Morocco – Deluxe Tour – Travel Castle

Tour overview

Included

02 nights stay at Marrakesh
01 night stay at Sahara Desert Camp
01 night stay at Midelt
02 nights stay at Fez
02 nights stay at Tangier
01 night stay at Casablanca
Daily Breakfast in hotel
Dinner in the desert camp
Return Airport Transfers in Casablanca
Private A/c vehicle throughout the tour
Experienced English-speaking driver-cum-guide
Local guide in Fez
All local sightseeing without entrance fees
All tours & transfers on PVT basis

Not Included

Airfare
Visa
GST - 5%
TCS - 5%
Meals other than specified
Travel Insurance
Tips and other personal expenses

Note:
Cost based on Min 2 adults traveling together.
Rates are subject to change.
Certain Peak Season dates may attract extra surcharge.
The Hotel check-in time 14:00 PM and check-out time is 12:00 PM.

Day 1 - Arrive at Casablanca & transfer to Marrakesh

Upon arrival, you will be welcomed by our local representative at Casablanca airport and then you will be transferred to Marrakesh. Upon arrival, check in to your hotel / riad and the rest of the day is free to relax and explore the city on your own. Overnight at Marrakesh.

Day 2 - Marrakesh City Tour

Today morning after breakfast, you will visit all the attractions of Marrakech, you will visit the Bahia palace, El Badi palace, the Saadian tombs and the main souks ideally placed on the Saharan trade routes. Marrakech was a convenient staging post for caravans and soon developed into a major craft and trading centre. Lunch in a local restaurant then continue the visit to the famous Majorelle garden, in 1917 the French artist Jacques Majorelle moved to Marrakech and made this garden.These delightful gardens, planted not only with bougainvillea, coconut palms and banana trees, but also with bamboo and palm trees. And after that you will make a tour around the new city then the driver will drop you off at your hotel / riad. Overnight at Marrakesh.

Day 3 - Marrakesh – Merzouga, Sahara Desert

After early morning breakfast, check out from Marrakesh and transfer to Sahara Desert as it is going to be a very long drive. On the way, you will stop for pictures and lunch .The best way to do it is to arrive at the desert at least 1 hour before the sunset so as to see the sunset while you are riding camels to the camp. Overnight & Dinner in a camp in the middle of the sand dunes.

Day 4 - Merzouga, Sahara Desert – Midelt

In the morning after you see the sunrise from the camp, you will ride your camel back to the hotel for breakfast and shower. Later travel to Midelt, a town in central Morocco, in the high plains between the Middle Atlas and High Atlas mountain ranges. This town is built at the foot of the Jebel Ayachi, whose summit (12,260feet) is covered in snow for a large part of the year. Enroute you will drive through the Ziz valley and stop for a nice view to the vast oasis of Ziz. You will drive as well through the Ziz gorges, which are sliced through the imposing rock faces that presage the rise of the high Atlas in the west which are an indication of the former power of the Ziz. Upon arrival in Midelt, check in to your hotel / Riad. Rest of the day free for leisure. Overnight at Midelt.

Day 5 - Midelt – Fez

After breakfast, check out of your hotel in Midelt and proceed to Fez. Today you will drive through the middle Atlas mountain and stop in cedar forest to see the a kind of monkeys called ‘the Barbery apes’ then to the Swiss style Moroccan city of Ifrane. Upon arrival in Fez, check in to your hotel / riad in Fez and rest of the day is for leisure. Overnight at Fez.

Day 6 - Fez City Tour

After breakfast you will meet a local guide at your hotel / riad and start to explore the oldest of Morocco‘s imperial cities. Fez is an important religious, intellectual and cultural centre. It is also renowned for its traditional crafts and because of the particularly high reputation of its university it is known by many as the ‘Athens of Africa’. You will start with the Royal Palace with its ‘tightly closed doors, eggshell façade and pine-green Saracen tiles then the Mellah (Jewish quarter), the blue gate and after that you will go to the Fes El Bali (the old medina). You will start with the Andlous Quarter to see the Andalous Mosque which was built in the 9th century then the Kairouyiene Mozque which was built in 857. And as you walk through the tiny streets of the medina you will see a lot of shops and workshops of merchants and craftsmen are grouped according to specialty. You will also visit the Merinid Medersa ( Bou Inania Mederssa) which is also a mosque. Afterwards you will go to the tanneries to see where leather like jackets & bags are made also to see the process by which animal skins are rendered supple and rot-proof. Lunch in a local restaurant somewhere in the Medina. And after lunch, you will meet the driver somewhere outside the medina to drive around the medina for seeing the stunning panoramic views of the medina from uphill. And at the end you will go to see the pottery of Fez, tin-glazed earthenware decorated with predominantly cobalt-blue designs. Later return to hotel / riad. Overnight at Fez.

Day 7 - Fez – Tangier via Chefchaouen

After breakfast, checkout of your hotel in Fez and transfer to Tangier via Chefchaouen. Upon arrival in Chefchaouen, free time to explore the striking, blue-washed buildings of its old town. Check out the leather and weaving workshops lined in its steep cobbled lanes. Later proceed to Tangier. Upon arrival check in to your hotel / riad. Rest of the evening free for leisure. Overnight at Tangier.

Day 8 - Tangier City Tour

After breakfast, proceed for local sightseeing of Tangier. Visit the Kasbah of Tangier, the Kasbah, old palace area, is above the harbour and the city heights. You can also discover pre historian ancient remains of Tangier. Visit the hosts palace (e.g. Museum Forbes) transformed by Malcom Forbes museum it draws crowds of passionate contemporary history, today is the official palace hosts pass mark in Tangier. Later visit Caves of Hercules, located 10 kms from Tangier. Evening free for leisure. Overnight at Tangier.

Day 9 - Tangier – Casablanca via Rabat

After breakfast check out of your hotel / riad in Tangier and proceed to Casablanca via Rabat. When you get to Rabat you will start with the Chellah territory (Bab Challah) where the first settlement was founded in the 3rd century BC. Then continue to the Hassan Tower, a minaret known as the Hassan tower is all that remains of the mosque. This mosque is an unfinished mosque which covers an area of 30,000 square yards, and would have had 19 naves and 424 columns and pillars. And to the opposite of the Hassan Tower the Mohamed 5 Mausoleum to commemorate the Sultan who enabled Morocco to achieve Independence and the Mausoleum was built between 1961 and 1969 by the Vietnamese architect Vo Toan. After spending some time walking in this beautiful historical place you will head to the Kasbah of the Oudayas which stand on the south bank of the Bou Regreg estuary. It was named after a garrison of mercenaries from the Oudaya tribe that was set in Rabat. And after the visit of Rabat you will drive straight to Casablanca. Upon arrival check in to your hotel in Casablanca. Overnight at Casablanca.