9 DAYS OF IMPERIAL CITIES, DESERT & ADVENTURE

MOROCCO ITINERARY 9 DAYS STARTS AT CASABLANCA. ARRIVAL AT CASABLANCA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHERE WE WILL MEET YOU AND DRIVE TO CASABLANCA AND
RABAT, THE CAPITAL OF MOROCCO.
IN CASABLANCA, YOU WILL SEE THE HASSAN II MOSQUE, THE LARGEST OUTSIDE MECCA,
AND EXPERIENCE THE COASTAL SEASIDE, CORNWALL. THEN WE WILL LEAVE TO RABAT.
HERE, YOU WILL SEE THE HASSAN TOWER AND THE OUDAYAS KASBAH, BEFORE ENTERING
YOUR RIAD IN THE MEDINA. NIGHT AT RIAD OR HOTEL

THE SECOND DAY OF YOUR MOROCCO ITINERARY TAKES YOU TO CHEFCHAOUEN. AFTER
BREAKFAST, YOU’LL VISIT ROMAN AND ISLAMIC RUINS, THE 20TH-CENTURY
ANDALUSIAN GARDENS, AND HASSAN TOWER, A 12TH-CENTURY MINARET.
AFTER AROUND 4 HOURS, YOU REACH CHEFCHAOUEN AND YOU WILL BE IMPRESSED BY
THE MAJESTIC VIEW ALONG THE WAY. YOU ARRIVE TO CHEFCHAOUEN IN THE EVENING.
OVERNIGHT AT YOUR RIAD IN CHEFCHAOUEN.

ON THE THIRD DAY OF OUR MOROCCO ITINERARY 9 DAYS, WE WILL HEAD TO FEZ. THE
DRIVE INVOLVES MULTIPLE STOPS ALONG THE WAY ESPECIALLY IN MEKNES AND
VOLUBILIS. VOLUBILIS IS A GREAT LANDMARK IN MOROCCO. IT WAS FOUNDED BY THE
BERBER PEOPLE IN THE 3RD CENTURY BC.
AFTER THE FALL OF CARTHAGE, THE CITY BECAME PART OF MAURETANIA. HOWEVER, IN
25 BC, KING JUBA II WAS PLACED ON THE THRONE AND BEGAN BUILDING HIS ROYAL
CAPITAL AT VOLUBILIS.

AFTER VOLUBILIS WE WILL HEAD TO MEKNES, WHICH IS ANOTHER IMPERIAL CITY OF
MOROCCO. WE WILL ENJOY A GUIDED TOUR IN THE OLD MEDINA.
WE WILL EXPLORE THE BEST TOURIST SITES, INCLUDING THE DOOR OF BAD MANSOUR
AND THE MAUSOLEUM OF MOULAY ISMAIL. AFTER LUNCH, WE WILL HEAD TO FEZ FOR A
NIGHT IN A RIAD IN THE MEDINA.

BREAKFAST IN YOUR RIAD, THEN START A TOUR OF THE MEDINA WHERE YOU WILL VISIT
MANY HIDDEN TREASURES THAT ONLY THE LOCALS KNOW. FEZ HAS BEEN THE CAPITAL
OF MOROCCO FOR OVER 350 YEARS AND IS HOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF AL
KARAOUINE, THE OLDEST UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD. YOUR GUIDED TOUR WILL TAKE
YOU TO MOULAY IDRISS MAUSOLEUM, THE NEJJARINE FOUNTAINS, AND THE TANNERIES.
AFTER LUNCH, YOU CAN SEE THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROYAL PALACE AND WALK THROUGH
THE FAMOUS JEWISH QUARTER “MELLAH”
, WHERE YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
VISIT ONE OF THE FEW SYNAGOGUES OF LIFE IN MOROCCO.
YOUR VISIT TO FEZ INCLUDES A SHORT VISIT TO THE FAMOUS CERAMIC FACTORY, THEN
YOU CAN ENJOY A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ENTIRE MEDINA.
IN THE AFTERNOON WE WILL GO TO THE NEW CITY FOR A DRINK. OVERNIGHT AT YOUR
RIAD.

