Marrakech Trip Overview
+ Guided visit in Chefchaoun, Essaouira and Fes.
+ Visit the important cites in many Imperial cities.
+ Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Ben Haddou.
+ Visit a nomadic family and know more about their life style.
+ Experience the camel ride in the dunes of Erg Chebbi.
+ Spend an amazing night at a desert camp, and live local music.
+ Enjoy the spectacular sunrise.
+ Visit the famous Archaeological UNESCO world heritage site of Volubilis.
Additional Info
* Duration: 15 days
* Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
+ Guided visit in Chefchaoun, Essaouira and Fes.
+ Visit the important cites in many Imperial cities.
+ Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Ben Haddou.
+ Visit a nomadic family and know more about their life style.
+ Experience the camel ride in the dunes of Erg Chebbi.
+ Spend an amazing night at a desert camp, and live local music.
+ Enjoy the spectacular sunrise.
+ Visit the famous Archaeological UNESCO world heritage site of Volubilis.
Itinerary
Day 1: Marrakech Airport Transfer
Pass By: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
Your tour driver picks you up from Marrakech airport to your accommodation. Free time and overnight stay in Marrakech.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Riad Anya or similar
Day 2: Marrakech Guided visit
Pass By: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
An official guide takes you on a journey of Marrakech. The tour allows you to visit many landmarks such as Bahia Palace (The name means “brilliance,” a set of beautiful gardens that was built in the late 19th century and intended to be palace at its time). The historic royal necropolis Saadian Tombs that dated to the time of the Saadian dynasty. Koutoubia the largest mosque. Jamaa El Fna, the main and marketplace square. Free time and overnight stay in Marrakech.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Riad Anya or similar
Day 3: Marrakech – Boumalne Dades
Pass By: Boumalne Dades, Boumalne Dades, Souss-Massa
An early start from your hotel accommodation in Marrakech, Most of the travels involves crossing the High Atlas Mountains, passing many charming Berber villages on route and ascending to the highest peak of Tickha where there is plenty of opportunities to enjoy the stunning and picturesque views of the High Atlas Mountains range.
The journey crosses the village of Telouet visiting Ait Ben Haddou kasbah. A famous 17th Century fortress is classified to date by UNESCO to preserve and protect this renowned site. In past years, its fame built on a film making of Lawrence of Arabia and Jesus of Nazareth and, more recently, the sought out location for Gladiator, Kingdom of heaven, and Prince of Persia. Lunch will be served in a restaurant near the Kasbah, followed by a sightseeing tour of Kasbah Taourirt. After this, the drive takes you past Skoura city, through the valley of Roses towards Kalaat Megouna, entering Boumalne Dades. Dinner & overnight stay in Boumalne Dades
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Dar Blues or similar
Day 4: Boumalne Dades – Merzouga
Pass By: Merzouga, Merzouga, Draa-Tafilalet
After breakfast, traveling from Dades valley region towards Merzouga desert via Tinghir, the series of limestone river canyons, or wadi, in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, near the town of Tinerhir called Todra gorge, Tinejdad & an oasis town in the Sahara Desert Erfoud. Once among the dunes, you will be welcomed into a charming Kasbah where you will be able to relax and enjoy the tunes of a desert blues band well into the evening.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Riad Azawad or similar
Day 5: Desert Culture + Tea with Nomads + Camel Trek
Pass By: Erg Chebbi, Erg Chebbi, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
Watching the sunrise amongst the dunes is a magical experience, and not to be missed. Your breakfast will be waiting for you upon your return, after which you will have the opportunity to visit the nomadic communities around Merzouga, stopping for tea in the souks, and enjoying the traditional Gnawa music. As the mid-day sun wanes, we will mount our camels and trek into the pink sands of the Moroccan Sahara; here, we will have ample free time for you to explore and take in the beauty and vastness of the desert dunes. Once the sun sets, a Moroccan dinner will be served alongside live music around the campfire, after which you are free to explore again – this time in the company of a million stars exploding against the pitch-black sky, and the all-encompassing silence of the Sahara at night.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Tiziri camp or similar
Day 6: Merzouga – Fes
Pass By: Fes, Fes, Fes-Meknes
After breakfast, traveling to Fes via Errachidia, the tremendous Ziz Valley via its rocky passage, the commercial center of a vast agricultural hinterland Midelt, the Cedar forests that are notable as a habitat for a sub-population of Barbary macaques.
