Marrakech Trip Overview
Morocco 12 Days Tour from Marrakech is the prime tour to discover wonderful country’s attractions of Morocco. By joining Morocco 12 days tour from Marrakech you will admire Kasbahs; like Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou, Nature like gorges and Sahara Desert of Morocco, endless sands of the Sahara, Imperial cities like the medieval old town of Fes, Capital of Morocco Rabat, Casablanca, the amazing Bleu city Chefchaouen and Essaouira.
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* Duration: 12 days
* Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
Morocco 12 Days Tour from Marrakech is the prime tour to discover wonderful country’s attractions of Morocco. By joining Morocco 12 days tour from Marrakech you will admire Kasbahs; like Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou, Nature like gorges and Sahara Desert of Morocco, endless sands of the Sahara, Imperial cities like the medieval old town of Fes, Capital of Morocco Rabat, Casablanca, the amazing Bleu city Chefchaouen and Essaouira.
Itinerary
Day 1: Marrakech Airport – Marrakech.
Pass By: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
Transfer from the Airport of Marrakech to Your Hotel / Riad in Marrakech. Our Driver will pick you up from the airport of Marrakech. He will wait for you in the exit of the airport outside with a sign with your name and transfer you to your Hotel / Riad in Marrakech. If you arrive in the morning or at mid-day then you will have time to relax and explore main square Jamaa-Lfna and Marrakech Souks by your own.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Marrakech, depends on the availibility
Day 2: Marrakech Sightseeing.
Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
After breakfast in the Hotel/Riad, you will have private guided tour of Marrakech Medina with an official local guide. You will start to explore Marrakech Medina at 09:00AM; «the red city of Morocco”. We will ensure that you see the most important historical sites and cultural interest, including the Koutoubia Tower, the Saadian tombs, the Bahia Palace and the Majorelle Gardens. After Lunch at the local restaurant near the Main Square Jamaa-Lfna, you will have free time to wonder the other parts of the city by yourself and walk through the souks and view hundreds of handicrafts.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Marrakech, depends on the availibility
Day 3: Marrakech – High Atlas Mountains – Ait Ben Hadou – Ouarzazate – Dades Valley.
Stop At: Ouarzazate 45000, Morocco
Our Driver/Guide will pick you up at 8 o´clock in the morning in your Hotel/Riad. Today you will travel from Marrakech to Dades with various stops for pictures and panoramic views. You will enjoy wonderful High Atlas Mountains, Tizi-N´Tichka pass, small Berber villages, amazing landscapes, Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou and Ouarzazate. Ait Ben Hadou; it’s where we will visit the famous Kasbah (declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986). Famous films have been shot in this spectacular stage, including Gladiator, Obelix, and The Mummy of the Nile, The Jewel and Sahara with Penelope Cruz…etc. Free time for lunch in the village. Then we continue to Ouarzazate also known as “The gate of the desert” that in Berber language means “noiseless or without confusion”. Here we´ll visit the Taourirt Kasbah and Cinema Museum. The next site to visit is the Roses Valley going through the big Skoura palm groves, a beautiful place to contemplate more than 700.000 palms and numerous Kasbahs that are built in the surrounding area. In this Valley damascenes roses are raised for cosmetic use such as the valued rosewater. The Rose Festival is held here annually in May, it is an important Moussem for Moroccan culture. Finally, we reach the Dades valley where we´ll spend the night. Overnight in Dades.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Dades, depends on the availibility
Day 4: Dades Valley – Todgha Gorges – Big Sahara Desert of Merzouga.
Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
(Overnight in the Berber Camp inside the big dunes of Sahara Desert Erg Chebbi). After breakfast in the hotel, drive back through the valley to see the amazing rock formation “the monkey toes”, and the still standing 19th century Kasbah of Ait Yul. Then leaving Dades valley towards Tinghir to reach the Todra Gorges. The scenery is spectacular. At the Gorges you’ll walk under the 300m high red cliff, where many rock-climbers come to enjoy their preferred sport. Local people live in the area and can be seen in their adobe villages. After a short walk in the Todra gorges continuing our trip to Erfoud and Rissani where we’ll have lunch. Afterwards we’ll leave for the village of Merzouga. Then you will have a camel ride, guided by an experienced Camel man through mysterious sand Dunes of the Erg-Chebbi. Here you’ll spend your first night under the stars, or if you prefer, in a traditional Berber nomad tent. Dinner will be served in the tent where you will spend the night. Overnight in standard desert camp.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Berber Camp in Sahara Desert of Merzouga Erg Chebbi Dunes.
Day 5: Merzouga – Rissani – Ziz Valley – Azrou – Ifrane – Fez.
