Grand Tour Morocco TANGER MARRAKECH via the Desert and the Imperial Cities

Grand Tour Morocco TANGER MARRAKECH via the Desert and the Imperial Cities

ROUTES FROM TANGER: 2 -3 - 4-5 - 6- 7 - 8 up to 9 days to the desert of the Sahara in MERZOUGA, and to the imperial cities of MOROCCO.

You choose the regions you are interested in visiting, and we prepare the route in detail. We also offer our already designed routes, with the best routes and spectacular destinations to Morocco with departures from TANGER.

Itinerary

Day 1: TANGER - CHEFCHAOUEN

Stop At: Cap Spartel, 14km west of Tangier, Tangier Morocco
Cap Spartel is a quiet and very attractive site for those looking for good views. It is very visited by landscape photographers and also by couples looking for quiet places. Cape Spartel, also known as Ras Spartel, is located 14 kilometers west of Tangier on the same road that leads to the caves of Hercules.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Chefchaouen Medina, Chefchaouen Morocco
Its clear and clean light, its white and blue houses make this city one of the most beautiful in Morocco. That is why it is an irresistible destination for a good number of painters and artists. Chaouen, Chefchaouen or Chefchaouen, popularly known as the 'blue village of Morocco' or 'The pearl of the north', is a city of captivating beauty, which contributes its architecture of popular Mediterranean design, with the blue and indigo of its doors centenarians and the whitewashed walls, these covered with layers and layers and more layers of lime.
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Chefchaouen, << Riad Assilah, in the heart of the medina of Chaouen >>

Day 2: CHEFCHAOUEN - VOLUBILIS - MEKNES - FEZ

Stop At: Volubilis, Morocco
Volubilis: Once a prosperous Roman city, this archaeological site evokes a strong sense of the days when the Roman Empire was in control of this part of Africa.

Brief history
volubilis
In the first century AD, the Romans built Volubilis in the place of a city of Carthage, which dates back to the third century BC, which became an important Roman city in North Africa.

It is estimated that the population of Volubilis reached 20,000 inhabitants. Although the Romans had lost control of the area in the third century, they did not immediately abandon the city. Its Latin influence became evident for several hundred more years, until the Arabs gained control of the region in the 7th century.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bab Mansour Gate, 17, Rue Ain El Anboub et Rue Lalla Aicha Adouia Quartier HAMMAM JDID, Meknes 52000 Morocco
The Bab Mansour or Bab Masour el-Aleuj is a gateway to the city of Mekinez. Built in 1732, it is considered one of the most beautiful works of Mulay Ismail, and is the largest gate in Morocco and North Africa.

It is very well preserved, because currently to enter the city is not entered by the door itself, but by the side. It is conceived as a great triumphal arch, which leads to the Lalla Aouda square and the Dar e-Kebira neighborhood.
Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Meknes Medina, Meknes Morocco
Meknes, also called Meknes, is a city in Morocco that takes its name from the Berber tribe that founded it with the name Meknassi. It is the administrative capital of the Meknès-Tafilalet region. This city is 138 km east of Rabat and 60 km west of Fez. This is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco. Strategically it is located in the center-north of the country, which makes it an ideal base to visit this part of Morocco.
Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: fes, hay badr route ain smen rce omra app 52 imm c FES، Fes 30040, Morocco
Fez, in Morocco, is famous for its ancient walled city, which many compare with that of Jerusalem. It is the first of the imperial cities of Morocco, since it dates back to the eighth century. It is also a pioneer in the Muslim cult of this country and has one of the oldest universities in the world. All these first fruits make Fes, as it is also known, a particularly attractive city, with a lively and influential culture. In fact, it is particularly known for being the cultural and spiritual capital of Morocco, center of art and science.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Night in Fes, << Riad al Makan, Fes >>

Day 3: FEZ - FEZ (Guided tour by a local guide from Fez)

Stop At: Medina of Fez, Fes 30000 Morocco
Moorish city of the ninth century is a large medina composed of more than 9,000 streets and has the luxury of being the best preserved in the Arab world and, why not, the greatest living monument of all Morocco. The extensive and labyrinthine medina of Fes el-Bali, incidentally, also stands out as the largest urban area in the world without car traffic. The transport of goods is done in donkeys, carriages and motorcycles. They are narrow streets where time seems to have been lost ...

