10 Days Tour From Casablanca To Imperial Cities, North And Desert

We begin our journey towards the renowned blue city of Chefchaouen after breakfast at your place of accommodation. Known for its narrow squares, twisting streets, blue-painted stairways, and white and blue houses, Chefchaouen is a photographer's paradise and a fascinating destination to explore. It's also one of Morocco's friendliest cities. We will stop briefly along the trip to see some sites of interest. The holy city is home to a dozen mosques and shrines. It is a cheerful city with paved pathways leading to a number of shaded squares. Relaxing in a hotel, riad, or guest house for the night with breakfast.

You take a guided city tour of Chefchaouen after breakfast at your place of accommodation, and then you have the entire day to explore and stroll around the Medina. Admire the amazing blue walls that have made this city renowned, learn about the town's history, and uncover its hidden treasures. Enjoy a walking tour of the Medina's charming little streets with your knowledgeable guide. You will see the main square, Plaza Uta el-Hammam, and explore local shops and cafes. If you want to learn more about the culture, you might want to visit the Great Mosque, the Kasbah Museum, or the Ethnographic Museum, which has old weapons, musical instruments, and Old City photos. The Ras Elma River, which flows through the ancient town, is another place you can stop. Spend the night with breakfast at a hotel, riad, or guest house.

Following breakfast at your place of accommodation, we depart the blue city and journey through the region's breathtaking scenery. Until we arrive at Ouazzane, which is home to some of Morocco's greatest honey and figs, we pass fields of wheat, wildflowers, and traditional metal-roofed homes. A tour to the Roman Ruins of Volubilis, a UNESCO site, comes next. There are several streets, buildings, columns, mosaics, and a massive doorway among the extensive excavations. This significant city, which was first established in 225 BC, offers a fascinating window into Roman life in the area. You will discover all about its significance and history with your guide. We then travel to the imperial city of Meknes, which was established as a military settlement by the Almoravides dynasty in the eleventh century and developed into a metropolis under Sultan Moulay Ismail in the seventeenth century. With the construction of the huge Bab Mansour, the ramparts, the granary, the Sahrij Swani Basin for cultivation and water storage, and a gate of elaborate mosaic, or Zellige, he brought a Hispano-Moorish architectural style. After touring the stunning city of Meknes, we continue on to Fes, the spiritual capital, where we 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 gateways, 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. You can examine the historical and religious legacy of the city of Fes by taking a guided tour of the Marinids necropolis, the El Attarin Madrassah, the Moulay Idriss zaouïa, the Andalusian districts, and the magnificent Karaouyine. With your guide, have lunch at a Moroccan restaurant. The gloomy 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 stores to get away from the lingering smells of the tanners' district. From there, you can get a panoramic view of the multicolored dye pools, which are really picturesque. Overnight accommodation in a hotel, riad, or guest house with breakfast.

We drive across the Middle Atlas via Ifran, also known as "Moroccan Switzerland," and Azrou after breakfast at your accommodation. You will meet Barbary apes on your visit to the Cedre Gouraud tree in the cedar forest. From here, we traveled south via several 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, where we'll be stopping next. We then proceed, taking in the expansive vistas as we pass the Tizi N'Talghomt (1907 m). Pass through the Ziz Gorge and the tunnel close to Errachidia to observe the turquoise-blue water of the Barrage Hassan Al-Dakhil. Proceed to Erfoud, where you will pause for a broad perspective of the Ziz River's palm of Aoufous. Arriving at 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 Berber tent at the heart 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. After a long journey, you arrive at your hotel to take a hot 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 and fingers of monkeys. Spend the night and get 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 and get breakfast and dinner at a hotel, riad, or guest house.

You begin a guided city tour of Marrakech after breakfast at your 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. Overnight and accommodation in a hotel, riad, or guest house with breakfast.

Transfer from your place of accommodation to the Marrakech airport in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle according to your 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.