11days from Casablanca

2 nights in sahara

Day 1: Arrival in Casablanca – Transfer to Rabat

Upon your arrival in Casablanca, our local driver guide will welcome you in front of gate 2 outside the airport. You will drive up north to Rabat, the capital of Morocco, you will be taken to check-in at your hotel where you will be spending the night.

Overnight in Rabat

Day 2: Rabat – ChefChaouen

After breakfast at your hotel, join your tour guide for a tour of the capital city of Morocco. Our guided tour in Rabat will revolve around uncovering the history of Rabat. The tour includes a visit to the Royal Palace, Chellah, Hassan Tower, and Kasbah Oudaya. 

Have some free time afterward to stroll around the souks and bazaars in the old medina of Rabat which are full of all types of merchandise as well as leather-made traditional and modern shoes alongside Moroccan styles bags with some authentic Berber style and old jewelry shops. 

Then, Continue to “Café Maure” on the bank of river Bouregreg, to enjoy a Moroccan mint tea (optional) alongside some Moroccan goodies like Kaab Ghazal and Ghariba. After the tour, you will be taking the road and saying goodbye to Rabat and Hello to Chefchaouen.

Overnight in Chefchaouen
Meals: Breakfast, Tea break
Local Experience: Café Maure Overlooking Bouregreg River.

Day 3: ChefChaouen – Fez

After breakfast, start your tour which includes a visit to Kasbah Ali Ben Rachid Plaza Uta el-Hammam and a tour of this beautiful city. Chefchaouen is Morocco’s “Blue Pearl”. It has come to be known as such due to the distinctive blue color all the inhabitants use to paint their houses. This color covering the city gives it an amazing charm as well as a sense and an atmosphere of relaxation, comfort, and peace. Have you heard of healing pearls and gems? Well, this one really works. 

End the day at Fez, the Capital of Science and Knowledge. Along the way, you will be making a stop by Volubilis and Meknes. The archeological site of Volubilis is listed by UNESCO as a worldwide heritage site. You will walk around the remains of the Roman and Berber cultures that once occupied it. Afterwards, the trip will continue to the Imperial City of Meknes, one of Morocco’s lesser-visited. It was built by Moulay Ismail and was conceived to be the ‘Versailles of Morocco’.

Overnight in Fez
Meals: Breakfast

Day 4: Fez city tour

After breakfast, start your guided city tour of Fez, once the capital of the kingdom before 1912. Your visit today will revolve around exploring Fez the Medina which is a World Heritage Site, according to UNESCO.

Your local guide will show you around the major sites like Bou-Inania and Attarin Medersa, the tanners, Ess-Seffarine Square, Moulay Idriss tomb, El-Nejjarine square, and the cabinet makers’ souk, the Hebrew district ‘Mellah’. 

In your schedule, you will have a pottery workshop with a pottery master so that you get to have a full Moroccan experience. 

After lunch at a local restaurant, you are free to either choose to go back to your hotel or stroll in the narrow alley of the old town on your own. Fez is a rich city; therefore we encourage you to take the day to discover it.

Overnight in Fez
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Local Experience: Pottery Workshops

Day 5: Fez – Ifrane – Midelt – Erfoud – Merzouga

After breakfast, we will be heading towards Erfoud through Ifran and Midelt. Erfoud will be our gateway to the majestic Moroccan Sahara. It is well known among archeologists due to fossils dating back hundreds of years.

Upon arrival, you will head off for a lifetime adventurous drive in 4-wheel vehicles across the barren sand dunes. Enjoy the beautiful sunset along the way to the camp in Merzouga.

Overnight in Merzouga
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Local Experience: The Desert Camp

Day 6: Merzouga – Erfoud – Ouarzazate

Wake up early to catch the sunrise over the dunes on the back of a camel. Then travel today between Erfoud and Ouarzazate with an English speaking driver. En-route, stop in the Todra Gorge. These gorges are located just southwest of Tinerhir and some 110 km (65 miles) from Ouarzazate. 

After some stunning photos, you will continue the drive to Ouarzazate. Before reaching there, you will make a stop in Skoura, one of Morocco’s beautiful oases. At first glance from the road, it resembles a sort of thin, long oasis, but if you have a chance to explore it, you will notice it is rather large and impressive.

Overnight in Ouarzazate
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Local Experience: Camel ride

Day 7: Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech

After Breakfast, meet your driver guide in front of the hotel because….
“Lights, Camera, Action!”
“Rolling picture”
“CUT”
Here are some of our favorite catchphrases that maybe we do not get to say. However, today you’ll have the chance to visit the Atlas Studios home of some of the world’s most loved films and series like the Mummy, Gladiator, Asterix and Obelicx and of course Game of Thrones. So make the best of it. 

En route, enjoy the dramatic Tizi n’Tichka mountain pass and Ait Ben Haddou, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Once you arrive in Marrakech, enjoy time at leisure to explore at your own pace or relax at your hotel.

Overnight in: Marrakech
Meals: Breakfast

Day 8: Marrakech  city Tour

Today you will get the chance to wake up and live Marrakech, a dream of many, so be sure to make the best of it. After your breakfast, our local guide and driver guide will be waiting for you to start a guided city tour of the “Ochre City”. We will visit first in the morning the Majorelle Garden which was named after the French painter, Jacques Majorelle who dedicated a lot of effort and passion to this art piece.

After Majorelle, continue to Menara and though the name in Arabic translates to “lighthouse”, it is actually a pavilion with a basin and a garden of orchards and olive groves. We will be heading afterwards to the Koutoubia Mosque and through the Jewish quarter called Mallah. 
After lunch at a local restaurant, finish your visit with a carriage ride or “Koutchi” to Jemaa El Fnaa.

Overnight in: Marrakech
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Local experience: Kotchi (Horse Carriage Tour)

Day 9: Marrakech – Casablanca

Have breakfast at your hotel before heading to Casablanca. Once in Casablanca, you will be joined by your local guide for a visit to the Hassan II Mosque, an Architectural masterpiece overlooking the Atlantic coast of Casablanca. 

Continue afterward for a tour of the city and its corniche, the Habous quarters, and the Royal Palace (exterior visit).

Overnight in Casablanca
Meals: Breakfast

Day 10: Final Departure

Enjoy a free morning before heading to the airport of Casablanca for a homebound flight.