Tour The Great Desert - The Route Of The Kasbahs

Insurance

Travel Insurance.

Accommodation

IMPORTANT REMARKS Passengers are required to clear customs with their own luggage. Only one piece of luggage allowed per person. Passport details are required 72 hours in advance of departure. - The portion of Morocco can be modified without substantial variation of services HOTELS: Casablanca: Kenzi Basma**** or similar Marrakesh: Atlas Asni**** or similar Ouarzazate: Oscar by Atlas Studio*** or Kenzi Azghor**** or similar Dunas Merzougha / Earfoud: Bivouac Kasbah Azalay **** or similar Fes: Menzeh Zalagh**** or Zalagh Parc Palace**** or similar Tangier: Hilton Garden Inn**** or similar

Guide

Multilingual Tour guide

Meals

Daily buffet breakfast. 8 dinners.

Others

Visit with local guide in Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Fez and Rabat.

Transport

Transportation from/to Costa del Sol. Fast-ferry tickets. Bus transportation with multilingual tour escort.

Hygieneprotocol

•Social Distancing. •Smaller groups in bigger coaches •Daily disinfecting vehicles •Masks for drivers/guides •More singles or twins •Hotels with smaller capacities •Higher hygienic for venues and staff •Better deposit and cancellation conditions

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Day 1 Day 1: Costa Del Sol-Tarifa-Tangier- Casablanca (Ferry) (530 Kms)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Costa Del Sol-Tarifa-Tangier- Casablanca (Ferry) (530 Kms)

Morning departure to Tarifa where boarding onto Tangier crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. In Morocco, meet the guide and continue. Stop in Larache for lunch (not included) and continue to Casablanca. Dinner and accommodation
Day 2 Day 2: Casablanca-Marrakech (240 Kms)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Casablanca-Marrakech (240 Kms)

Breakfast. Panoramic sightseeing of Casablanca, the “cinematographic”. The economic capital of the country with more than four million inhabitants combines its modern art-nouveau or art-deco buildings with the old buildings of the thirteenth century when it was known as Dar El Baida (the white’s hose). See Mohammed V Square, Boulevard D’Anfa, Nôtre Dame Cathedral, and the exteriors of the impressive Great Mosque of Hassan II, where more than 3,000 craftsmen worked. Only the Mecca reach more importance and size. Continuation to Marrakech. Visit of the city and its great historical past: We will visit the Koutoubia Mosque or the booksellers whose minaret in a Hispanomorisco style, of great beauty, is the symbol of the city, the exceptional Mausoleum of the sixteenth-century princes Saadinos and The sumptuous Bahia Palace (The Precious), built in the nineteenth century by hundreds of artisans from Fès. Walking around the Medina (ancient city) and its souks where a thousand and one artisan products are offered to the visitor to end up in the fascinating world of the famous Djemaa El Fna Square (Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO) where storytellers, snake charmers, jugglers, Dancers, etc... constitute an authentic “cut of the miracles”. Free afternoon and possibility of show-dinner in the complex of Chez Ali, La Fantasia. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 3 Day 3: Marrakech
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Marrakech

Breakfast. Day at leisure to enjoy a day on our own to explore the city or take a tour to into the green valleys in 4x4 and know about the lifestyle of the surrounding villages that have little to do with the life of the city, its impressive waterfalls located in Ouzoud and much more.

Definitely a great opportunity to relax and feel the place. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 4 Day 4: Marrakech-Ait Ben ,Haddou- Ouarzazate (200 Kms)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Marrakech-Ait Ben ,Haddou- Ouarzazate (200 Kms)

Breakfast. Early departure from Marrakesh heading south Cross the High Atlas mountains through the Tizi n’Tichka that connects Marrakesh with the presaharian oases. After several stops enjoying the wonderful panoramas, continue onto, Ait Ben Haddou, considered the most beautiful fortress in the country and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here famous films such as Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, Jesus of Nazareth or The Jewel of the Nile among others were filmed and arrived in Ouarzazate. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 5 Day 5: Ouarzazate-Boumalne De Dades-Tinghir (Todra)-Merzouga (370 Kms)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Ouarzazate-Boumalne De Dades-Tinghir (Todra)-Merzouga (370 Kms)

