8 Days Mapping Morocco

Mapping Morocco

8 Days / 7 Nights

TOUR INCLUDES:

1 night at a luxury desert camp
Daily breakfast
7 dinners, including Welcome & Farewell dinner
Transportation by luxury coach
Daily water provided on tour
Accommodation at selected class
Private transfers to/from airport as per itinerary
Travel insurance.

Mapping Morocco

8 Days / 7 Nights

ITINERARY:

1st Day (Sun.) CASABLANCA: Meet & greet at the airport and take a private transfer to your hotel. At 19:00, meet with your Tour Director at the hotel´s Reception desk for a welcome meeting. You will also meet your journey’s fellow travellers. Time at leisure. Dinner and accommodation at your hotel. (D)

2nd Day (Mon.) CASABLANCA – RABAT- FEZ: Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Guided city tour through the most interesting sections of the city, Anfa Boulevard, Nations square, residential areas and visit from the outside of the Hassan II Grand Mosque. We bid farewell to Casablanca and depart to Rabat. In the capital city of the country, we will visit the exterior of the Royal Palace, the Mohamed V Mausoleum and the Hassan Tower. We continue our journey towards Fez, where we will be staying for 2 nights.Join your fellow travellers for an authentic Moorish Welcome Dinner. Accommodation at your hotel. (BD)

3rd Day (Tue.) FEZ: Enjoy a full buffet beakfast at your hotel. Enjoy a morning city tour of the most ancient and monumental Imperial Cities, visiting the most interesting points: the 7 Gates of the Royal Palace, Jewish Quarters of Mellah, Gate of Bab Bou and walking tour of the “Medina” (Old City), declared a World Heritage Site.Rest of the day at leisure. Mapping in Depth: Meknes & Volubilis Optionally depart to the Imperial City of Meknes, where you will visit the Walls of Bab el Mansour and the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, the only mosque in all of Morocco where non-Muslims are allowed. Stretching atop the Jebel Zerhoun plateau in Northern Morocco, the Roman ruins of Volubilis are a striking sight, especially in summer when it blooms with wildflowers. Some of the best-preserved ruins in Northern Africa, this UNESCO World Heritage site offers a glimpse into ancient Morocco. Dinner and accommodation at hotel. (BD)

4th Day (Wed.) FEZ – ERFOUD – MERZOUGA (DUNES OF SAHARA DESERT): Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Depart through the gentle mountains of the Middle Atlas. Continue by a beautiful route of Berber life. Arrival in Erfoud at the limits of the great Sahara Desert. Change of transport from the bus to the 4 x 4 vehicles to cross the desert to the dunes where our camp is located. Arrive at your luxury Desert Camp for a night among the Dunes. (BD)

5th Day (Thu.) MERZOUGA – TODRA – KELAA M´GOUNA – OUARZAZATE: Enjoy a full breakfast while you see the sun coming up through the dunes. Depart to the city of Tinerhir. Today, we will discover one of the most beautiful natural sights of your journey, the Todra Gorges. Continue to Kelaa M’Gouna, a small town where excellent roses are grown. Here begins the “Route of the Kasbahs”. This name refers to the adobe constructions with crenellated towers and raw brick decorations. We will travel to authentic fortified towns, which are located in a spectacular landscape. If the ancient kasbahs seduce with their evocative power, the landscape moves you with the strength of its contrasts, its luminosity, and its silence. It is one of the most attractive and requested routes in Africa. Dinner and accommodation at your hotel. (BD)

6th Day (Fri.) OUARZAZATE – KASBAH AIT BEN HADDOU – MARRAKECH: Enjoy a full breakfast while you see the sun coming up through the dunes. Set out for Kasbah Taourirt, once the opulent abode of the Marrakech psha in bygone eras. Visit its interior where the pasha’s chambers and the places of the favourites stand out. We continue to the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Built in adobe and sloping down the hill, this photogenic city has been used in masterpieces like Orson Welles’ “Sodom and Gomorrah” and the blockbuster “The Jewel of the Nile”. Depart towards Marrakech, Moroccan Southern Capital, and located within an extensive oasis between the Atlas Mountains and the pre-desert area. Dinner and accommodation at your hotel. (BD)

7th Day (Sat.) MARRAKECH: Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Join a city discovery, including the Koutoubia Tower, twin towers of the Giralda in Seville, Saadines Tombs and Bay Palace, walk around the medina, souks and the magic Jamaa El Fna Square, which is packed with fortune tellers, snake tamers, acrobats, dancers, all making the centre of the city an open-air theatre that requires the participation of the audience. Prepare for your farewell dinner as you say goodbye to Morocco. Accommodation at your hotel. (BD)

8th Day (Sun.) MARRAKECH: Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Take a private transfer to the airport. END OF OUR SERVICES