🇲🇦North Africa
- Capital
- Rabat
- Go for
- Fez medina, Atlas villages, Sahara nights
- Taste
- Tagine and couscous
- Best time
- March to May, September to November
- Say hello
- Salam · Darija
Travel tip: Friday is couscous day and many workshops close — plan medina shopping around it.
🇪🇬North Africa
- Capital
- Cairo
- Go for
- Giza, Nile sailing, Nubian villages in Aswan
- Taste
- Koshari
- Best time
- October to April
- Say hello
- Ahlan · Arabic
Travel tip: Visit the pyramids at opening time; by midday both the heat and the crowds double.
🇹🇳North Africa
- Capital
- Tunis
- Go for
- Carthage ruins, Sidi Bou Said, Sahara at Douz
- Taste
- Couscous with lamb and harissa
- Best time
- March to May, September to November
- Say hello
- Aslema · Tunisian Arabic
Travel tip: Louage shared taxis are the quickest way between towns and cost a fraction of a private car.
🇩🇿North Africa
- Capital
- Algiers
- Go for
- Casbah of Algiers, Tassili n'Ajjer rock art, Constantine bridges
- Taste
- Chorba and couscous
- Best time
- October to April
- Say hello
- Salam · Arabic
Travel tip: Desert travel in the south needs a registered guide — we arrange it with your visa paperwork.
