How do I plan a Morocco trip from Slovenia?

Ljubljana is a small airport, so the first thing I tell Slovenian travellers is to think regionally about departure as well as routing. You can connect out of Ljubljana through Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, Paris, Madrid or Istanbul, but it's often worth pricing flights from nearby Venice, Zagreb or Trieste too, since one of those can open up cheaper or more convenient connections. Either way there's no direct flight to Morocco — you'll change planes once in a European or Turkish hub before landing in Marrakech or Casablanca. Plan a full day each way.

For entry, Slovenian citizens travel visa-free for tourism for up to 90 days, which keeps the planning simple — no visa to arrange, just a valid passport with good validity past your trip. I always attach my standard reminder: connections and entry rules can change between seasons, so confirm the current requirements with an official source close to your departure. It's a tiny step that removes all the uncertainty.

Landing-side, I like to give Slovenian visitors — used to a compact, green, very orderly country — a trip that leans into contrast without exhausting them. Start in Marrakech to settle in and soak up the medina, then take the great loop over the High Atlas to the Sahara around Merzouga for a night in a desert camp, returning north through Todra Gorge and the kasbah valleys to Fez. Our 7-day itinerary follows this almost step for step and is my default suggestion for a first week; it balances the headline sights with enough downtime to actually feel the place.

Why is it worth the connection from the Alps? Because Morocco hands you, in a single trip, an astonishing spread: dunes and palmeries, snow on the Atlas, ancient walled cities, Atlantic coast, and a cuisine and welcome that linger long after you fly home. With ten days you can add Chefchaouen's blue old town and a slower stretch by the sea at Essaouira. My one firm tip for Slovenians: whatever departure airport you choose, try to book the whole journey on a single ticket so a missed connection is the airline's problem to solve, not yours.