Grand tour & desert from Marrakech

Arrive in Menara international airport,assist,welcome and move to the hotel or Riad.

We will travel to Ait ben haddou village and Ouarzazate along many Berber villages, high atlas mountains and amazing landscape, we will follow the zigzag road to the Tizi n’Tichka pass, we will stop to appreciate the panoramic view and next stop will be Ait Ben haddou Kasbah is a historic Ksar fortified village along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in present-day Morocco, and has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987, there are lot of movies shot in Ait Ben Haddou like: The Mummy(1999), Gladiator(2000), Alexander(2004), Kingdom of Heaven(2005), Babel(2006), after that we will join Atlas studio, a film park, known in Ouarzazate for keeping its sets and reorganizing them in order to offer a wide choice to production boxes but also to allow tourists to be seduced and live a unique experience focused on the cinema, and thus discover Moroccan Hollywood. And at the end of our tour, we will lodge in the hotel.

After breakfast, leave Ouarzazate behind us, we will pass to take pictures of Taourirt Kasbah, it is is a historic fortified residence complex, it was first built in the 17th century by the Imzwarn, a powerful local family, and expanded by the Glaoui family in the 19th century, then we will reach Kelaa M’gouna, call rose land, it cultivate roses and make rose water and oil, the Monkey fingers in top mountain and Dades gorge where we will take picture of amazing zigzag road. Afterwards we will lodge in the hotel.

Drive to Todra gorge admire and famous for its magnificent Todra canyons which rocks reach an altitude of 250 meters, then we will continue to Erfoud city known for dates and fossils, and stop at a local artisan collective to learn everything there is to know about the types of fossils found in the area, after we will reach Merzouga to meet our camel man and follow him to arrive in the top of sand dune to watch sunset and make amazing pictures after we will join our luxury camp desert site for dinner and campfire under the starry night sky, afterwards we will lodge in luxury camp desert.

In early morning we will get up so to enjoy sun rise in sand dune and we will return to campsite to eat our delicious breakfast then leave the dunes behind us and will pass along Ziz palms which produces the finest dates call”Majhoul”, and amazing landscape and berber village to Midelt city or “Apple City”, known for its fruit orchards and cold city. When we will arrive in Midelt, we will lodge in the hotel.

Move to Azrou forest, it located in a woodland area in the Middle Atlas Mountain range in Morocco, it is notable as a habitat for a sub-population of Barbary macaques and we will watch Morocco Barbary macaques in live, we will join aslo Ifrane city situated the Middle Atlas Mountains. It is often referred to as the Switzerland of Morocco after we will take our way to Fez city, it is the 1 st imperial city in Morocco and begin our tour city from Fez El Jdid in Royal yellow gate, the mellah(old Jewish heritage quarter), move to South Borj in hill overlooking at old Medina of Fez El Bali, we will visit ceramic factory and continue so to visit Fez El Bali and explore its monument historic, Medersa El-Attarine is a madrasa in Fez near the Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque. It was built by the Marinid sultan Uthman II Abu Said in 1323, after we will see Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the historic Muslim heritage world, and in the end of our visit we will explore the Tanneries Chouara of Fez like those of Marrakech, have not changed since medieval times after we will lodge in the hotel/Riad.

We will depart to Meknes city, it is the Ismaili capital under the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727), it is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, our visit start famous Bab Mansour is a monumental gate in the city of Meknes, in Morocco. Located on the south side of Place el-Hedim, continue to Madrasa Bou Inania and finish our tour in Moulay Ismail Mausoleum afterwards drive to holy city of Moulay Zerhoun where we will stop to take panoramic picture and next stop will be Volubilis, the roman ruins, it is UNESCO protected, exploring merchant homes, temples, and many mosaics in site, after we will take the way to blue city, chefchaouen we will pass in small cities, villages, amazing landscape of Rif mountains, after hours of driving, we will arrive in chefchaouen city and we will lodge in the hotel.

Today we will discover this amazing city located in the heart of the Rif Mountains. In this small city everything’s painted by blue color, buildings, walls, windows, stairways, alleyways, and archways like sky blue. Enjoy our day trip from place Outa el-Hammam, the square named for the number of hammams(public baths), and around square situated the Kasbah, old mosque and dome restaurant, coffee, old Medina and its blue buildings and alleys then continue to of Ras Al Maa falls water after we will eat delicious lunch in local restaurant, in afternoon we leave chefchaouen behind us, so to join Rabat where we will lodge in the hotel.

Rabat is the administrative capital, the lights city and one of imperial cities in Morocco, located in the northern west of Kingdom, today we will start tour from Chellah, it is a medieval fortified Muslim necropolis and Mohammed V mausoleum, it contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V, and his two sons, Hassan II and Prince Abdallah, it is a located across from the Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan, it is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat and the next monument we will see is Kasbah of Oudayas, it is located at the mouth of the Bou Regreg river, it is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012, we will enjoy time in lights city before we leave it and join Casablanca city through motorway where we will lodge in the hotel.

Casablanca is the economic capital of Morocco, contains lot things worth to visit like la corniche beach in Ain Deb, referred to Miami beach, enjoy our time of taking pictures then take way to Anfa city with Modern buildings, after we will join Mosque Hassan II, it is the second largest functioning mosque in Africa and is the 7th largest in the world. Its minaret is the world’s second tallest minaret at 210 metres, discover inside and outside Mosque Hassan II and museum, our tour continue to Mohamed V square, is a public square of historical and symbolic significance located in central Casablanca, known as pigeon square, and after our delicious lunch in local restaurant we will depart to Marrakech, after 4 hours of driving we will arrive in red city and we will lodge in the hotel/Riad.

We will explore Marrakech city or red city, because it was built on red sandstone city walls and buildings. We will begin our tour from Koutoubia Mosque and Gardens. The 77m high minaret is the tallest tower built in Marrakech, we will stop to visit the Saadian Tombs where the royalties of the Sadien Dynasty are buried, as well as we will discover Bahia palace, is a mid to late 19th-century palace in Marrakech and after we continue to Dar Al bach,this palace was built for Pacha Thami El Glaoui, who ruled over Marrakech from 1912 to 1956, afterwards we will discover Jaam al fina, it fills with snake charmers, artists, fire-eaters, acrobats, hawkers, herb dealers, trained monkeys, cooks, and musicians. At the end of our tour, we will lodge in the hotel/Riad.

We will depart to Menara international airport.