Imperial cities of Morocco- 11 days trip from Casablanca

Day 1: Arrival to Casablanca

Arrival to “Casablanca” airport, and transfer to the hotel.

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Day 2: Exploring Casablanca

After breakfast, we start this day dedicated to the visit of the city of “Casablanca” the economic and industrial capital of “Morocco” and its largest city. The modern city is full of life. Also, “Casablanca” is known for its historical monuments. We will visit the exterior of the royal Palace, with its huge doors, the elegant “Anfa” district, the “Corniche”, and the “Boulevard”. We walk in the “corniche”. Visiting the outside “Pharaonic monuments” and the famous “Hassan II mosque” one of the most famous monuments. Optionally, you can visit inside the mosque, (open only at 14:00, closed Friday and holidays) Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

 

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Day 3: Casablanca – Rabat – Meknes – Fez

After breakfast, we start our visit to the political capital of Morocco “Rabat”. We will visit the “mausoleum Mohamed V”, a prestigious building, built and decorated with white marble, cedar wood, carved bronze,in memory of the Majesty “Mohammed V”. We will visit “Hassan Mosque” and “Hassan Tower” with its 200 columns and its “minaret” built in pink stones. We will visit the avenues and areas occupied by the “Royal Palace”. Then free time for lunch. Then we will take the road to the city of “Meknes”. Its vast palaces, the barracks, the forty kilometers of walls; which represent a solid defense system at the time of “ADARISAS”; and “bastions” and its “monumental gates” give this city a charm and a huge beauty. The visit ends in the “mausoleum of Moroccan rulers”, in stucco and white marble. Then we will go to “Fes” the cultural capital of “Morocco” where we will spend the night. Dinner and overnight at the hotel or Riad.

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Day 4: Fez – World Heritage Site

After breakfast. We start the activity of this day devoted to “Fes” the most “old” of the “imperial cities” in “Morocco”. Founded in 808, it is the first political, religious and cultural capital. We will visit the “golden gates of the Royal Palace”, the “Medina”, its mosques and “madrassas”, and its religious sites and join the district of “tanners”. Free time for lunch, then we will visit the “artisan districts”, divided by specialties. They brought their knowledge from Spain and maintained the art and the “Andalusian style” until today, giving to “Fes” the well deserved name of the “city of craftsmen”. Dinner and overnight in the hotel.

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Day 5: Fez – Ifrane – Beni Mellal – Marrakech

 

In the morning, After breakfast we travel through the “Middle-Atlas” passing through towns and villages that agriculture is the main activity of their inhabitants, farms along the way make beautiful landscapes. Arrival at “Ifrane” known as the Swiss of Morocco for its pointed black slate roofs. Then we go through the city of “Beni Mellal”. Lunch and free time to explore this city. Then we will continue to the wonderful city “Marrakech”. Dinner and overnight at the hotel or Riad.

 

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Day 6: Marrakech – Telouet – Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate

After breakfast we take the road through the “high-Atlas Mountains” via N’tique pass, to the Kasbah of “Telouet” and the “Kasbah Ait-Ben-Haddou”, named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO . Several popular films have been shot in this magical place such as “Gladiator”, “the jewel of the Nile” and others. Free time for lunch. Then we continue to “Ouarzazate” or Moroccan Hollywood known for its palm groves, kasbahs, Ksours, studios of the cinema … etc. It represents the door of the “great desert”. We will visit the “Kasbah of Taourirt”, and the main “Pacha Glaoui palace” . Dinner and overnight at the hotel or Riad.

 

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Day 7: Ouarzazate – Todgha Gorges – Erfoud – Ouzina Desert

After breakfast, we take the road to Ouzina desert. We go through the Todgha Gorges- Huge vertical walls, the ideal place for climbers. We will stop for lunch. Then we continue our journey to the city of “Erfoud”, we stop to visit quarries and fossil workshops. We will continue our way to Ouzina village. Dinner and overnight in the auberge.

 

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Day 8 – Ouzina – Ramlia -Maider Lake – Zagora

We continue our journey following the road that represents a piece of rally PARIS-DAKAR to “Zagora”. We stop to visit old towns crossing several “Berber villages” with houses built with adobe. In the afternoon, arrived to “Zagora”, known for its great production of “dates”. Dinner and overnight in the hotel.

 

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Day 9: Zagora – Marrakech

Departure to “Marrakech” after breakfast. We will pass by the “Draa Valley”, known as the “largest palm grove” in “Morocco”, where we will make a stop at the “mirador of photographs” offering panoramic views to the beautiful landscape. We will cross the “mountains” of the “high-atlas”, by the port of “Tizi-n’Tichka pass”. Along the way, we pass by several “Berber villages”. Arrival to “Marrakech, Dinner and overnight at the hotel or Riad.

 

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Day 10: Marrakech

After breakfast, we start the activity of this day devoted to the city of wonders “Marrakech” by visiting the “Menara gardens”, with its pond, the “Saadian tombs”, the founders of the city. Then the “Bahia Palace”, residence of the former vizier; the “Koutoubia”, “splendid minaret”, to finish in the unspeakable “place Jemaa Lfnana” (a big Souk in the morning, and the evening a magic show). Dinner and overnight at the hotel or Riad.

 

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Day 11: Marrakech- The end of our services

After Breakfast, and at the scheduled time, transfer to the airport of Marrakech for the return flight.

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