An 8-day imperial cities tour with local guides from casablanca to the sahara desert in merzouga

8 days tour from casablanca

 Day 1: Casablanca - Rabat

visit throughout the year, visit our morocco organizes this excursion on a daily basis. after greeting you at the airport, our driver/guide will take you on a short tour of morocco's largest industrial city, where you will have enough time to visit the monuments (the mosque, souks of habous, the jewish museum, and la cornish). after checking into your hotel, it is recommended that you go for a discovering wandering in the peace. we unwind in a nice riad / hotel after a hard day with a delicious meal.

Day 2: Rabat - Chefchaouen

after a visit to the beautiful sites of rabat, including kasbah oudayas; the fort of victory built by the almoravid dynasty in the 11th century, hassan tower and the alouite mausoleum, and later the challa necropolis to admire the harmonious mix of phoenicians, romans, and islamic architecture, you will be on your own to visit the kasabah mahdiya, the old poseidon's. later, you will be traveling through the lush fields of gharb, one of morocco's agricultural big areas, through the rif mountains' forests, and through the city of ouazzan, which is famed for its traditional moroccan coat "jellaba." later in the afternoon, you will see the sunset in the open air of the rif's blue city, chefchaouen. chefchaouen is where you'll spend the night.

Day 3: Chefchaouen - Fes

Weak up early, breakfast and a last short walk in the narrow streets of the medina , before you leave in direction of the glorious city of the 8th century Fes, you are invited to a short hike  for one hour in the ruins of Volubilis it is one of the old cities of that was influenced by the existence of the Romans in north of AFRICA in all forms of life , a city that provided a lot of agricultural products to Rome, olive oil, olives, vegetables, wheat, and the famous Ceder wood. later, you will drive ahead to explore the 17th century capital meknes, with its gorgeous gate bab mansour, the mausoleum of moulay ismail the founder, the granaries, and the water reservoir seouani; it is recommended that you take a brief walk through its calm medina. by late afternoon, you'll be driving to fes, where you'll spend the night.

Day 4: Explore Fes

Today after breakfast you meet your guide and go exploring ,Fes el jaded; the Jewish quarter of the medieval era, the fancy gate of the Royal Palace, more the Islamic street with the beautiful Andalusian balconies of the houses of  Moresque refugees after the Spanish conquest at the 15th century, drive along the Ramparts, visit the ceramics, and some of the gates of the oldest medina in Morocco, the first Imperial still standing city Fes elbaly, navigate inside the big labyrinth is another experience taking you far away centuries back in time, to discover the unchanging fes, for 12 centuries it has retained the same authenticity in building style and major activities, people are doing the same heritage of their grandparents, the city was founded by moulay idriss 1st / as well as his son idriss 2nd in the early 8th century, and if there is more time left in the afternoon you can go for a sunset walk along the “champs elise” of the french alps

Day 5: Fes - Midelt - Merzouga Desert

we set out for midelt, going via the atlas mountains and the middle atlas cedar forest. we go to ifrane, a ski resort, and then to azrou, a major handcraft center. for lunch, we stop in midelt, a city known for its mineral products and apples. in the afternoon, we will drive to the merzouga desert, stopping in the cities of erfoud and rissani. we continue on to merzouga and erg chebbi. tonight we will stay in a nice and pleasant hotel / riad and eat a delicious moroccan meal.

Day 6: Merzouga Desert

early in the morning, you wake up to see the sun rise on the high pick of the sand close to your tents, and then you leave with your guide for a hike through the beautiful snaky sand dunes, it will take you enough time to get out the dry river bed to the east of the erg of sand, lunch, a typical nomadic and a relaxing rest, and by the late afternoon you will be warmly welcomed in one of the ten the 4wd car will be ready for you to take you to the hotel for a peaceful hammam and supper.

Day 7: Merzouga - Dades Valley

following the one-of-a-kind experience of the sahara and the lifetime memorial, today's roads and tracks will take you to follow the caravan pathways of old in the direction of the dades valley and marrakech, savoring the beauty and admiring nature's power. the toudra gorges visit is extremely opposing, climbing a little and capturing wonderful panoramic shots, the valley and canyons are breath amazing. later, you'll be going further west to the valley of dades, where you'll spend the night and have dinner.

Day 8: Dades Valley - Marrakech

after breakfast, drive to marrakech, passing through the kasbahs of taouirt and ait ben haddou. tucked deep in the high atlas mountains, ait ben haddou is one of the most stunning forts in southern morocco, serving as a backdrop for several films like lawrence of arabia, jesus of nazareth, the gladiator, and many others. continue to marrakech over the tizi n'tichka pass (2260m), which provides stunning panoramic views of the atlas mountain group. in marrakech, spend the night.