Ifran, which is known for its alpine-style architecture and nearby ski slopes and forests and the lion status, you reach your accommodation in Fez by early evening. Overnight stay in Fes.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Riad Ahlam or similar
Day 7: Fes guided visit
Pass By: Fes, Fes, Fes-Meknes
After breakfast, a full-day guided tour to discover the historical heritage of Fes city. The tour allows you to explore historical sites such as Madrasa El Bouinania (founded in AD 1351–56 by Abu Inan Faris. It is widely acknowledged as a high point of Marinid architecture and historic Moroccan architecture generally.). El Quaraoiyin mosque and university ( the oldest existing, continually operating higher educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records and is occasionally referred to as the oldest university by scholars.). South tower, pottery village, Nejjarine square, and the residence of the king. Free time and overnight stay in Fes.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Riad Ahlam or similar
Day 8: Fes – Meknes – Volubilis – Chefchaoun
Pass By: Chefchaouen, Chefchaouen, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
After breakfast, drive to Chefchaoun, visiting Meknes that is known for its imperial past, with remnants and its beautiful gate Bab Mansour that is famous with arches and mosaic tiling. The excavated ancient city Volubilis was also the ancient capital of the Mauretanian kingdom. You arrive in Chefchaouen, blue-washed buildings of its old town. Well known with its shady main square of Place Outa el Hammam that is the red-walled Kasbah, a 15th-century fortress and dungeon, Ethnographic Museum, and the octagonal minaret nearby. Free time and overnight stay in Chefchaouen.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Dar Echchaouen or similar
Day 9: Excursion to Akchour waterfalls
Pass By: Akchour, Akchour, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
After breakfast, an official guide will escort you to visit Morocco’s lost paradise Akshour waterfalls, a stunning turquoise waterfall oasis at the end of an easy 5.5km drive in the Rif Mountains, near Chefchoauen. After an enjoyable day, free time, an overnight stay in Chefchaouen.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Dar Echchaouen or similar
Day 10: Chefchaouen – Tangier – Asilah
Pass By: Tangier, Tangier, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
After breakfast, We continue the tour to Tangier. Its whitewashed hillside medina is home to the Dar el Makhzen, a palace of the sultans that’s now a museum of Moroccan artifacts. The American Legation Museum, also in the medina, documents early diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Morocco in an 1821 Moorish-style former consulate. We also visit Hercules caves shaped in the African continent, a cavern where Hercules allegedly rested during his labor with an opening in the shape of the African continent, as well as the 1000ft site above sea level at the entrance of the strait of Gibraltar. The visit also includes the kasbah museum that used to be the house of the former sultan’s palace of Dar El Makhzen from prehistoric times to the 19th century enjoying the charming Andalusian garden.
Pass By: Asilah, Asilah, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
The journey ends in the well-preserved 15th century Asilah. An art hub, ramparts, and gates built by colonial Portuguese. The town has much to see like the paintings that fill the whitewashed walls of the medina, the 15th-century ramparts, the Church of San Bartolome, El Hamra tower. Etc. Fee time and overnight stay in Asilah.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Riad Oasis D’Asilah or similar
Day 11: Asilah – Rabat – Casablanca
Pass By: Rabat, Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
The visit includes Rabat the UNESCO World Heritage Site Oudaya, and Hassan tower, a minaret of an incomplete mosque that built by the third Caliph of the Almohad Caliphate in 1195, along with Mohammed V mausoleum that has the tombs of three kings (Mohammad V, Hassan II, and Prince Abdallah).
Pass By: Casablanca, Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat
Our tour driver takes you to Casablanca. The journey includes the visit of Mohammad V square, an Airy square built-in 1916 amid French Colonial buildings, with a statue & pigeon-covered fountain. And Hassan II mosque was completed in 1993, designed by Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues. The mosque is considered the second-largest in Africa after the Algiers grand mosque, and 7th in the world. The mosque also has the world’s second tallest minaret at 210 meters. Overnight stay in Casablanca.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Hotel Val D’anfa or similar
Day 12: Casablanca – Essaouira
Pass By: Essaouira, Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi
After breakfast, traveling to Essaouira by the coastline via El Jadida Mazagan, and Safi then free time. Overnight stay in Essaouira.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Riad Mimouna or similar
Day 13: Essaouira
Pass By: Essaouira, Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi
Free day to explore the costal wind Essaouira or Taros in Berber. The city attracts plenty of windsurfers between April and November. The city is well known also with its fortifies medina and its art galleries and boutique, or watch the fishing nets and traditional boats constructed in the hugely atmospheric port. The city also has a vibrant cultural mix. Overnight stay in Essaouira.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Riad Mimouna or similar
Day 14: Essaouira – Marrakech
Pass By: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
Departure to Marrakech in midday. Free time and overnight stay in Marrakech.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Riad Anya or similar
Day 15: Marrakech airprot transfer
Pass By: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
Transfer to Marrakech airport.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
