12 days Morocco imperial cities tour

Tour Overview

Day 1: Casablanca – Rabat

Meet you at the airport, departure to visit the Hassan II mosque. After that we go to Rabat, visit the administrative and political capital. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: Rabat – Meknes – Fes

After breakfast, departure to Fes via Moulay Idriss, holy city and visit the Roman ruins of Volubilis. Lunch at Volubilis or Meknes known as “The Versailles of Morocco”. Visit the monuments of Meknes. Arrive in Fes. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 3: Fes, historical tour

After breakfast, the day will be dedicated to the discovery of Fes, the oldest of the imperial cities and old towns, founded by Idriss II. You'll see the center of the Arab-Muslim culture: The Mosque of the Andalusians, tanners, the district potters, the Medina. Lunch at a palace in the Medina. Afternoon we visit: the Hispano-Moorish buildings, the Medersas, Nejjarine.

Day 4: Fes – Midelt – Ziz valley – Erfoud – Merzouga dunes

Early morning awakening and breakfast. Drive to Midelt through the Middle Atlas. Stop in Midelt for lunch. Continuation to Erfoud along the Ziz Valley by a successive series of fortified villages whose architecture announced the pre-Saharan oases. Arrival in the dunes of Merzouga (Erg Chebbi), housing the kasbah.

Day 5: Merzouga – Erg chebbi – Merzouga

After breakfast, you will make the grand tour through the dunes: the 2 oasis of Merzouga, the wandering deposit, Khamlia village, mines MIFISS the desert plateau to meet the nomadic Berbers the oasis Tisserdmin. Back at the inn to 15 hours for the start of your camel caravan to watch the sunset in the dunes (about an hour and a half camel). Overnight in nomad tents in the dunes to enjoy the silence of the desert with a sky full of stars. Dinner and overnight in tents private.

Day 6: Merzouga – Rissani – Todgha Gorge

After sunrise, return to hotel for breakfast and shower. Then departure to Tineghir via Rissani, Erfoud, Tinejdad and Todra Gorge. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: Todgha Gorge – Boulmane Dades – Roses valley - Skoura – Ouarzazate

Departure to Ouarzazate after breakfast. We go via Kelâa M’Gouna, city where the festival of roses is held each year. Lunch and continuation to Ouarzazate through the Dades Valley, the Valley of Roses, Skoura. We stop to visit the kasbah Ameridil, then continue to Ouarzazate. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 8: Ouarzazate – Ait Benhaddou – Marrakech

Visit the town of Ouarzazate founded in 1928, which became a famous film center. Stop en route to visit the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou. Continuation to Marrakech. Arrival in Marrakech in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 9: Marrakech – Cultural Tour

Breakfast. Then full day is devoted to the visit of Marrakech, “The Pearl of the South”, founded in the 11th century. The morning visit to the Koutoubia, the Saadian tombs, the Menara gardens and the Palais de la Bahia. Return to hotel for lunch. In the afternoon we'll visit the souks, the Medina and Jemaa El Fna. In the evening dinner show in a Moroccan restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 10: Marrakech – Essaouira

Departure to Essaouira after breakfast. Upon arrival, fish lunch. In the afternoon, city tour and alleys of the medina of Essaouira, a former Portuguese fort known for its handicrafts, silver jewelry and inlaid wood of Thuja. Dinner and overnight.

Day 11: Essaouira – El Jadida - Casablanca

Breakfast and departure to Casablanca via El Jadida with lunch at El Oualidia (can eat the fish specialties). Continuation to El Jadida along the Atlantic coast. Arrival in Casablanca. Dinner and overnight.

Day 12: Casablanca

After breakfast, transfer to Mohamed V airport in Casablanca. End of our services.

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