Is Morocco good to travel with a baby or infant (under one)?

Travelling with a baby in Morocco is genuinely lovely, and I say that as someone who has planned dozens of these trips. The thing nobody warns you about in a good way: Moroccans are besotted with babies. Waiters will offer to hold yours so you can eat, riad staff coo over them, and grandmothers in the souk will stop you to bless the little one. Your infant becomes a social passport, and the warmth is sincere. So set aside any worry that a baby will be an inconvenience here — culturally, the opposite is true.

The single best piece of kit is a soft structured baby carrier. The medinas of Marrakech and Fes are a maze of narrow, uneven, motorbike-dodging lanes where a pram is a genuine liability — I have watched parents fold an expensive buggy in defeat within the first hour. Wear your baby instead and you will glide through everything, hands free, baby snug and shaded. Keep a lightweight pram only if you have a coastal or modern-city portion (Rabat, parts of Casablanca, hotel grounds) where pavements are flatter.

For health and comfort, the Moroccan sun is the main thing to respect. A wide UV sunhat, a long-sleeve lightweight layer, high-factor mineral sunscreen for babies six months-plus, and a strict shade-and-siesta rhythm in summer will keep your infant happy. Bring your own formula, your specific nappy brand and baby wipes from home — pharmacies in Marrakech and Casablanca stock plenty, but in the Atlas or desert you cannot count on your exact brand, and a baby is not the moment to improvise. Bottled water for making up feeds is everywhere and cheap.

Plan gently. With a baby I steer families toward two or three bases at most — say Marrakech and the coast, or Marrakech and a kasbah valley — rather than a fast loop, and I build in real downtime so naps are not constantly sacrificed to transfers. A private driver makes all of this effortless: car seats sorted in advance, stops for feeds and changes whenever you need, and no wrestling luggage plus a baby onto public transport. Tell me the age at the time of travel and I will pace the whole route around it. A custom trip is the easy way to get this right.