10-day private Morocco tour from Fes

The trip at a glance

Duration

10 days · 9 nights

Start and finish

Fes → Tangier

Type of trip

Private: just your group

Vehicle

Air-conditioned 4x4 or van

Your driver speaks

English, Spanish, French or Italian

Nights

Fes, the desert (2), Dades Valley, Marrakech (2), Essaouira, Rabat and Chefchaouen

Day by day

Itinerary

1. 1

   Day 1: Fes

   Fes with a local guide

   A tour of Fes with a local guide: the gates of the Royal Palace, the Fes el-Bali medina, a World Heritage Site, with its craft souks and madrasas. Free time in the afternoon to keep exploring its lanes.

   Night in Fes
2. 2

   Day 2: Fes → Ifrane → Azrou → Midelt → Ziz Valley → Merzouga

   From the Middle Atlas to the Merzouga desert

   We head to Ifrane, the alpine-looking town of the Middle Atlas, and the Azrou cedar forest with its Barbary macaques. Through Midelt and the palm groves of the Ziz Valley to Merzouga, then by camel to the camp.

   Night in the desert
3. 3

   Day 3: Merzouga

   A day in the Sahara by 4x4

   Sunrise in the dunes, breakfast and back to the village by camel, where your driver is waiting. A day by 4x4 around Merzouga: an old kohl mine, tea with a nomad family in their tent and Khamlia, the village of Gnawa music. In the afternoon, back to the camp for a second night.

   Night in the desert
4. 4

   Day 4: Merzouga → Rissani → Erfoud → Todra Gorge → Dades Valley

   Rissani, the Todra Gorge and the Dades

   Rissani, the old capital of the Tafilalet, and its big market. Erfoud, known for its fossils. In the afternoon, the sheer walls of the Todra Gorge and the kasbah-dotted Dades Valley.

   Night in Dades Valley
5. 5

   Day 5: Dades Valley → Valley of Roses → Ouarzazate → Ait Ben Haddou → Tizi n’Tichka pass → Marrakech

   The road of the kasbahs to Marrakech

   The Valley of Roses, home to the rose festival in May. Ouarzazate, the gateway to the desert, and the Ait Ben Haddou kasbah, a World Heritage Site and the setting for films such as Gladiator. Over the High Atlas by the Tizi n’Tichka to Marrakech.

   Night in Marrakech
6. 6

   Day 6: Marrakech

   Marrakech with a local guide

   A guided tour: the Bahia Palace, the Saadian Tombs, the Ben Youssef madrasa and the souks. The Majorelle Garden and the Koutoubia. In the evening, Jemaa el-Fna square at your own pace.

   Night in Marrakech
7. 7

   Day 7: Marrakech → Essaouira

   To the coast: Essaouira

   Through the argan country, with a stop at an oil cooperative, to Essaouira: the walled medina, the fishing harbour and the seafront on the Atlantic. Night in town.

   Night in Essaouira
8. 8

   Day 8: Essaouira → Casablanca → Rabat

   Up the coast: Casablanca and Rabat

   We leave Essaouira and drive up the Atlantic coast to Casablanca to visit the Hassan II Mosque by the ocean and walk along the Corniche. In the afternoon, on to Rabat for the night.

   Night in Rabat
9. 9

   Day 9: Rabat → Chefchaouen

   Rabat and up to Chefchaouen

   A morning in Rabat, the capital: the Hassan Tower, the Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the Kasbah of the Udayas. Time for lunch, then north through Ouazzane to Chefchaouen in the Rif Mountains.

   Night in Chefchaouen
10. 10

    Day 10: Chefchaouen → Tangier

    Chefchaouen and Tangier

    A free morning to say goodbye to the blue medina. Then on to Tangier, where the trip ends: at your hotel, the port or the airport.

    End of the tour

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