Promo – Exclusive Morocco

Day by day

The itinerary

1. Day 1 ·

   Arrive Marrakech

   Welcome to Morocco!

   On arrival clear customs and immigration. Pick up your luggage then walk outside of the arrival hall and this is where you are welcomed by our representative holding a paging board with your name(s) on it. Brief review of the tour during your transfer to the hotel. Check-in and relax.

   Rest of the day at leisure.

   Grand Plaza Hotel 4* OR Kenzi Menara Palace 5*

2. Day 2 ·

   Marrakech: City Tour

   After breakfast, meet your expert guide at 9AM for a city tour of the “Red City”. Marrakech welcomes you with its majesty filled with palaces, gardens, markets, and mosques! We first view the Koutoubia Mosque with its 282ft minaret, an architectural landmark dating back to the late 12th century. Continue to the 19th century stunning Bahia Palace and discover the intricate work done by the local artisans to decorate this splendid home built by a powerful Vizir for his Harem. The building includes one hundred and fifty rooms, countless courtyards and interior gardens, labyrinthic corridors, a Koranic school, hammams, a harem, and stables.

   From there we will start exploring the artisan quarters and the colorful Souks to intermingle with the real life of Marrakech people. Continue to Dar El Bacha Museum of Confluences. Built in 1910, it was the residence of Thami El Glaoui, named Pasha of Marrakech by Sultan Moulay Youssef in 1912. It is one of the medina's finest examples of Riad architecture, dripping with Moroccan Zellige (colorful geometric tilework), intricate white plasterwork, and heavy carved cedar-wood lintels.

   We will conclude the tour with a visit to Jemaa El F’na Square. Located at the entrance of the Medina, this triangular square is surrounded by restaurants, stands and public buildings, and provides everyday commercial activities and various forms of entertainment. It is a magical circus where fortune tellers, henna artists, fire eaters, snake charmers, dancing wild costumed monkeys, story tellers, hypnotic medicine-men, cross dressers, tooth pullers, musicians including real Gnaoua, and acrobats gather in a cacophonic feast.

   After the tour (around 5PM), head to a traditional hammam. A hammam is a traditional Moroccan Spa, a place where space and time speak an ancient language. You will be immersed in total relaxation listening to your own body in reconciliation with yourself in an atmosphere filled with water, oils, essences, and perfumes. Enjoy a 30-min. scrub done by expert hands with black soap or soothing spices eliminating toxins from your body. After the Hammam, a 30 min traditional Moroccan massage to eliminate tensions and gain energy and vitality. Tea is served in a relaxing room before you leave.

   Back to your hotel to get ready for dinner at a local restaurant.

   Grand Plaza Hotel 4* OR Kenzi Menara Palace 5*
   Breakfast, Dinner

3. Day 3 ·

   Marrakech – Imlil – Ourika Valley – Marrakech

   After breakfast, get ready for some Amazigh (Berber) landscapes. You’ll drive to the valley of Imlil (1h15min from Marrakech). This region is famous for its fruit trees (apples, walnuts, almonds, peaches, etc.) and is a favorite hitching post for mountain trekkers. You’ll be dropped off in the middle of the village to walk to the hilltop where you’ll be greeted by a local family and invited into their home to share a traditional lunch served with bread and mint tea. With the help of the private guide, enjoy the opportunity to talk with the family, immersing yourselves in their fascinating way of life.

   Return to the hotel to freshen up. Later, you will be picked up at the hotel for a unique gastronomic experience in the Ourika Valley. The cooking class takes place on the terrasse of a modern Berber-style villa, in a spectacular setting with the Atlas Mountains in the background. The 3-stars New York Times Chef Azzeddine Bennouna and his wife Marie will greet you at their property where you will discover the secrets of Moroccan cuisine. The food you prepare will be served for dinner with a glass of wine. This activity includes a tour of the property with picking fresh produces from the garden, if the season permits; a traditional welcome tea session; a bread making demonstration done by a native Berber woman, and the preparation of a Moroccan dish. While the food is cooking, you are welcome to jump in the pool - if season permits! After dinner, back to your hotel for overnight.

   Grand Plaza Hotel 4* OR Kenzi Menara Palace 5*
   Breakfast, lunch, dinner

4. Day 4 ·

   Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate

   Following breakfast, leave Marrakech crossing the High Atlas Mountains via the magnificent Tizi n’Tichka Pass (2,262m) to Aït Ben Haddou. Continue to the spectacular fortress of Aït Ben Haddou, the iconic Kasbah immortalized in films such as Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator and Game of Thrones among others.

   We’ll visit the city of Ouarzazate, beginning with the Taourirt Kasbah that is considered one of the most beautiful Kasbahs in the country. Then, check in at your hotel, then dinner and overnight.

   Dar Chamaa Hotel 4* OR Kenzi Azghor Hotel 5*
   Breakfast, Dinner

5. Day 5 ·

   Ouarzazate – Skoura – Dades – Merzouga

   After breakfast, at 9AM depart Ouarzazate and head towards the oasis town of Skoura, renowned for its vast palm groves and scattered kasbahs. Visit the impressive Kasbah Amridil, a 17th-century fortress and one of Morocco’s most iconic living museums.

   Continue through the breathtaking Dades Valley, also known as the "Road of a Thousand Kasbahs," where you’ll be enchanted by dramatic landscapes, sandcastle-like formations, and whimsical rock formations known as Monkey Toes. After a stop for lunch (on your own), continue to the spectacular Todra Gorges near Tinghir — towering limestone cliffs carved by the Todra and Dades Rivers. Enjoy a scenic walk through this natural wonder, a favorite spot for hikers and climbers.

