Name: Tour 9Days Morocco Imperial Cities With Desert Taste Tour | Visit Morocco
Price: 1865.00 USD
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undertaking research and planning tours preparing and giving presentations offering sightseeing advice organising and leading excursions problem solving translating and interpreting transporting and accompanying tourists.

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Private air-conditioned vehicle with English speaking licensed driver.

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Day 1 Arrival To Casablanca - Transfer To Rabat
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arrival To Casablanca - Transfer To Rabat

Optional (s) : Arrival Fast Track

As you land in Casablanca, our local driver guide will welcome you in front of gate 2 outside the

airport. You will drive up north to Rabat, capital of Morocco; you will be taken to check-in at your

hotel where you will be spending the night.
Day 2 Rabat - Meknes -Volubilis - Fez
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Rabat - Meknes -Volubilis - Fez

Local Experience : Mint Tea Break @ Café Maure Overlooking Abouregrag River

After breakfast,be prepared for a guided tour of Rabat, it will revolve around uncovering the history of

Rabat. The tour includes a visit to Chellah and Kasbah Ouddaya. Free time afterwards to stroll around

the souks and bazaars in the old medina of Rabat. Then, continue to “Café Maure”,on the bank of

Bouregrag River, to enjoy a Moroccan Tea time with mint tea alongside some Moroccan goodies like:

“Kaab Ghazal” and “Ghariba”.

Then we will head to Fez. En route, we will be making a stop by Volubilis and Meknes. The

archeological site of Volubilis is listed by UNESCO as a worldwide heritage site. You will walk

around the remains of the Roman and Berber cultures that once occupied it. Afterwards, the trip will

continue to the Imperial City of Meknes, one of Morocco’s lesser-visited. It was built by Moulay

Ismail and was conceived to be the ‘Versailles of Morocco’. Once you meet your local guide, you’ll

be able to visit the famed gate of Bab El Mansour, and Lhri. These sites are the main beating veins of

the city. We will then continue our way to Fez.

The more to know: Kaab Ghazal means in Arabic the hoof of the dear , and along with Ghariba and

Mint Tea are symbols of Moroccan hospitality
Day 3 Fez Exploration Day
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Fez Exploration Day

Local Experiences : Pottery Experience workshops - Cooking Class

After breakfast, start your guided city tour of Fez, once the capital of the kingdom before 1912. Your

visit today will revolve around exploring Fez the Medina which is a World Heritage Site, according to

the UNESCO, and it was founded in the 9th century and it is home to the world's oldest university.

Your local guide will show you around the major sites like Bou-Inania and AttarinMedersa, the

tanners, Ess-Seffarine Square, MoulayDriss tomb, El-Nejjarine square, and the cabinet makers’ souk,

the Hebrew district ‘Mellah’. In your schedule, you will have a pottery workshop (optional) with a

pottery master so that you get to have a full Moroccan experience. After lunch (optional) at a local

restaurant, you are free to either choose to go back to your hotel or stroll in the narrow alley of the old

town on your own.Fez is a rich city; therefore we encourage you to take the day to discover it

The more you know: each October Fez held one or the largest and well known Sufi festivals with

performers from around the world
Day 4 Ifrane - Midelt - Erfoud - Merzouga
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ifrane - Midelt - Erfoud - Merzouga

Local Experience: Spending the night in a desert camp

After breakfast, we will be heading towards Erfoud through Ifrane and Midelt. Erfoud will be our

gateway to the majestic Moroccan Sahara. It is well known among archeologists due to fossils dating

back to hundreds of years. Upon arrival, you will head off for a once in a lifetime Adventure drive in

4-wheel vehicles across the barren and sand dunes. Enjoy the beautiful sunset along the way to the

camp in Merzouga

The more you know: Erfoud is well known for “Medfouna” which translates to the buried. It is a

Berber calzone filled with meat. Do not mess it!
Day 5 Erfoud – Ouarzazat
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Erfoud – Ouarzazat

Local experience: Camel ride

Wake up early to catch the sunrise over the dunes on the back of a camel. Then travel today between

Erfoud and Ouarzazate with an English speaking driver. En-route, stop in the Todra Gorge, These

gorges are located just southwest of Tinerhir and some 110 km (65 miles) from Ouarzazate. After

some stunning photos, you will continue the drive to Ouarzazate. Before reaching there, you will make

a stop in Skoura - one of Morocco's beautiful oases. At first glance from the road, it resembles a sort of

thin, long, oasis but if you have a chance to explore it, you will notice it is rather large and impressive.
Day 6 Ouarzazate - Marrakech
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ouarzazate - Marrakech

After Breakfast, meet your driver guide in front of the hotel because ….

                                “Lights, Camera, Action!”

                                      “Rolling picture”

                                              “CUT”

Here are some of our favorite catch phrases that maybe we do not get to say. However, today you’ll

have the chance to visit the Atlas studios home of some of the world’s most loved films and series like

the Mummy , Gladiator , Asterix and Obelicx and of course “ embrace yourself “ Game of thrones

.So make the best of it . En route enjoy the dramatic Tizi n'Tichka mountain pass and Ait Ben Haddou

– the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Once arrival Marrakech, enjoy time at leisure to explore at

your own pace or relax at your hotel
Day 7 Marrakech City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Marrakech City Tour

Local Experiences : Kotchi Experience (Horse Carriage Tour)

Today you will get the chance to wake up and live Marrakech, a dream of many, so be sure to make

the best of it. After your breakfast our local guide and driver guide will be waiting for you to start a

guided city tour of the “Ochre City ''. We will visit first in the morning the Majorelle Garden which

was named after the French painter, Jacques Majorelle who dedicated a lot of effort and passion to this

art piece. After Majorelle let’s continue after it to Menara and though the name in Arabic translates to

“lighthouse”, it is actually a pavilion with a basin and a garden of orchards and olive groves. We will

be heading afterwards to the Koutobia Mosque and through the Jewish quarter called Mallah, viist the

Bahia palace before finishing your visit with a carriage ride or “Koutchi” to Jamaa El Fnaa (optional).

The more you know: Marrakesh is known for being holy, Moroccans call it “the land of the seven

men” who were huge religion and Sufi scholars that gave their lives for knowledge and worship
Day 8 Get Your Own Marrakech Adventure
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Get Your Own Marrakech Adventure

Get your own Marrakech adventure

Optional (s) : Atlas Mountains tour with Lunch @ a Berber House – Cooking Class

Because all good stories start with a lot of courage , today you get a free day at Marrakech to discover

it on your own and have one of those fascinating “once in Marrakech ….’’ Stories

NB: If you have an early flight on day 9, you can instead have this night in Casablanca.
Day 9 Marrakech - Casablanca
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Marrakech - Casablanca

Optional (s) : Departure Fast Track

Wake up and enjoy a lovely breakfast at your hotel before heading to Casablanca to catch a flight back home

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9Days Morocco Imperial Cities With Desert Taste Tour

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Itinerary of your trip 9Days Morocco Imperial Cities With Desert Taste Tour

Arrival To Casablanca - Transfer To Rabat

Rabat - Meknes -Volubilis - Fez

Fez Exploration Day

Ifrane - Midelt - Erfoud - Merzouga

Erfoud – Ouarzazat

Ouarzazate - Marrakech

Marrakech City Tour

Get Your Own Marrakech Adventure

Marrakech - Casablanca

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