Cultural Treasures of Morocco

Arrived at Tangier airport or ports. Listen to the given audio and form your own opinion. Get in the driver, then transfer to the hotel, a place you can spend the afternoon before taking a short tour through the medina of Tangier. wherein we hold time we can visit Cape Spartel and Hercules Cave since that is where Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean are divided.

Just enjoy the morning meal at your hotel and then continue to Tetouan, the city that used to be one of the three Sultans’ capitals. We will visit the medina, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Morocco. And after this we will drive to Chefchaouen (the Blue City) which is world-famous places for picturesque beauty, beauty and photography. Walking on its captivating sidewalks will be the best thing and taking a trip to the Spanish mosque and the suitable sunset viewing space should not be left out.

Overnight in Chefchaouen.

For this day of your 10 days tour from Tangier, Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Transfer to Volubilis which is around 3hrs drive from Chefchaouen. We will visit the ruins of the city of Volubilis(UNESCO world heritage) which was founded in the 40s BC. – It is one of the best-preserved monuments of the Roman era in North Africa. The ruins are vast in area and spread among picturesque green fields. It has impressive administrative buildings, palaces, and baths with beautiful mosaics. Then we will continue to Meknes one of the imperial cities. We will have a short tour of the city and lunch break before we continue to Fez for the overnight.

We will do sightseeing in the cultural and religious capital of the Kingdom. You will plunge into the magical atmosphere of a medieval oriental city, walk along the crooked and narrow streets of the ancient Medina, and get acquainted with the numerous historical and architectural monuments that adorned the former capital of the Kingdom of the Sultans from the Merinid and Alaouite dynasties.Most of these monuments are excellent examples of the Moorish architectural style. You will visit the Bu Inanya mosque, see the madrassas (Muslim universities), Nejarin square, and the fountain. you will find yourself in the handicraft quarters, where leather and pottery craftsmen work according to the technology they inherited from their grandfathers and great-grandfathers, whose secrets are carefully transferred from generation to generation. Then we will continue to the Jewish quarter that is still present now. It shows the co-existence of the 2 communities, Muslims and Jewish.

The desert is the place for us today. It is the beginning of our journey and its one of the highlights of this 10 days tour from Tangier. In the morning, we pack up and get into a car that will take us to Merzouga, which is, probably, the longest drive, that will be around 7hours, but there are beautiful scenes which will make us forget about how long the trip takes. However, on our way there we will stop at Ifrane known Europe beyond great nature, parks with lakes and chalets, a ski resort, and hardly any-snow in winter give it the nickname “Moroccan Switzerland.” In the environment of Ifrane, I am excited that we will be able to jump in the scene of mighty Atlas cedars and to spend time playing with wild monkeys on the way to Azrou. Monkeys seem to be happy, they like tummy scratches, when they get satisfy.Lunch stop in Midelt. Likewise, the segment of our way will pass the gorge and the valley of the Ziz River which is in a close proximity to Er-Rashidia where the change of landscape to desert starts.

In the morning, after your breakfast, we will meet the driver and get ready to have a 4×4 excursion in the dunes, and to be surprised more by this so that it makes us have a cup of tea with the Nomads and look at their way of living in the desert. This is followed by a trip to Khamilia where we will experience the Gnaoua’s performance. final destination is this small village of Merzouga at the foot of the white desert dunes, In the afternoon we will ride camels to our camp in the Sahel, we will overlook the camp at night, with very comfortable beds, individual showers, and private toilets. We will be visiting the Atlas mountains and have a Moroccan dinner then come back to play drums around the fire to the sound of songs by Berbers of desert. Lastly, you might as well enjoy the stars when the atmosphere is clear as one of the best experience of this 10 days tour from Tangier.

First rays of the sun will touch our eyes with the splendour of the completely silent and beautiful sand dunes while the sun is rising. In the days to come, you will remember it as having been one of the most precious memories of visiting Morocco.

Later after we had been having breakfast, we will drive to Merzouga and continue to Dades. While on our way to Merzouga, we’ll travel via Rissani, a place famous for its “the fossil factory”, where you can see those many fossils for which the region is so abundant. After approximately 3 hours, we will make a period to admire the landscape with an incredible old town of Tinghir in the background on the way to the palm oasis. After that, we will move to see Todra Gorge. It is the famous canyon. Altogether we will have a lunch in a restaurant and restaurant. We go on our way through Dades happening to be a magnificent village.

Overnight in Dades.

For today of our 10 days tour from Tangier, we are on a short excursion towards Dades gorges after which we will carry on our journey to Ouarzazat. We will pass Mgouna, to see the rose festival because it’s a traditional activity that done every year. We are devoting our journey to the Skura oasis. It is where emerald palm trees abound and tangled up by many streams that cut through the oasis. Further your journey onward to Ouarzazate, which is 30-minute drive down the road. This city has a long history in this country as many important movies were shot here, so it is even called “the Hollywood of Morocco”. Kasbah Taurirt is one of the history sites in the city, it is where we can visit the Kashbah. Then we can visit the Cinema Museum, then finish our visit at the Atlas film studio. After that we will take a little drive to the Ait Ben Hadou; a UNESCO site-noted place preferred by the many visitors because it was where the Game Of Thrones was shot. With total duration of 45 min, we will move to Marrakesh, through the Atlas Mountains most prominent top, Tizi n-Tishka at an altitude of 2260 meters(We can skip stops, this part won’t take more than 3.5-4 hours). We will be getting out of the bus and taking pictures during the trip. This picturesque road stands for one of the most scenic routes in Morocco displaying a lush green corridor friending the adobe villages and the remains of the ancient kasbahs. Then, we’re on our way to the Marrakech. Well, we can go for a little while to the hotel, and you have the chance to spend your free time on your own.

For this day of your 10 days tour from Tangier , the hotel cooking will be able to help you start the day right. The entirety of the day will be covered in visits to the historical city of Marrakesh,dubbed“Pearl of the South”. This city was ancapital of the kingdom during the rule of the three dynasties of the Morrocan sultans and got a number of museums and architectural monuments due to this. Each Monument of the city plays the role of an art item. The whole morning will be dedicated to making acquaintance with the new are (Koutoubia Mosque, Manara Pavilion among the olive plantations, tombs of the Saadian sultans, and Bahia palace, which the great apart of architecture it represents). Another prominent place to be visited after lunch is the rainbow market and the Jemaa El Fna square which are both historically very famous places. It is indeed the street stage where you will see the folks performing live arts as the snake charmers, healers, sorcerers, dealers of fruits and mysterious smells.

On the last day of your 10 days tour from Tangier, before your transfer first to Marrakech or to Casablanca airport to your home country, you will have the chance to have some time by your own as well.