rushing.

What’s included

Professional local guide in your choice of English, Spanish, Italian or French.
return high-speed train ticket on the Boraq.
air-conditioned minivan transport throughout the day in Tangier.
hotel or train station pickup and drop-off in Casablanca.
sightseeing tour of the Kasbah, old Medina, Grand Socco, American Legation Museum, Ibn Battuta's tomb, Cape Spartel and Hercules Caves.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by STE Easy Transfers

Is this one for you?The guide speaks English, Spanish, Italian or French, so you choose the language before booking — pick the one you're comfortable following for a full day of commentary and questions.