Departure Tour From Fes ...
8 Days Morocco Tours To Imperial Cities, Desert And North From Fes
8 Days Morocco Tours To Imperial Cities, Desert And North From Fes
Introduction
This trip starts in Fez, and continues through the Moroccan Imperial Cities: Rabat, Meknes, Fez and Marrakech. Then you will cross the Middle Atlas and the High Atlas to arrive in Marrakech. You stop in each city to visit the most beautiful sites and spend the night in a traditional Riads. You will be amazed by the narrow streets of the old medina of Marrakech and Fes as well as the old roman ruins in Volubilis; in addition to the amazing Kasbahs of Rabat and the beautiful great gates of Meknes.
Highlights
- Explore the main 4 imperial cities of morocco.
- Stroll the old medinas of Fes and Marrakech.
- Explore the labyrinth markets of Fes and Marrakech during guided tours of city.
- Enjoy the contrast of the landscapes during the tour.
Itinerary of the tour
Day 1 : Arrival in Fes
Welcome at the airport by our staff and transfer to your hotel. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. Meals: D
Day 2 : Fes guided tour
Take a guided tour of Fes. You will drive first to see the main entrance of a huge Royal palace, then take a short walk through the Jews quarter known as Mellah to admire its beautiful architecture. After that, you drive to enjoy one of the most panoramic view overlooking the 9th century Medina of Fes. You might visit a ceramic factory where you can learn traditional handmade pottery being made. Afterwards, take a walking tour inside the Medina which is alive with craftsmen, markets, tanneries and mosques. Look out for the Medersa Bou Inania, one of the city's most beautiful buildings. It has recently been restored and is now open to tourists. After looking around, you return back to the hotel and relaxing a bit. Meals: B, D
Day 3 : Fes – Middle Atlas/home hosted meal – Afourer
Afourer is your destination today. You will drive approximately 7 hours in a comfortable private van, with frequent stops along the way. You will witness the beautiful Moroccan landscape as well as slow, rural life. On many occasions you will have a chance to buy fresh local fruits and vegetables, which are mostly grown in nearby villages. Today you will also experience an art of tea making. You will join a local family for a cup of truly delicious mint tea and share a home hosted lunch with them too. You continue your journey along the edge of the Middle Atlas, passing through a collection of local villages on route to the city of Beni Mellal, overlooking the Beni Amir plain. This very fertile plain with a lot of agricultural cooperatives is also called 'Little California'. Meals: B, L, D
Day 4 : Afourar-Benlwidan-Ouzoud water falls- Marrakech/ food tasting trail
Today you will drive for approximately 5 hours from Afourer to Marrakech, an ancient, exotic city wrapped in European modernity. There’s no rush as the scenery on the way is always interesting, and there will surely be calls for several photo stops along the way. Shortly after Azilal you visit the Ouzoud waterfalls, hike down to the water pond. Around the waterfalls you notice a subtropical vegetation and here and there a few Berber monkeys (macaques) who are quite a bit cheeky these days. Finally, you continue your journey and will reach Marrakech in the late afternoon. This evening, you head for a food testing. You will test some Moroccan donuts with some tea, some nuts, olives, roasted lamp, we end our testing food at the main and great square of Jemaa el Fna one of the largest public spaces in the world and unique to Marrakech. Meals: B, D
Day 5 : Marrakech Guided Tour
This morning you'll visit the old part of Marrakech, the Medina, with its palaces, souks and historical heritage as the Medersa Ben Youssef, the Bahia Palace and the Saadien tombs and of course the souks. In the afternoon you'll discover Majorelle gardens where you will have plenty of time to wander the gardens, visit museum, sit in the garden café and have a mint tea, browse the library and gift shop Meals: B, D
Day 6 : Marrakech - Casablanca – Rabat/ meeting locals
After breakfast, you leave Marrakech heading to Casablanca (3 hours). you take a short panoramic tour of Casablanca including: Arab League Square, Mohamed V Square. Then you get close to see the famous and pharaonic work of the Mosque of Hassan II. This mosque was built by the previous king of Morocco Hassan II. After that, you continue to Rabat. you take the guided tour of Rabat. The city is the country's political capital and whose historic center has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2012. You enjoy brief panoramic tour of the city. Will see the Royal Palace (from outside) and the Kasbah of the Oudaya, the Mausoleum of Mohammed the fifth and an unfinished Mosque dates back to 12thC known as Hassan Tower Meals: B, D
Day 7 : Rabat – Meknes/ home hosted meal-Volubilis-Fes.
After breakfast, you drive to Meknes, once the heart of the Moroccan Sultanate, lying amidst the landscapes of the Oued Boufekrane river valley. The Sultan loved Meknes, and he would have liked never to leave it once wrote a chronicler to the tyrannical Sultan Moulay Ismail. Ismail (1672- 1727) was a tireless builder, and his greatest efforts were reserved for his capital at Meknes, which at its peak, with over 20 grand gateways and 50 palaces, must have been a sight to inspire any who looked upon it. Today you will be invited by a local family for a home hosted lunch. You will interact with the family and learning more about city life in Morocco.Then, you continue to nearby to archeological park of Volubilis which was once a provincial Roman capital, a distant outpost of the empire, and the remains make an undeniably impressive sight. Volubilis is the foremost Roman site in Morocco and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1997. Upon arrival you will take a tour around the ruins with a local guide. After time spent you continue to Fes for the night. Meals: B, L, D
Day 8 : Fes Departure
Breakfast and transfer to the airport according to the flight schedule. Meals: B,
Good to Know
Included
- 7 Nights accommodation in selected hotels and Riad.
- Professional English-speaking driver/guide.
- Bottled water during the tour.
- Official guide fees in: Marrakech, Meknes, Fes, Rabat and Volubilis.
- Transport by air-conditioned 4WD or Minivan Fuel included.
- Entrance fees to monuments.
Not included
- Tips and gratuities
- Travel insurance
- Anything not mentioned in the above section