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Marrakesh

El Jadida

 Suggested Itinerary

DAY 1: Casablanca: Arrival in Casablanca airport, transfer to the hotel in a private car, Later in the evening watch a traditional show with dinner.

Day 2: Casablanca, Rabat, Voulibilis & Meknes: After breakfast, Drive to Rabat, the capital of Morocco and the residence of the present king Mohammed VI. Enjoy a tour of Rabat, including Mohamed V Mausoleum, Hassan mosque the Necropolis of Chellah, the archaeological Museum and Oudayas Kasbah. Stop for lunch then continue to Voulibilis, the most impressive site of Roman ruins dating to the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D., and also declared as world heritage since 1994. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Meknes.

Day 3: Meknes, Fez: After breakfast, start a tour of the fourth Imperial City of Meknes, founded in 17th century city whose medina has been classed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 1994. See sites: Sultan's Stables, Tomb of Moulay Ismael, Dar El Makhzen, and the majestic Bab Mansour. Have lunch in a local restaurant then drive to Fez. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Fez.

Day 4: Fez: Breakfast at your hotel then set out for a city tour of Fez, the spiritual and intellectual capital of ancient Morocco. Fez was the first Imperial City, founded in the 9th century. Among the sites you will see the impressive medina with its different gates, mosques, tanneries, Attarine Medrassa, Nejjarine fountain and Foundouq, the latter is housing a museum devoted to wood crafts in a beautifully restored 18th century building . Lunch in a typical Moroccan restaurant. In the Afternoon, visit the Dar Batha Museum, the mellah, or Jewish Quarter, the king's palace (from outside), Bab Boujloud. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Fez.

Day 5: Fez, Merzouga: After breakfast drive to Erfoud, crossing the impressive cedar forest of the middle Atlas Mountains stop en route for lunch in Midelt. Upon arrival to Erfoud a 4 W.D vehicle will pick up you to the Desert of Merzouga, the site of the Merzouga Dunes, highest in Africa and one of the filming sites for Lawrence of Arabia. Take an optional camel trek to admire the sunset at the dunes. Enjoy dinner at your encampment and, later, the breathtaking sight of stars in the desert sky. Dinner and overnight in a nomad tent.

Day 6: Merzouga, Todra Gorge, Ouarzazate: Get up in the early morning for seeing sunrise behind the dunes, then come back to your tent for breakfast. Depart to Ourzazate, on the way stop at Erfoud for visiting the fossil factories where 500 million year-old fossils are extracted and exported around the globe, afterwards continue to Todra Gorge. The Gorge is a dramatic geological 3,200 ft. canyon in the mountains where the massive walls of the gorge rise steeply, and cut off sunlight from the gravel riverbed. Mountain goats and eagles are sometimes seen on the high cliffs. Have Lunch at Todra, later on drive to Ouarzazate crossing the vallies of Tafilalet and Dades valley. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Ouarzazate.

Day 7: Ouarzazate, Marrakesh: Arise early and leave after breakfast for Marrakech. En route, visit the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, an exceptionally well-preserved site which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987 by UNESCO. Ouarzazate is also the administrative operations base for film companies where many famous films were made, among them: The Gladiator; The Four Feathers, Romancing the Stone, Cleopatra, Sheltering Sky, Jewel of the Nile and Lawrence of Arabia, Spy Game… lunch at Ai Benhaddou then depart for your return to Marrakech crossing the High Atlas Mountains with their beautiful landscapes and admire the Berber architecture of Taddart (Berber villages). Dinner and overnight at your Riad in Marrakesh.

Day 8: Marrakesh: Enjoy a leisurely breakfast, and start the tour of the Red Pearl of Morocco. Sites include the Koutoubia Mosque, Madrassa Ben Youssef, the private museum, crossing the medina with its colourful markets; the tour finishes in Jamaa El Fna. After lunch visit the Koutoubia Mosque, Saādiens' Tombs and Bahia Palace. Dinner and overnight at your Riad in Marrakesh.

Day 9: Marrakesh, Ourika Valley, Marrakesh: Enjoy a leisurely breakfast, then begin an excursion to Ourika valley ,a Berber Village located on the foot of the High Atlas mountains inhabited by the Berber of the area, admire the architecture of the houses called Taddart and visit a Berber family to share with them some enjoyable moment and assist to a Tea ceremony.

Day 10: Marrakesh, Essaouria: After Breakfast drive to Essaouira called “El Mogador,” or the lookout, Essaouira sits on the Atlantic coast and may be the loveliest Moroccan coastal town. It has long attracted artists from all over the globe. In 1952 Orson Wells chose it as the location for his film Othello, and in the 1960's it attracted rock musicians as Jimmy Hendrix and Cat Stevens, among others. Overlooking a scattering of wave-ravaged offshore islands, Essaouira was founded in 1760 on the site of a 7th century B.C. Phoenician settlement. The old town and port, encircled by 18th century battlements, offers a sandy beach stretching for miles to the south, while richly forested hills extend to the east. Inside the Kasbah, ancient and narrow alleys wind through the medina and among the souks. In 2001 the medina at Essaouira was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Essaouira boasts a comfortable climate due to coastal winds, making it a popular location for international surfing contests, such as the World Cup Fly Surf Pro in 1999. Known worldwide for its elegant marquetry, woodwork inlaid with mother-of-pearl and other materials. Artists, fishermen, farmers, craftsman and tourists live peacefully in this enchanted coastal city. Dinner and overnight at your Riad/hotel in Essaouira.

Day 11: Essaouria, El Jadida, Casablanca: Check out after breakfast, and then drive to Casablanca. En route, see Safi, a fishing city, where the Portuguese influence is seen in the ruins of the Ksar El Bahr fortress. In 1969, adventurer Thor Heyerdahl launched a papyrus-built boat, Ra I, in an effort to prove that Egyptians could have reached and colonized the Americas. On his second effort in 1970, Heyerdahl reached Barbados, proving his point. After lunch visit El Jadida, once the main Portuguese port in North Africa, and the center of all Portuguese operations in the Atlantic. Mazagan, as it was called by the Portuguese, was under their control until the 19th century when Morocco re-conquered and renamed it El Jadida. The influence of the Portuguese remains, especially in a cistern which could hold enough water for 5,000 people for two months. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Casablanca.

Day 12: Casablanca: After breakfast city tour of Casablanca and then transfer to the airport for your flight to India.

Your Tour price includes
1) Single Entry Moroccon visa 2) Return International airfare 3) Return airport transfers in a private car 4) Accomodation on twin sharing basis 5) Meals as specified 6) Sightseeing in a private car 7) All entrance tickets 7) Private guide charges 8) All applicable taxes

Your tour price does not include
1) All expenses that are personal in nature 2) Any thing not mentioned in the tour price includes section

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