12 Days Explore Morocco Tour from Marrakech

Day 1: Marrakech Airport – Marrakech

Transfer from the Airport of Marrakech to Your Hotel / Riad in Marrakech. Our Driver will pick you up from the airport in Marrakech. He will wait for you at the exit of the airport outside with a sign with your name and transfer you to your Hotel / Riad in Marrakech. If you arrive in the morning or at mid-day then you will have time to relax and explore the main square Jamaa-Lfna and Marrakech Souks on your own.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Riad Dar Nadwal or similar.

Day 2: Marrakech Sightseeing

After breakfast in the Hotel/Riad, you will have a private guided tour of Marrakech Medina with an official local guide. You will start to explore Marrakech Medina at 09:00 AM; «the red city of Morocco”. We will ensure that you see the most important historical sites and cultural interests, including the Koutoubia Tower, the Saadian tombs, the Bahia Palace, and the Majorelle Gardens. After lunch at the local restaurant near the Main Square Jamaa-Lfna, you will have free time to wander the other parts of the city by yourself and walk through the souks and view hundreds of handicrafts.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Riad Dar Nadwal or similar.

Day 3: Marrakech – High Atlas Mountains – Ait Ben Hadou – Ouarzazate – Dades Valley

Our Driver/Guide will pick you up at 8 o´clock in the morning in your Hotel/Riad. Today you will travel from Marrakech to Dades with various stops for pictures and panoramic views. You will enjoy the wonderful High Atlas Mountains, Tizi-N´Tichka pass, small Berber villages, amazing landscapes, Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou, and Ouarzazate. Ait Ben Hadou; it’s where we will visit the famous Kasbah (declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986). Famous films have been shot on this spectacular stage, including Gladiator, Obelix, and The Mummy of the Nile, The Jewel and Sahara with Penelope Cruz…etc. Free time for lunch in the village. Then we continue to Ouarzazate also known as “The gate of the desert” which means “noiseless or without confusion” in the Berber language. Here we´ll visit the Taourirt Kasbah and Cinema Museum. The next site to visit is the Roses Valley going through the big Skoura palm groves, a beautiful place to contemplate more than 700.000 palms and numerous Kasbahs that are built in the surrounding area. In this Valley damascenes, roses are raised for cosmetic use such as the valued rosewater. The Rose Festival is held here annually in May, it is an important Moussem for Moroccan culture. Finally, we reach the Dades valley where we´ll spend the night. Overnight in Dades.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Auber Atlas de Dades or similar.

Day 4: Dades Valley – Todgha Gorges – Big Sahara Desert of Merzouga

(Overnight in the Berber Camp inside the big dunes of Sahara Desert Erg Chebbi). After breakfast in the hotel, drive back through the valley to see the amazing rock formation “the monkey toes”, and the still-standing 19th century Kasbah of Ait Yul. Then leaving Dades valley towards Tinghir to reach the Todra Gorges. The scenery is spectacular. At the Gorges you’ll walk under the 300m high red cliff, where many rock-climbers come to enjoy their preferred sport. Local people live in the area and can be seen in their adobe villages. After a short walk in the Todra gorges continuing our trip to Erfoud and Rissani where we’ll have lunch. Afterward, we’ll leave for the village of Merzouga. Then you will have a camel ride, guided by an experienced Camel man through mysterious sand Dunes of the Erg-Chebbi. Here you’ll spend your first night under the stars, or if you prefer, in a traditional Berber nomad tent. Dinner will be served in the tent where you will spend the night. Overnight in a standard desert camp.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Azawad Standard Desert Camp or similar.

Day 5: Merzouga – Rissani – Ziz Valley – Azrou – Ifrane – Fez

Very early in the morning, we have a “Date with the sunrise”. In the middle of the desert, waking up early is a “must-do” to contemplate the most spectacular sunrise you´ve ever seen at the top of a dune close to the camp. After having breakfast, we go back to Merzouga on the camels and we start our trip to the north, through the Tafilalet palm grove, the biggest one in the world. You´ll see thousands of palm trees along the 20km of road. This way leads us to the Ziz valley, which river comes down from the high Atlas and feeds the palm grove. Here we make a stop and from this high viewpoint, enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of the valley and the town of Aoufous. We make another stop in Midelt, just in the heart of the Atlas where you´ll have free time for lunch and rest for a while. Then we continue our way through the Cedar forest where, if we are lucky, we´ll see some monkeys. The next place we´ll visit is Ifran city, situated on the northwestern slope of the Middle Atlas at 1630 meters above the water level. Its broad avenues, urban development with perfect cleanness, gardens, green areas, and architecture make this city look like a Swiss town. Ifran feels misplaced in Morocco. That’s why it´s named Moroccan Switzerland, and if that´s not enough it has an important ski resort, Michlifen. About 6 pm we arrive at Fez and check in the hotel/Riad. Overnight in standard accommodation.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Riad le Perl de Medina or similar.

