The Best Of Morocco

Breakfast in the hotel, enjoy Casablanca city tour, the economic capital of Morocco and its largest city. Begin with the visit of Hassan II mosque, the largest mosque in the country and one of the largest mosques in the world. Continue to Ain Diab Corniche for a pleasant stroll along the coast. Your next stop is Mohammed V Square and transfer to Rabat, the capital of Morocco and one of the country’s imperial cities. Enjoy the city tour of Rabat where you will visit the Kasbah of the Oudayas which was constructed during the realm of the Almohads dynasty (12th century). Stop next at Mohammed V Mausoleum, which is home to the tombs of the current king's father and grandfather. Your last stop in Rabat is Hassan Tower, which is a minaret built in 1195. Have lunch transfer to Tangier, Morocco’s main gate to Europe.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel and start on with a city tour to Tangier where you will have a stop at the old town, locally called “The medina”, next are visits to the American legation, Dar El Oued Makhazen Kasbah, the Mendoubia Gardens, and the Grand and Petit Socco. Transfer to Cape Spartel after that, the meeting point of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Spartel was known to the Greeks and Romans as the “Cape of the Vines”. Visit the Cave of Hercules, which is Africa’s most north-westerly promontory with a strange sea window shaped like a map of Africa. Transfer to Chefchaouen, the “Blue City” and one of the most majestic places to visit in Morocco. After lunch, enjoy the city tour of Chefchaouen beginning your tour with the kasbah of Chefchaouen, this kasbah belongs to the early 18th century and was built by the legendary ruler Moulay Ismail (1645 – 1727).  Next, stop next at plaza Uta el-Hammam, which is the cobbled main square in town and where the striking 15th century Grand Mosque sits.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the UNESCO-sponsored Roman ruins in Volubilis, a Berber and Roman city partly excavated by the UNESCO. Volubilis was considered as the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Mauretania. Continue to Meknes, the "Moroccan Versailles" and one of the oldest cities in the kingdom. Have lunch then and enjoy the city tour of Meknes, the city was the capital of Morocco under the reign of Moulay Ismail (1672–1727), a contemporary of Louis XIV. Stop at the massive Bab El Mansour gate, which is the grandest of all imperial Moroccan gateways. Stop next at Hri Souani, which is a complex of three different buildings built for granaries and stables. This amazing site has been used as a scene for many films, the most famous of which is probably “The Last Temptation of Christ” in 1988 by Martin Scorsese. Late in the afternoon, transfer to Fes, the spiritual capital of Morocco.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Breakfast in the hotel. Enjoy the guided city tour of Fes where you will begin with the entrance to the largest royal palace in Morocco and continue with a panoramic view of the ancient medina. Enjoy an authentic experience at the traditional ceramic crafts village of Fes after that your next stop is Fes El Bali, the ancient town or Medina, which is a medieval part of Fes that has not changed for centuries. After lunch, you will visit the famous Al-Karaouine mosque, built by Fatima Al Fihria in 857 and Al-Karaouine mosque that became a home to the University of Al-Karaouine, which is the first university in the world and the world's foremost center of learning at the beginning of the second millennium built by Fatima Al Fihria in 859, and since then, it has become one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Muslim world. In Medina, visit also a Merdersa, which is a Coranic school and complete the city tour of Fes with the leather Souq and the oldest leather Tannery in the world. The tannery dates back at least nine centuries.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Early morning breakfast and transfer to the Sahara Desert. The journey takes you through the Middle Atlas Mountains, stop first in Ifrane, a charming town and ski resort. Ifrane is famous for its Alpine climate, European-style houses and its 1665 metres (5,460 ft) in elevation. The town experiences snow during winter months and a cool climate during summer. Ifrane is also the place where the lowest temperature was ever recorded in Africa, -24 °C in 1935. While in Ifrane, expect to find animals like the threatened Barbary Macaque and local tree species such as the native Atlas cedar, Scrub oak and the introduced London plane. Transfer to Midelt, which serves as the commercial center of a large agricultural hinterland. After lunch, transfer through many Amazigh (Berber) villages and along the Ziz valley to get to Erfoud and continue to Merzouga, which is the heart of the desert, enjoy a sunset camel ride to your charming desert camp.