Stop At: Fes-Meknes, Fes-Meknes
Very early in the morning we have a “Date with the sunrise”. In the middle of the desert, waking up early is a “must do” to contemplate the most spectacular sunrise you´ve ever seen at the top of a dune close to the camp. After having breakfast, we go back to Merzouga on the camels and we start our trip to the north, through the Tafilalet palm grove, the biggest one in the world. You´ll see thousands of palm trees along the 20km of road. This way leads us to the Ziz valley, which river comes down from the high Atlas and feeds the palm grove. Here we make a stop and from this high viewpoint, enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of the valley and the town of Aoufous. We make another stop in Midelt, just in the heart of the Atlas where you´ll have free time for lunch and rest for a while. Then we continue our way through the Cedar forest where, if we are lucky, we´ll see some monkeys. The next place we´ll visit is Ifran city, situated in the northwestern slope of the Middle Atlas at 1630 meters above the water level. Its broad avenues, its urban development with perfect cleanness, the gardens, the green areas and its architecture make this city look like a Swiss town. Ifran feels misplaced in Morocco. That’s why it´s named the Moroccan Switzerland, and if that´s not enough it has an important ski resort, Michlifen. About 6 pm we arrive at Fez and check in the hotel/Riad. Overnight in standard accommodation.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Fes, depends on the availibility
Day 6: Fes Sightseeing
Stop At: Fes, Fes, Fes-Meknes
After breakfast you will meet your local guide in the Hotel/Riad to explore Fez Medina, the most ancient and holy of the Imperial cities. Your cultural and historic tour will take you through the 2000 year old living medina. A labyrinth of narrow streets, alive with markets and souks, craftsmen, donkeys and mules transporting their loads. Visit the Attarine and Bou Anania Medersas (Islamic universities), the Nejjarine fountain, the Moulay Idriss Mausoleum, and the Karaouine Mosque. Finish your tour with a visit to Fes Jdid, and the revered Merenid Tombs for a spectacular panoramic view of Fes. Overnight in standard accommodation.
Duration: 24 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Fes, depends on the availibility
Day 7: Fes – Chefchaouen.
Stop At: Chefchaouen, Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
After breakfast we continue from Fes to Chefchaouen. A scenic drive will take you through fertile agricultural land to high, in the Rif Mountains. Once you get to Chefchaouen you will have free time to visit this wonderful blue city. Chefchaouen is famous for its vivid blue houses. It is 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 Kasbah 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: 18 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Fes, depends on the availibility
Day 8: Chefchaouen – Tangier – Assilah.
Stop At: Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
After breakfast in your hotel/Riad, we will drive to the city of Tangier where you will visit Tangier beach, Cap Spartel and Hercules Caves. Then we continue to Asilah through the beautiful landscape. Arriving Assilah, you will have the opportunity to explore the city. Asilah is known for its annual festival for the art as most of the walls of the Medina are painted by various famous artists from all over the world. Your visit includes the Scala fortress, where you will experience a wonderful view of the Medina and the ocean before we check into your accommodation. Overnight in standard accommodation.
Duration: 18 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Assilah, depends on the availibility
Day 9: Asilah – Rabat – Casablanca
Stop At: Casablanca, Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat
After breakfast in Asilah we will travel to the capital of Morocco “Rabat”. Where you will visit Hassan Tower, Mausoleum of Mohammed V, Bab Challah, Oudaya Kasbah and one of the main gates of the royal palace.
Continuing to Casablanca where you will visit the most impressive Mosque Hassan II, built in 1993 by a team of over 6000 craftsmen. Located on the shores of the city. It is an imposing edifice and one of the few mosques in Morocco that foreigners are allowed to enter. Overnight in standard accommodation.
Duration: 18 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel in Casablanca, depends on the availibility.
Day 10: Casablanca – El Jadida – Essaouira.
Stop At: Essaouira, Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi
After breakfast in your hotel, you will depart and continue your journey up to the Atlantic Coast. Pass through El Jadida, a small port city, formerly controlled by the Portuguese, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Afterwards we will reach the seaside town of Essaouira, this UNESCO World Heritage listed city. The windswept fishing port, with broad beaches and ancient walled medina with ramparts built into the cliffs has long been a popular destination. With its relaxed feel, take in the small but lively medina, stroll along the ramparts or beach, or visit the port to see the daily catch. Overnight in standard accommodation.
Duration: 18 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Essaouira, depends on the availibility.
Day 11: Essaouira – Marrakech.
Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
After breakfast in the Riad we depart for Marrakech. A relaxing drive lined with Argan oil cooperatives. Here you will have the opportunity to visit an Argan oil cooperative. Later we will reach Marrakech and check into your hotel/Riad. Overnight in your accommodation.
Duration: 18 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Hotel / Riad in Marrakech, depends on the availibility
Day 12: Marrakech transfer to the airport.
Pass By: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
Transfer to the airport of Marrakech up to your departure time and this is the end of our services.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