Day 6: Fez Sightseeing

After breakfast, you will meet your local guide in the Hotel/Riad to explore Fez Medina, the most ancient and holy of the Imperial cities. Your cultural and historic tour will take you through the 2000-year-old living medina. A labyrinth of narrow streets, alive with markets and souks, craftsmen, donkeys, and mules transporting their loads. Visit the Attarine and Bou Anania Medersas (Islamic universities), the Nejjarine fountain, the Moulay Idriss Mausoleum, and the Karaouine Mosque. Finish your tour with a visit to Fes Jdid, and the revered Merenid Tombs for a spectacular panoramic view of Fes. Overnight in standard accommodation.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Riad le Perl de Medina or similar.

Day 7: Fez – Chefchaouen

After breakfast, we continue from Fes to Chefchaouen. A scenic drive will take you through fertile agricultural land to high, in the Rif Mountains. Once you get to Chefchaouen you will have free time to visit this
wonderful blue city. Chefchaouen is famous for its vivid blue houses. It is located in the Rif Mountains, northwest of Morocco. It is famous for the remarkable buildings of different tones of faded blue of its old town. Leather and weaving workshops line its steep cobbled alleys. In the shaded central square of Outa el Hammam is the Kasbah with red walls, fortress, and keep of the fifteenth century with ethnographic and artistic exhibitions. The octagonal minaret of the Great Mosque rises not far from there.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Hotel Molino Gardin or similar.

Day 8: Chefchaouen – Tangier – Asilah

After breakfast in your hotel/Riad, we will drive to the city of Tangier where you will visit Tangier beach, Cap Spartel, and Hercules Caves. Then we continue to Asilah through the beautiful landscape. Arriving in Assilah, you will have the opportunity to explore the city. Asilah is known for its annual festival for art as most of the walls of the Medina are painted by various famous artists from all over the world. Your visit includes the Scala fortress, where you will experience a wonderful view of the Medina and the ocean before we check into your accommodation. Overnight in standard accommodation.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Dar Azaouia or similar.

Day 9: Asilah – Rabat – Casablanca

After breakfast in Asilah, we will travel to the capital of Morocco “Rabat”. Where you will visit Hassan Tower, Mausoleum of Mohammed V, Bab Challah, Oudaya Kasbah, and one of the main gates of the royal palace.
Continuing to Casablanca where you will visit the most impressive Mosque Hassan II, built-in 1993 by a team of over 6000 craftsmen. Located on the shores of the city. It is an imposing edifice and one of the few mosques in Morocco that foreigners are allowed to enter. Overnight in standard accommodation.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Hotel Campanile or similar.

Day 10: Casablanca – El Jadida – Essaouira

After breakfast in your hotel, you will depart and continue your journey up to the Atlantic Coast. Pass through El Jadida, a small port city, formerly controlled by the Portuguese, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Afterward, we will reach the seaside town of Essaouira, this UNESCO World Heritage-listed city. The windswept fishing port, with broad beaches and ancient walled medina with ramparts built into the cliffs, has long been a popular destination. With its relaxed feel, take in the small but lively medina, stroll along the ramparts or beach, or visit the port to see the daily catch. Overnight in standard accommodation.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Riad el Khansa or similar.

Day 11: Essaouira – Marrakech

After breakfast in the Riad, we depart for Marrakech. A relaxing drive lined with Argan oil cooperatives. Here you will have the opportunity to visit an Argan oil cooperative. Later we will reach Marrakech and check into your hotel/Riad. Overnight in your accommodation.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Riad Dar Nadwal or similar.

Day 12: Marrakech Transfer to the Airport

Transfer to the airport of Marrakech up to your departure time and this is the end of our services.