CASABLANCA TO THE DESERT
12 DAYS – CASABLANCA – CASABLANCA
Marrakech International Airport (Google Map)
8:00 AM
Mett you in the airport and departure to do the visit of the Hassan II mosque, after continuation to Rabat, visit the administrative and political capital. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast, departure to Fez via Moulay Idriss, holy city and visit the Roman ruins of Volubilis. Lunch at Volubilis and Meknes known as “The Versailles of Morocco”. Visit the monuments of Meknes. Arrive in Fes. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast, the day will be devoted to the discovery of Fez, the oldest imperial cities and old towns, founded by Idriss II, the radiation center of the Arab-Muslim culture: The Mosque of the Andalusians, tanneries, the district potters, Medina. Lunch at a palace in the Medina. Afternoon continue to visit: Hispano-Moorish buildings, the Medersas, instead Nejjarine.
Wek up Early for breakfast. Departure to Midelt through the Middle Atlas. Stop in Midelt for lunch. Continuation to Erfoud along the Ziz valley by a successive series of fortified villages whose architecture announced that pre-Saharan oases. Arriving at the dunes of Merzouga (Erg Chebbi), accommodation at the Kasbah.
After breakfast, you will make the grand tour through the dunes: 2 oases of Merzouga, the filing nomadic village Khamlia (village of the blacks), mines MIFISS the desert plateau to meet the nomadic Berbers The oasis Tisserdmin. Back at the hostel at 15:00 for the start of
your camel caravan to watch the sunset in the dunes (about an hour and a half by camel). Spend the night in a nomadic tents in the dunes to enjoy the silence of the desert sky filled with stars. Dinner and overnight in a private tent.
After sunrise back at the hotel for breakfast and shower, then off for Tineghir via Rissani, Erfoud, Tinejdad, came to the Todra Gorges. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast, departure to Ouarzazate via Kelâa M’Gouna the city where held each year the festival of roses. Lunch and continuation to Ouarzazate through the Dades Valley, the Valley of Roses, Ouarzazate stop in to visit the kasbah Ameridil, then continuation to Ouarzazate. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Visit the town of Ouarzazate Founded in 1928, which became a very famous film center ( where many movies are filmed such as Bable, Secret of Sahara, the momey, Prince of presia…..). Stop in the way to visit the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou Continuation to Marrakech. Arrival in Marrakech in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight in Riad.
After breakfast, all day will be devoted to visiting Marrakech “Pearl of the South”, founded in the eleventh century. Morning visit to the Koutoubia, the Saadians tombs, the garden of the Menara and Bahia Palace. Back to the hotel for lunch. In the afternoon, visit the souks, the Medina and Jmaa El Fna square . In the evening, Dinner in a Moroccan restaurant. Housing.
After breakfast, departure to Essaouira. Upon arrival, lunch fish. In the afternoon, city tour and Rull in the medina of Essaouira, a former Portuguese fort known for its handicrafts, silver jewelry and inlaid wood of Thuja. Dinner and overnight.
Breakfast and departure to Casablanca via El Jadida with lunch at El Oualidia (can eat fish specialties). Continuation to El Jadida is along the Atlantic coast. Arrival in Casablanca. Dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, transfer to Mohamed V airport Casablanca.End of our services.