The Best of Morocco in 13 Days

Casablanca Airport, Morocco - Casablanca, Morocco

Start Time: 14:00

Details

13 Days | 12 Nights

Tour Types: Private
Runs: Everyday
Accommodation: 4* Hotels and Camp
Minimum Age: 18

Tour Description


Embark on an unforgettable journey through Morocco's most captivating destinations. Begin in the cosmopolitan city of Casablanca and explore the historic landmarks of Rabat. Wander through the vibrant streets of Tangier and discover the enchanting blue-hued alleys of Chefchaouen. Immerse yourself in the grandeur of imperial cities like Meknes and the ancient ruins of Volubilis. Traverse the medieval medina of Fes and marvel at the European-inspired town of Ifrane. Experience the Sahara Desert's magic with a stay in Erfoud and a desert adventure in Merzouga. Admire the breathtaking Todgha Gorge in Tinghir and the stunning landscapes of Dades Valley. Visit the film-set cities of Ouarzazate and the UNESCO-listed Ait Ben Haddou. Continue your journey to the bustling souks and historic sites of Marrakech before relaxing on the coastal beauty of Essaouira. Explore the pottery town of Safi, the serene lagoon of Oualidia, and the Portuguese-influenced El Jadida. This comprehensive tour offers a perfect blend of culture, history, and natural beauty, showcasing the diverse wonders of Morocco.

Highlights

  • Discover the vibrant cities of Casablanca and Rabat.
  • Visit the majestic Blue City of Chefchaouen.
  • Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Volubilis.
  • See the centuries-old architecture, narrow alleys, and bustling markets of Meknes.
  • Spend a night at Merzouga a part of the Sahara Desert.
  • Enjoy the bustling souks and famous landscapes of Marrakech.
  • Visit the fascinating Aït Benhaddou that was feature in many Hollywood films.

Tour Itinerary

Day 1
Casablanca Airport - Casablanca Hotel    

1 Stop

1

Casablanca Airport

Arrive at Casablanca airport. Meet and greet by your English-speaking driver/guide, then transfer to the hotel. Check in at your hotel to relax.

40 mins

4* Onomo Casablanca Hotel or similar

Day 2
Casablanca - Rabat - Tangier    

3 Stops

1

Casablanca City

After breakfast at hotel, enjoy the city tour of Casablanca, the economic capital of Morocco and its largest city. Begin with the visit of Hassan II Mosque, the largest mosque in the country and one of the largest mosques in the world. Continue to Ain Diab Corniche for a pleasant stroll along the coast. Your next stop is Mohammed V Square.

3 hours

2

Rabat

Transfer to Rabat, the capital of Morocco and one of the country’s imperial cities. Enjoy the city tour of Rabat. Visit the Kasbah of the Oudayas. This Kasbah was constructed during the realm of the Almohads dynasty (12th century). Stop next at Mohammed V Mausoleum, which is home to the tombs of the current king's father and grandfather. Your last stop in Rabat is Hassan Tower, which is a minaret built in 1195.

3 hours

3

Tangier

Transfer to Tangier, Morocco’s main gate to Europe. Overnight in Tangier.

2.45 hours

4* Hôtel Marina Bay or similar
Breakfast

Day 3
Tangier - Chefchaouen    

2 Stops

1

Tangier

Breakfast in the hotel. Enjoy the city tour of Tangier. Stop first at the old town, locally called “The medina”. Visit the American legation, Dar El Oued Makhazen Kasbah, the Mendoubia Gardens, and the Grand and Petit Socco. Transfer to Cape Spartel after that, the meeting point of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Spartel was known to the Greeks and Romans as the “Cape of the Vines”. Visit the Cave of Hercules, which is Africa’s most north westerly promontory with a strange sea window shaped like a map of Africa.

