Discovery of Morocco from Marrakesh XM25-17

Day 1: Marrakech

Welcome at Menara airport. Brief review of the tour during your transfer to the hotel. Check in, dinner and accommodation. (PS. The hotel’s restaurant closes at 10:30 PM. No dinner served in the room)

Day 2: Marrakech Casablanca

Breakfast at the Hotel.Transfer to Casablanca. (The trip can bedone by train, transfers in/out are includes). Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.

Day 3: Casablanca Tangier

Visit of the economic capital of Morocco: the Mohamed V square, the residential area of Anfa and the exterior of the impressive Hassan II Mosque. Continuation to Rabat. After lunch ( FB Basis ) : visit of Palais Royale , the Hassan Tower. the Mohamed V mausoleum & the Oudaya Kasbah . Departure to Tangier. Dinner & accommodation

Day 4: Tangier Chefchaouen Fez

Breakfast at the hotel, orientation tour of Tangier and departure to Chaouen a beautiful blue andwhite-washed Andalucian town nestled in the RifMountains. After an optional lunch in the Medina enjoy a walking tour through Chefchaouen’scobbled medina, absorbing the Moorish andSpanish atmosphere. Departure to Fez. Dinnerand accommodation at the hotel.

Day 5: Fez

The whole day is devoted to the city-sightseeing of Fez, the spiritual capital of Morocco: the medieval Medina with its Attarine and Bou Anania Medersas, the Nejjarine fountain, the Moulay Idriss mausoleum, and the Karaouine mosque. Afternoon: visit of Fez Jdid. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.

Day 6: Fez/ Midelt /Erfoud / Merzouga

After breakfast at the hotel, departure for Erfoud via Ifrane a delightful ski resort, and Azrou a very nice Berber village known for its handcrafts, then Midelt, another Berber village well known for all the mining resorts that surrounds the area. After an optional Luch (FB Basis) continuation to Erfoud via Errachidia and the blue water falls of Meski.Continuation to Merzouga with 4WD. After a traditional dinner with Berber dishes, you will spend the night under berber tents and enjoy a magnificent view of the dunes.

Day 7: Erfoud / Merzouga / Tinghir / Ouarzazate

Early morning, you can walk over the sands of Merzouga Dune to enjoy the sunrise. Back to the bivouac for breakfast and continuation to Rissani, the holy city where Moulay Ali Cherif, ancestor of the Alaouite dynasty is buried, continuation to Tinghir via the Tinjdad road. Visit of the magnificent Todra canyons which rocks reach and altitude of 250 meters. After an optional lunch and departure towards the region of the roses, called the road of the kasbahs and the incomparable crossing of the mountains of the High Atlas, Continuation towards Ouarzazate via Klâa Me Gouna, Arrival in Ouarzazate. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.

Day 8: Ouarzazate / Marrakech

Breakfast at the hotel. Proceed for sightseeing the famous Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, one of the most beautiful Kasbah in the south of Morocco and which is under the UNESCO protection. In this Kasbah many films were produced; such as “Lawrence of Arabia”, “ The Jewel of the Nile “ and many others. After an optional lunch (FB Basis) continue to Marrakesh via very nice landscapes and many fortified Berber villages of rare beauty and by crossing the Tichka Pass (2270 m alt)

Day 9: Marrakech

Visit of historical Marrakesh famous by its beautiful palaces and monuments: the Bahia Palace, the Koutoubia Minaret and Menara Gardens. Optional lunch in local restaurant inside the Medina (FB Basis). Afternoon: Explore Secret Garden; Rebuilt in the mid-19th century by an influential Caïd of Atlas. Complete our sightseeing with a stop at the famous Jamaa El Fna Square with its surrounding souks and handicraft quarters. Dinner and accommodation at the host.

Day 10: Marrakech

Transfer to the Menara Airport, Departure with assistance formalities.