Casablanca Trip Overview
Casablanca Tour 11 Day 10 Nights
This wonderful and unique tour will allow you to discover Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen and Sahara Desert of Morocco including, Kasbahs, Dades Valley, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Marrakech and Essaouira.
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* Duration: 11 days
* Starts: Casablanca, Morocco
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Casablanca Tour 11 Day 10 Nights
This wonderful and unique tour will allow you to discover Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen and Sahara Desert of Morocco including, Kasbahs, Dades Valley, Erg Chebbi Dunes, Marrakech and Essaouira.
Itinerary
Day 1: Casablanca Arrival airport.
Pass By: Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport, Rte de Nouasseur, Casablanca, Morocco
You will be welcomed by your driver /guide in the airport of Mohamed V in Casablanca and transfer you to your hotel in Casablanca. Overnight in the hotel.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel
Day 2: Casablanca – Rabat Chefchaouen
Stop At: Hassan II Mosque, Blvd Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah, Casablanca 20450 Morocco
In the morning you will start your trip to visit the biggest mosque in Casablanca, Hassan 2 Mosque.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Rabat, Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
Then you will go to the capital of Morocco “Rabat”. We will start with the Bab Challah, Mausoleum of Mohammed V and one of the main gates of the royal palace and the Oudaya Kasbah. Lunch in a local restaurant. Then we drive straight to the bleu city of Chefchaouen .
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Chefchaouen, Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
Then we drive straight to the bleu city of Chefchaouen .Of course on the way you will pass through many small towns and stop for breaks. Getting Chefchaouen a bit early to have time to walk inside the blue alleys of the medina, take pictures and experience the local food of the little city. Overnight in the hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel in Chefchaouen
Day 3: Chefchaouen – Fes
Stop At: Chefchaouen, Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
Today in Chefchaouen You will have free time all the morning to visit the blue city. It is a city located in the Rif Mountains, north-west of Morocco. It is famous for the remarkable buildings of different tones of faded blue of its old town. Leather and weaving workshops line its steep cobbled alleys. In the shaded central square of Outa el Hammam is the casbah with red walls, fortress and keep of the fifteenth century with ethnographic and artistic exhibitions. The octagonal minaret of the Great Mosque rises not far from there.
Duration: 5 hours
Stop At: Fes, Fes, Fes-Meknes
Then after lunch continue traveling to Fez.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Fes
Day 4: Fes – Fes
Stop At: Fes, Fes, Fes-Meknes
After breakfast in your 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 quarter, the first Mellah ever built in Morocco, built during the 14th century. We will ensure that you visit all sites with cultural and historical interest including the famous Al Qaraouine University, the oldest one in the world, the Tanneries and Moulay Idriss mausoleum. After lunch, you will visit the tiles cooperative and then experience a wonderful panoramic view over the whole Medina of Fes. Overnight at the same Riad.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Fes.
Day 5: Fes – Ifran – Midelt – Merzouga
Stop At: Ifrane, Ifrane, Fes-Meknes
After breakfast, you will leave Fes travelling towards Merzouga via Midelt and the Ziz valley. Today you will travel via the Ifrane city, a beautiful mountain village, named the Switzerland of Morocco. Here you will also stop at the cedar forest on the middle Atlas Mountains. During this journey you’ll experience glimpses of the Middle Atlas and Higher Atlas mountains and stopping at Azrou, a Berber village in the middle of the famous cedar forest – the largest one in Morocco – where you will have the opportunity to see the Barbary apes. After that, your journey continues to Midelt along the magnificent hills and mountains of the Atlas. After lunch in Midelt, you’ll be travelling through the fascinating Tiz Ntalghamt pass and the spectacular Ziz Gorge, taking in views of the High Atlas plateau, seeing how the scenery changes to reveal hints of the desert as you approach the province of the south-east Errachidia city.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Midelt, Midelt, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
Stop for lunch in Midelt
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Erfoud, Erfoud, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
Afterwards, you’ll travel along the fantastic Ziz Valley, stopping for panoramic views along the way to Erfoud and Rissani.
Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
Arriving in Merzouga in the afternoon you’ll be welcomed with a glass of mint tea. Then take camel ride in the dunes of Sahara Desert of Merzouga to reach the camp where you will have the night.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner: Dinner at the Berber Camp inside Sahara Erg Chebbi dunes
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Berber Camp inside Big Sahara Erg Chebbi Dunes
Day 6: Merzouga Desert – Todra Gorges – Dades Gorges
Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
Today you will have to wake up very early in the morning to see what will may be the best sunrise of your life. You will set over the Sand Dunes of Sahara of Erg Chebbi to watch wonderful sunrise. After watching the sunrise you will go down to the Camp for breakfast. Then you’ll peacefully camel-trek back to the village of Merzouga. While enjoying morning camel ride you couldn’t fail to appreciate the unique beauty of the spectacular Erg Chebbi sand dunes – changing with the light as the day progresses. Once you arrive the village of Merzouga, you will meet the driver again to continue the tour to Dades.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Rissani, Rissani, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
You will have optional stop in Rissani to visit the Mausoleum of Moulay Ali chref, the founder of the Alaouit dynasty,
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Fossiles d’Erfoud, Avenue Molay Ismail Erfoud, Erfoud 52200 Morocco
and then you will continue to Arfoud to visit the fossilized marble factory before continuing to the Todra valley, where you will have lunch.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Todgha Gorge, R 703 near the town of Tinerhir, Tinerhir 45520 Morocco
Once in Todra you can highlight a half-hour walk to see the gorges calmly and you will be guided through the palm grove and the Jewish quarter. Todra gorges is the highest, narrowest gorges in Morocco. The Todra River has formed a gorge of enormous vertical walls of great beauty; it is a climber’s paradise and a unique place.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Dades Gorges, R704 Atlas Mountains, Boumalne Dades 45350 Morocco
In the evening we will 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 guest house overlooking the Dades Valley.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner: Dinner at the hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel in Dades
Day 7: Dades – Ouarzazate – Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou – Marrakech.