4 hours

2

Chefchaouen

Enjoy the city tour of Chefchaouen. Start your tour with the kasbah of Chefchaouen. This kasbah belongs to the early 18th century and was built by the legendary ruler Moulay Ismail (1645 – 1727). Stop next at Plaza Uta el-Hammam, which is the cobbled main square in town and where the striking 15th century Grand Mosque sits. Overnight in Chefchaouen.

4 hours

4* Dar Echchaouen or similar
Breakfast

Day 4
Chefchaouen - Volubilis - Meknes - Fes    

3 Stops

1

Volubilis

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the UNESCO-sponsored Roman ruins in Volubilis, a Berber and Roman city partly excavated by the UNESCO. Volubilis was considered as the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Mauretania. The city was developed from the 3rd century BC onward as an Amazigh, then proto-Carthaginian, and from from the 1st century AD onward, the city grew rapidly under the Roman rule.

5 hours

2

Meknes

Continue to Meknes, the "Moroccan Versailles" and one of the oldest cities in the kingdom. Enjoy the city tour of Meknes. The city was the capital of Morocco under the reign of Moulay Ismail (1672–1727), a contemporary of Louis XIV. Stop at the massive Bab El Mansour gate, which is the grandest of all imperial Moroccan gateways. Stop next at Hri Souani, which is a complex of three different buildings built for granaries and stables. This amazing site has been used as a scene for many films, the most famous of which is probably “The Last Temptation of Christ” in 1988 by Martin Scorsese.

4 hours

3

Fes

Late in the afternoon, transfer to Fes, the spiritual capital of Morocco. Overnight in Fes.

1 hour

4* Hôtel Atlas Saiss Fès or similar
Breakfast

Day 5
Fes Full Day City Tour - Fes    

1 Stop

1

Fes

Breakfast at hotel. Enjoy a guided city tour in Fes. Begin with the entrance to the largest royal palace in Morocco. Continue with a panoramic view of the ancient medina. Enjoy an authentic experience at the traditional ceramic crafts village of Fes after that. Your next stop is Fes El Bali, the ancient town or Medina, which is a medieval part of Fes that has not changed for centuries. Visit the famous Al-Karaouine mosque, built by Fatima Al Fihria in 857. Al-Karaouine mosque became home to the University of Al-Karaouine, which is the first university in the world and the world's foremost center of learning at the beginning of the second millennium. The university was built by Fatima Al Fihria in 859, and, since then, it has become one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Muslim world. In the medina, visit also a Merdersa, which is a Coranic school. Complete the city tour of Fes with the leather Souq and the oldest Leather Tannery in the world. The tannery dates back at least nine centuries. Overnight in Fes.

8 hours

4* Hôtel Atlas Saiss Fès or similar
Breakfast

Day 6
Fes - Ifrane - Midelt - Erfoud - Merzouga    

4 Stops

1

Ifrane

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the Sahara desert. The journey takes you through the Middle Atlas Mountains. Stop first in Ifrane, a charming town and ski resort. Ifrane is famous for its Alpine climate, European-style houses and its 1665 metres (5,460 ft) in elevation. The town experiences snow during winter months and a cool climate during summer. Ifrane is also the place where the lowest temperature was ever recorded in Africa, -24 °C in 1935. While in Ifrane, expect to find animals like the threatened Barbary Macaque and local tree species such as the native Atlas cedar, Scrub oak and the introduced London plane.

2.5 hours

2

Midelt

Arrive at Midelt, which serves as the commercial center of a large agricultural hinterland.

2 hours

3

Erfoud

Transfer through many Amazigh (Berber) villages and along the Ziz valley to get to Erfoud.

3.5 hours

4

Merzouga

Continue to Merzouga, which is the heart of the desert. Enjoy a sunset camel ride to your charming desert camp. Overnight in Merzouga.

