DESERT TOUR FROM CASABLANCA IN 9 DAYS

After your arrival at MOHAMMED V airport in CASABLANCA where you will be welcomed by a member of our team, and then drive to your accommodation, before arriving, we can visit the Hassan 2 Mosque, the biggest mosque in Africa, or leave the visit till the next day in the morning depends on your arrival time and how tired you are! The driver will provide a brief review of your tour. Dinner & night at the hotel.

After breakfast, we will take the highway to join the marvelous famous city of Marrakesh. after arriving, we will visit the outside sightseeing of the old town, including Majorelle Garden and Yves Saint Laurent Museum, and also we will visit Menara Garden, Overnight with dinner at Riad in Marrakech

After having breakfast at the Riad, you will find a locale guide waiting for you, to start your tour inside the old city of Marrakech. The morning begins with a visit to the magnificent Koutoubia Mosque the landmark of Marrakech which has inspired other buildings such as the Giralda of Seville and the Hassan Tower of Rabat. Your next stop is the Bahia Palace and the Saadian Tombs. The Saadian tombs in Marrakech date back to the time of sultan Ahmad al-Mansur.

The tombs were discovered in 1917 and were restored by the Beaux-arts service. The mausoleum comprises the interments of about sixty members of the Saadian Dynasty that originated from the valley of the Draa River. After a lunch break, You Continue to the world-famous Jemaa el Fna Square, which houses an array of food, snake charmers, local musicians, and fortune-tellers. There’s nowhere on Earth like the Jemaa el Fna, the square at the heart of old Marrakesh. You will also walk through the souks and view hundreds of handicrafts. A night with breakfast at the Riad.

Starting a fresh day with a drive through the magnificent Atlas Mountains and the pass of Tichka (2260 m), offering an impressive landscape in the middle of the Atlas Mountain chain to Ouarzazate where many famous movies have been shot such as Alexander the Great, The Mummy, The jewel of the Nile, Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, Operation Red Sea and more…

The scenery is absolutely stunning. We stop at the kasbah of Ait Benhaddou one of the most spectacular fortresses in the South of Morocco and a UNESCO world heritage site. Lunch in Ouarzazate is “The Hollywood of Africa” or Desert Door as the Subsaharan call it. We continue our trip to the valley of Roses known for its yearly festival during the roses season in May. Spend the night with dinner in Dades valley.

After you have your breakfast, we start our day with a drive towards kind of Gorges it is Todra Canyons ( 300 m up the narrowest point ) where many rock climbers come to enjoy their favorite sport. Later we continue our journey, following the ancient Bedouin trading routes parallel with the Middle Atlas, passing a series of fortified villages with outstanding pre-Saharian architecture. The route to Erfoud is one of the most pleasing of all the Southern routes.

The town is in a dry red built of desert and was built by the French as a central administration town. It is known for its rich black fossils marble. The stone is sculpted to bring the fossils into relief on everything from ashtrays to washbasins and more. We head down to the spectacular Merzouga dunes where sand dunes signify the start of the mighty Sahara Desert. We leave our vehicle and take a camel ride into the desert to a Berber camp. To seal this as an experience of a lifetime, why not surf the Sahara Desert and attempt sand dunes Boarding? After dinner, we gather around the fire and enjoy the desert night with traditional Berber music.

In order to attend one of the most beautiful sunrises, you will wake up early before sunrise, to watch the magical view with a cup of coffee, and then get back with a camel to the Hotel where you will have breakfast and shower.

After refreshing up a journey will take us toward one of the famous, cultural capital of Morocco, the city of Fes, along the trip we will come across barbarian atlas apes in the huge cedar forest, then pass through the beautiful city of Ifran or Switzerland of Morocco as the Moroccan call it, because of its architecture and cleanness. dinner and breakfast at the hotel

This day will be a full-day guided tour to Fes. Fez has been viewed as one of the satisfactorily recognized cities in medieval Jewish history, it was once domestic to one of the most influential Talmudic students of all times, Rabbi Isaac Alfasi, as well as Maimonides in the years 1160 to 1165. Visit the Mellah with its synagogue. Fez is a nonsecular and cultural core with many facets.

The tour will take you lower back in time whilst traveling to Al Quaraouiyine University, the oldest college in the world (before even Oxford or the Sorbonne). We will also visit the medieval Medina with its Bou Anania Medersa, the Nejjarine fountain, and the Moulay Idriss Mausoleum. Afterward, continue to explore the slender alleys house lots of merchants and craftsmen promoting a variety of merchandise such as dates, fish, spices, copper urns, and musical instruments. Overnight with breakfast at the hotel.

After breakfast, we will take the road to Casablanca including a stop at one of the imperial cities of Morocco, which was once a Capital for the Ismaliyan dynasty to visit Bab Mansour, Qara Prison, Moulay Ismail Tomb, Swani Basin. not far away, we will drive toward the ancient Roman ruins of Volubilis, the well-preserved Roman Empire dating back to 225BC – where you will see the most beautiful mosaics in Morocco, dating back to 3rd century BC, Then we continue our trip to stop at the current capital of Morocco to visit Kasbah Oudaya, Hassan Tower and the King’s Tombs. Overnight in Casablanca.

After having a great time and enjoying the different roads and places in Morocco with us, Your driver will take you from your accommodation to MOHAMED V Airport, depend on your flight time, hoping to see you soon