amazing Morocco – 15 days/14 nights

Day 1: Casablanca – Meknes

Depart Casablanca to Meknes in which you will discover the oldest part of the city, the Medina, of Meknes. You will explore Lahdim Square,Moulay Ismail Mausoleum, The Granary,Quara prison , and Bab al Mansour gate. You will explore alleys. Stay over night in a traditional Riad.

Day 2: Meknes- Volubilis- Chefchaouen

After breakfast, you will have the opportunity to explore a historical place, which is dated back to the Roman Empire, Volubilis. After crossing the Rif mountains, you will reach Chefchaouen.  Spend the night in a typical guesthouse.

Day 3: Exploring Chefchaouen

After breakfast, you will explore the glorious Chefchaouen. This beautiful town is attractive owing to its beautiful blue colored small houses, narrow cobbled streets, and water springs. Stay overnight in Chefchaouen.

Day 4: Chefchaouen – Fez

This day you will go to the oldest city in Morocco, Fez. You will explore the cultural city of Morocco. Spend the night in a traditional Riad.

Day 5: Exploring Fez

This day you will explore the ramparts of Fez, the Merinids’ Tombs, decorated Attarin Medrasasa (School) and an outstanding museum with its collection of illuminated manuscripts and ceramics. Lunch will be served in the Medina. Next, you will discover the fascinating cobbled lanes of the Medina, and the Neijarin Fountain. View the medieval tannery, the mosques, the Fondouks where the donkeys/mules and their owners gather, and the infinite variety of merchandise of handcraft’s and edible goods, copperware and pottery. Stay overnight in Fez.

Day 6: Fez - Desert via the Middle Atlas

This day, you will head to the desert via the Middle Atlas Mountains. You will have a chance to visit Ifrane, the Swiss mountain town, and the largest cedar forest in Africa. In Azrou, you will wander among the well-known Moroccan apes in their natural environment. You cross the Middle Atlas Mountains and the only tunnel in Morocco. You drive along Ziz valley  tousands of palm trees and high cliffs. Your excursion will take you deeper south east  to the largest desert in the world, Sahara in which you spend a quiet night in a kasbah in the edge of the sand dunes Erg Chebbi.

Day 7: Exploring the Desert

In the Erg Chebbi sand dunes, you will enjoy the panoramic scene of black volcanic rock on the plains, the bright sunny blue  sky, the green palm trees, white salt beds, mirages of water, and fascinating sand  dunes. Visit Rissani  market, the hugest one in the region. Have a chance to taste a local pizza. Going to Merzouga and  begin camel trekking into the amazing Erg Chebbi dunes. You will spend the evening in a camp, enjoy a local  dinner and music, and sleep in traditional Nomad camel hair tent.

Day 8:Sahara – Gorges

Wake-up to an amazing sunrise between high golden sand dunes. Enjoy wandering, sand boarding and breakfast. The camel man will escort you back on camels to the Hotel Inn to have a shower. Next, have an opportunity to see an African Diaspora within the African continent itself; then, continue to Rissani, where you will visit the castles and the Kasbahs of Tafilalt. You will continue the way to Boumalne Gorges and Todra Gorges. The latter is a canyon in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, near the town of Tinerhir. Both the Todgha and neighbouring Dades Rivers have carved out cliff-sided canyons on their final 40 kilometres (25 mi) through the mountains. The last 600 metres (1,969 ft) of the Todgha gorges are the most spectacular. The long  valley is lined with palmery and up on the rocks you may see the Nomad families tending sheep and goats. Probably, you will see the eagles that nest in the Todra in addition to other amazing birds. Spend the night in a traditional Kasbah in Boumalne Dades.

Day 9: Gorges - Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate

After breakfast, you will head to Ouarzazate. In the way, you will have a chance to see Nomades who are still leading a simple ordinary life. This berber lifestyle varies according to each area. Wherever you go, you will explore a new daily life scene. You will see the Rose valley near which an annual festival of roses is held. Next, you will have the opportunity to visit the 1000 kasbah town which is situated in a fresh oasis and palm plantation before reaching Ouarzatate. Later, you will have a chance to visit the Atlas Film Studio. Stop for lunch and tour the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aït Benhaddou that is located on a hill along Ouarzazate River. This glorious site of southern Moroccan architecture has been used as a backdrop for hundreds of  movies  including The Kingdom of Heaven, The Last Temptation of Christ , Alexander , Prince of Persia. Spend the night in a hotel.

Day 10: Ouarzazate - Imlil

This day, you will travel over the Tizi n'Tichka Pass while enjoying superb views of the High Atlas Mountains and of the Berber villages. You will reach the fabulous Toubkal National Park, nestled below Morocco's highest mountain, Mt. Toubkal (4,167 meters/13,671 ft). You will continue the way till  Imlil. A village in the heart of the Middle Atlas Mountains. Spend the night in a Berber family lodge in the High Atlas Mountains.

Day 11: Imlil – Essaouira

After breakfast and discovering the Imlil village, you will head to Essaouira , crossing the Argan trees which are climbed by goats. Spend the night in a traditional riad.

Day 12: Exploring Essaouira

Durning this day, much time will be alloted to sunbathing and relaxing on the beach of this coastal city.   Potuguese, French and Berber heritage is observed in the oldest part of the city. This city is famous for windsurfing, woodwork, handcrafts and delicious fresh fish . Spend the night in a Riad.

Day 13:Exploring Essaouira - Heading to Marrakesh

Since Essaouira is a small city, this day will have a free morning to explore the port and enjoy a seafood lunch. Then you will go to an imperial city of the South, the history of which is dated back to the middle ages, Marrakesh. You will discover a wonderful architecture and an extraordinary street life that makes it a fascinating worth beiqng seen. You will have time to investigate the many shops and the narrow alleys in the Medina. In the evening, it is lively in Djemâa El-Fna Square. Some boys do fascinating acrobatic exercises. Snake charmers play with snakes. Storytellers and fortunetellers make it enjoyable to watch a distinguished oral Moroccan Art. Spend the night in a Riad.

Day 14: Exploring Marrakesh

This day is devoted to exploring Marrakesh. You will visit the Koutoubia Mosque, the Majorelle Garden, the 16th century Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace, and the Dar Si Saïd Palace, a museum of jewelry, kaftans, leatherwork, carpets, chests and doors. Spend the night in a Riad.

Day 15: Transfer to the hotel or the Airport

Depart Marrakesh to Casablanca for transfer to the airport or to your hotel.