Kasbahs and Imperial Cities

Airport pickup and transfer to the hotel or Medina. After a short rest, we will enjoy Marrakech; in the afternoon, you will have a guided tour of the city, entering the Medina through its maze of alleys that make up the famous Marrakech souk. After the tour, you will have more free time to experience local life. Overnight in a Riad in the Medina.

Early after breakfast, we will head to Ouarzazate, crossing the Atlas via the Tizi n'Tichka pass (2,260 m).

Halfway, we will reach the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a set for films like Gladiator or Kingdom of Heaven. Free time to eat and explore this fortified city.

We will continue to Ouarzazate and stop briefly to photograph the Kasbah of Taourirt. Then we resume the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs towards Skoura, crossing the Valley of Roses to the impressive Dades Gorges, where we will stay.

After breakfast, we will head towards the Dades Valley and cross the incredible Todra Gorges for a walk.

We continue towards Merzouga, crossing the Jorf Palm Grove (cradle of excellent dates) and will have lunch before reaching Erfoud, known for its fossils.

In Merzouga, we will stay in a Berber Riad or Kasbah facing the Erg Chebbi dunes. Free afternoon to climb the dunes and enjoy the sunset. After dinner, Berber drum show.

Breakfast and visit to Khamlia to enjoy a Gnawa music concert.

By 4x4 we will enter the dunes along former Paris-Dakar tracks, visiting Khol mines and remains of settlements. Panoramic stop over the Erg Chebbi.

We will visit desert nomads in the process of settling down, have tea and learn about their lifestyle. Then, in Rissani, we will explore its market. In the afternoon, we will prepare to enter the desert: camel ride at sunset (jeep option). Night in a tented camp, dinner and starry sky.

Sunrise in Erg Chebbi and breakfast at the camp. Departure to Erfoud and then to the Ziz Valley, with its great serpent-shaped palm grove. We will cross the Tizi-n-Talghomt pass to Midelt, where we will have lunch.

We continue to the Cedar Forest (monkey forest) to see these animals in freedom. Then we will pass through Ifrane, the ‘Moroccan Switzerland’, and finish in Fez, Morocco’s cultural capital, overnight in a Riad.

After breakfast, guided tour through the Medina of Fez, the oldest of the imperial cities. Founded in 808 as the first political, religious and cultural capital. We will see the Golden Gates of the Royal Palace and, from an elevated point, the wall that encloses its impressive and ancient Medina.

We will walk among mosques, madrasas, caravanserais and neighborhoods like the tanners’ and artisans’ quarters. After the tour and some free time, transfer to the airport if necessary.