About this trip
Discover Morocco Tour
- 9 nights / 10 days escorted group tour
- Excellent for first time visitors
- Minimum 2 people required per booking
- Guaranteed departures from Casablanca, roundtrip
- Prices starting at US$1360 per person
- Accommodation in Comfort & Superior Class hotels
- Escorted by multi-lingual licensed local guides
- Transfers and tours by private A/C motor coach
- Includes 9 breakfasts, 9 dinners
- Highlights: Casablanca - Rabat - Tangier - Chefchaouen- Fez - Merzouga - Ouarzazate - Marrakech
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Casablanca (D)
Welcome at Mohammed V airport. Brief review of the tour during your transfer to the hotel. Check in, dinner and accommodation. (PS. The hotel’s restaurant closes at 10:30 PM. No possibility dinner served in the room)
Day 2: Casablanca - Rabat - Tangier (B, D)
Visit of the economic capital of Morocco: the Mohamed V square, the residential area of Anfa and the exterior of the impressive Hassan II Mosque. Continue to Rabat. After lunch break : visit of Palais Royale , the Hassan Tower. the Mohamed V mausoleum & the Oudaya Kasbah . Departure to Tangier. Dinner & accommodation
Day 3: Tangier - Chefchaouen - Fez (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel, orientation tour of Tangier and departure to Chaouen a beautiful blue and white-washed Andalucian town nestled in the Rif Mountains. After an optional lunch in the Medina enjoy a walking tour through Chefchaouen’s cobbled medina, absorbing the Moorish and Spanish atmosphere. Departure to Fez. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
Day 4: Fez (B, D)
The whole day is devoted to the city-sightseeing of Fez, the spiritual capital of Morocco: the medieval Medina with its Attarine and Bou Anania Medersas, the Nejjarine fountain, the Moulay Idriss mausoleum, and the Karaouine mosque. Afternoon: visit of Fez Jdid. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
Day 5: Fez- Midelt - Erfoud - Merzouga (B, D)
After breakfast at the hotel, departure for Erfoud via Ifrane a delightful ski resort, and Azrou a very nice Berber village known for its handcrafts, then Midelt, another Berber village well known for all the mining resorts that surrounds the area. After an optional Luch continuation to Erfoud via Errachidia and the blue water falls of Meski.Continuation to Merzouga with 4WD. After a traditional dinner with Berber dishes, you will spend the night under berber tents and enjoy a magnificent view of the dunes.
Day 6: Merzouga - Tinghir - Ouarzazate (B, D)
Early morning, you can walk over the sands of Merzouga Dune to enjoy the sunrise. Back to the bivouac for breakfast and continuation to Rissani, the holy city where Moulay Ali Cherif, ancestor of the Alaouite dynasty is buried. Visit of the kasbah of the 17th century, and continuation to Tinghir via the Tinjdad road. Visit of the magnificent Todgha canyons which rocks reach and altitude of 250 meters. After an optional lunch departure towards the region of the roses, called the road of the kasbahs and the incomparable crossing of the mountains of the High Atlas, visits throats of the valley of Dades. Continuation towards Skoura via Klâa MGouna, visit of its Kasbah where the palm trees are replaced gradually by the orchards and the roses remain the local speciality for the manufacture of perfumes. Arrival in Ouarzazate. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel
Day 7: Ouarzazate - Marrakech (B, D)
Breakfast at the hotel. Proceed for sightseeing the famous Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, one of the most beautiful Kasbah in the south of Morocco and which is under the UNESCO protection. In this Kasbah many films were produced; such as “Lawrence of Arabia”, “ The Jewel of the Nile “ and many others. after which continue to Marrakesh via very nice landscapes and many fortified Berber villages of rare beauty and by crossing the Tichka Pass (2270 m alt). Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
Day 8: Marrakech (B, D)
Visit of historical Marrakesh famous by its beautiful palaces and monuments: the Bahia Palace, the Koutoubia Minaret and Menara Gardens. Afternoon: explore Majorelle Garden with its French-influenced architecture and the intriguing history due to the connection with the iconic French designer Yves Saint Laurent. Complete our sightseeing with a stop at the famous Jamaa El Fna Square with its surrounding souks and handicraft quarters. Dinner and accommodation at the host.
Day 9: Marrakech - Casablanca (B, D)
Free Morning at leisure Optional Lunch at a Moroccan restaurant. Departure to Casablanca. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
Day 10: Casablanca (B)
Check-out and transfer to airport. Thank you for visiting Morocco!
End of Services
Price
2023 Departures |
Guaranteed departures from Casablanca on Saturdays. You can join the tour upon your arrival in Casablanca. All rates are in US$ per person in Dbl Room. Single room supplement is available and is $490 in comfort category and $790 in Superior category |
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DATES |
COMFORT HOTELS |
SUPERIOR HOTELS |
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07 Jan |
$1360 |
$1990 |
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18 Feb |
$1360 |
$1990 |
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18 Mar |
$1470 |
$2090 |
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15 & 29 Apr |
$1470 |
$2090 |
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27 May |
$1470 |
$2090 |
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17 Jun |
$1360 |
$1990 |
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08 & 22 Jul |
$1470 |
$2090 |
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05 & 19 Aug |
$1470 |
$2090 |
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09 Sep |
$1470 |
$2090 |
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07 & 21 Oct |
$1470 |
$2090 |
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OPTIONAL |
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| Full Board Supplement US$ 160 per person (In Local restaurants including lunch on day 2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9) | ||
| Only Dinner with Fantasia Show US$ 65 per person | ||
Accommodation
Hotels as below or similar |
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| CITY | # OF NIGHTS | COMFORT | SUPERIOR |
| Casablanca | 1 | Novotel | Sofitel La Tour Blanche |
| Tangier | 1 | Andalucia Golf | Royal Tulip |
| Fez | 2 | Barcelo Fez or Zalagh Parc | Palais Medina or Les Merinides |
| Merzouga (Desert Camp) | 1 | Superior Camp | Luxury Camp |
| Ourzazate | 1 | Kenzi Azghor | Berbere Palace |
| Marrakech | 2 | Riad Ennakhil or Opera Plaza | Kenzi Rose Garden |
| Casablanca | 1 | Novotel | Sofitel La Tour Blanche |
What's Included
Package Includes
- 9 nights accommodation in Comfort or Superior hotels including breakfasts and dinners
- All airport transfers (on scheduled tour dates)
- Half board basis; meals in the itinerary (B) breakfast, (D) dinner wherever indicated
- Sightseeing per itinerary in modern air-conditioned non-smoking vehicle
- Multilingual driver, and local guides in the cities.
- Multilingual escorted tour guided throughout for a minimum of 8 participants
- Entrance fees per itinerary
- Local taxes and service charges
Not Included: Any airfare, departure & airport taxes and fees if any, Passport and visa services & fees, Beverages with meals, Meals other than mentioned above, Tips to drivers, guides and tour escorts, Personal expenses such as laundry, telephone, taxi, excess baggage etc. Travel insurance, Optional tours