At Casablanca airport, our driver-guide will meet you and help you to arrange your bags before driving you to your accommodation. After check in, you can relax before a tour meeting. It depends on your arriving time, if available we will go for a city sightseeing.
Your holiday tour will begin after your breakfast by a sightseeing of Casablanca. It is the economic capital and the biggest city, all over the kingdom, where live more than 7 million people. In this city we will visit the second biggest mosque in the world after Mecca. It is Hassan II mosque, one of the best highlights all over the country. Then we continue to Rabat the current capital of Morocco. Where we will have lunch before going on and visit the Oudaya gardens, the Mausoleum of Mohamed V and Hassan II and Hassan Tower which is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat begun in 1195 AD. After we finish we drive to Meknes on the express road. On the road you will get fascinated by the thousands and thousands of olive trees on the two banks of the road. Meknes was one of the imperial cities in Morocco; the former capital and the site of the Sultan Moulay Ismail’s granaries. The night will be spent in a riad or in a hotel.
Let us continue our adventure, after breakfast we will start our journey by discovering the main historical monuments of Meknes starting by the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail (1672–1727).Then we go to the granaries, built in 1600.They were ingeniously designed. Tiny windows, massive walls and a system of underflow water channels kept the temperatures cool and air circulating. He didn’t store food for humans, but grain and hay to feed his 15.000 horses. We will stop as well to get pictures of the Bab AL Mansour the Great gate, built in the 11thcentury. Meknes has been greatly impacted by the Moorish style building. It is no the fifth biggest city of the kingdom since it has a good economy, based mainly on agriculture, olives and wine. We will lunch here in Meknes, where we will try try the Moroccan delicacy Camel burger for lunch. After lunch we will drive towards Fes. On the road we will travel back to 3th century by visiting the most important archeological site in the kingdom. It is Volubulis, Walili in Arabic language. here we go for an hour guided tour through this attractive roman city or what we call the ruins of Volubilis, which was listed as a UNESCO world Heritage site in 1997. After we finish visiting Volubilis we drive to our hotel in Fes.
This is a whole day guided tour to Fes, starts at 9:00 till 5:00.Fes is the fourth biggest city and the former capital of morocco, it is one of the country’s four « imperial cities, » the others are Rabat, Marrakech and Meknes. It comprises two distinct parts, the oldest section or the Medina and the Ville Nouvelle which was created by French between 1912-1956the French-created, newest section of Fes. It is a mosaic city since it is consist of plenty cultures, Islamic, Andalusia, Jewish, Berber, French…
This oldest section of Fes is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Medina is the largest and the most amazing Medina in Africa and the world’s largest contiguous car-free urban area, where no cars are allowed to be drive there. Karts and donkeys are the only means of transportation in its narrow and mingled streets and allies, more than 9000 narrow streets. Among that labyrinth of allies we will visit the oldest continuously functioning university in the world. The University of Al-Karaouine, founded in AD 859, we return to our hotel more night in Fes. The visit of Fes is really fascinating by knowing and discovering its incredible history along centuries. A lot of amazing and fascinating things of Fes will stick to your mind forever. When we finish visiting Fes we drive back to our hotel.
This is a bit long day journey since we will drive for more than 400 Km. But still a wonderful day where we will drive through the cedar forests of the Middle Atlas Mountains to the peaceful and beautiful town of Ifran home of Brotherhood university, established in 1997 by The king of Morocco Hassan II and the king of Saudi Arabia Fahd. Where all classes are taught in English It is an international university. We stop for lunch in a rural village Midelt which is located on the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains. From here we start to drive throughout the High Atlas Mountains and along Ziz valley one of the longest valleys all over the kingdom .Continue past the former French Foreign Legion outpost of Errachidia, one of the largest oases of palm trees in Morocco. Before arriving to the town of Erfoud; which is famous for its pottery and the interesting fossil quarries. Fossils are a major industry in Erfoud, some 350 million years ago the region around Erfoud was a part of the huge ocean. From Erfoud we drive towards Errisani, a small sleepy town. The Alaouit dynasty founder Moulay Ali shrif is buried here. From this lsmall town he started to unify the Moroccan tribes on the 17thcentury.From Erissani we drive for 35 km before we arrive to our hotel, which is located just on the dune line. We stay in our hotel tonight.
