A camel caravan crossing a dune ridge at golden hour under scattered clouds

Couple questions: Honeymoon planning

Can we fit the Sahara into a 7-day Morocco honeymoon?

Yes, but the Sahara then takes most of the week. A 7-day honeymoon with the desert usually means two or three nights in Marrakech, a night on the kasbah road and two nights at a camp. There is no room left for the coast. If you want city, desert and sea, a 10-day honeymoon fits far better.

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Answered by the Morocco Honeymoons team. Checked October 2026.

The short answer

The earthen ksar of Ait Benhaddou climbing its hill in afternoon light, palms in front and the granary on the crest — Ait Benhaddou, on the road south to the Sahara

In more detail

Our honeymoon guide sets out a 7-day desert shape: two nights in Marrakech for the riad, a hammam and a medina dinner; one night over the Atlas near Aït Ben Haddou; two nights at a luxury desert camp; and a last night back in Marrakech. It works, and the desert nights are what most couples remember.

The cost is time on the road. Merzouga is about nine hours from Marrakech by car, which we split with an overnight, and the return is long too. Our 7-day honeymoon itinerary skips the Sahara for exactly that reason and pairs Marrakech with the High Atlas and Essaouira instead.

Rolling dunes in low golden light, their crests lit and their hollows in shadow — Golden hour on the Merzouga dunes, Erg ChebbiPhoto: Mustang Joe, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)

So choose by what matters more. For dunes and stars, take the desert week. For a slower, gentler week, take the Atlas and the coast. For both, give it ten days: our 10-day itinerary has two nights at a Sahara camp and two on the Atlantic.