What's a good multigenerational Morocco itinerary, from grandparents to kids?

Travelling with grandparents, parents and kids at once is one of my favourite briefs, because the secret is the same for both ends of the age range: comfort, gentleness and flexibility. The mistake families make is planning to the energy of the most active person; instead I plan to the most tired, and let the keen ones add on. So I keep the bases few (no daily packing), the drives short, the accommodation roomy with a pool, and every day built so someone can opt out for a nap or a quiet morning without derailing the group. A private driver-guide for the whole trip is non-negotiable for a multigen group — it removes all the logistics and gives everyone door-to-door ease.

I'd usually anchor four nights in Marrakech in a spacious riad or a hotel with a garden and pool, because the pool is the great equaliser — kids burn off energy, grandparents rest in the shade, parents get a moment to breathe. Sightseeing comes in short, gentle morning doses: a horse-and-carriage ride around the ramparts (a hit with every generation), the calm of the Majorelle and Secret Gardens, a hands-on cookery class where everyone from eight to eighty can roll pastry together, and the spectacle of Jemaa el-Fnaa at dusk with its snake charmers and orange-juice stalls — exciting for kids, watchable from a café chair for grandparents.

For a taste of landscape without strain, I'd add a day or overnight in the Atlas foothills — the Ourika Valley or Imlil — where the air is cool, a flat riverside stroll or a short mule ride suits all ages, and lunch by a stream is the whole, lovely point. Then, if the group is up for it, a desert experience done the comfortable way: a private 4x4 transfer rather than a punishing long bus day, broken at Aït Benhaddou, and a night in a well-appointed 'glamping' camp with real beds, proper toilets and a campfire. A short, optional camel ride means the littlest and the oldest can watch from a cushion while the others ride into the dunes.

The honest enablers that make it work. Pace ruthlessly: one main activity per day, a long midday rest in the heat, and early dinners. Choose accommodation for the group, not the postcard — adjoining or family rooms, a pool, a lift or ground-floor options for less mobile grandparents (many beautiful riads are stairs-heavy, so I screen for that). Build in down-days with no plan at all. And lean on the private driver and a great riad team for car seats, high chairs, push-friendly routes and any medical needs. Tell us the ages and any mobility considerations, and we'll design a trip where the eight-year-old and the eighty-year-old are both genuinely happy — which is the real art of multigenerational travel.