9 days tour from Casablanca

Day 1: Casablanca – Rabat.
After breakfast we will go to see one of the most famous monuments of Casablanca: the Hassan II Mosque. Then we will travel to Rabat, imperial city and administrative capital of the Kingdom. Visit the city of Mechouar (with bastions and walls around the Royal Palace), the Kasbah of the Oudayas and the magnificent Mausoleum of Mohammed V and Hassan II. Accommodation in hotel / Riad.
Day 2: Rabat – Vubilis – Fez.
Departure in the morning to visit Meknes: the Medina surrounded by bastions, the Jewish quarter and the ruins of the Roman city of Volubilis. Accommodation in
hotel or riad in Fez.
Day 3: Fez Exploration.
Full day dedicated to visit Fez, the oldest imperial city in Morocco, founded in the 8th century by Moulay Idriss II. Visit the Medina, the Medersas Attarine, the Ennajarine Fountain, the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss II and the Karawiyin Mosque, as well as the new medina of Fez Jdid. Accommodation in hotel / Riad.
Day 4: Fez – Midelt – Erfoud – Merzouga Dunes.
We head towards Fez passing through the Middle Atlas Mountains, we see the cedar forests famous since ancient times. Phoenicians and Romans used cedar wood to build ships and boats and to produce handicrafts and essences. We will pass through Ifran, a Swiss-style Moroccan town, and Azrou, a typical Zayan Berber village of the Middle Atlas. Then we will go through the Ziz Valley and Gorges to reach the town of Erfoud, in the eastern Sahara, where we will follow a rocky path that will take us to Merzouga. Overnight in hotel near the desert dunes.
Day 5: Merzouga – Erg Chebbi – Merzouga.
Day dedicated to discover the eastern Sahara. Tour by jeep 4×4 through the desert: we will visit the nomads, oasis and the dunes of Erg Chebbi. We will also go to the village of the Khamlia, brown-skinned people who will delight us with their original music and folk songs of the Gnawa. Then we will return to our accommodation. We will admire the sunset on camelback and spend the night in a Berber tent in the heart of the dunes. A day full of adventure and culture.
Day 6: Merzouga – Todra Gorges – Ouarzazate.
We wake up early to go to see the spectacular sunrise on camelback, then return to the hotel to freshen up and have breakfast.
We leave for Rissani and Tafilalet (origin of the Alaoui dynasty), cities located along the road leading to the monumental Todra Gorges, overlooking the valley from the hill. We advance in the deep Valley of the Roses, famous for the cultivation of these flowers. We admire the mountains and their colors, palm groves, sweet corn fields and fig trees, as well as the ruins of numerous kasbahs that are part of the itinerary called Route of the Thousand Kasbahs. We arrive in Ouarzazate in the late afternoon and stay in a riad.
Day 7: Ouarzazate – High Atlas – Marrakech.
From Ouarzazate we will go to the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, Mother of all Kasbahs, a beautiful Berber architectural structure of about 800 years ago. From the hill at the foot of which the settlement is located, you can see the ancient routes of the caravans traveling to Marrakech and the distant streaks of the High Atlas Mountains. Visit the ruins that reveal the ancient culture of the inhabitants of this kasbah.

We will continue on a dirt road climbing for more than 8 km until we get back to the main road leading to Marrakech. We will pass through the Valley of the Almond trees, the Berber Shluh of Amerzgan, Agouim and Ighrem and arrive at the Tizi N’Tichka pass (2260 m a.s.l.). Lunch in the Berber village of Tadart, then we continue to Marrakech where we will arrive in the late afternoon.
Day 8: Guided tour of Marrakech.
After breakfast a guide will accompany the group to visit Marrakech, the pearl of southern Morocco. You will visit the Bahia and El Badi Palaces, the Saadian Tombs, the Menara reservoir and many other hidden treasures.
Lunch at one of the best traditional restaurants in Marrakech. Then tour to the magnificent Koutoubia Mosque and the famous Djemaa el Fna market square, well worth a visit, being one of the main attractions of Marrakech, full of life at night with local storytellers, snake charmers and… mouth-watering barbecues.
Day 9: Marrakech – Casablanca
Transfer to Casablanca at the agreed time, and end of our services.
If the itinerary we offer does not match what you are looking for, please contact us and we will prepare your trip to your needs.

Tour Included:

– Pick up at your hotel/airport
– Transportation in 4×4 / Minibus A/C
– Fuel
– English speaking driver guide
– Hotels/Riads in MP
– Night in nomadic haima in MP
– Dromedary excursion (one per person)
– Sandboarding

Not included:

– Midday meals
– Drinks
– Entrance fees to monuments

NOTE: If the itineraries we offer do not match what you are looking for, do not hesitate to contact us and we will prepare the trip to your needs and requirements.