24 Day Tour Moroccan Delights and Cultural Charms

imperial cities-sahara-chefchaouen

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Overview

Morocco, a North African country bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, is distinguished by its Berber, Arabian and European cultural influences. Marrakesh’s medina, a mazelike medieval quarter, offers entertainment in its Djemaa el-Fna square and souks (marketplaces) selling ceramics, jewelry and metal lanterns. The capital Rabat’s Kasbah of the Udayas is a 12th-century royal fort overlooking the water.

Highlights

marrakech/casablanca/rabat/tanger/chefchaouane/fez/maknes/fez/volubilis/sahra/camel ride/sandboarding/ouarzazate/kasbah ait ben haddou/nomade life/essaouir/atlas studios/asilah/berbershow/dades valley/rose’s village/taste tour food/atv/ourika valley/tiz-in-tichka/rissani/ifran/midelt/luxury glamping/

Included/Exclude

  • Accommodations
  • Private car with driver guide tour
  • Daily Breakfast
  • Dinner In The Desert
  • Local guides : Marrakech/Fez/Essaouira/Chefchaoune/Casablanca/Ourika
  • Famous restaurant chez ali /2 Menus
  • Spa & Hammam
  • Taste food tour in Marrakech
  • Hot air ballon
  • 4*4 car sahara tour /drove above dunes
  • Camel trek
  • Sandboarding
  • Show at the camp
  • Horse Ride in Essaouira
  • Insurance
  • Taxe
  • Flight
  • Lunches & Dinners
  • Tips
  • Monuments Fees

