Luxury Round Morocco Desert and Imperial Cities
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- travel across the Middle Atlas to the desert, gorges and mountain passes of the High Atlas
- spend the night in a Riad in the heart of Sale medina
- visit the Hassan Tower and Mohammed V’s Mausoleum
- Explore the medieval part of the city, Fez El Bali or “Old Fez”
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After pick up at the airport, we drive to the city where you will visit Hassan II mosque ” (except on Fridays or on religious holidays). The largest of the African continent, this mosque partially built over the ocean is decorated with beautiful mosaics, marble floors...
After breakfast, we cross the river again to reach Rabat. Here you will visit the Hassan Tower and Mohammed V’s Mausoleum hosting the tomb of the king and of his deceased son and successor,Hassan II. Continue to Kasbah Oudaya to visit its Andalusian gardens. The Kasba...
Depart for the UNESCO listed Roman ruins of Volubilis after breakfast. Placed below Zerhoun mountain, these ruins overlook a plain area from where you can have spectacular views of the valley and hills and see also the holy city of Moulay Idriss, located at 5 km of di...
Spend the entire day visiting Fes, the oldest of the “Imperial Cities”. Explore the medieval part of the city, Fez El Bali or “Old Fez”, which has maintained its original state, and its exotic Bouanania Medresa that is open to non-muslims, the Medina and the 9th-century Kairaouine Mosque. In the afternoon explore the “New Fes” or Fez El Jdid and the Museum of Moroccan Arts. Night in the Riad.
Departing from Fez at 8 am, we drive towards Midelt via Azrou and the nearby Cedre Gourat forest in the Middle Atlas where groups of Barbary apes (monkeys) can be found. After lunch in Midelt, a city famous for the production of apples, we continue over the Tizi-n-Tal...
After breakfast, visit the traditional market and the old ksar of Rissani before heading towards the Erg Chebbi dunes in Merzouga for lunch. Afterwards, take a camel ride to watch the sunset from the top of the dunes before returning to the desert camp. Here you will enjoy dinner, entertainment with music and spend the night in a nomad tent.
Wake up early to admire the sunrise over the dunes and enjoy breakfast. Take a walk to the dunes before we depart for Tinghir and the Toudgha gorges, where we will have lunch. The road to these places passes through Tinjdad and the Toudgha Valley, where you can take a...
After breakfast at the hotel, we head towards the Sarhro volcanic mountains via the road of Tizn Tazazart, a spectacular route following dramatic rock formations and gorges. We then drive through the Draa valley with its lined up palm groves and Berber villages to reach Zagora for dinner. Overnight stay in hotel.
After breakfast, we head out to Tamgroute to visit its famous Koran Library, subterranean kasbah and pottery manufacture before continuing towards M’hamid, the “doorway to the Sahara desert” for lunch. In the afternoon, after a one-hour camel ride, we take a track whi...
Admire the sunrise over the sand dunes and enjoy breakfast before we depart with 4×4 vehicles via the old Paris-Dakar road to Foum Zguid, crossing Iriqui lake. We will stop for lunch in the Berber village of Taznakht before arriving to Ait Benhaddou, where you will have dinner and spend the night in hotel.
After breakfast, visit Ait Benhaddou’s 16th century spectacular Kasbah, ” one of the best preserved in Morocco.Listed by UNESCO World Heritage, this Kasbah was famous for Hollywood films shooting including blockbuster film Gladiator in 2000 “. After the visit, we drive through the high Atlas Mountains over its highest pass at 2.260 m before reaching Marrakech around 3 pm.
After breakfast, you will spend the whole day visiting Marrakech, ” known also as the “red city” for its red mud brick buildings. Founded by the Almoravides dynasty at the end of the 12th century, the city is located in the heart of a palm grove and surrounded by impr...
After breakfast at the hotel, we drive west towards Essaouira, a charming town well known for its artisans who produce unique handicrafts made of Thuya tree roots. After the visit to the city, souk and shops, we drive back to Marrakech.
Free day in Marrakech. Dinner and night at the hotel.
The morning is at leisure for some last minute shopping or more sightseeing. Later in the day, transfer to the airport.
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End point Airport, Marrakesh, Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz, Morocco
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