45 mins

Tiziri Camp or similar
Breakfast & Dinner

Day 7
Merzouga - Tinghir - Dades    

2 Stops

1

Tinghir

Breakfast at the camp. You have the option to add a 4x4 desert tour. Late in the morning, drive to Tinghir via Rissani and Tinjdad. Tinghir is a gorgeous 40km oasis, which boasts one of the largest palm groves in the country. Stop at the famous Todra Gorge, a 300m wall, carved deep into the High Atlas Mountains. Thanks to its robust rock sides with many uneven surfaces, Todra Gorge is popular among rock climbers. More than 150 routes rated French Grade 5+ to 8 have been bolted in the canyon.

3 hours

2

Dades

Leave Tinghir heading to Dades. The drive is spectacular, winding through stunning desert landscapes, villages with the expansive Jebel Sarhro lunar-scape. Dades is known as valley of figs. Dades valley featured prominently in a 2012 advertisement for the Cadillac CTS. Transfer to your hotel in Dades for check in and overnight.

1.5 hours

4* Xaluca Dades or similar
Breakfast & Dinner

Day 8
Dades - Ouarzazate - Ait Ben Haddou - Marrakech    

3 Stops

1

Ouarzazate

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Ouarzazate. The drive is spectacular, with hundreds of Kasbahs lining the route. Stop first at Kelaat M’Gouna, a big town which is famous for cultivating roses. Expect to find many fine, rose-infused products there. Arrive at Ouarzazate, also known as “Morocco’s Hollywood”. Visit Taourirt Kasbah, which is considered one of the most beautiful kasbahs in Morocco. Next, visit the film studios where some of the most famous desert landscapes were and are still being shot.

2 hours

2

Ait Ben Haddou

Leave Ouarzazate to the spectacular fortress of Ait Ben Haddou. The village is a great example of earthen clay architecture that has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. Ait Ben Haddou is an iconic landscape immortalized in such films as “The Man Who Would Be King (film) (1975)”, “Jesus of Nazareth (1977)”, “The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)”, “Gladiator (2000)”, “Son of God (film) (2014)”

3.5 hours

3

Marrakech

Transfer to Marrakech crossing the High Atlas Mountains. Transfer to your hotel for check in and overnight in Marrakech.

3 hours

4* Kech Boutique Hotel or similar
Breakfast

Day 9
Marrakech Full Day City Tour - Marrakech    

1 Stop

1

Marrakech

Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy the guided city tour of Marrakech, “Paris of the Sahara” as Winston Churchill once described it. Stop first at the Koutoubia Mosque, which is an old monument built under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184 to 1199). This monument inspired other buildings such as the Giralda in Seville in Spain and the Hassan Tower in Rabat. Stop next at the Bahia Palace. This Palace was built in the late 19th century and was intended to capture the essence of the Islamic and Moroccan style. Stop next at the Saadian tombs, which is a site that dates back to the time of the sultan Ahmad al-Mansur (1578-1603). The tombs were discovered in 1917 and were restored by the Beaux-arts service. Continue the tour with the world famous Jema El Fna Square where you will enjoy amazing performance of traditional activities by storytellers, snake charmers, peddlers of traditional medicines. Your last stop is the bustling souks in the old medina. Overnight in Marrakech.

8 hours

4* Kech Boutique Hotel or similar
Breakfast

Day 10
Marrakech Leisure Day - Marrakech    

1 Stop

1

Marrakech

Breakfast and overnight at the hotel. No other services are provided. Enjoy your day at leisure. You may opt to do some activities in Marrakech such as take a cooking class, ride a Hot Air Balloon, do guided biking tour around the city or take a horse drawn carriage ride to Yves Saint-Laurent Majorelle (not included).

24 hours

4* Kech Boutique Hotel or similar
Breakfast

Day 11
Marrakech - Essaouira    

1 Stop

1

Essaouira

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Essaouira. This relatively small, easily navigable beach city is ideal for free time. Essaouira has got a distinct multicultural feel, resulting from the large Portuguese, French, and Jewish populations that once called it home. Its mild climate and expansive stretches of ocean sand also place it among Morocco’s top beach towns. Essaouira’s walled medina was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 2001. Its well-preserved, late-18th-century fortified layout is a prime example of European military architecture in North Africa. For the visitor, the mellow atmosphere, narrow winding streets lined with colourful shops, whitewashed houses and heavy old wooden doors make it a wonderful place to stroll. Transfer to your hotel in Essaouira and overnight.