Tour Plan

Welcome to Morocco. Your adventure begins today with a Pick-up from Casablanca airport directly to your stay.
after having your breakfast at your hotel we’ll take you for a lovely  place with an amazing ocean view in “Cornish” seaside  later you have  meeting  with your local guide to start your tour, you’ll visit the Hassan II Mosque, the largest mosque outside Mecca then take you to see the Morocco Mall , ancient medina ( HOUBUS),Jewish quarter…  In the evening, you’ll have free time to explore the city by yourself through its other parts. Overnight stay in the Hotel in Casablanca.
After having breakfast if your flight landed late yesterday, in the first half day we'll do the Casablanca city tour. Afterwards we’ll continue to Rabat – the capital of Morocco – you will see the Hassan Tower, Ruins of Chellah. And walk the Oudaya Kasbah, we will drive to Tangier via the city of Asilah. Most of the drive will be by the coast. Our first stop will be in Asilah, where you will have the opportunity to explore the city. Asilah is known for its annual festival for the art – most of the walls of the Medina are painted by various famous artists from all over the world. Your visit includes the Skalla fortress, where you will experience a wonderful view of the Medina and the ocean. Late in the afternoon we will continue to Tangier city where you’ll spend your second night in Morocco.
After breakfast, we’ll continue exploring Tangier as we'll start our morning tour with visiting the Hercules Caves. This morning visit of Tangier will also lead you to the Kasbah district next to the port, the old Medina with its craftsmanship shops and a magnificent minaret the sea. Afternoon return back to your hotel to get some relaxed and benefit from beach.
After your breakfast you will be heading to the bleu city Chefchaouane , but a crossing Tetouane city , you will see the Medina and get the famous jus over there Zaaza, then continue to your distention where you will be dropped to your beautiful Rid
After breakfast, your visit to Chefchaouen will starts by visiting the Blue colored walls, doors, and shops all over the city and get inspired by The beauty of the City that gives an amazing feeling and an attractive city that lead people over the world to take this trip and visit this place and its simplicity and beauty. Chefchaouen represents the real Moroccan life as lived by the people. And don’t ignore the new town, which has some lovely examples of Andalusian architecture and a charming park at the end of Avenida Mohammed V. Overnight at the Riad in Chefchaouen.
After your breakfast in the Riad our authentic journey will start scenic drive that will take us from high in the Rif Mountains through the fertile agricultural hills to the Roman Ruins at Volubilis, an open air museum. Volubilis is not as spectacular as the Roman sites on the Mediterranean rim but it is still a relaxed way of envisaging an important part of Moroccan history. We will shift our way to Meknes, the fourth of Morocco’s imperial cities and the 17th century heritage where we will stop for lunch and hang around the historical huge walls of the medina. After launch, we take a glimpse to Bab el Mansour and enjoy a visit of Moulay Ismail’s shrine after the visit of Meknes we will drive directly to Fes city where you will spend the night.
After the breakfast in your riad in Fes. All day devoted for visiting Fes, the oldest of the imperial cities, home to the world’s first university dating from the 9th century and one of the most complete medieval cities in existence, founded in 790 A.D. Seeming to exist somewhere between the Middle Ages and today, the Soul of Morocco stimulates the senses with its visual details, haunting sounds and rich aromas. Guided visit of medieval Medina, Quaraouine University Medersa Attarine, , blue gate, chouara tannery, souks. After lunch, you will experience a wonderful panoramique view over the whole Medina of Fes spend night at your Riad in Fes city.
The morning pickup start from your Riad in Fes then drive southwards to Ifrane and Azrou through the Middle Atlas mountains, On the way we will stop at cedar forest to see the Barbarian Ape in their natural habitat. Traveling through the Tizi Ntalghamt pass to Midelt and along the magnificent Ziz Gorges carved and the volcanic rock, you’ll have incredible views of the Middle-Atlas plateau, noticing how the scenery changes to reveal hints of the desert as you come closer to of the city Errachidia. After having lunch, we’ll go ahead through the Ziz valley Erfoud, Rissani and Merzouga. After enjoying a glass of mint tea, we will leave our luggage in a room then take the camels to a Berber camp in the middle of Erg Chebbi Sand dunes, 20 km long and 5 km wide. Reputed as the highest sand dunes in North Africa. The unique and diverse environment. The camel trek takes around 1hr 30 min from the hotel to the camp where we take back the spirit of the nomadic Berber lifestyle. There we setup 3 Berber tents with restaurant and kitchen. At the dunes naturally providing basic facilities. The tents are well equipped and we provide mattresses, Blankets, and cushion, shower, private toilet. Overnight in a luxury Campsite in the Sahara Desert Meals included (Breakfast, Dinner). Night under a luxury berber tent or out under the stars. You will have the perfect view!
We wake up early in the morning to see another great landscape in the dunes of Morocco Sahara. the spectacular sunrise you’re gonna have  your breakfast  after do the activity of sandboarding, then ( BUGGYS or  ATV) for another route back to Riad Café Du Sud, then you’ll start your explorative desert journey of the area by 4*4 car , visiting the village of the Khamlia, originally slaves from Sudan to experience their music and lifestyle. Not far away there is the lake of Merzouga, with its bird populations, including flamingos. You may also like to visit the nomad wire house where many Berber, oiasis .,then meet your driver tour and get to  the town of Rissani, the incredible birthplace of Moulay Ali Cherif — founder of Morocco’s ruling Alaouite Dynasty. Your lunch it’s gonna be  a Berber Pizza , a big bread stuffed with herbs and chicken strips, and the strange thing about this dish is that it’s cooked on ashes without a stove of fire. it is one of the dishes known to the nomads. Afternoon, you will be dropped to your Luxury tent .
Today you have a free day in the hotel, where you will relax in the desert atmosphere, as well as enjoy the wonderful swimming pool directly overlooking the golden dunes, and the views of the palm trees that dance to the tunes of the polytheistic winds, in the evening you can go to the camp to attend the Berber music for the third time (optional).
After your breakafast you will start your day at 9 am heading to Marrakech , across  the Tizi-n-Tichka through the Atlas mountain (2160m) , you’ll arrived to Marrakech at 3pm , going directly to your stay , then you’re libre to seize the moment discovering the main square of Jamaa El Fana the centre of Marrakech.
