Duration
11 days
Max Group Size
40
Tour Code
Discovery from RAK
Tour Type
Request as group tour
Departure Type
Guaranteed
Age Requirement
- Ages
Guiding Method
Fully guided
Operated In
English, French, Spanish, Portugal, Italian
Physical level
easy
Tour Overview
Highlights
- Discovery of Morocco with Essaouira
Itinerary
Arrival at Marrakech Menara airport. Welcome and transfer to your hotel. Check-in, dinner & accommodation.
Early departure to Essaouira. Visit this city once known as the "capital of the hippies" and which is full of Portuguese history. It is a harbor city with the oldest fortified port in the world still preserved. Fish lunch (optional).
In the afternoon, departure to Casablanca passing by the Atlantic road, with several stops in Oualidia & El Jadida. According to arrival time, orientation tour of the city former fortress of Mazagan Which was built by the Portuguese and possibility to visit the Portuguese Cistern.
Late arrival in Casablanca. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
Today we start with a short visit of the economic capital: The Central Market, the Habous district, the Royal Palace, the Mohamed V square, the residential area of Anfa and the outside of the Mosque Hassan II.
Depart to Meknes. Lunch (optional).
Visit Meknes, the Ismailia capital, which has the longest ramparts in Morocco (40 km), the famous Bab Mansour gate, the Royal Stables and the Jewish quarter.
Depart to the holy city of Moulay Driss and the ruins of Volubilis, the Roman City.
Continue to Fez. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
The whole day today is devoted to the visit of the spiritual capital. Visit the Medieval Medina, Attarine or Bou Anania Medersa, the Nejjarine fountain, the Moulay Idriss mausoleum and the outside Karaouyne Mosque. Lunch is optional in a traditional restaurant in Medina. Continue your visit to explore the souks. Dinner and accommodation at your hotel.
Drive to Rabat, the administrative capital, and visit the Royal Palace (Mechouar), the Ouadayas Garden & Kasbah, the Mohamed V Mausoleum, the Hassan Tower Mosque. Fish lunch (optional). Continue to Marrakesh using the highway. Check-in, dinner, and accommodation.
Full day visit of Marrakech, the second oldest Imperial city and often called "the pearl of the south". Sightseeing includes the Menara Garden, the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace, the Koutoubia and the Dar Si Said Museum. Lunch at hotel.
In the afternoon, visit the souks and handicraft quarters. Then, visit the famous Jemaa el-Fna Square with its nonstop entertainment.
Dinner is optional with show and accommodation at the hotel.
Depart to Ait Benhaddou through Tizi N’tichka pass (2260m altitude). Visit the famous kasbah used for many great movies and listed as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Lunch (optional) on the spot facing the Kasbah. Continue to Zagora crossing the Draa valley. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
Depart to Tamgroute, where we'll visit the pottery center. Departure to Erfoud, through Tansikht and Nkob where splendid sceneries of pre-Saharan and Berber villages such as Tazzarine and Alnif. Lunch (optional) at Alnif.
In the afternoon, continue to Erfoud via the villages of Alnif and Rissani, the birthplace of the present Alaouites Dynasty. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
Optional: 4x4 excursion to Merzouga dunes for sunset or sunrise or with dinner and overnight in Bivouac.
If the previous night was spent in the hotel in Erfoud, we propose an optional excursion by 4x4 cars to Merzouga to admire the sunrise on the top of the sandy dunes. Depart to Tineghir and visit its magnificent Todra Canyons where the rocks reach an altitude of 250 m. Lunch (optional) at a restaurant near the canyons.
In the afternoon, depart to Ouarzazate via the road of the Mille Kasbahs passing by El Kelaa M'gouna and the Skoura village. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
Depart for an orientation city tour of Ouarzazate before continuing on to Marrakech. Upon arrival, optional lunch at a Moroccan restaurant. Afternoon for leisure. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
Transfer to Marrakech Menara airport. End of our services.
Trip includes
Included
Accomodation in 5* hotels
Bilingual tour-escort during the trip. (2 languages per vehicle and they are done by affinities:
English With German, Spanish with Portuguese and Italian with French)
Guiding Method
Fully guided
On half-board , as mention in the program.
Airport arrival and departure transfers with assistance and driver at disposal.
Entrance fees to the monuments as indicated in the program.
Our full assistance.
VAT taxes.
Excluded
International or Domestic flights
Insurance: All types
Air-tickets
Personal expenses
Tips for guide and driver.
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