Marrakech City 9 Days 8 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 itinerary toward Ziz valley with its panoramic views of Palm trees and gorges, We’ll stop for lunch and pictures of wild monkeys on the Cedar forests of Azrou ,our last stop will in Ifrane (Switzerland of Morocco) for a drink or fresh squeezed orange juice.our long journey will finish in Fes .overnight in Riad at the old médina of Fes.

Morning guided visit to Fez. to explore the médina (old walled city). The cites If time permitting: .Medersa (Quoranic School) Attarin or Bou-Inania .Quaraouiyine Mosque, founded by Fatima Bint al-Fihria in C9th .Nejjarine fountain and museum .Bab Boujloud, the blue and green gate .Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss II .Chouara tanneries and feel as if you have taken a step back in time .The water clock dating from the C14th .Souks .Traditional potteries and Merenid Tombs Half free day to enjoy the médina and it’s streets. Overnight in Riad at the old Médina

After breakfast transfer to the Roman ruins of Volubilis (free time to walk around or there are Site Guides). Pass along Meknes to explore the high lights of this old imperial city.break for lunch ,then drive via highway to reach Rabat (capital of Morocco) and visit the key sites with a including Kasbah Oudayas, Tour Hassan and the Chellah. Overnight in a riad in Rabat médina

Breakfast at the Riad then Transfer along the motorway to Marrakech with the option of a detour to visit the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca. Overnight in a riad in Marrakech