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel then enjoy an optional 4x4 desert tour. The tour includes Al Khamlia village which is a live unique desert experience there. Al Khamlia is a small oasis-village submerged in the Sahara-desert populated by the Gnawa tribe or Bambaras. Late in the morning, drive to Tinghir via Rissani and Tinjdad. Stop at the famous Todra Gorge, a 300m wall, carved deep into the High Atlas Mountains. Thanks to its robust rock sides with many uneven surfaces, Todra Gorge is popular among rock climbers. More than 150 routes rated French Grade 5+ to 8 have been bolted in the canyon. Todra Gorge was featured on the premiere of the United States reality show Expedition Impossible. After lunch, drive through Tinghir heading to Dades, the drive is spectacular, winding through stunning desert landscapes, villages with the expansive Jebel Sarhro lunar-scape. Dades is known as valley of figs and featured prominently in a 2012 advertisement for the Cadillac CTS.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Breakfast in the hotel and transfer to Ouarzazate. The drive is spectacular, with hundreds of Kasbahs lining the route. Stop first at Kelaat M’Gouna, a big town which is famous for cultivating roses. Expect to find many fine, rose-infused products there. Upon arrival at Ouarzazate, also known as “Morocco’s Hollywood”, visit Taourirt Kasbah, which is considered one of the most beautiful kasbahs in Morocco then, visit the film studios where some of the most famous desert landscapes were and are still being shot. Leave Ouarzazate to the spectacular fortress of Ait Ben Haddou. The village is a great example of earthen clay architecture that has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. Ait Ben Haddou is an iconic landscape immortalized in such films as “The Man Who Would Be King (film) (1975)”, “Jesus of Nazareth (1977)”, “The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)”, “Gladiator (2000)”, “Son of God (film) (2014)”. After lunch, transfer to Marrakech crossing the High Atlas Mountains.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Early morning breakfast at the hotel then enjoy the guided city tour of Marrakech, “Paris of the Sahara” as Winston Churchill once described it. Stop first at the Koutoubia Mosque, which is an old monument built under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184 to 1199). This monument inspired other buildings such as the Giralda in Seville in Spain and the Hassan Tower in Rabat. Thereafter, stop next at the Bahia Palace which was built in the late 19th century and was intended to capture the essence of the Islamic and Moroccan style. Stop next at the Saadian tombs, which is a site that dates back to the time of the sultan Ahmad al-Mansur (1578-1603). The tombs were discovered in 1917 and were restored by the Beaux-arts service. Have lunch and continue the tour with the world famous Jema El Fna Square where you will enjoy amazing performance of traditional activities by storytellers, snake charmers, peddlers of traditional medicines. Your last stop is the bustling souks in the old medina.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel and enjoy your day at leisure with optional activities in Marrakech including cooking class, horse drawn carriage ride to Yves Saint-Laurent Majorelle Garden, hot air balloon ride, guided biking tour.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Essaouira. This relatively small, easily navigable beach city is ideal for free time, Essaouira has got a distinct multicultural feel, resulting from the large Portuguese, French, and Jewish populations that once called it home. Essaouira’s walled Medina was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 2001. Its well-preserved, late-18th-century fortified layout is a prime example of European military architecture in North Africa. For the visitor, the mellow atmosphere, narrow winding streets lined with colorful shops, whitewashed houses and heavy old wooden doors make it a wonderful place to stroll.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy your day at leisure and have lunch.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Casablanca via Safi, Oualidia and El Jadida. Safi is one of the most attractive cities in Morocco thanks to its long history. Safi nowadays is the main fishing port for the country's sardine industry, and also exports phosphates, textiles and ceramics. During the Second World War, Safi was one of the landing sites for Operation Torch. Have lunch and continue to Oualidia, another charming sea resort in Morocco. Oualidia is a small village on the Atlantic coast, facing a salt water lagoon and beach where ocean and coast merge. Oualidia is the ideal place to unwind, the magic of the lagoon and the tides provide a constantly-changing back veil. Poised on the edge of the ocean, in a site of great ecological importance, Oualidia will attract, captivate, energies and sooth in equal measure.

Overnight: At the Hotel

Basis: Bed and breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Casablanca airport for your departure flight.