8-Day Tour from Tangier to the Sahara and Marrakech

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Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
Departure: Morocco tours
Type: Private, tailor-made

8-day tour from Tangier to the desert and Marrakech

8-day tour from Tangier to the desert and Marrakech: a private, tailor-made trip with your own driver and a flexible itinerary.

North to south: the blue city, Fes, the Sahara and the kasbahs, all the way to Marrakech.

Day 1: Tangier – Chefchaouen

Arrival at Tangier port, a city tour and transfer to Chefchaouen, the blue-painted town in the Rif mountains. Night in Chefchaouen.

Day 2: Chefchaouen – Fes

After breakfast, on to Fes, the first of the imperial cities, founded in the 8th century and home to one of the oldest universities in the world.

Day 3: Fes

A full day in the largest medina in the Maghreb, best explored without hurry: lively by day with its shops and markets, calmer at sunset.

Day 4: Fes – Ifrane – Midelt – Erfoud – Merzouga

South via Ifrane, with a stop in Azrou among the cedars and the Atlas monkeys. The Tizi n’Talghemt pass, the Ziz Valley and the Tafilalet oasis with its date palms. Arrival in Merzouga (Erg Chebbi) in the afternoon. Dinner and night in the desert.

Day 5: Merzouga – Rissani – Alnif – Todra – Dades – Ouarzazate

Sunrise over the sea of dunes and a dromedary ride back for a shower and breakfast. A stop at Rissani and its market, the largest in the south, then Alnif, the Todra Gorges, the Dades Valley, the Valley of Roses and the Skoura oases. Dinner and night in Ouarzazate.

Day 6: Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech

Visit the kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO site and set for Babel, Kingdom of Heaven and Gladiator. Then over the High Atlas via Tizi n’Tichka, arriving in Marrakech in the afternoon.

Day 7: guided Marrakech

A guided visit of the city that gave Morocco its name: Jemaa el-Fna square, the Ben Youssef madrasa, the Menara and the Dar Si Said museum. Night in a hotel or riad.