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Feel the magic of authentic Morocco

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THE TRIP

An experience to remember

Ali is waiting for you in Morocco to show you the main cities of this Berber country, from modern Casablanca to Tangier, we will get lost in the medinas of Marrakech and Fes, visit the Meknes market, cross the high to the Kasbah of Ait Ben Hadou, cross the sandstones of Dades gorges.
We will sleep under a blanket of stars in the Chaimas of the desert. We will visit the blue city of Chefchaouen.

A unique proposal in which our local hosts will make us live and feel their culture.

STEP BY STEP

Itinerary

Day 1 – Casablanca

Upon our arrival in Casablanca, our local guide will wait for us to accompany us to the centre. Meal in typical restaurant and walk through the centre that will include the Central Market, Mohamed V Square, the Villa of the Arts, we will visit the Grand Mosque of Hassan II and the Old Medina. Overnight at hotel.

Day 2 – Marrakech

After breakfast we will leave for Marrakech, the red city. Founded in the year 1062 of the Christian era by Youssef Ibn Tachnifn, it still preserves important vestiges of its history in monuments such as the Koranic School or Madrasa of Ben Youssaf, the Mausoleum of the Saadis, the Kutubian Mosque, the palaces El Badi and Bahia or the most modern gardens El Agdal and Majorelle, among others. It is essential to visit the famous Jemaa el-Fna square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a magical place that will transport us to a fantasy world where we will be captivated by storytellers, watermen, snakes and other animals charmers, acrobats, dentists, musicians and dancers, fortune tellers, henna tattooists, sellers of juices, nuts and traditional medicinal products… a luxury for the senses. We will have dinner in a restaurant in the medina and enjoy the Belly Dance show. Overnight in Riyadh.

Day 3 – Marrakech – Essaouira – Marrakech

After breakfast we will leave for Essaouira, the town of Jimmy Hendrich. Essaouira is known by several nicknames such as “The Pearl of the Atlantic”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “beautifully traced” from the Arabic word Souirah, this World Heritage city maintains the charm and authenticity of a land lost in time. The last walled fortification on the Atlantic shores, whose houses seem cloned with the “white villages” of Andalusia. We will visit your medina. In the afternoon we will return to Marrakech, to route our route to the south. Overnight in Riyadh.

Day 4 – Marrakech

Breakfast at Riad. Today we will continue to enjoy the atmosphere of this magical city, we will tour the Medina and enjoy the local gastronomy. Overnight in Riyadh.

Day 5 – Marrakech – Boumalne Dades

After breakfast we will leave crossing the High Atlas through a port of 2,260 meters. During the journey we will pass through Berber villages to reach the fortified village of Ait Benhaddou, the most beautiful example of Kasbah that can be found in Morocco, we will continue through the Valley of the Roses to the gorges of the Dades River, we will advance between reddish and sandstone mountains leaving behind a beautiful landscape that will remain in our memory forever. Dinner and overnight in Riyadh.

Day 6 – Boumalne Dades – Merzouga

We will continue our route to the desert. The gigantic walls of the Todra Gorge will leave us with our mouths open. Dinner and accommodation in Jaima to live an authentic experience of a nomadic tribe living in the Desert.

Day 7 – Merzouga – Fez

In the early morning we will see sunrise in the desert with a route in 4×4. Breakfast and departure to the north of the country, seeing the valley of palm trees, crossing the High Atlas mountains, also passing through the mineral and fossil area, the Cedar forest also famous for its inhabitants: monkeys. Arrival in Fes, an important centre of teaching and dissemination of Islam, as attested by its religious centres, some of which, such as the mosque of Kairouyine next to the University of Karueein, are among the oldest in all Africa. Traditionally, this city has been famous for its tanneries and for the production of so-called “Fez hats”. Highlights in this city is the old medina or Fez el Bali, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and which currently holds the record of being the largest pedestrian urban area in the world. Its labyrinthine streets will take us to superb places such as the mosque of el-Qaraouiyyîn, the colorful tanneries, the North Fortress, the madrasah of es-Sahrij, its numerous souks and a thousand more places to discover. Outside the ancient medina we can find places such as the Merinid Tombs or the Mellah, passing through the Ziz Valley, to go north through an increasingly green landscape that houses the forests of century-old cedars, we cross Ifrane, the “Switzerland” of Morocco, and arrive in Fes, where we will sleep. Overnight in Riyadh.

Day 8 – Fez

After having a good breakfast, we will take a guided tour within the medina or old town of the city to know in depth the history, culture, architecture and art of this city. Afternoon off. Overnight in Riyadh.

Day 9 – Fez – Meknes – Chefchaouen

After breakfast we will leave for the north of the country with a first stop in Meknes, the city par excellence of the sovereign Moulay Ismael, as great as tyrant. The centre of the city is a hectic area, surrounded by ancient monuments and grand palaces and one of the busiest medinas of Morocco. We will continue the route to Cheafchaouen, the Blue City. A beautiful blue and white mountain village twinned with Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz). Its white houses with pretty blues, turquoise decorated windows and complicated lattices are like a story in which getting into is as easy as going out on the street and letting us board by its people. Overnight in hotel.

Day 10 – Chefchaouen – Tanger

One last restorative breakfast before leaving for the Airport and returning to our starting point. End of our services.

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