The medina of Fez el Bali is a gigantic network of narrow streets that lose in all directions. Because of its complexity, it is really difficult to find your way, even for the most experienced in Morocco. For the visit of the medina of Fez you must consider the possibility of hiring an official guide that shows you and explains all its secrets.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Night and accommodation in, << Riad al Makan, Fes >>

Day 4: FEZ - IFRANE - MEDIO ATLAS - VALLEE DE ZIZ - DESERT OF MERZOUGA

Stop At: Ifrane National Park, Ifrane Morocco
Ifrane is a beautiful town located 65 kilometers south of Fez. Clean and tidy, Ifrane has parks, lakes and Alpine-style houses, for what is known as "the Switzerland of Morocco".
Duration: 10 minutes

Meals included:
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Night and accommodation in the Merzouga Desert, << Sahara Desert Camp (Haimas) >>

Day 5: GRAND TOUR OF DUNAS - MERZOUGA

Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
The dunes of Erg Chebbi are seen from Merzouga and its magnetism invites travelers to get lost in the sand. It is an area of about 50 km on which extends that golden sand with which the wind generates changing shapes.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Night and accommodation in Merzouga, << HOTEL NOMAD PALACE, MERZOUGA >>

Day 6: MERZOUGA - RISSANI - THROAT OF THE TODRA - DADES VALLEY

Stop At: Rissani Market, Souk Rissani - Merzouga, Rissani 52450 Morocco
The Rissani region is made up of a group of villages along the last stretch of the Ziz valley. This population was the ancient capital of the Tafilalt (later known as Sijilmassa), the Holy City and the cradle of the Alawite dynasty. Its location as a crossroads between the north and the south gave the city a certain importance in the past. Still today remains of that greatness and gives us the impression of being a nice and quiet place, which is encouraged only on market days.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Night and accommodation in the Dades Valley, << Riad KSAR SULTAN, DADES >>

Day 7: DADES - OUARZAZATE - AIT BEN HADDOU - ALTO ATLAS - MARRAKECH

Stop At: Musee Theatre Memoire de Ouarzazate, 10 Route Nationale Skoura, Ouarzazate 45000 Morocco
Ouarzazate is a tourist city par excellence, door of the desert and alternative to Marrakech, smaller clean well urbanized with its adobe kasbahs, surrounded by oasis and lunar landscapes., Reference in congress tourism.
Considered one of the ten cities in the world with better quality-price of its hotels. Book with us, we have the best hotels in Ouarzazate.
Duration: 20 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Night in Marrakech, << Riad MERZOUGA, MARRAKECH >>

Day 8: MARRAKECH - MARRAKECH (Guided tour by a local guide)

Stop At: Medina of Marrakesh, Derb Fhal Zefriti n06 Derb Fhal Zefriti, Marrakech 40000 Morocco
Declared World Heritage by Unesco, it is characterized by its typical and colorful bustling streets we will find numerous souks and squares where different artisans buy and sell their products, being able to contemplate the hustle and bustle by having a tea in their coffee shops.

You have to be very careful with motorcycles, they circulate at high speed through these streets. To the shout of "balak" (care) better to move away, as they will happen even if you do not want to. We will find ancient mosques, madrasas, palaces and the tombs of their seven patron places of pilgrimage for Muslims.

Surrounded by 90 km kilometers of walls built in adobe, it is crossed by ten monumental doors of Hispanic Moorish style, highlighting the door of Bab el Jemis, due to its size. The doors are valuable references to enter and leave the medina.

By the door of Bab el Yedid, at the end of the avenue de la Menara, we will arrive at the Kutubia and the Jemaa el Fna square.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Night in Marrakech, << Riad MERZOUGA, MARRAKECH >>

Day 9: MARRAKECH - MARRAKECH AIRPORT

Pass By: Marrakesh Menara Airport, RAK Mhamid saada 6 n209، Marrakech 40000, Morocco
Marrakech-Menara Airport is one of the busiest airports in Morocco. Both on the way out and on your return from your trip, you must go through several controls that guarantee the security of both the country and the airport itself. Here I tell you what you should do in both cases so that you do not take any surprise and do all the steps correctly.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.