9-Day Tour From Marrakech

Arrive at Marrakesh airport. Meeting with the driver, then transfer to your hotel/Riad to relax before we take a short sightseeing tour of Marrakesh to get to know the city.

Overnight in a Riad in Marrakech

After breakfast at the hotel, the whole day will be devoted to visiting the historical city of Marrakesh, the“Pearl of the South.” Since the city was one of the capitals of the Kingdom during the reign of the three dynasties of the Moroccan sultans, It got a large number of museums and architectural monuments. Each Monument in the city is a piece of art. The whole morning will be devoted to getting to know them (the Koutoubia Mosque, the Manara Pavilion surrounded by olive plantations, the tombs of the Saadian sultans, a fine example of palace architecture the Bahia Palace, El Badii palace, and the Majorelle Gardens. After lunch, you will visit the most colorful market in Morocco and the famous Jemaa El Fna square. This is a real theater in the open air where you will see snake charmers, healers, sorcerers, merchants of fruits, and exotic spices.

In the 3rd day of our 9-day tour from Marrakech, we will take you through Atlas Mountain ‘TIZI-N-TICHKA’ in order to get to Kasbah AIT BEN HADDOU, one of the most beautiful villages in Morocco and nominated a UNESCO world heritage. Afterward, the trip will continue towards the large African filming studio in “Ouarzazate“where some famous movies have been filmed The Mummy, Gladiator, and Kingdom of heaven, and others. Lunch will be taken in Ouarzazate and then continue the road to DADES Gorges where you will spend the night in a hotel with an included dinner and breakfast. Between Ouarzazate and DADES, we will pass by the Valley of roses in KELAAT M’GOUNA, a famous place for an annual roses festival

Overnight in Dades Valley

We will head toward Merzouga. On the way, we will stop for a panoramic photo near the picturesque town of Tinghir in the middle of a large palm oasis. Next, visit to the famous Todra Gorge, and walk along the gorge and the river. Later, drive to Rissani which has “The fossil factory”, where you can see the many fossils that this region is rich in.

Arrival in the small village of Merzouga at the foot of the golden sand dunes, we will have camel rides to the camp in the desert, the camp – accommodation has comfortable beds, individual showers, and toilets. At night, we will have a Moroccan dinner, enjoy playing drums around the fire, and listen to songs by Berbers in the desert. In addition, enjoy the stars in the clear sky.

Overnight in a Luxury Desert Camp in Sahara

In the morning, and after having your breakfast at the hotel, we will meet the 4×4 driver so we can have an excursion in the dunes, then have a cup of tea with Nomads in the desert, and see how they arrange to live in the desert. Later, we will go to Khamilia to enjoy Gnaoua’s performance.

You will have the full afternoon free to plan some outdoor activities such as sandboarding, ATV quad or buggy rides in the Erg Chebbi dunes, or checking into your hotel to enjoy the pool in the desert.

Overnight in a hotel in Merzouga

We will wake up with the first rays of the sun to see the sunrise over the stunning and silent sand dunes. This moment will become one of your most vivid impressions of Morocco!
After breakfast, the departure towards Fez. It is one of the longest journeys, around 7hrs drive excluding stops, but with the change of landscapes, we will enjoy the time.

On the way, we will run through the gorge and the valley of the Ziz River, it is one of the longest valleys in Africa. Lunch stop in Midelt then continues our journey. In the vicinity of Ifrane, we will be able to admire the majestic Atlas cedars and feed the wild monkeys on our way to Azrou. The monkeys are friendly, they like when someone feeds them. We will stop at Ifrane which has a European nature and climate, parks with lakes and chalets, a ski resort, and an abundance of snow in winter giving the town the nickname “Moroccan Switzerland”. After 1hr, we will arrive at Fez for the overnight.

We will do sightseeing in the cultural and religious capital of the Kingdom. You will plunge into the magical atmosphere of a medieval oriental city, walk along the crooked and narrow streets of the ancient Medina, and get acquainted with the numerous historical and architectural monuments that adorned the former capital of the Kingdom of the Sultans from the Merinid and Alaouite dynasties. Most of these monuments are excellent examples of the Moorish architectural style. You will visit the Bu Inanya mosque, see the madrassas (Muslim universities), Nejarin square, and the fountain. you will find yourself in the handicraft quarters, where leather and pottery craftsmen work according to the technology they inherited from their grandfathers and great-grandfathers, whose secrets are carefully transferred from generation to generation. Then we will continue to the Jewish quarter that is still present now. It shows the co-existence of the 2 communities, Muslims and Jewish.

Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Transfer to Meknes one of the imperial cities. We will have a short tour of the city and then continue to Volubilis which is around 45 minutes drive from Meknes. We will visit the ruins of the city of Volubilis (UNESCO world heritage) which was founded in the 40s BC. It is one of the best-preserved monuments of the Roman era in North Africa. The ruins are vast in area and spread among picturesque green fields. It has impressive administrative buildings, palaces, and baths with beautiful mosaics.

After Volubilis, the next stop is Rabat, the Moroccan capital, where we will visit the Hassan Tower, the Oudaya Kasbah, and Bab Shallah. After that, we will continue to Casablanca, the economic capital of Morocco, and visit the Hassan II Mosque, one of the largest mosques in the world. Depending on your departure flight, we may stay in Casablanca or head back to Marrakech.

Overnight in Casablanca or Marrakech.