After breakfast departure towards the network of gorges of this area of Morocco, here from the aridest and rocky overflows fertility and greenery between the oases. The route runs through valleys such as Kelaa M’Gouna, famous for its roses and daggers; and the Boumalne du Dades, magnificent for walkers. Arrive at Tinghir, see the Gorges of Todra and its impressive canon of 300 meters of height. Continue to Arfoud, land of fossils, and juicy dates. On the way to the dunes of Merzouga, we passed by Rissani, which was an important enclave a long time ago, where the caravans of the desert reigned. The position of Rissani was so strategic that the Filali dynasty (ancestors of the alaouita dynasty that today governs the country) had here their epic battle to replace the Saadíes, arrival in Merzouga, right in the Sahara, here the road fades and the dunes mark the horizon. “When a rich family refused to help a poor woman and her son, God was offended and buried them under sand mounds 50 km from Arfoud, now known as the dunes of Erg Chebbi in Merzouga” This tells the legend about these majestic dunes. Have the pleasure of witnessing the beautiful spectacle of the sunset between the dunes with a mint tea. Dinner and accommodation. (Possibility of accommodation in desert tents fully equipped)
Day 6 Day 6: Merzouga-Ifrane-Fez (460 Kms)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Merzouga-Ifrane-Fez (460 Kms)

Breakfast between dunes at our last moment in the desert before leaving for the Middle Atlas. Early wake up to optionally contemplate the great event of a sunrise in the Sahara. While preparing our breakfast is possible to travel around the dunes in 4WD and visit the nearby villages. Cross the Middle Atlas and a new change of landscape along the way. Left the south to get in the North. Stop in Ifrane. For a moment feel as if Switzerland had been settled in Africa, hence its nickname “Little Switzerland”. This city was built during the protectorate in the 1930s. Continuation in Fez. Dinner and accommodation
Day 7 Day 7: Fes
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Fes

Half board. Departure to start the visit of this old city that with its 785 mosques and its splendid Medina (old city), is the intellectual and religious capital of the country. The guided tour starts with the exteriors of the Royal Palace and its 7 gates, Dar El Makhzen, the old residence of the Sultan, the Bab Bojloud gate decorated with blue enameled ceramics (the color of Fes) and green (color of Islam) gives access to the walled enclosure of the Medina (old city), largest of North Africa and declared Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity by Unesco. During this authentic maze of more than 2,000 squares, streets, and alleys that ramble endlessly, guarding some of the most beautiful buildings in Morocco: palaces, madrasas, mosques, doors, fountains, which pleasantly surprise the visitor. Square Es-Seffarin will be seen with its pretty fountain of beautiful pottery and in it will be engraved in the marble flowers of lis, symbol that left the French prisoners who collaborated in its construction in century XVI; The Karaouine Mosque, the best known in the city with its celebrated Friday prayer, holy day of the Muslims, built in the 9th century and which is the oldest religious teaching center. Also visit the district of the dyers, the tanners with spectacular colors and the Souk, where you will be assaulted by noises, smells and colors of a crowded crowd, seeming to emerge from a forgotten page of history. Free afternoon. At night, optionally, you can go to a show-dinner in a typical palace in the medina.
Day 8 Day 8: Fez-Meknes-Rabat-Tangier (399 Kms)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Fez-Meknes-Rabat-Tangier (399 Kms)

Breakfast and departure to Tangier. At our first stop, we pass Meknes, the old Berber capital chosen for the second Alaouite Moulay Ismail King as imperial headquarters in the XVII century. You can still see remnants of its splendor: forty kilometers of walls, which include the gates of Bab el Mansour, one of the most beautiful in Morocco. Heading to Rabat, which besides being the administrative capital of the country is the official residence of King Mohamed VI. It is one of the imperial cities, founded in the XII century by the Almohads. Visit the exteriors of the Royal Palace, the Tour Hassan that rises dominating the esplanade of the unfinished mosque with more than 200 columns. The Mausoleum of Mohammed V built-in memory of the Sultan who won the independence of the country and in which the royal guards, in showy dress, stand guard. Continuation to Tangier. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 9 Day 9: Tangier-Tarifa-Costa Del Sol (198 Kms)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Tangier-Tarifa-Costa Del Sol (198 Kms)

Breakfast and departure to board back to Tarifa crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. Transfer to the points of origin and farewell from our staff. End of services.

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The Great Desert - The Route Of The Kasbahs

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Itinerary of your trip The Great Desert - The Route Of The Kasbahs

Day 1: Costa Del Sol-Tarifa-Tangier- Casablanca (Ferry) (530 Kms)

Day 2: Casablanca-Marrakech (240 Kms)

Day 3: Marrakech

Day 4: Marrakech-Ait Ben ,Haddou- Ouarzazate (200 Kms)

Day 5: Ouarzazate-Boumalne De Dades-Tinghir (Todra)-Merzouga (370 Kms)

Day 6: Merzouga-Ifrane-Fez (460 Kms)

Day 7: Fes

Day 8: Fez-Meknes-Rabat-Tangier (399 Kms)

Day 9: Tangier-Tarifa-Costa Del Sol (198 Kms)

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