8 days Marrakech Fez Desert, this tour from Marrakech, allows you to visit the imperial cities of Morocco as well as the desert.
8 Days Marrakech Fez Desert Tour
Day 1: Marrakech – Casablanca – Rabat
Departure from your hotel in Marrakech to Rabat via the highway, we arrive in Casablanca, where you will visit the great Hassan II Mosque. then you will continue to Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco, where you will discover the Kasbah of the Ouiadas and the Hassan Tower. You will spend the night in a beautiful hotel in Rabat.
Day 2: Rabat – Meknes – Fez
After breakfast in your hotel, you will go to Meknes, where you can visit the great gate of Bab Manssour. You will continue the journey to the Roman ruins of Volubilis, an archaeological site classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. then we continue our journey to Fez, you will spend the night in Fez.
Day 3: Fes
After your breakfast at the hotel you will explore the city of Fez with a local guide, you will visit the old Islamic schools, the souks, and the old Jewish quarter. You will spend the night in Fez.
Day 4: Fez – Azrou – Midelt – Erfoud – Merzouga
You will leave Fez and head south through Ifrane and the cedar forests of Azrou, where you will see monkeys that have taken up residence there. You will cross the Ziz Valley and you will pass through beautiful landscapes. and you arrive in Erfoud, there you will take a desert path to Merzouga, where you will sleep in a hotel near the dunes.
Day 5: Merzouga and the dunes of Erg Chebbi
After your breakfast you will explore the sand dunes in 4×4, you will visit nomads in their tents, you will have your picnic lunch in the shade of the palm trees. You ride a camel in the dunes of Erg Chebbi.
You will visit the famous village of Khamlia and you will enjoy its Gnaoua music. At sunset, you ride camels which will take you to the Berber bivouac in the heart of the dunes, where you will dine and spend the night in the bivouac.
Day 6: Merzouga – Todra and Dades Gorges
After the sunrise show, you will take a camel back to your hotel, where you will have your breakfast and shower. We drive towards the Gorges du Todra, crossing Berber villages. At the end of the day, you will arrive at the Dades Valley, where you will spend the night in a beautiful hotel.
Day 7: Dades Gorges – Ouarzazate
After your breakfast, you will take the road of the “Thousand Kasbahs” and after visiting the nomadic peoples who live in the Valley of Roses, we continue to Ouarzazate, arriving at the palm grove of Skoura, you will visit the Kasbah of Amridhyl and, once arrived in Ouarzazate, that of Taourirt. You will spend the night in a riad in Ouarzazate.
Day 8: Ouarzazate – Aït-ben-Haddou – Marrakech
After your breakfast at the riad, we will visit the Kasbah of Aït ben-Haddou, the most famous in all of Morocco. we continue to Marrakech crossing the Atlas Mountains via the Tizi n’Tichka pass , 2,260 meters high. You will arrive in Marrakech in the afternoon. drop off at your hotel.