Eclipse Itineraries
Ready-made trip plans for the total solar eclipse. Each one gives you a day-by-day route, where to sleep, the eclipse minute by minute with exact times, a weather plan B and what to book first.
Luxor in 4 days
Karnak, the West Bank and one of the longest totalities you can easily reach. Totality at 13:02:08 with the Sun 82° overhead, a serious heat plan, and where to watch: rooftops, open ground or a felucca on the Nile.
Read the itinerary → Total: 4 min 38 s Spain · Atlantic coastCosta de la Luz in 3 days
Vejer, Zahara, Bolonia and Baelo Claudia, ending in Tarifa. Totality around 10:45 in the morning, with the Sun low in the east, and how far to drive inland if mist or levante cloud rolls in.
Read the itinerary → Total: 4 min 51 s Spain · MoroccoSpain and Morocco by ferry
Tarifa to Tangier across the Strait, 4 min 50 s in Tangier and 4 min 51 s in Tetouan, then Chefchaouen. Why the eclipse is an hour earlier on Moroccan clocks, and how to handle the summer ferry rush.
Read the itinerary → Total: 4 min 26 s Spain · Train and busSpain without a car
Trains to Cádiz, San Fernando and Algeciras, buses to Tarifa and the ferry to Ceuta. Sleep inside the path and walk to your spot on eclipse morning.
Read the itinerary →Which plan suits you?
If you want the longest totality, go to Egypt. Luxor gets 6 min 20 s, with a sky that is almost always clear in August. The price is the heat: the eclipse is at lunchtime, in one of the hottest places you will ever stand.
If you want Europe, go to southern Spain. Totality is shorter, 4 min 38 s in Tarifa and 2 min 54 s in Cádiz, and it comes in the morning, with the Sun low in the east. The weather is good in August, but less certain than in Egypt, so a car and a plan B help.
If you want both continents, cross the Strait to Morocco. It is a short ferry ride with a little extra totality, but summer ferry traffic means you must cross the day before.
If you do not drive, southern Spain works well by train and bus, as long as you sleep inside the path on the night of 1 August.
Before you choose, read Plan your trip for the big decisions, compare places on where to watch, check the odds on the weather page, and build your own day with the eclipse day planner. Our eclipse times come from our own calculation. The sources and methodology page explains how.