FROM MARRAKECH TO THE IMPERIAL CITIES AND THE DESERT
12 Days Tour
12 Days
Departure Marrakech
Arrival Marrakech
15 Cities
Day 1
MARRAKECH AIRPORT
Our driver will meet you at the airport to transfer you to the hotel/riad. The activities will get started depending on the arrival time. Overnight stay in the accommodation.
Day 2
VISITING MARRAKECH
Breakfast at the hotel/riad. Today we’ll discover all the charms of Marrakech and its historical monuments with a privet guide. We'll see the Majorell and Menara Gardens, the Koutoubia Mosque, the Saadian Tombs, Dar Si Said Museum, the Bahia Palace and the Jemma el Fna Square. Overnight stay in a hotel/riad.
Day 3
MARRAKECH – ESSAOUIRA
After breakfast, we'll leave Marrakech to visit Essaouira, one of the most famous seaside towns in all Morocco. We will enjoy there visiting the medina, full of craftsmen, its walls and Portuguese beaches... Overnight stay in a hotel/riad.
Day 4
ESSAOUIRA – EL JADIDA – CASABLANCA
After breakfast, we'll continue our tour along the coast, we'll walk and we'll spend some time in the beach until we arrive to Al Jadida. If you like fish food we recommend you to stop to have lunch in Oualidia before going to Al Jadida to visit the Old Portuguese water tank. We'll arrive at the accomoddation in Casablanca in the evening. Overnight stay in a hotel.
Day 5
CASABLANCA – RABAT – MEKNÈS – FEZ
After having some breakfast, we’ll visit the Hassan II Mosque, one of the biggest mosques in the Islamic world. We'll continue to Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco. In this city you can visit the Hassan Tower, the Royal Palace and the Kasbah of Ouadyas. We will continue to Meknès, one of the very authentic gems of all the imperial cities. We'll arrive to Fez in the evening. Overnight in a hotel/riad.
Day 6
VISITING FEZ
A private guide will wait for you to start the tour so you can discover the cultural capital of Morocco. You’ll visit the Royal Palace Gates, the Madrasas (the Koranic schools) like Sahrij or Bou Inania Attarin. Also you'll visit the Souks, Fez El Jedid and the Karaouine Mosque, the oldest university in the world. We'll see too the square of the dyes or the dyeing where they do their mixtures. Overnight in a hotel/riad.
Day 7
FEZ – MIDELT – MERZOUGA
After breakfast, we'll start our trip to Midelt via Ifrane, known as "the Moroccan Switzerland". We will cross the cedar forests, where we can observe the Barbary macaques living in their habitat. We'll continue through the Middle Atlas Mountains. We'll pass through the Gorges of Ziz that leads directly to the valley of the same name, a palm road that will take us to the town of Erfoud, famous for being the capital of the old fossils. We will arrive to Merzouga in the evening. Dinner and overnight stay in a hotel.
Day 8
NOMADIC TOUR
Starting the day, we'll have some breakfast and afterwards, the “Nomadic Tour” will begin! We will visit the two oases of Merzouga, the tank, the village of Khamlia (village of the Gnaoua) the Mifiss Mines, the plateaus... —with a visit from some Berber nomads of the desert. We'll see the oasis of Tissardmine, and we'll go back to the hotel. We'll change the 4×4 with some dromedaries to see the sunset and spend the night in the middle of the dunes. Dinner and overnight stay in a Berber tent.
Day 9
MERZOUGA – GORGES OF TODRA – VALLEY OF DADES – OUARZAZATE
We'll wake up early to see the sunrise in the dunes and then, we'll go back trekking on our camels to the hotel where a full breakfast will be waiting for you. We'll continue our trip to Ouarzazate via Rissani. We'll stop to visit its traditional souk considered the largest throughout the south of Morocco and we'll continue our way to the Gorges of Todra, where we can take a walk before crossing the Valley of Dades, the palm grove of Skoura and Ouarzazate. Dinner and overnight in a hotel.
Day 10
OUARZAZATE – AIT BEN HADDOU – MARRAKECH
After breakfast, we'll drive to the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a World Heritage Site declared by the UNESCO where many movies were filmed like "The Mummy", "Sahara", "The Kingdom of Heaven", "Gladiator" and "Cleopatra". We'll continue to Marrakech through the High Atlas Mountains, crossing the Tizi-N-Tichka, observing the small Berber villages that they're around. We'll arrive in the afternoon and we'll go to the accomoddation in Marrakech. Overnight stay in a a hotel/riad.
Day 11
MARRAKECH
Free day to visit the city and do your last shoppings!
Day 12
MARRAKECH AIRPORT
Pick up in the hotel or in the meeting point and transfer to the airport.
Included services
- Tour in 4×4 vehicle/Minibus with A/C
- Private driver
- Fuel/toll roads
- Tour guides in Marrakech and Fez
- 10 overnight stays (breakfast included)
- 1 overnight stay in a campsite
- Dromedary per person
- 3 dinners (2 Merzouga, 1 Ouarzazate)
- Sandboard
What is not included
- Flight tickets
- Lunch, dinner and drinks
- Museum tickets
- Tips
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