9-Day Tour from Casablanca

At the first day after your arrival, we will pick you up at the airport and drive directly to fes via the highway, or free national way to enjoy the view of fertile lands of Rabat and Meknes city till you arrive to your riad in fes in which you will spend the night and have a traditional dinner.

After breakfast in your hotel or riad, you will start exploring the oldest city in Morocco, walking in its alleys and small streets. Our visit starts by visiting the Royal Palace gate, the Jewish headquarter, the first Mellah ever built in Morocco, built during the 16th century. We will ensure that you visit all sites with cultural and historical interest including the famous Al Qaraouine University, the oldest in the region, the Tanneries, the Attarine museum and Mulay Idriss mausoleum. After lunch, you will visit the tiles cooperative and then experience a wonderful panoramic view over the whole Medina of Fes.

At mid -day you will leave Fes travelling towards Ifrane, a beautiful mountains village, referred to as "the Switzerland of Morocco" and then on to Midelt. During this journey you’ll experience glimpses of the Middle and High Atlas mountains. Stopping at Azrou, a Berber village in the middle of the famous cedar forest - the largest in Morocco – where you will see Barbary apes. Your journey continues to Midelt along the magnificent hills and mountains of the Atlas. In Midelt you will be accommodated in a hotel.

You will travel to Merzouga via Errachidia and Erfoud. You will be travelling through the fascinating Tizi Ntalghamt pass, taking in views of the High Atlas plateau, you’ll notice how the scenery changes to reveal hints of the desert as you approach the city of Errachidia, here you will have lunch and enjoy the Berber hospitality. Afterwards, you will travel along the luxuriant Ziz Valley, stopping for panoramic views along the way to Erfoud and Rissani for the famous non-touristic weekly market.

Arrive at Merzouga on the afternoon. You’ll be welcomed with a glass of mint tea before you start your camel ride to spend an over night on the desert camp with Berber music and sund boarding.

Your camelman will wake you up early in the morning to watch what well may be the best sunrise of your life afterwards breakfast will be served. You will peacefully camel-trek back to the village of Merzouga. Enroute you could not fail to appreciate the unique beauty of the spectacular Erg Chebbi sand dunes - changing with the light as the day progresses, you’ll leave for Rissani, Tinghir,

and Todgha gorges - the highest, narrowest gorges in Morocco. After lunch in the heart of the gorge we’ll drive through the Dades Valley, where you’ll see the majestic sand castles and the amazing rock formations known as "monkey toes". Overnight accommodation will be in a fancy hotel overlooking the Dades valley.

After breakfast in the hotel, you will travel through the Dades Valley towards Kalaa M'gouna and Ouarzazate. The route through Dades Valley is the way of the thousand kasbahs – providing numerous opportunities to take some of your best photographic shots of the trip in both the rose valley and cinema city of ouarzazate passing by Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah. the largest Kasbah in Morocco. and the Telouet kasbah built by T-hami El Glaoui, one of the last Berber chieftains during the beginning of the XXth Century, it used to be one of his stops during his long travel from the Sahara to Marrakech. after that we will continue to cross high atlas mountains full of panoramic view and attractive Berber villages all along the way to marrakech.

You can start exploring Marrakech " the red city of Morocco”. We will ensure that you see the most important sites of historical and cultural interest, including the Majorelle Gardens, the Koutoubia Tower, the Saadian tombs, the Bahia Palace. After Lunch at a restaurant near the square, you will walk through the souks and view hundreds of handicrafts. On the afternoon, you will have some free time to wander on your own the other parts of the city.

During this day you will have the chance if you like to join the cooking class to learn how to cook a Moroccan dish, or just an easy and relaxing day.