6 hours

4* Riad Zahra or similar
Breakfast

Day 12
Essaouira - Safi - Oualidia - El Jadida - Casablanca    

3 Stops

1

Safi

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Casablanca via Safi, Oualidia and El Jadida. Safi is one of the most attractive cities in Morocco thanks to its long history. The city was under protectorate by the Portuguese Empire from 1488 to 1541. During this period, the Portuguese built a fortress to protect the city. Safi nowadays is the main fishing port for the country's sardine industry, and also exports phosphates, textiles and ceramics. During the Second World War, Safi was one of the landing sites for Operation Torch.

3 hours

2

Oualidia

After the visit of Safi, continue to Oualidia, another charming sea resort in Morocco. Oualidia is a small village on the Atlantic coast, facing a salt water lagoon and beach where ocean and coast merge. Oualidi is the ideal place to unwind. The magic of the lagoon and the tides provide a constantly-changing back veil. Poised on the edge of the ocean, in a site of great ecological importance, Oualidia will attract, captivate, energize and sooth in equal measure.

1 hour

3

Casablanca City

Transfer to Casablanca via El Jadida. Check in at your hotel and overnight.

2.5 hours

4* Onomo Casablanca or similar
Breakfast

Day 13
Casablanca Hotel - Casablanca Airport    

1 Stop

1

Casablanca Airport

Breakfast at the hotel. At a pre-arranged time, transfer to Casablanca airport for your departure flight.

45 mins

Breakfast

Inclusions


  • Accommodation in double/twin/single rooms.
  • All taxes.
  • Porterage at airport and hotels.
  • Entrance fees to monuments.
  • Sunset camel ride in the desert,
  • English-speaking driver/guide.
  • Modern air-conditioned minivan during tour.
  • Dinner in Merzouga and Dades.
  • Breakfast in the hotels daily.
  • Local guides in Volubilis, Fes and Marrakech.

Exclusions


  •  Airfare. 
  •  Travel Insurance 
  •  Entry Visa to Morocco (if applicable). 
  •  Meals and beverages not stated. 
  •  Any personal expenses. 
  •  Any additional tours or activities. 
  •  Tips to the driver or local guides. 
  •  Others not mentioned in the inclusions. 

Practical Info


• The price is calculated for this itinerary. Modified itineraries may result in higher costs.
• Any change in the number of passengers affects the quote.
• The driver/tour guide escorts according to the booked itinerary, he is not 24/7 at your disposal.
• Official check in time at hotels 15:00 – check out time at hotels 12:00.
• We do not check the availability of accommodation when planning your trip. Once you booked and any hotel is not available, we search an alternative and inform you.
• You walk several km in during day tours, so bear in mind good walking shoes and a backpack for beverage, camera etc.
• All guides in Morocco are licensed by the Ministry of Tourism in Morocco and are not part of our team.
• The size of the vehicle used for the tour is based on the number of travelers. Nexus Travel DMC assumes that each traveler carries 1 suitcase and 1 hand luggage. If clients travel with more luggage, we need to be informed in advance. In case a larger vehicle needs to be used to store all luggage, additional costs will be covered by clients.

How to Book this Tour


- After booking the tour with us online, one of our consultants will get in touch within 24 hours. You need to pay then a 25% deposit by credit card or by bank transfer. The full payment is due latest 14 days before tour start.
- Cancellations or changes need to be sent in written form. Charges are as follows:
• 5% of the total price of the trip for cancellations from the date of booking until 41 days before departure.
• 50% of the total price of the trip for cancellations or changes made 40 to 15 days before departure.
• 100% of the total price of the trip for cancellations or changes made 14 to 01 days before departure or no show.
- For refunds we do not cover transaction fees charged by credit card companies and banks.
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