Imperial Cities via Fes & Desert from Marrakech - 9-Day Private Tour

Day 1: Arrival in Marrakech

Transfer from Marrakech airport to your accommodation according to your arrival time, and it these possible to visit the city of Marrakech.

Day 2: Marrakech city sightseeing

At 9:00 AM starting your guided city tour of Marrakech with an official professional guided will take you to explore one of the amazing imperial cities in Morocco, during the guided city tour you will discover the main point of interests in the city starting from the Koutoubia mosque, the Saadian tombs, the old palaces in Bahia and Badia palace, walk through the old Jewish town to reach the souks/markets to visit the artisans making traditional objects in their workshops and explore the colorful shops with smelts of the Moroccan species. Night in a guest house in the old town.

Day 3: Marrakech - Ait Ben Haddou - Ouarzazate

After breakfast in your riad, leave from Marrakech towards Ouarzazate by the Tizi n Tichka, along the beautiful hills and mountains of the Atlas. There will be breaks for the photos, then we will take a path from Telouet to visit its magnificent Kasbah called Glaoui. After visiting the Kasbah, you will have the opportunity to walk in the beautiful villages of the hills and cultures of the Atlas. Then we will continue our route to Ait ben Haddou Kasbah; which is marked as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. After lunch, we will continue our route to Ouarzazate "or" Hollywood of Africa ", whose geography and beautiful landscapes have attracted many world-class film producers. Here you can visit the studios, containing props used in movies, such as The Mummy, Gladiator, and The Last Temptation of Christ. Then we will visit the Kasbah Taourirt, another Kasbah of the Glaoui family who served as governor of Ouarzazate, before registering at your Hotel.

Day 4: Quarzazate - Dades Valley - Todra Gorge - Erfoud - Erg Chebbi

After breakfast, we will go to the Gorges de Toudra via the palm grove of Skoura. But, before arriving at the gorge, we will cross the valley of Roses, then we will continue to pare the valley of Dades. Bomalne these a very renovated town located at the foot of the Atlas Mountains before reaching the Todra Gorge. After lunch, we will drive to Merzouga through a number of towns and villages, including Erfoud. Before arriving at Erfoud, you will see the old irrigation system locally called "Khettarat". Continue to the fascinating dunes of Erg Chebbi. We now move from our vehicle to camels, where you will be camelid around the sand dunes, enjoying the sunset before arriving at the Berber Bivouac. Dinner and show, a night at Sahara Camp.

Day 5: Erg Chebbi - Ziz Valley - Midelt - Azrou - Ifran - Fez

After breakfast, we will leave through the vast valley of Ziz which contains millions of palm trees until Errachidia. We drive through the gorges of Ziz and then the Middle Atlas with its beautiful views. We stop at Midelt for lunch. After lunch, we will drive to Fez crossing the cedar forest of Azrou; the largest in Morocco; stop for photos with Barbary's monkeys. Then continue to Ifrane called "Little Switzerland of Morocco" because of its European form of buildings. We arrive in Fez in the afternoon. Housing the riad.

Day 6: Visit of Fez

Guided city tour of Fes In the morning we start to visit Fes its main monuments and historical sites; as Medersa Bouaananiya, University of Karaouiyine labeled the oldest university. Visit the king palace, the beautiful panoramic view of Fes, walk in the old Berber markets in old Fes. Overnight in the Riad.

Day 7: Fes - Meknes - Volubilis - Rabat

Departure early in the morning after breakfast towards Meknes. The visit begins with a visit to the ramparts with monumental 17th-century gates Bab Mansour, Bab Khemis. We continue to explore the city by stables (Rua), granaries (HERI), Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail was for a long time the only mosque that non-Muslims can visit in Morocco advent Hassan mosque 2, then by the famous Bab Mansour El on the vast Hedim Square. We will continue to the ancient Roman ruin Volubilis, we will spend some time exploring the ruins of 2000 years and get a picture of life during the Roman Empire. After the visit, we will drive to the city of Rabat the capital of Morocco for another night.

Day 8: - Rabat – Casablanca - Marrakech

After breakfast, a day dedicated to the visit of the city of Rabat, you will take a guided tour and you will visit the Kasbah Oudayas, erected by a terrible tribe of predators in the twelfth century. Then we visit the tower Hassan, where 4 facades are decorated differently from each other, 3 in pink stones and 1 in the gray because of the sea breeze, the remains of the old mosque and the mausoleum Mohamed 5 next door to the tower. After the visit to Rabat, we will drive through the highway to reach Casablanca, once in Casablanca, we will visit the Hassan II mosque the largest mosque after Mecca with its wonderful architecture after the visit we will stop for lunch in a local restaurant on the Cornish before continuing our journey to Marrakech.

Day 9

Free time in Marrakech and transfer to the airport and the end of your tour.

- Departure is depending on the flight time.

- Free hotel pick-up or meeting point in central Marrakech or Marrakech airport.

- This Tour maybe can be in bad weather.

- Returns to the original departure point.

- If you cancel at least 7 days (s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee. If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee. If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.