EURORIENTE: COLORS OF MOROCCO 9 Days from 1.158 €

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Visiting: 2nt Marrakech-Quarzazate-1nt Dades- Tinghir- Todra Gorges-Erfoud-2nt Merzouga-Hassi-Labied-Khamila-Midelt-Ifrane-2nt Fez-Meknes-Rabat- 1nt Casablanca

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8Nights

5Destinations

5Planned accommodations

4Transports

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2 Adults

Nights 8

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Destinations 5

Transports 4

Accommodations 5

Marrakech

Day 1: MARRAKECH (B)

Welcome to Morocco! Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to the hotel according to your chosen category. Dinner and overnight.

Day 2: MARRAKECH / CITY TOUR (B - D)

Breakfast at the hotel. Marrakech City Tour, The visit begins at the Menara Gardens; in the center of which is a 12th century pond. The majestic minaret of Koutoubia. Visit the Palace, the Bay, and the Berber Pharmacy. The visit ends at the Plaza de Yemaa el Fna, declared a World Heritage Site. Free afternoon. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Dades

Day 3: MARRAKECH / QUARZAZATE / DADES (B-D)

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to the high atlas mountains via the Tichka cabbage, the path changes our landscapes From the green fort of the valleys, to the red ochre of the Col de Tizi until we reach Ouarzazate free time for lunch and then to Kelaa of the Mgouna, a famous little village where a kind of rose of excellent aroma is grown, to travel "The Route of the Kasbahs". This is the name given to a series of fortresses in the south of the High Atlas. Built in adobe with crenellated towers and raw brick ornaments, they are sometimes authentic fortified villages. They are located in a spectacular landscape in which the desert and the mountains meet, combining all the shades of ochre and red. If the ancient Kasbahs seduce with their power of evocation, the landscape is moving with the strength of its contrasts, its luminosity and silence. This route is one of the most attractive and sought-after in Morocco. Dinner and overnight.

Merzouga

Day 4: DADES / TINGHIR / TODRA GORGES / ERFOUD / MERZOUGA (B - D)

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to Tinghir where one of the most beautiful natural sites of the trip is located, the Todra Gorges, The Todra River, to save the mountain has built by erosion a narrow gorge with vertical walls more than 300 meters high, a paradise for climbers. We will enter the interior of the gorge. We continue towards Erfoud, the road is getting harder and harder. The towns through which we are passing are becoming more and more authentic. We enter the domain of the desert people. Visit a fossil extraction center, it seems incredible how much aquatic life existed in the Quaternary on this place. Arrival and by 4X4 we head towards the Dunes of Merzouga. Free time, installation in the camp or in the lodge, dinner and accommodation.

Day 5: MERZOUGA / HASSI LABIED / KHAMLIA / MERZOUGA (B - D)

After breakfast, at 4×4 we will begin our discovery of the surroundings of the Erg Chebbi dunes, a desert region populated by sand, walking the tracks of the old Dakar rally, we will discover how and where the nomads of the area live and we will share a tea with a family, wild oases in the middle of nowhere, spectacular landscapes, small villages and desert settlements, palm groves. Stop at the village of Hassi Labied, for a walk in the palm grove and orchard. In this space we can discover a genius example of irrigation through ditches and water conduction with the Khetarra system. The inevitable visit to the village of Khamlía, of great historical and cultural importance, of slave ancestors originally from black Africa. Return to Merzouga by camel we climb the dunes to contemplate the sunset show. Dinner and overnight in Merzouga.

Fez

Day 6: MERZOUGA / MIDELT / IFRANE / FEZ (B - D)

Breakfast and departure to Fez, we will visit Rissani, a town that has a very curious souk that overflows with life and authenticity and we will cross the Gorges and the Ziz Valley. Continue to Fez. En route we will cross the cedar forest of Azrou and visit the village of Ifrane, known as the "Moroccan Switzerland" for the architecture of its houses and for being one of the most exclusive ski destinations in the country. Arrival in Fes in the late afternoon, Dinner and overnight.

Day 7: FEZ (B-D)

Breakfast at the hotel, departure to discover Fez, the oldest imperial city in Morocco. Founded in 808, it was the capital of the kingdom several times. The labyrinth of streets of the preserved medieval city (called Fez el-Bali) is considered the largest urban area in the world where cars cannot circulate. It transports us to a completely different world. There are two more parts of the great city of Fes besides the medina. The thirteenth-century city (Fez el-Jedid) and the Ville Nouvelle (where the business center is located, with modern roads, hotels and restaurants). The most outstanding places in Fez are, without a doubt, the medina, the souks (markets), the area where the leather tanners are, the Royal Palace, the Mellah (old Jewish quarter) and the oldest university in the world. Visit of the Koranic Medrasa dating back to the time of the Marinids, we will also visit the exteriors of the Karaouine mosque and the Mausoleum of Moulay Idris founder of the city, the visit ends by visiting different craft workshops and bazaars of the old medina, return to the hotel, dinner and overnight.

Casablanca

Day 8: FES / MEKNES / RABAT / CASABLANCA (B-D)

Breakfast at the hotel and drive to the city of Meknes. Panoramic tour of this Imperial city starting with its walls, with its magnificent gates such as: Bab el Mansur, the Agdal pond and Bab Lahdim square. Brief tour of the city walls. Continue through fertile valleys until you reach the imperial city of Rabat. Your panoramic tour begins at the exterior of the Royal Palace, "Dar el Makhzen". Continuation to the Mausoleum of Mohamed V, the unfinished Mosque, the Tower of Hassan. Free time for lunch and then head to Casablanca, dinner and overnight.