Is Morocco good to travel with tweens (ten to twelve)?

Ten to twelve is a fantastic age for Morocco, and the trips I plan for tweens are some of my favourites. They are physically capable of almost everything — a real Atlas day hike, a camel trek, sandboarding, quad biking, a cooking class, a long souk wander — and crucially they are old enough to understand and care about what they are seeing. A tween standing in a 1,200-year-old university courtyard in Fes, or watching the indigo and ochre of a Marrakech dye pit, is genuinely absorbed in a way younger children are not. The history starts to land.

The secret with this age is buy-in. Tweens hate being dragged; they love being consulted. Before the trip I encourage parents to show them a couple of options and let them pick — the sandboarding or the quad bikes, the cooking class or the football kickabout with local kids. Give a tween a phone or camera for photography, a small budget to haggle with in the souk (they get fiercely good at it), and a sense that this is partly their adventure, and you unlock real enthusiasm instead of eye-rolling. I often build in one "their choice" activity per couple of days.

They handle the logistics that wear younger kids down — long drives are easier with headphones and a download of films, early starts are survivable, and they can carry their own small daypack. That means a tween family can attempt a more complete itinerary: imperial cities, the High Atlas, the dunes, the coast. The desert overnight is a guaranteed hit; so is anything with a bit of adrenaline. I do still build in some downtime and pool time, because even capable tweens flag, and a relaxed kid is a pleasant travel companion.

On food, tweens are usually adventurous enough to try the brochettes, the tagines, the street snacks and the famous fresh juices, though there is no harm in a fallback of pasta or pizza on a tired evening. My advice to parents: treat your tween a little like a junior co-traveller, fold their interests into the plan, and Morocco will reward them — and you — enormously. Tell me what your tween loves and I will design around it.