8 Days Trip in Morocco Imperial Cities & Sahara from Casablanca

After breakfast, head to visit the ruins of the Roman empire, Volubilis is the sight of the famous Roman ruins left from the Roman Empire’s most southern outpost. after visiting the site we will continue our journey to Fes, Arrival at Fes, Discover the city and check in to your Hotel or Riad.

we will start the tour of the old city of Fez (Fes el-Bali) and its medina, the largest and most famous of all the Arab world, entering from the Bab Boujloud, the most famous port and heading towards Dar Batha, a Hispanic-Moorish building which houses a beautiful museum of popular art, continuing with a visit to the madrasa Bou Inania, Koranic school of Fes in Morocco, where young people studying the Koran between rooms, oratory and a beautiful patio. The visit continues then through the tannery Chouara, you will discover fascinating leather processing, by first cleaning up the coat coloring with natural tints. We then Qaraouiyine mosque, founded in the 9th century by a woman, The sightseeing stops along the square, where cotton and Seffarine tinkers live in adjacent streets and square. Will emerge from the medina through the Bab Semmarine, dinner, and accommodation in a Riad.

After breakfast, you will depart for Ifrane, referred to as the Switzerland of Morocco where you can admire the storks that nest on the roofs of the houses. After we will continue not far to the cedar forest, to take a walk to Azrou cedar forest to meet the wild Barbary apes, then, we will continue towards Merzouga, in the Sahara desert. The first village you meet along the way is Azrou, of Berber origin, located in the heart of a 53,000-acre natural Park on a limestone plateau surrounded by forests of Cedars and Oaks, among ancient volcanoes. Azrou is most famous for the presence of a large number of monkeys in the forest that surrounds it. Will take the road that climbs up the Middle Atlas until the Zad and the town of Midelt at 1488 m altitude. Midelt is a place not particularly touristy but historically famous geological life with colorful and amazing crystal structures. Here you can take a break for lunch. From Midelt, the road continues through beautiful Gorges du Ziz until you reach Errachidia in the southern province. We come then to Rissani, the door of the desert, and here in Merzouga in the late afternoon, before sunset, you can enjoy the nearby dunes of Erg Chebbi walking. Here is a typical dinner in front of the fire and the sound of drums and songs of Berber, Tuareg populations, and southern Morocco. (night bivouacking – Berber tent)

After breakfast. Take the road to the Todra gorges, where it was filmed the movie, Lawrence of Arabia, among the finest of southern Morocco. Here you will also make a stop for lunch, and from there towards Boumalne Dadès from where begins the Valley 25 km long arrive at the gorges, where we will take a walk through the lush and verdant vegetation in contrast with the surrounding Red Rock, and where the pisé construction take the same color of the rocks. Along this valley is a whole succession of ksour, in the heart of farmlands and orchards. From here continue along the Valley of roses, the 1000 road kasbah, buildings typical of the South of Morocco. You will make a stop in the Valley’s main town, El-Kalaa M’gouna, famous for the flowering of this flower from which many products for body care. taking the road of Kasbah, 1000 buildings typical of the South of Morocco. You will make a stop in the Valley’s main town, El-Kalaa M’gouna, famous for the flowering of this flower from which many body care products. Also, visit a cooperative to extract this precious essence. From here we head towards Skoura to visit the Kasbah in this area and take a break. Here we will spend the night in typical Riad and dinner at Riad

After breakfast departure to the city of Ouarzazate, the Kasbah of Taourirt. Movie studios; the kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou. After you take the road towards Demnate, doing the step of the Tizi-n-Outfi (2150 m) crossing the Middle Atlas mountains and several Berber villages along the way. Here the landscape and the colors of the mountains are also changing with the passage of time, and then sunlight, from ochre, pink, to red to blue. Through the Tichka Pass road (2260 M high) and its stunning Berber villages, we will reach the Red city Marrakesh, Overnight in Riad or Hotel.

After breakfast, we will start the city tour of Marrakesh, the 4th Imperial City in our Tour, through its various Souks (Souk Smata-booties, Suk Haddadine-iron manufacturers, Chouari-Suk of basket weavers, Cherratine-Souk where you work the leather, jewelry Souk). From here you will arrive at the Ben Youssef mosque, the Koranic school bigger and beautiful part of the city, close to the Mezquita mosque and La Koubba Almoravid, and the Museum of Marrakech, where we will make a visit. Moving to another area of the city we will visit the Palace of Bahia, or the ” beautiful ”, the nickname of the favorite, the rich dwelling of vizier Ba Ahmed, built around 1880, and from there to the Dar Si Said Palace, also the beautiful residence of the brother of the Vizier. Near these two buildings will be able to see the exterior of the mosque El-Mansour, also known as the Kasbah mosque, easily recognizable thanks to its minaret with turquoise arabesques. It then continues with the visit of the Saadian tombs, whose garden belonged to the mosque El-Mansour, who guard the rulers and family members of this dynasty. Return to the hotel and dinner. After dinner, walk to the large square Jamaa el-Fna square where we will find its characteristic peddlers, guaranteeing a continuous show. Will meet fortune tellers, snake charmers, music groups, water bearers, tattooists. Overnight accommodation in a riad.

After breakfast departure to the airport for your return flight depending on flight times. If you still have time in Morocco, you can enjoy a morning at leisure in Marrakech or take a guided shopping tour. End of our services.