Pass By: El Kelaa M’gouna, El Kelaa M’gouna, Souss-Massa
After breakfast in your accommodation, you will start travelling through the Dades Valley towards Ouarzazate and then to Marrakech. The road through Dades Valley is called the way of the thousand Kasbahs – providing numerous opportunities to take some of your best photographic shots of the trip. You will stop at Kalaat M’Gouna -the centre of rose’s valley-, where you will have the option to visit the cooperative for the roses, to purchase the rosewater, which will make your linen smell good a long time after your trip is over.
Stop At: Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate, Draa-Tafilalet
Visit Cenima Musem and Kasbah Tourirt
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
Continue to Marrakech via the Ait Ben haddou Kasbah. Built by Et Hami El Glaoui, one of the last Berber chieftains during the 19th century, now the Kasbah is a house of many Glaoui people.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: High Atlas Mountains, 40020 Morocco
Your journey will continue through the majestic Tizi n’Tichka Pass (2260 m) over the High Atlas Mountains, where you will have the opportunity to explore the process of producing the Argan oil- existing only in morocco – by Berber women in their cooperative, before arriving at your overnight accommodation in Marrakech.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Marrakech
Day 8: Marrakech – Marrakech
Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
Departure to MarraAfter breakfast in your Hotel/Riad, you can start to explor Marrakech; «the red city of Morocco”. You will visit the most important sites of historical and cultural interest, including the Majorelle Gardens, the Koutoubia Tower, the Saadian tombs, the Bahia Palace and main square place Ljamaa Lfna. 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 wonder by yourself the other parts of the city.kech airport following your flight departure time.
Stop At: Jemaa el-Fnaa, 38 Jemaa el-Fna, Rue El Ksour, Marrakech Morocco
Marrakech nicknamed the “Red City” for its old red sandstone city walls and buildings. It has Berber rather than Arab roots and was an important trading capital for tribes of the Atlas mountains. Orient yourself around Marrakech’s bustling Jemaa el-Fna Square: the souks are to the north, the Koutoubia Mosque and Gardens to the west and the kasbah area with the Saadian Tombs, Bahia Palace, and El Badi Palace are to the south. In the new city, you will find the Majorelle Gardens.
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: Medina of Marrakesh, Derb Fhal Zefriti n06 Derb Fhal Zefriti, Marrakech 40000 Morocco
Indulge your senses as you explore the complicated labyrinth of souks, tucked behind ordinary restaurants and shops. Check out Souk el Attarin, Souk Chouari, and Souk Smata for a selection of spices, woodwork, and babouche (traditional Moroccan slippers). Visit Souk of Tanneries or the dyers’ souk to see how cloth and yarn are dyed using traditional methods. Next, admire the fine example of Moroccan Islamic architecture of the Ben Youssef Madrasa, a 16th-century Koranic school, and note the ornate detail of its interior: carved cedar ceilings, sculpted plaster, and zellij tiling.
Duration: 2 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Marrakech
Day 9: Marrakech Free Time
Stop At: Marrakech-Safi, Marrakech-Safi
Free day to relax in Marrakech and explore extra sightseeing by your own. There is so many extra things and activities to enjoy in Marrakech like Hammam, Massage, and Spa etc… You can also explore suburbs of Marrakech. There is so many nearest amazing places to explore like Valles, waterfalls and landscape.
Duration: 24 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Marrakech
Day 10: Marrakech – Essaouira
Stop At: Essaouira, Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi
After breakfast you will head down to Essaouira. On the way to Essaouira you can ejoy the amazing view of goats claiming argan trees as well as you can stop to see argan forest and cooperative of argan oil if you would like that.
Essaouira is a coastal town that provides an excellent opportunity to relax on the beach. Its Medina combines between history, culture with modern cafes and restaurants. Essaouira has a long promenade with a large sandy beach and it is safe to swim. It’s a perfect opportunity to get away from the city rush, and enjoy the cooler climate of the coastal town of Essaouira.
Essaouira is an exceptional example of late-18th century fortified town. It is built according to the principles of contemporary European military architecture in a North African context.
Duration: 12 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Essaouira
Day 11: Essaouira – Transfer to the airport of Casablanca.
Pass By: Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport, Rte de Nouasseur, Casablanca, Morocco
Transfer to the Airport.
The itinerary of the tour can modify as much as you like. For more information or more details please contact us by Email and our team will be happy to answer you Emails as much as possible they can.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
