Day 1: Airport – Casablanca
You will be met at Casablanca’s Mohammed V airport to start your tour of the commercial capital of Morocco
(depending on your arrival time we may drive you to your hotel before commencing the tour).
This city tour will take you to see the bustling centre with its Art Deco architecture and the fashionable seaside resort of Corniche d’Aiin Diab.
You will also visit the magnificent Hassan II mosque, the second largest religious building in the world, which is open to non-Muslims.
Day 2: Casablanca – Rabat – Meknes
After breakfast, at your hotel, we set off for Rabat. Rabat is he political and administrative capital of Morocco. There you will visit the picturesque Oudaia Kasbah,
the Hassan Tower and the Chellah Necropolis. Leaving Rabat we journey to Meknes. There you will have the opportunity to see Bab Mansour el-Aleuj
(Gate of the Victorius Renegade) said to be the finest gate in Meknes or even Morocco. Your visit along the medina ramparts
will include the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail as well as Heri-es-Souani and the Bassin de l’Ageudal.
Day 3: Meknes – Volubilis – Fes
After breakfast we leave the Ismaalian capital behind and travel through the countryside arriving at the ancient roman town of Volubilis.
There you will have time to explore this archaeological site which features the best preserved Roman ruins in northern Africa,
a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997. Of particular interest is the Basilica, mosaic of Diana and the Bathing Nymphs and Triumphal Arch.
We continue on to the Imperial city of Fes where you will stay overnight in a riad at the heart of the medina.
Day 4: Fes Medina tour
You will spend most of the day with a local guide exploring the attractions of Fes. The city was founded 1,000 years ago by the second Moulay Idriss.
Your tour starts from the Royal Palace gate and takes you through the narrow streets of the medina to the Jewish Quarter and the Tanneries.
This tour highlights all the sites with cultural and historical interest including the Bou Inania Medersa and the Karaouiyine Mosque.
Afterwards you have the opportunity to visit the ceramics cooperative to see traditional Moroccan crafts. In the afternoon we will take you to admire
the panoramic view over the medina and visit the new city to experience modern Fes.
Day 5: Fes - Merzouga
Pick up from your hotel takes place very early allowing us the full day ahead to get to our first stop at Ifrane. This region is known as Moroccan’s own Little Switzerland.
You’ll see the similarities in the beautiful valleys and mountains here. At Azrou, our next stop, you will see the tame little monkeys.
They will jump through the branches of the cedar forests effortlessly and you will get a golden opportunity to take a photos with monkeys. Next,
we shall stop for lunch in Midelt before crossing the route through Tizi n Talghamt Pass. Here we will reach Errachidea where you’ll see an area of outstanding beauty at the Ziz Valley.
The drive will continue through the dunes of Erg Chebbi before stopping off at our hotel, where you may freshen up in preparation for a camel trek through the Merzouga Dunes.
Your dromedary will transport you through the evening desert to a nomad tent where you will camp down for the night under the stars and dine.
Day 6: Merzouga- Dades
Wake up for Sunrise lovely pictures, and Breakfast in open air, you will have breakfast in the camp, pack and go back either on camels or by 4x4 leaving the dunes behind.
Back on the asphalt roads, we depart to Erfoud which is known by fossils' making. Drive through palm-groves and Savanah like desert. We stop for lunch,
then we take a short walk in Todra Gorges. We head to our stoping point Dades Gorge. Dinner and overnight in the hotel.
Day 7: Dades - Marrakech
In the morning after a stroll through the impressive Dades Gorge, we drive to Ouarzazate passing by the valley of the Roses where an annual festival is held in the month
of May to celebrate the pink roses. There is the possibility to see local products made from the roses. We continue along the road of thousand Kasbah to the oasis
of Skoura to visit the kasbah of Amredil. Next stop is Ouarzazate city where we will visit one of the film studios and the gorgeous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou,
the oldest kasbah in the south of Morocco. The kasbah is constructed within the eleventh century and listed by the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to World Heritage Site in 1987. Plenty of noted films are taken in Ait Ben Haddou, like The Gladiator,
Lawrence of Arabia, Astérix, The Mummy. At the end of the day, you arrive in Marrakech via the High Atlas mountains
Day 8: Marrakech Exploring Day
In the morning your local guide will take you to see the historic sites of Marrakech including the Koutoubia Mosque, Jemma el Fna square, the souks of the Medina,
the Bahia Palace, the Saadian Tombs and the famous Ben Youssef Medersa. In the afternoon your private driver/guide will take you to visit
the Majorelle and Menara gardens. Dinner in a local restaurant. Overnight at your riad/hotel.
Day 9: Marrakech – Airport or Casablanca
Depending on your flight time, there may be an opportunity for that last minute shopping before we collect you for your transfer to the airport.
