Marrakech City 7 Days 6 Nights

City Guide Tours include the following key sites, time permitting, based on a half or full day tour .Souks .Mellah .Palace Bahia .Koutoubia Minaret and gardens .Saadian tombs .Medersa Ben Youssef .Apothecary (Berber Pharmacy for spices, herbs and oils) .Majorelle Gardens with a fine museum of Amazigh (Berber) costumes and jewellery .Free half day at your leisure to enjoy the evening on the Jamaa Lafna square, overnight in Riad.

8 am we will meet up on your Riad or Hotel and drive over the Tizi n’Tichka Pass ( 2260m above sea level) the highest road pass in Morocco. We will have time to stop and enjoy impressive landscapes, and break for coffee and fresh-squeezed orange juice.while enjoying superb views of mountains and Berber Villages that will take us for a guided visit for the World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou one of Morocco’s most spectacular ksours (fortified villages) that once stood on the route of the trans-Saharan caravans as they made their way across the Atlas to the fondouks of Marrakech(This famous kasbah was used as a backdrop for more than 20 films).Pass through the town of Ouarzazate and continue towards the Valley of Roses (where the roses blossom in April and May ),Skoura Palm Grove with it’s authentic 17 century kasbah, the valley of a thousand Kasbahs and the Dades Gorge.Dinner and overnight in a traditional charming hotel.

Departure on the morning to Sahara Desert (Merzouga) via Todra gorges ,where you will take a walk to exploring this magnificent and narrow gorges where vertiginous cliffs of pink ochre frame a crystal clear and fresh river.After you will leave to Erfoud via Touroug Palm Plantations where we will stop for lunch .reaching Erfoud town for a visit of a local fossil craft workshop. Continuing to the fascinating dunes of Erg Chebbi ,the achingly beautiful expanse of rolling dunes, also known as the Dunes of Merzouga. Dinner and overnight in the Auberge (desert inn)

In the morning we will go to visit Khamlia village famous for its gnawa music; originally from Grand African Sahara . We will visit some deserted mines, Berber nomads share a mint tea with them ,oasis of palm trees,we will drive on the black desert (Hamada)and DAKAR RALLEY ROAD Towards then to Rissani . Where will walk on the most authentic and traditional Morocco souk, and the largest in the South of Morocco ,traded with all kinds of crafts, food, And animals.market days are (Tuesday – Thursday – Sunday).lunch in a local family house with Madfouna (Berber stuffed pizza). Back to Merzouga sand dunes by the afternoon Where we will ride camels to spend the night in an equipped camp with drums music in the middle of the Sahara, this is a great opportunity to take lovely pictures of the sunset and sunrise. At this time, we will explore the secrets of the Sahara and its unlimited horizons, we well spend the nigh in nomad Berber tents.

If you wake up early enough, you can watch the spectacle of the sunrise, when the colour of the dunes and the play of shadows are an awesome sight. continue our journey to Rissani.Where will walk by its known as the most authentic and traditional Morocco souk, and the largest in the South of Morocco ,traded with all kinds of crafts, food, and animals.to the Dra’a Valley via the village of Tazzarine (featured in the film ‘Babel’).we will set off in the wild desert under the acacia shadow for Picnic (wild cooking class). In the afternoon the journey takes us along the ancient caravan route to discover the real Dra’a Valley, with its huge palm trees and ancient villages ,our day ends in Ouarzazate. Dinner and overnight in a charming Riad.

Today after breakfast we continue toward Ouarzazate known for its film making studios that hosts a lot of international film productions and is also known as «Hollywood of Morocco».Follow the route along Ounila Valley and Just 40 km from Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, we will see the Kasbah of Telouet,a former route of the caravans from the Sahara over the Atlas Mountains to Marrakech. It was the seat of the El Glaoui family’s power , they were given political power of Morocco south of High Atlas Mountains by the King Moulay Hassan. The Glaoui were almost as strong in power as the sultan himself. The palace can still be visited but it is steadily becoming more damaged and is slowly collapsing. In 2010, work was underway to restore the property. If you get a chance on Thursday visit a traditional Atlas village souk..lunch in the Atlas Mountains . Travel back across the Tizi-n-Tichka once again to reach Marrakech in the late afternoon/early evening and drop off.