We will pick up you you’ll be having an amazing guided visit to Marrakech Medina (old city) Palaces, Jewish quarter, Tinmel mosque, bahia palace, Menata park, Saadian tombs, Koutoubia mosque, Ben Youssef Madrasa and the museum, Jamaa lafna (Square The yard at the heart of Marrakesh, where they found the city center pilgrimage residents and visitors and they use a place for meetings. And where there are popular Story-Tellers, snake-charmers, fortune-readers, acrobats, musicians, dancers, models,). Also a tour of the Ramparts and Majorelle Gardens night at you Riad/Hotel in the old Medina of Marrakech. At evening, you have the famous restaurant in Morocco, CHEZ ALI, get your dinner with an authentic music show (Berber style…), horse show you’ll be extremely enjoyed on that place. Return back at your hotel.
We’ll start our day trip picking you up from your Riad at 9:00 and drive towards the Ouzoud Waterfalls. Only a couple of hours away from the bustling city of Marrakech lies cascading falls set within a Berber village located in the Middle Atlas. You’ll discover the area with a local guide who will explained the culture traditional around this area, then you will be beside of valley to ride the boat until the flow down of falls Discover the small villages of red mud and farming terraces set on the side of the mountains which sit beside the cool river running within the valley. Upon arrival we’ll be able to spend some free time marveling at the site of these beautiful falls, and if you are lucky you will catch a glimpse of the waterfall. After countless photo opportunities you will make your way back to Marrakech in the early evening.
You will wake up early, pick up at 5 am, drove to the point of take-off airship launch at 6 am to catch up the sunrise is a panoramic view with an emotional moment unforgettable, and after 2 hour of sky you will have your breakfast then to Marrakech. Afternoon you can get your day pass at Namesake hotel for your lunch. Evening you’ll be with a guide to discover taste food deferent dishes & explore Moroccan food takes you well beyond Jemma el Fna, the main square of Marrakech. Where you will taste kind food: spices, oils, flavors… ect.
Your full day excursion to Ourika Valley will start at 09h00 AM with a drive across the Houz Plains, and stop at pottery real factory to get the treat of how is they made it (classes) ,after that you have stop on local ladies Argan oil cooperative to see how this liquid gold is extracted and some cosmetic fine products are made. From here, we will continue to Tnin Ourika, one of the largest Berber Souks in the area, where all the Villagers from the Ourika Valley come once a week to trade & buy their goods. From here, we will follow Ourika River driving next to the stream up to the Berber village of Setti Fatma, where most of the locals in Marrakech escape to summer heat and spend a day under the shades of the walnut trees. For those who would like to explore the Valley on foot, local hiking guides are available for hire to walk you to some stunning cascades and back. If you fancy a lazy day, relax at one of the cafés on the riverbank and enjoy the rest of the day listening to the sound of the stream with the High Atlas Mountains as a backdrop. Local cafés are available for a light lunch and can accommodate all budgets. Drive back to Marrakech late in the afternoon where your day trip to Ourika Valley will end with a drop off at your Riad or Jamaa Elfna Square.
Start you’re Day to Essaouira from Marrakech at 08h00 am. Cross the Houaz Planes towards the village of Sidi Lmokhtar just West of Marrakech. You will have a coffee break and continue past the unique Argan trees forest located in this area. This is where you will find goats climbing trees in search of Argan nuts, a wonderful and rare sight to behold. You can stop at a local cooperative that processes Argan oil before continuing to Val d’Argan, a vineyard that was established by a French wine connoisseur. Should you choose so, you can partake to some wine for leaving to Essaouira. Upon arrival, you will meet your local guide who will introduce you to the city. You will visit the Medina, the Mellah (old Jewish quarter), the Kasbah (old military bastion), and the fishermen port. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, you will be free to enjoy the city, with its beautiful beaches and relaxed mood, enjoy a cup of coffee or mint tea at the famous Place Moulay Elhassan while listening to atmospheric Gnawa music being played. Before sunset you have shootout with your pro photographer by riding horse near beach, after this activity you will be returned back to your hotel to get free moments.
After your breakfast, you will have a mating for center Hammam & Spa, after that if you wanna spent more time in Essaouira otherwise take road to Casablanca, drop you at your hotel who’s located in downtown, you can hang over where there is several brand stores such as Nike, Louis Vuitton….etc.
city ​​located on the southern Atlantic coast of Morocco in the foothills of the Anti-Atlas, is the capital of the province of Agadir Ida-Outanane. This seaside resort is renowned for its golf courses, wide crescent beach and seafront promenade lined with cafes, restaurants and bars. Perched on a hill, the Kasbah of Agadir was destroyed in an earthquake in 1960, but its original walls are still standing
Paradise Valley is the name given to part of the Tamraght River Valley in the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains. It is located about 20 km north of Agadir. The valley is known for its abundance of rock pools and small waterfalls
Taghazout is a fishing village located on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, north of the city of Agadir. It is renowned for its surfing beaches. Killer Point is a point break (surf spot) with powerful waves. To the south, La Source takes its name from the fresh water that springs from the rocks. The waves from Anchor Point form rolls. Cafés and surf shops line the main street. Inland, the Tamraght River flows through Paradise Valley, a palm-lined gorge with pools and waterfalls.
El-adida or al-Jadida – with ancient names al-Brija, Mazagan and al-Mahdouma – is a coastal city in Morocco, 96 km from Casablanca, capital of the province of El Jadida. The fortified city, built by the Portuguese at the beginning of the 16th century and named Mazagan, was taken by the Moroccans in 1769
Safi is a port city located on the Moroccan Atlantic coast. Ksar El Bahr, a 16th-century fortress built by Portuguese settlers, sits on the waterfront. In the old town, food and craft stalls line Rue du Souq. Nearby, the National Museum of Ceramics is housed in another fort built by the Portuguese. The centerpieces of the collection are the region's decorated pottery, created in the workshops of the Colline des Potiers, a hillside district
You should to be at the airport 2 hour before, (according to your ticket flight). End of tour.

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