Here in the sahara desert of Erg Chebbi, we start at 10:00 or earlier and go on a drive throughout the sand dunes. While driving on these fabulous landscapes we will see plenty of nomadic black tents in the middle of nowhere. We shall stop by a nomadic family to have tea and see what a nonadic life looks like. We go on our drive and let’s discover the nomadic life of Touareg people by visiting khamliya, a village where nothing has been changed through centuries. Either we lunch here in khamliya village or we go back to our hotel and lunch there. After a nape we go on a camel ride to meet one of the most fascinating sight we will ever seen, the superb sunset in the middle of the high sand dunes of Merzouga (Erg Chebbi). Tonight we stay in a camp and enjoy a wonderful stars view.
After breakfast we drive to Rissani. It is the town where the Alaouit dynasty (The Royal Family) started to unify Morocco on the 17th century. We will visit the Mausoleum of the Alaouit dynasty founder Moulay Ali Chrif. From here we start driving towards Ouarzazate but before we will stop for lunch in Todgha gorges the biggest and the most fascinating canyons all over the country. Here we can enjoy an hour walking around those fabulous canyons and get thousands and thousands of pictures because it is really something.
From the great canyons we drive to Ouarzazate via the valley of roses. Here we find what we call the Damaskina rose which had been brought from Syria by pilgrims who used to go to Mecca on foot. So on their way back they brought this rose and plant it here in this valley. There are many rosewater factories on the area, where they produce different cosmetic products. If time allows, we can stop by one factory to see what the different steps of evaporating and purifying the rose water are and what the different products of this good smelling rose are. Meanwhile on the road we will go for a quick tea with a nomadic family that still living in caves. We will pass by a sleepy small village called Skoura, which is located just in the middle of palm trees. And now there are a lot of Kasbahs transformed into Riads and guest houses by French owners. Afterwards we drive to Ouarzazate where we spend the night.
A visit to Morocco’s film capital, Ouarzazate. Here we will see different old sets for many famous movies like Babel, Hidalgo, Gladaitor Lawrence of Arabia, Kingdoom of Heaven…and other hundreds famous movies. After this African Hollywood tour of almost an hour we drive for 30 Km to get to the ancient fortified city of Ait Benhaddou which was first built on the 11th century and it was named by the UNESCO in 1992 as a world heritage site. Explore the streets of this clay Kasbah at a relaxed pace and have some tea with the family that still living there looking after the Kasbah. Here more than 300 families, then have lunch there. After lunch we drive to Marrakesh throughout Tizi-n-tichka pass of the High Atlas Mountains. Where hundreds superb Berber villages scattered on the mountains. This unexpected and fascinating presence of houses that are made from mud and straw; in the middle of nowhere; with the satellite dishes on roofs. All this make you feel that nothing has been changed in life here through thousands years. Meanwhile donkeys and mules still the main means of transportation among these high and tough mountains, since there are no accesses for cars and tracks.
After breakfast, a sightseeing tour of this beautiful city includes the 16th century Saadian tombs, the Museum of Moroccan Arts, the fragrant Menara Gardens, the famous Koutoubia Minaret and the magnificent Bahia Palace. After lunch at the hotel, we continue to Djmaa-el-Fna Square, the heart of Marrakesh. Tonight, dinner and folklore show at « Fantasia Chez Ali, » serving typical Moroccan cuisine, family style in lavishly decorated tents amidst music, local entertainment and an equestrian show. Explore the tantalizing spice market and dine al fresco at a footstall in Djmaa el-Fna, or escape the buzz of the city in the shaded rooms of the Bahia palace, a superb example of ornate Muslim architecture. After visiting the busy parts of Marrakesh we will head to the most beautiful and well-designed gardens all over the country: The famous Majorelle gardens founded in 1982
Transfer from Marrakech to Casablanca according to your flight details or even fly from Marrakech if your flight is scheduled to leave from Marrakech.
