10 Day Desert Tour From Casablanca via the Imperial Cities

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
DAY 1 : CASABLANCA
1 stop
1
Casablanca
Pick up at the airport and transfer to your hotel, but before visiting the Hassan II mosque (the largest mosque in Morocco and one of the largest in the world). overnight at the Hotel.
5 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
DAY 2 : CASABLANCA – RABAT – Chefchaouen
1 stop
2
Chefchaouen
Breakfast and departure for Rabat, you will visit the Kasbah Oudaïas, Hassan tower and the mausoleum of Mohamed V. Then you will continue your trip to chefchaouen . one of the imperial cities which is known for it's charming blue colour. and a night in chefchaouen
5 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
DAY 3 : Chefchaoun - Voulubilis - Fes
1 stop
3
Fez
After breakfast,we will start driving towards Fes via voulubilis which is an old roman city after discovering the area and it's history we will continue towards fes we will reach there around 4pm and spend the night there in a nice riad
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
DAY 4 : FES city tour
1 stop
4
Fez
After breakfast, take a guided tour of the city for a full day with an English-speaking guide to explore the royal city; you will begin your visit with the old medina with its ramparts and narrow streets, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981, as well as the ruins of the Mérinides tombs. You will also visit the madrasas Bouanania and Attarine built at the beginning of the 14th century, the Karaouine mosque and the Nejjarine marble fountain. Then, lunch break in a typical Moroccan restaurant. In the afternoon, you will explore the decorated door of Boujloud and the royal palace, then the souk where the craftsmen sell their handmade jewels, their leather goods, their copper objects and their pottery..
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
DAY 5 : Fes - Ifrane - Midlt - Merzouga desert
1 stop
5
Merzouga Desert
At 8 am, we will pick you up at the hotel and drive to Merzouga crossing the Middle Atlas, a 350-kilometer mountain range from south-west to north-west. On the way, we will cross cities like Ifrane, nicknamed the "Moroccan Switzerland" for the architecture of their houses, and Azrou, one of the most famous Berber cities of Morocco. We will cross the valley and the gorges of Ziz and cross cities like Midelt or Erfoud. From Erfoud, we will take a desert track to Merzouga. We will spend the night in a hotel next to the desert entrance.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 6
DAY 6 : Merzouga Desert - Visite a Nomad Family
1 stop
6
Merzouga Desert
On the second day, we will devote to enjoying the most spectacular part of the Eastern Sahara. We will enter the desert , visit nomadic villages, see oases and cross the dunes of Erg Chebbi. After the road, we will visit the famous village of Khamlia where are the gnawa. The descendants of the slaves arrived from Africa and we will appreciate their amazing folk music. At dusk, we will return to the hotel to take the camels that will take us to the Berber camp in the heart of the dunes, where we will dine and spend the night.
5 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 7
DAY 7 : MERZOUGA DESERT - ERFOUD - TOUDGHA GORGES - DADES VALLEY
1 stop
7
Dades Gorges
After breakfast we will continue our route towards Boulmane Dades (Gorges du Dades). We will arrive at Rissani, capital of the Tafilalet region, where we will walk through the animal market as well as its souk. We will continue through the Ziz Valley until we reach Erfoud, to visit the fossil quarry and see how they are transformed into real works of art, tables, washbasins and other pieces worthy of your attention. We continue with the trip to the Gorges of Dades where we will spend the night. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 8
DAY 8 : DADES VALLEY - OUARZAZATE - AIT BEN HADDOU - MARRAKECH
1 stop
8
Marrakesh
SIn the morning, we will go to the famous Dades gorges. In our tour, we will see landscapes of singular beauty, where a series of oases of greenery are fed by the river Dades. The valley narrows gradually to give way to a thick series of limestone blocks with vertiginous walls "Dadès Gorges" a pleasure for the eyes. We will continue by road and about 12 km. we will go by track, we will exceed the mountain of Amgoun, the valley of the roses and the palm grove of Skoura with its kasbahs. Arrived in the afternoon in Marrakech and transfer to the hotel
7 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 9
DAY 9 : MARRAKECH CITY TOUR WITH A LOCAL GUIDE
1 stop
9
Marrakech
ightseeing tour of exotic Marrakesh. Do the city’s architectural attractions: the delicate Granada-style carving of the Saadian Tombs, the magnificient Bahia Palace, the famous medersa Ben Youssef and above all, the Koutoubia Minaret, the most typical feature of Islamic architecture…Lunch at ksar el Hamra ,after that visit Majorelle Garden at the end of the day, visit the famous square, Djemaa El Fna (A real stage for a long-established ritual in which shifting circles of onlookers gather round groups of acrobats, drummers, pipe musicians, dancers, storytellers, comedians and fairground acts ). Diner at leisure & overnight at the Hotel in the evening we will transfer you to CASABLANCA airport or spend the night in Marrakech it depends on your flight departure time on the 10th day
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 10
DAY 10 : MARRAKECH / CASABLANCA
1 stop
10
Marrakech
this day will be either transfer to Casablanca or Marrakech airport
20 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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