Highlights of Morocco

Highlights of Morocco

Explore the Imperial cities of Morocco including Rabat, Fes, Meknes, and Marrakech. Drive from one city to another and delight in seeing the variety of landscapes, from beaches to canyons, forests to deserts.

Itinerary

Day 1: Casablanca Airport-Hotel in Casablanca

Stop At: Casablanca, Casablanca, Grand Casablanca Region
You will be welcomed by your driver /guide in the airport of Mohamed 5 in Casablanca and take you to your hotel in Casablanca. Overnight in the hotel. Also if you have already arrived Casablanca few days before then we will pick up you in your Hotel then start the tour.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in the Hotel in Casablanca

Day 2: Casablanca–Rabat

Stop At: Casablanca, Casablanca, Grand Casablanca Region
Have breakfast at hotel and start your journey. First you will visit one of the most beautiful places in Casablanca, The Hassan II mosque, the largest of its kind in Africa.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Rabat, Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer Region
fterwards, drive to Morocco’s capital city. It’s an imperial city where you’ll visit Mechouar, the tombs of Mohamed V and Hassan II, and the Kasbah of Oudayas. Overnight in your accommodation in the same city.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 3: Rabat-Asilah–Tangier

Stop At: Asilah, Asilah, Tangier-Tetouan Region
Drive to the exquisite town of Asilah, visit the town and view its splendid highlight.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Tangier, Tangier, Tangier-Tetouan Region
Then go on towards Tangier. There’s a great deal to see here: the city, Cap spartel, and Hercules caves.Overnight in a hotel.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 4: Tangier–Rif Mountains–Chefchaouen

Stop At: Chefchaouen, Chefchaouen, Tangier-Tetouan Region
After Breakfast visit the city of Tangier and Hercules cave before you set off for Chefchaouen, an outstanding town in a strategic location with white-blue houses. The town lies in a green spot crossed by a river.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 5: Chefchaouen–Volubilis–Meknes-Fes

Stop At: Meknes, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
After Breakfast, depart to Meknes through the Rif mountains. Visit the Roman ruins of Volubilis and continue to Meknes for visiting the old Medina of this imperial city surrounded by ramparts, including a visit to Moulay Ismail mausoleum, the green gate of Bab Mansour, and Lahdim Square.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Fes, Fes, Fes-Boulemane Region
Then continue to Visit the Medina of Meknes surrounded also by ramparts. Then continue to your riad in Fes.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 6: Fes-Fes

Stop At: Fes, Fes, Fes-Boulemane Region
You will have a trip around Fes. The first place to start with is the old Medina in which you will discover its narrow streets and see magic wherever you look, the magic it derives from its many historical monuments, including Al-Attarine Madrasa, Ennajarine Fountain, Al-Qarawiyyine university, the oldest university in the world founded in 859, Bou Inania Madrasa and the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss.
Your exploratory trip in the old Medina comes to an end after breakfast in a restaurant. Before you return to your accommodation, visit ‘Fes Al-jdid’, the new city. After lunch in a local restaurant, experience the panoramic view of the whole Medina of Fes beforehaving a short visit in the new part.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 7: Fes–Ifrane–Middle Atlas–Midelt

Stop At: Ifrane, Ifrane, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
Setting out from Fes, you will cross the Middle Atlas mountains towards Ifran. Enjoy the spectacle of Berber villages and Cedar forests along the way. Pass through Ifran, ‘little Switzerland’ as some like to nickname it for its beauty, and Azrou
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Midelt, Midelt, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
The town of Midelt is where you will stay the night in a hotel or Kasbah.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight in the Hotel or Kasbah

