Fés Merzouga Tour

Fés Merzouga Tour

This trip is for you if you would like to start your trip in Fez discover desert withing Merzouga, Midelt and end the tour in Marrakech

Day 1: Fes - Midelt - Merzouga
Leave Fes and its intricate cloud of roads means somehow regain orientation. It's off to the desert. And the journey through the mountains of the Middle Atlas, Landscapes chase in particular in the area of Azrou, Ifrane, popular center for winter sports, known as "the Switzerland of Morocco." It makes a stop in Midelt and then proceed to Merzouga. When you arrive in Erfoud, the desert is upon us. But it is with immense dunes of Erg Chebbi, near the oasis of Merzouga. This is the place where, oasis apart, nothing grows, nothing moves. Aside from the wind model of continuous horizon. Leave the car at the end of the paved road, it will lead us to the camel to the bivouac for the night. A field equipped and guarded, where you can dine in the light of the fire, you will not miss a second of the spectacle of the starry sky. Sleeping in tents is almost a sin, to turn off the light on the most beautiful.

Day 2: Merzouga - Boumalne Dades - Kalaa't Mgouna
After Breakfast. You will have a camel ride, then drive to the Valley of Roses. First, you visit the Todra Gorge,  Soon after, continuing to Boumalne Dades, enter to the Gorges of Dades, discover unique landscapes,  According to many legends, along the gorges of Dades would still be living lions of Atlantis;  Arrived in the Valley of Roses, you stop in the capital of this oasis planted with rose bushes. Kalaa't Mgouna has a dual personality; The first follows the scent of freshly picked buds and intoxicates with water and oil essence. The second, forging daggers ceremony. The sweet side and the aggressive center where we will stop for dinner on the first night of the tour at the hotel.

Day 3: Kalaa't Mgouna - Ouarzazate - Marrakech
The trip aims to Marrakech, the Red city, protected by seven saints and by a wall 12 kilometers that dates back to the time of the Almoravid dynasty. To reach the city, founded in 1062, you should first get to Ouarzazate, You must straddle the Atlas by the pitch of Tiz'n Tichka that 2,260 meters above sea level with a surprisingly verdant plateau, full of flocks. It is the step of pastures, such as its Arabic name. Before you get there you visit Ait Benhaddou, the ksar World Heritage Site by UNESCO, natural setting of many Hollywood movies, such as Laurence Arabia, Babel, The Last Temptation of Christ in Kundun. The fortified village along the ancient salt caravan trail marks the route to Marrakech. The river that bathes him, crossing the salt mines becomes salty. Following its course, go up the Atlas. The mountain fills the sight of colors: up to eight, counting the whole range of reds and greens of the land between conifers, palms and oleanders paints the landscape. You visit Telouet and its kasbah, home of the last pasha of Marrakech. In the evening we arrive in the red city.