MOROCCO 10 day Adventure

Air flight to Casasblanca, Morocco – Here’s looking at you kid! 

Upon arrival in Casablanca we will meet our private guide and minibus, with us the entire week. After transferring to our hotel and checking in, you’ll have the opportunity to explore this fabled city and its bazaars. Take a trip to “Ricks Americana Cafe” from  the iconic movie Casablanca. In the evening, we will have a welcome dinner from a local Moroccan restaurant. Then off to a comfortable bed to recover from your flight.

After breakfast,  We’ll visit the Hassan ll Mosque in Casablanca, and drive to a magical – and blue! – Chefchaouen, a town hugged by the RIF mountains, where you’ll experience a warm embrace and feel like you’re reaching out to grab the stars. Spend a treasured night here exploring, contemplating, and being entranced by the day-to-day bustle, the smell of incense, cedar wood, and mountain air. This quaint village offers unique crafts like wool garments, blankets, and woven rugs. Take the stairs higher into the mountain, and discover parts of Chaouen only the locals see.

After breakfast we will head into the “blue city” of, Chefchaouen, famous for its blue buildings throughout. We’ll explore its main plazas such as Ras-Lima, the biggest natural source of water in the region. A highlight of our visit will be old Medina with its beautiful blue alleys and shops.  
By the evening, we will drive towards the spiritual capital of Morocco, Fes. Along the way to Fes, we will stop in Volubilis, the remaining ruins of the great  Roman civilization. Then, we will continue to Meknes where we will have lunch. We will spend the night in a prestigious Riad in Fes.

Guided Visit In Fes Today’s excursion will be devoted to exploring Fes, a UNESCO world heritage. As we are in the cist, we will visit its most signifying monuments such as the  ancient Jewish quarter Mellah, the Moulay Idriss mausoleum and, and the old Quarawiyine  University. After that we will head towards a Riad, you will enjoy eating your supper  while listening to one of the most traditional and famous genres of music in Morocco,  Andalusian music.  Fes – Ifrane – Azrou – Midelt – Erfoud – Merzouga After breakfast, we leave Fes toward Merzouga Sahara desert by crossing the plains of Saiss towards  the Cedar forests of the Middle Atlas Mountains past Ifran and Azrou to Midelt,  where you will stop for lunch. Carry on crossing Ziz River driving past thousands of  sky-scraping palm trees and fortified Kasbahs to Erfoud, then to Merzouga and Erg Chebbi,  where you will ride camels to witness the sunset over the dunes and overnight stay in the Sahara desert camp. Dinner will be a traditional tagine,  soup, drink delicious mint tea, listen to drumming Berber music while watching stars  and the rising moon in the breathtaking Sahara desert. Overnight at your Sahara desert camp. 

Wake up early morning to enjoy the sunrise over the dunes, possibly the best moment of Merzouga desert,  then you will ride your camel back to the hotel where you will have a shower and meet your guide.  The road trip will feature one beautiful scene after including the stunning oasis of Tinghir where  you will be able to take a walk along Todgha river bank visiting Berber villages and learning about the lifestyle of the local inhabitants before you visit the magnificent Todgha Canyons and have lunch on the spot.  In the afternoon, drive along the Kasbah road to Dades Valley where you will have the opportunity to visit one  of the fortified Kasbahs before you arrive at your hotel in Dades Gorges 

After breakfast, drive along the Valley of the Roses to Kalaa Mgouna where you will have the opportunity to  visit one of the Rosewater cooperatives and learn how the locals prepare rose-scented perfumes based on distilled  rose water. We continue to Ouarzazate by Skoura oasis famous for its date palm trees, then to Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou  where you will have lunch before a visit of the Kasbah, a UNESCO world heritage site, that has been used as a set for  various Hollywood movies, fashion and commercial shooting. In the afternoon, we begin our road trip through the  Atlas Mountains past Tizi Ntichka Pass passing by various Berber villages with houses built with stones and mud.  You immediately notice that life here never changed centuries ago !! and most of the locals are shepherds.  We arrive in Marrakech late afternoon . 

After a typical breakfast, we will have the sensation for discovering Marrakech “the red city of Morocco”. We will ensure that you will see the most important sites of historical and cultural interest, including the Majorelle Gardens, the Koutoubia Tower, the Saadiens tombs, the Bahia Palace. 

After lunch at a restaurant near the square, you will walk through the souks “traditional market”  and explore hundreds of handicrafts. 

Our last full day in Morocco. After breakfast we will walk through the shopping area and you will free time to shop, explore, and soak in our last day in Morocco. In the evening, we will have a farewell dinner and review our wonderful experience.

Today, we will make our way to the airport and travel home.