Day 8: Midelt–Ziz Valley–Erfoud–Merzouga

Stop At: Erfoud, Erfoud, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
Start your trip from Midelt and cross the valley of Ziz to see the wonderful natural view of palmtrees. By the time you reach Erfoud, you will stop by shops of fossils,
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Merzouga, Merzouga, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
and then drive towards the desert town of Merzouga. Arrive before sunset, have a walk amid the desert and climb a sand dune to watch sunset.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
• Dinner: Dinner in Berber Camp in Merzouga Desert
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 9: Merzouga–Erg Chebbi–Merzouga

Stop At: Erg Chebbi, Erg Chebbi, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
The area of Merzouga is a full of touristic places: The first spot to visit is Khamlia, the hometown of the dark-skinned ethnic group who will welcome you with a cup of tea while enjoying their traditional music. Next, go for a visit to the desert Lake where you will see several species of birds. Drive over that plain towards Rissani and Tafilalte, from where the Alaouite dynasty descends. There are fortified villages and souks. Drive back to hotel in the afternoon in order to go trekking on camels over the sand dunes. Watch sunset before you come to a desert camp in the heart of the desert. Enjoy the spectacles, quietness, the sight of campfire and the sound of Berber music played by some local guys.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in Berber Camp in Sahara Desert
• Dinner: Dinner in Berber Camp in Merzouga Desert
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 10: Merzouga–Todra Gorges–Ouarzazate

Stop At: Gargantas del Todra, Tinghir, Tinerhir 45800 Morocco
n the morning, wake as earlier as you can so as not to miss the stunning view of sunrise. Later, have breakfast in the hotel. On your way to Todra Gorges, pass through Rissani and Tafilalt. Todra Gorges is a nice place with water springing from the rocky mountains and run down the green valley.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate, Souss-Massa-Draa Region
You will also see the beautiful town of Boumalne Dades and the ‘Rose Valley’ known throughout Morocco as the capital of roses for its wide cultivation of roses besides apples, fig, corn…etc. The Kasbahs embellish the road with a hint of ancientness, making of it ‘the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs’. Overnight at a riad in Ouarzazate.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in berber camp in merzouga
• Dinner: Dinner in the hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 11: Ouarzazate–Taroudant

Stop At: Taroudant, Taroudant, Souss-Massa-Draa Region
Going past Taznakht and Taliouine, we will drive to Taroudant. On our way, you can sieze the opportunity to visit Saffron fields where you will meet local farms working in their fields. We’ll have arrived in Taroudant by the afternoon. Therein, have a tour around the Medina which is surrounded by walls, and wander along its streets.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 12: Taroudant–Agadir–Essaouira

Stop At: Essaouira, Essaouira, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region
Drive to one of Morocco’s most visited cities, Agadir. Have lunch there and we will take the quiet coastal road leading to Essaouia. Delight in seeing the beautiful scenery and Argan trees being climbed by goats.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the Hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 13: Essaouira–Marrakech

Stop At: Essaouira, Essaouira, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region
Begin the day by visiting seaport and the Medina, also called ‘Skala’ where you will see old structures and cannons, in addition to the museum of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abd Llah and a walk down the market to behold a myriad of products, such as: hand-made ones and displays of local craft.
Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region
Enjoy seafood for lunch.Head eastwards to Marrakesh
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the Hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 14: Marrakech-Marrakech

Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region
In the morning get ready to discover Marrakesh, Morocco’s touristic capital. Visit many impressive places, including: Menara, Palaces of Bahia and Badi and Saadian mausoleums. Enjoy Moroccan traditional lunch at a restaurant to resume your trip. Visit the Koutoubia Mosque, built in the 12th century, and Djemaa El Fna, the place no one misses when visiting Marrakesh. The attractive square of Djemaa El Fna is well-known for vitality at night when people crowd around comedians, storytellers, snake enchanters…etc
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel
Accommodation included: Overnight at Riad or standard Hotel

Day 15: Marrakech–Casablanca Airport

Stop At: Casablanca, Casablanca, Grand Casablanca Region
Transfer to the airport of Casablanca
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in the Hotel
Accommodation included: No accommodation included on this day