8 days morocco cultural tour imperial cities and desert from Tangier will allow you to explore the main highlights of Morocco including, the blue pearl of the north chefchaouen, one of the best destinations in Morocco; Fes the spiritual capital, the first and oldest imperial capital of Morocco. Meknes the third imperial city with its great walls and beautiful gates, while driving from Fes enjoy the beautiful landscapes and the change the sceneries from the green mountains to the arid desert.
Go in camel trek to enjoy a lifetime sunset over the golden dunes of Erg Chebbi, stroll the great canyons and gorges of Dades and Todra in a guided walking tour, explore the green valley, meet the locals and learn about the local culture and traditions.
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8 days morocco cultural tour imperial cities and desert from Tangier will allow you to explore the main highlights of Morocco including, the blue pearl of the north chefchaouen, one of the best destinations in Morocco; Fes the spiritual capital, the first and oldest imperial capital of Morocco. Meknes the third imperial city with its great walls and beautiful gates, while driving from Fes enjoy the beautiful landscapes and the change the sceneries from the green mountains to the arid desert. Go in camel trek to enjoy a lifetime sunset over the golden dunes of Erg Chebbi, stroll the great canyons and gorges of Dades and Todra in a guided walking tour, explore the green valley, meet the locals and learn about the local culture and traditions.
Arrive at the port of Tangier and, after a tour of the city, transfer to Chefchaouen. Chefchaouen, one of the most beautiful small towns in the Rif mountains, is painted in shades of blue. Overnight in Chefchaouen.
Breakfast we continue our trip to Fez, the first of the Imperial Cities, its origin goes back to the VIII century. It is also one of the first holy cities of Muslim worship in Morocco and also has the pride of hosting one of the oldest universities in the world. During this day we will stop in Meknes to visit the beautiful Bab Al Mansour Gate, the Royal stables and the Moulay Ismail mausoleum (the tomb of the ancient ruler, founder, and sultan of Meknes).
After exploring Meknes, we will head towards Volubilis to explore the world heritage site and the old capital of Romans the ruins of Volubilis. After that, we will drive to reach Fes where we will spend the night in Riad in the old Medina.
Today we will spend all day visiting this great city, the oldest, richest, cultural, religious, spiritual and mysterious of the four imperial cities of Morocco, where you can see that has not suffered the passage of time. The medina of Fez must be visited without hurry, for something is the largest in the Maghreb, lost in its labyrinthine streets is the charm of this medina, but to appreciate this city you have to travel during the day and then at sunset as it changes completely, during the day it is a bustling city full of people wandering around the shops, buying or just watching, but at sunset it acquires another speed, it is much more relaxed less oppressive.
In the morning departure from Fez to the south of Morocco via Ifrane, stop at Azrou, in the forest of cedars and the monkeys of the Atlas. We will continue via the port of Tizi-N-Talghoumlt, then arrival to the valley of Ziz, Oasis of Tafilalet with lots of date palms. In the afternoon we will arrive at Merzouga “Erg Chebbi”. Arrival to the desert, you will ride camels to assist to a lifetime sunset over the golden sand dunes of Erg Chebbi and then spend a night in Desert camp under nomadic tents. Dinner and accommodation.
We will wake up and if the clouds allow us, we will have a chance to contemplate the beautiful spectacle of the sunrise over the sea of dunes, then we will ride in Dromedaries and we will return to the hotel where to take a shower and breakfast, (if you book luxury desert camp, then, you will have breakfast and take shower at the desert camp in your private tent) we will continue towards Ouarzazate first imperial city of Morocco to visit its Legendary Market the largest in all the South of Morocco, Continuation towards Tazzarine through Alnif, in the heart of the Mader basin. We will follow the route to the famous gorges of Todra, the Valley of Dades, the Valley of Roses and the oases of Skoura. Arrival in Ouarzazate. Dinner and hotel accommodation.
Breakfast and drive to the ancient Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1987. Visit the Kasbah where many films have been shot, such as Obelix, Babel, the Sahara, The Kingdom of Heaven, Cleopatra and Gladiator. Then we will continue to Marrakech, crossing the mountains of the high atlas by the Tizi n Tichka pass with its spectacular views, we will arrive in the afternoon to Marrakech.
In the morning you will meet your driver and guide to start en explorative journey of the pearl of the south and the second imperial city of Morocco. Marrakech stretches before the majestic planned Atlas of snowy peaks a part of the year. Its destiny is linked to that of the different dynasties that follow one another and its tradition of the political, economic and cultural metropolis has always dominated the history of the Maghreb, Marrakech is also the spectacle city, where there is a permanent party as can be seen in the famous square Jemaa el Fna. In Marrakech, there are plenty of places to visit, for example, Medersa Ben Yussef, the Menara, the Dar Si Said Museum. Accommodation in Hotel or Riad.
Depends on your return flight time, we will transfer you to your airport for your return flight
