8 Days Tour From Casablanca To Sahara Desert And Imperial Cities

once you have your breakfast at your place of stay, we depart for Meknes, the "Moroccan Versailles," and then the holy city of Moulay Idriss, the first monarch of Morocco. The city was founded at the end of the 17th century and is encircled by a triple 40-kilometer enclosure. It is made up of two agglomerations: the new and modern city on one side and the Medina, which features Morocco's most magnificent gate, Bab El Mansour, on the other. Following the excursion, you will travel through the ancient Roman remains at Volubilis on your way to Fez. Spend the night with breakfast at a hotel, riad, or guest house.

You have a guided city tour of Fes after breakfast at your place of accommodation. With its many mosques, Medersas, walls and ramparts, fortified gates, mausoleums, palaces, and squares, this thousand-year-old city is a cultural and spiritual hub that makes it easy to get lost in its past. A guided tour of the Andalusian neighborhoods, the Moulay Idriss zaouïa, the Marinids necropolis, the El Attarin Madrassah, and the noble Karaouyine will provide you the points of reference you need to examine the city of Fassie's religious and historical legacy. With your guide, have lunch at a Moroccan restaurant. The atmosphere of the souks makes Fez a haunting city as well! Allow your senses to carry you away as you lose yourself in the vibrant, cacophonous maze with delicate or delicious scents. To learn all the traditional secrets of eastern beauty, don't miss the henna souk. Explore the souk el-Attarine, a spectacular concentration of all the hues and fragrances of spices, for a feast for the senses. Go up the terraces of the leather goods businesses to get a panoramic view of the multicolored dye pools that are so beautiful and to get away from the lingering smells of the tanners' district. Spend the night with breakfast at a hotel, riad, or guest house.

Drive you through the Middle Atlas via Ifran, "Moroccan Switzerland," and Azrou after breakfast at where you're staying You will meet Barbary apes on your visit to the Cedre Gouraud tree in the cedar forest. We next traveled south past a number of villages, where you might have seen nomads residing in tents by the side of the road. Volcanic rocks are also visible. You can have lunch at Midelt, our next destination. We then proceed, taking in the expansive vistas as we pass the TiziN'Talghomt (1907 m). See the turquoise-blue water of the Barrage Hassan Al-Dakhil by passing through the Ziz Gorge and the tunnel close to Errachidia. Drive to Erfoud, where you will pause for a broad perspective of the Ziz River's palm of Aoufous. Arriving in Merzouga and trekking on a camel for approximately one and a half hours to reach the Erg Chebbi dunes, taking in the most breathtaking sunset over the dunes, listening to music and folklore at night in a Saharan desert camp, and spending the night with breakfast and dinner in a Saharan desert Beber tent at the base of the dunes.

NB: If you book a luxury tour, then you will have breakfast and shower at the desert camp; otherwise, the breakfast and the shower will be at the hotel after your camel rides back in the morning.

Getting up early to watch the sunrise and then having breakfast when your guide calls you to do so. Arriving at your accommodation on a camel's back allows you to take a nice shower and prepare for the next day of the tour. When you go to Rissani, you can explore the Souk (local market) and view the Fondouks, where donkeys congregate, in addition to visiting Zawiya Moulay Ali ash-Sharif. We continue traveling through "the capital of marble fossils" to reach Erfoud-Tineghir. On our journey, you'll notice the Khatarat (deriego canal system). Tinejdad or Tineghir is where we will have lunch next. After that, we'll follow the river to the gorges, where we'll do a walking tour and take in the breathtaking views of the towering rock walls (up to 300 meters). After that, we travel to the Boumalne Du Dades Gorges, where you may spend some time exploring the gorges and the rock formations that contrast with "human bodies, fingers of monkeys." Spend the night with breakfast and dinner at a hotel, riad, or guest house.

You will pass through Boumalne du Dades, El-KelaaM'Gouna, and Skoura on your way to Ouarzazate today. While driving, take in the sights of the Skoura oasis, Rose Valley, and the Valley of a Thousand Kasbahs. Let's travel to Ouarzazate, where you can pause to view the Glaoui dynasty's Kasbah of Taourirt. After touring the fascinating Kasbah of Aït Ben Haddou, we continue on towards the settlement of Ait Ben Haddou, where we have lunch. You will then have the chance to take pictures and take in the views of the High Atlas Mountains as you are driven through the TiziN'Tichka (2260 m). Arrive in Marrakech at approximately 6 or 7 p.m. Spend the night with breakfast at a hotel, riad, or guest house.

You begin a guided city tour of Marrakech after breakfast at your place of accommodation. The tour includes stops at the Koutoubia, a representative structure of Almohades art, the Museum of Marrakech (which features ceramics, pottery, and jewels), and the Palace of the Bahia, a masterpiece of Moroccan architecture with patios and gardens. Saadian tombs, where the exquisite decorations and the crossing of the tourist destination Djemaa El Fna square will awe you. Visit the city's outskirts in the afternoon, including the tower walls, the olive tree-planted Garden of Menara, the French painter Jacques Majorelle's botanical garden, Medersa Ben Youssef, the crown jewel of Arab-Andalusian architecture, and Majorelle Garden. Spend the night with breakfast at a hotel, riad, or guest house.

Transfer from your place of accommodation to the Marrakech airport in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle, depending on flight schedules. help with the return flight's check-in procedures. The tour program comes to an end.

NB: The price of this extended tour depends on the number of travelers in the group; please fill out the booking form to get the pricing. We can customize everything for you on this tour according to your needs, budget, timing, and preferences; just write us what you are looking for.