   The journey proceeds across varying desert scenery until you reach Merzouga, the gateway to the majestic dunes of the Sahara. You’ll switch to a 4x4 vehicle and transfer to Merzouga through the golden dunes, a surreal and majestic sea of sand that rises dramatically from the flat desert floor.

   Le Belle Etoile Lux 4* OR Merzouga luxury camp 5*
   Breakfast, Dinner

6. Day 6 ·

   Merzouga – Erfoud – Midelt – Fez

   Wake up to the breathtaking serenity of the Sahara. Beginning the morning with a sunrise camel ride across the dunes, a timeless experience that allows you to take in the vast and quiet beauty of the desert in the most traditional way. Then at 9:30AM after breakfast, drive to Erfoud, a gateway town to the Sahara known for its fossil workshops and desert charm. The drive continues along the lush Ziz Valley, where a ribbon of palm groves winds its way through stark desert terrain, passing through charming Berber villages built from earthen clay.

   The route then takes you past the town of Midelt, located between the High and Middle Atlas Mountains and known for its cool climate and apple orchards. Pause for lunch and a short break before continuing through the majestic cedar forests of the Middle Atlas.

   Keep an eye out for Barbary macaques along the way as the road winds through mountainous scenery and small towns like Azrou and Ifrane — sometimes called "Little Switzerland" for its alpine-style architecture.

   Arrive in the cultural and spiritual heart of Morocco, Fez, by late afternoon. Enjoy dinner and settle into your hotel for the night.

   Hotel L’Escale 4* OR Palais Faraj 5*
   Breakfast, lunch, dinner

7. Day 7 ·

   Fez: City Tour

   Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. At 9AM you will be met at your hotel by an expert guide for an all-day city tour of the spiritual capital of Morocco, Fez.

   The first stop is the entrance of the biggest royal palace of Morocco. This palatial complex is in the center of the Fez El-Jedid area and is surrounded by high walls with intricate and elaborate decorated ornamentations. The doors are bronze, and they shine like gold. The interior of the palace is not available to the public because the king of Morocco uses the complex when he visits Fez. We then continue the tour with a panoramic view of the medina, before venturing to the heart of the largest old souk in the world in the medieval center of Fez.

   The medina of Fez has not changed for centuries. Its narrow alleys house hundreds of merchants and craftsmen selling a range of products such as dates, fish, spices, copper urns, carpets, and musical instruments. One of the most interesting sites in Fez is the leather souk with the oldest leather tannery in the world. The tannery dates back nine centuries.

   Also visit the Jamaa Al-Karaouine (the world’s first established university) and a Medersa (a Koranic school). Included is a visit to a clay workshop, the artisan quarters, and other souks. The visit includes lunch at a traditional restaurant of the Medina.

   Barcelo Fes 4* OR Palais Ommeyad 5*
   Breakfast, lunch, dinner

8. Day 8 ·

   Fez – Volubilis – Chefchaouen

   After breakfast at 9:00AM, drive to Chefchaouen quite likely the most charming village of Morocco with its narrow streets, Medina, Bab el Ansar, the Jewish Quarter. The city is called “The Pearl of Morocco” with its blue and white lime-washed houses. See the Outa-el-Hammam Square and the grand Tarik-Ben-Ziad Mosque whose octagonal minaret is inspired by the Torre de Oro of Seville, an Andalusian style of architecture. After lunch (own account), check in at the hotel for dinner and overnight.

   Vancii Hotel 4* OR Lina Ryad 5*
   Breakfast, Dinner

9. Day 9 ·

   Chefchaouen (Excursion to Akchour)

   Breakfast at the hotel.

   At 8AM, get ready for a day trip to Akchour waterfall one of Morocco’s truly hidden gems. The trek goes along the river with numerous small cascades through the vigorous green fairytale forest. Surrounded by the majestic Rif Mountains, you walk past rocks and tree stumps wrapped in green moss, changing into thick, unrestrained jungle covering the surroundings. All you can hear are the birds singing and the water running in small cascades along the bottom of the valley.

   After enjoying lunch (included), you will have some free time to explore the surroundings before you head back to Chefchaouen. Rest of the day at leisure.

   Vancii Hotel 4* OR Lina Ryad 5*
   Breakfast, lunch, dinner

10. Day 10 ·

    Chefchaouen – Rabat – Casablanca

    Today after breakfast at 8:30AM, drive to Casablanca.

    En route, stop in Rabat for lunch and a short sightseeing that includes the Mohammed V Mausoleum, the landmark of Rabat, the Hassan Tower, one of the oldest incomplete mosques of Morocco, and the Kasbah of the Udayas, Rabat's historic citadel which occupies the site of the original Ribat (fortress-monastery) that gave the city its name.

    After the tour, drive to Casablanca. Evening at leisure.

    Idou Anfa 4* OR Gray Boutique Hotel 5*
    Breakfast, lunch, dinner

11. Day 11 ·

    Casablanca

    Today you will enjoy sightseeing to discover Morocco’s largest city and economic capital, Casablanca. Begin the tour of Casablanca with an inside visit of Hassan II Mosque. It is the largest mosque in the country and the 7th largest in the world.

    You then continue to the Ain Diab Corniche for a pleasant stroll along the coast. Your next stop is Mohammed V Square in the city center. The city tour includes the Habous Quarter, one of the oldest areas in Casablanca. The district was built by the French in the 1930s as an attempted solution to the ongoing housing shortage. It marries the best of traditional Moroccan architecture with modern facilities and French ideals - even the mosque fronts onto a strip of grassy lawn just like a village church.

    You have some free time prior to dinner.

    Idou Anfa 4* OR Barcelo Anfa 5*
    Breakfast, Dinner

12. Day 12 ·

    Depart Casablanca

    After breakfast, your superb Moroccan tour comes to an end. Transfer to the airport for your flight home.

    Breakfast