- Duration: 13 days / 12 nights
- Departure: Marrakech
- Type: Private, tailor-made
13-day tour: imperial cities and the desert from Marrakech
13-day tour: a private, tailor-made trip with your own driver and a flexible itinerary.
A relaxed trip with short stages, distances included, covering all the imperial cities and the Sahara.
Day 1: airport – Marrakech
Airport pick-up, transfer to the hotel, dinner and night.
Day 2: Marrakech – Casablanca – Rabat (290 km)
Casablanca: United Nations square, Boulevard Mohammed V, the Anfa district and the Corniche with the Hassan II Mosque. In Rabat the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, the Hassan Tower, Chellah and the Udayas gardens.
Day 3: Rabat – Volubilis – Meknes – Fes (200 km)
The Roman ruins of Volubilis (the Baths of Gallienus, the forum and the Capitol), then Meknes with the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, Bab Mansour and el-Hedim square.
Day 4: Fes
The kingdom’s spiritual capital: the Attarine madrasa, the Nejjarine fountain and Al Qaraouiyine University, with lunch in an old medina palace. Then Fes el-Jdid, the walls, the Royal Palace and a panoramic view of the city.
Day 5: Fes – Midelt (215 km)
To Midelt, known for its minerals and fossils.
Day 6: Midelt – Ziz Valley – Erfoud – Merzouga (230 km)
The Ziz Valley with a break at the cool Blue Spring of Meski, a stop in Erfoud and arrival in Merzouga.
Day 7: Merzouga desert – nomads – Khamlia
A day in the desert to watch the changing light on the dunes. In the evening, under the stars, musicians around the fire.
Day 8: Merzouga – Rissani – Tinghir (200 km)
Along Erg Chebbi and on to Rissani, the first Alaouite city, with its palm grove, old kasbahs and big souk. On to the Todra Gorges.
Day 9: Tinghir – Boumalne Dades – Valley of Roses (150 km)
The Tinghir palm grove, the Todra and Dades gorges and Kelaa M’Gouna, the valley of roses and rose water.
Day 10: Valley of Roses – Skoura – Ouarzazate (120 km)
The road of a thousand kasbahs, the great Skoura palm grove and arrival in Ouarzazate.
Day 11: Ouarzazate – Marrakech (200 km)
The kasbahs of Taourirt, Tifoultoute and Ait Ben Haddou, with lunch facing the kasbah, and back to Marrakech.
Day 12: Marrakech
A free day: the Menara, the Koutoubia, the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace, the souks and Jemaa el-Fna square with its dancers, snake charmers, jugglers and storytellers.
Day 13: Marrakech – airport
Transfer to the airport to suit your flight.
This itinerary is tailor-made: any stop can be changed and we will gladly adapt it.
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