Morocco
Family Holidays

What you can find on Morocco family holidays that you won't find anywhere else?

The obvious starting point for a family holiday to Morocco should be Marrakech, a city so downright exotic that it already knocks the socks off grown-ups so imagine the impact on a wide-eyed little one. All the stuff that appeals to the parents - the souqs, the acrobats and soothsayers in Djemaa el-Fna Square - will go down a storm with the children, but we can also up the ante further still with specially designed cooking classes and camel rides.

The Atlas Mountains, the classic combo with Marrakech, are another family-friendly destination where families can trek in the foothills with the children hitching a lift on a mule when their feet start to tire. A visit to a local Berber village can also be included for a fascinating insight into another way of life.

The family can then head to Essaouira for some coastal shenanigans. The beach can be quite wild and windswept but that will presumably only remind the children of home, and other activities on offer - particularly for teens - include surfing and kite surfing, and quad biking adventures.

That combination would make for a pretty perfect family holiday, but there's more. To ensure complete sensory overload you could take the children to the edges of the vast Sahara Desert, where you and they can stay in a traditional Berber encampment surrounded by dunes and enjoy camel rides and desert walks. We think this might just trump their friends' half term holiday reminisces.