AFTER BREAKFAST IN YOUR RIAD, YOU WILL GO SOUTH-EAST FOLLOWING THE CARAVAN
ROUTE TO MERZOUGA. DURING THIS TRIP, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE A GLIMPSE OF THE
MIDDLE ATLAS AND THE UPPER ATLAS MOUNTAINS. STOP AT THE CEDAR FOREST, THE
LARGEST IN MOROCCO, ON THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MIDDLE ATLAS, WHERE YOU CAN
SEE THE BARBARIAN MONKEYS.
AFTER LUNCH, IN MIDELT, YOU WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LARGE OPEN DESERT, AND
NOTICE HOW THE LANDSCAPE CHANGES TO REVEAL HINTS OF THE DESERT AS YOU
APPROACH THE CITY ERRACHIDIA. YOUR JOURNEY CONTINUES ALONG THE LUSH ZIZ
VALLEY AND THE TAFILALET PALM GROVE, FAMOUS FOR THE CULTURE OF THE DATE.
THIS AREA IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE ALAOUITE DYNASTY – THE CURRENT ROYAL
FAMILY IN MOROCCO. YOU WILL ARRIVE IN MERZOUGA AT THE END OF THE AFTERNOON.
ANOTHER JOURNEY WILL START AS YOU RIDE YOUR CAMELS THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO
SPEND YOUR NIGHT IN THE DESERT. AT NIGHT, YOU WILL EAT BERBER FOOD AND DANCE
UNDER BERBER MUSIC.

EARLY IN THE MORNING, YOUR CAMEL GUIDE WILL WAKE YOU UP TO WATCH THE SUN
RISING. MAYBE IT’S THE BEST SUNRISE IN YOUR LIFE. THEN, AFTER BREAKFAST AT THE
CAMP, YOU WILL TREK CAMELS TO THE VILLAGE OF MERZOUGA. EN ROUTE, YOU MIGHT
NOT FAIL TO APPRECIATE THE UNIQUE AND SPECTACULAR BEAUTY OF THE SAND DUNES
OF “CHEBBI”
– IN THE CHANGING LIGHT OF DAY. LATER, WE DRIVE TO TINGHIR, AND
TODRA GORGES – THE TALLEST AND NARROWEST GORGES IN MOROCCO.
AFTER LUNCH AT THE HEART OF THE GORGES, WE WILL DRIVE THROUGH THE DADES
VALLEY, WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE MAJESTIC SAND CASTLES AND THE AMAZING ROCK
FORMATIONS KNOWN AS “MONKEY TOES”
.
OVERNIGHT WILL BE IN AT YOUR HOTEL OVERLOOKING THE DADES VALLEY. DINNER &
BREAKFAST INCLUDED.

AFTER BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL, WE DRIVE THROUGH THE DADES VALLEY TO KALAAT MGOUNA
AND OUARZAZATE. THE ROAD THROUGH THE DADES VALLEY IS THE PATH OF A THOUSAND CASBAHS– PROVIDING PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE SOME OF THE BEST PICTURES.
WE WILL STOP AT KALAAT MGOUNA,
“THE PINK CITY”
, THEN IN AIT AIT BEN HADDOU BEFORE WE
CONTINUE OUR MOROCCO ITINERARY 9 DAYS TO MARRAKECH. KASBAH AIT BEN HADDOU WAS
BUILT BY ET HAMI EL GLAOUI, ONE OF THE LAST BERBER LEADERS DURING THE 18TH CENTURY.
AFTER VISITING THE KASBAH, YOUR JOURNEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TWISTY ITINERARY OF
TIZI N’TICHKA (2260M) ON THE HIGH ATLAS. BY THE EVENING, YOU ARRIVE TO MARRAKECH.
OVERNIGHT AT YOUR HOTEL IN CLOSE TO JAMAA EL FNA

AFTER BREAKFAST IN YOUR RIAD, YOU CAN ENJOY A GUIDED MORNING TOUR OF MARRAKECH,
“THE RED CITY OF MOROCCO”
. YOUR GUIDE WILL ENSURE THAT YOU SEE ALL THE SITES WITH
HISTORICAL VALUES AND CULTURAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING THE MINARET KOUTOUBIA, THE
SAADIAN TOMBS, THE BEAUTIFUL BAHIA PALACE AND BEN YOUSSEF KORANIC SCHOOL. THROUGH
THE ALLEYS – GET A CHANCE TO ADMIRE ALL THE DIFFERENT ARTISANS OF THE MEDINA EXERCISING
THEIR TRADES BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE FAMOUS JAMAA EL FNA SQUARE.
LUNCH IN A RESTAURANT NEAR THE SQUARE. THEN IN THE AFTERNOON VISITS THE MAJORELLE
GARDENS, AND A QUICK TOUR OF GUELIZ – THE NEW CITY OF MARRAKECH. LATER, AFTER DINNER,
YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH THE JAMA EL FNA SQUARE ENTERTAINED BY
MAGICIANS, STORYTELLERS, TOOTH PULLERS, AND FOOD VENDORS. OVERNIGHT WILL BE AT YOUR
RIAD.

TODAY, YOUR MOROCCO ITINERARY 9 DAYS FROM CASABLANCA COMES TO END.
OUR DRIVER WILL CHECK FOR YOUR FLIGHT DETAILS AND COMES TO TRANSFER YOU TO THE AIRPORT. WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOYED MOROCCO AND YOU HAD GREAT
MEMORIES WITH US.