DAY 1 : MARRAKESH Or CASBLANCA
Arrival at the airport. Warm welcome by your guide. Transfer to hotel. Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
DAY 2 : MARRAKESH / CASABLANCA / RABAT
After breakfast depart for Casablanca. Visit of the city, the modern economic capital of the country. The United Nations square, the city’s administrative center, the Anfa quarter, elegant residential quarter, the Corniche and the great Hassan II mosque (external visit).
Depart for Rabat the capital of Morocco, visit of the uncompleted minaret, the prestigious mausoleum of Mohamed V, beautifully decorated with marble, gold leaves and onyx. The Royal palace built between the 18th and 20tth Century.
Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
DAY 3 : RABAT / MEKNES / VOLUBILIS / MOULAY IDRISS / FEZ
After breakfast departure for Meknes, which is magnificently positionned on a hill. Meknes minarets can be discovered from all directions. It knew its apogee under the reign of Moulay Ismail. Visit of the town, the monumental gates, Bab Mansour, Bab El Khmis. The Hedime square situated between the ancient town and the imperial city. The Moulay Ismail granaries, Dar El Ma, which was used to store the hay and grain needed to feed the sultan's twelve thousand horses. Then depart to visit the roman remains of Volubilis. Continuation by Moulay Idriss, strikingly astonishing by its holy status and magnificent situation, built on two rock spurs. Continue on our tour to Fez. Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
DAY 4 : FEZ
Breakfast; depart for a visit of the city, the religious and intellectual center of Morocco. First we visit the ancient town "Fez El Bali”. The Medersa Attarine, a magnificent example of the merinade art, the Karaouine Mosque, one of the oldest religious teaching centers with a university tradition dating to the 14th Century, the Najjarine fountain with its extravagant zelliges decorations and finally the souks.
then " Fez El Jedid”or the "New City " and its monumental gate. Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
DAY 5 : FEZ / MIDELT / ERFOUD
After breakfast, depart for Midelt through the mid-Atlas mountains. Arrival to Midelt a beautiful city of 1488m of altitude. this town is remarkably situated at the foot of "Ayachi" mountain (3737m). Continuation to Erfoud through the Ziz gorges (canyon) and along the edge of the merald-green waters and red-brown sores of the large dam "Hassan Addakhil". Arrival to Erfoud, one of the largest oases in Morocco. Diner and overnight stay in hotel.
DAY 6 : ERFOUD / TINEGHIR
Early in the morning, possiblity (with supplement) to depart for a less than two hours journey from Erfoud to Merzouga to see the sunset on the dunes, a spectacle giving a fortaste of the breathtaking beauty of the desert.
Return to the hotel to take breakfast, then depart in direction of Tineghir, via the Ziz valley surrounded by extensive palm groves.
In the afternoon, incursion into the Todra gorges(Canyon). Free time to profit of the site, Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
DAY 7 : TINEGHIR / OUARZAZATE
Breakfast, departure to Ouarzazate through the Dades valley, on the road of the kasbahs and oasis : Skoura, renowned for the cultivation of roses, then the Kelaâ of Megouna (City of roses). Arrival in Ouarzazate for lunch.
In the afternoon, visit of the two kasbahs: Aït Ben Haddou and Taourirt. Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
DAY 8 : OUARZAZATE / MARRAKECH
After breakfast, depart for Marrakesh via the Tizin’Tishka (2260m) pass.
Free afternoon.
Dinner and overnight stay in hotel.
DAY 9 : MARRAKESH
After breakfast, visit of the capital of the south which once gave its name to the country. The Koutoubia mosque, a strikingly beautiful example of the combination between apparent simplicity and superb craftsmanship of the Hispano- Moresque art. The Saadien Tombs, an outstandingly beautiful feature of the 16th Century architecture. The Bahia Palace, with its luxurious apartments opening onto an inner courtyard. The Menra Gardens planted with olive trees and disposing of a great system of irrigation.
In the afternoon, continue your tour with a panoramic tour of the ocher–red ramparts built in the 12th century. Then on to the famous Jamaa El Fna Square, the traditional meeting place of astonishing characters, storytellers, acrobats, snake charmers a spectacle that defies belief. From there reaching the souks with its various quarters of craftsmanship in the central area of the Medina. In the evening, depart for a farewell dinner in an ancient palace in the medina with belly dance and Moroccan folklore.
Overnight stay in hotel.
DAY 10 : MARRAKESH
After breakfast, and according to flight hours, free time then transfer to the airport. Assistance for the registration formalities.
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