8 Days tour from Casablanca to desert

Description

Day 1: Casablanca – Meknes – Volubilis – Fes
We will meet you at your accommodation in Casblanca and start travelling and the great Hassan 2 Mosque of the highest in the world 200-meter minaret and Mohamed V square, the building is an interesting example of colonial architecture. In Meknes, another significant imperial city in Morocco , you will see the famous gate Bab Mansour, the Sahrij Souani Bassin and the Mulay Ismail Mausoleum. After lunch, your journey continues to Volubilis, the Roman ruins, dating to 25BC, exploring the site you’ll see some of the original mosaics are very well preserved. In the evening we go to Fez. Dinner and overnight at the hotel

Day 2: Fes
After breakfast, tour of Fes, spiritual and religious capital of Morocco. Visiting the medina of Fes el-Bali, a real labyrinth of over 9,000 winding streets, where the movement without a local guide is possible, including the Mosque and University Karaouine El, the Mausoleum of the founder of the town of Moulay Idris II and the leather tannery. Exceptional Medina of Fes is a place that allows you to move a couple of hours in medieval times. Then the so-called. New Fes: Royal Palace Dar El-Makhzen and the huge gate Bab al Jeloud, walk through the Jewish quarter Mellah. Dinner and overnight at the hotel

Day 3: Fes – Ifrane – Azrou – Errachidia – Merzouga
After an early breakfast departure towards Merzouga. We will travel through the picturesque mountains of the Middle Atlas. On the way short stop in the woods surrounded by cedar mountain resort of Ifrane. Your journey continues to Merzouga via the Tizi Ntalghamt pass, stopping for panoramic views along the way. Arriving in Merzouga in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at the hotel

Day 4: Merzouga area and the Camel trek
After breakfast you’ll start exploring the area. You’ll visit the Gnawa people, you will listen their music and you will see how is their lifestyle. You also visit the nomad house where many Berber handicrafts for example weaving carpets. In the afternoon, with your camel man, you’ll explore desert of Merzouga with a camel trek and enjoying a wonderful sunset over the golden dunes. We will spend the night in a camping under the stars with drums music in the middle of the Sahara

Day 5: Merzouga – Todra Gorges – Dades Gorges
Rising early in the morning you will enjoy the birth of a new day and the next you will have fun while sandboarding in the dunes. After breakfast departure from Merzouga in the direction of Tinghir, surrounded by huge palm groves and river Gorges Todra. Breakthrough Todra with steep rock walls high 300 m is classified as exceptional geographical peculiarities of Morocco. Then drive through the picturesque valley of the Dades. Overnight accommodation will be in a fancy hotel overlooking the Dades valley

Day 6: Dades Gorge – Ouarzazate – Ait Benhaddou – Marrakech
After breakfast departure from the Dades Gorge in the direction of Marrakech,. We will travel through the picturesque valley of the Dades. Due to the multitude of traditional fortified architecture (Kasbah built with clay) This stretch of road is called the “road of a thousand Kasbahs.” Next we will go to the region of Kalaat M’gouna el famous crop exceptionally fragrant rose, called “Rosa Damascena”. Transfer to the most famous Moroccan Ksar AIT Benhaddou at the edge of the river valley, where the powerful, the most beautiful in the whole Morocco, fortified Berber village in ocher, listed by UNESCO. The picturesqueness of the place made it filmed here a number of films, including “Gladiator,” “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Jewel of the Nile”. Drive through the High Atlas Mountains scenic mountain pass Tizi-n-Tichka at an altitude of over 2,260 meters above sea level to the magic of the Red City – Marrakech. Accommodation in a hotel

Day 7: Marrakech – Essaouira
After breakfast, tour of Marrakech – currently the most attractive cities of Morocco. Your guide will ensure that you see the most important places of historical and cultural interest: including the Saadien tomb, the Palaces of El Bahia and El Badi as well as the Ben Youssef Coranique School. Lunch. In the afternoon you’ll visit the garden of Majorelle home of the famous fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent, which is recognized tropical ambience bougainvillea, hibiscus and bamboo, and countless cacti. Then drive to Essaouira. Hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight

Day 8: Essaouira – transfer to the airport
After Breakfast in your hotel, you’ll have a tour of Essaouira’s medina. Essouria coastal town famous for its wood products tui, original architecture and artistic atmosphere. The massive fortifications of the old city, narrow and winding streets, whitewashed houses with blue doors, nice cafes, charming port is almost a fairy-tale image. Today we drive from Essouria to Agadir where our tour finishes