6 DAYS CASABLANCA TO MARRAKECH VIA ERG CHEBBI DESERT

6 DAYS CASABLANCA TO MARRAKECH VIA ERG CHEBBI DESERT

Itinerary

We will take you with us in such an unforgettable trip across the country, starting early by visiting Morocco’s pride, the majestic mosque of Hassan II, the fifth biggest mosque in the world with the highest minara; standing partly over the water with its blend of Andalusian and Moroccan architecture. Right after, we will continue towards the city of Rabat, Morocco’s capital city. At the city you will visit the impressive Hassan tower, the minara of an incomplete mosque, that was supposed to be the tallest ever;  also you will explore the Mohamed V mausoleum. Simultaneously you will visit the “City within a city”, the Kasbah of Oudayas , with its Andalusian style and unique decoration of buildings. After a quiet stay, we will drive to one of the four imperial cities of the country, the city of “Meknes”, also known as the Ismaili capital, where you will get to admire the marvelous gate of Bab Mansour and, the charming square of Lehdim; before continuing to the “Mecca of the west”, the beautiful city of Fes where you will spend the night in a traditional Riad and ,enjoy dinner.

In the morning, we offer you a back in time tour around the historical city of Fes, starting with the old medina and, its medieval alleys that leads you to the main monuments of Fes that attracted people from all over the world such as: the unique “Madrasa Bou Inania”, a religious college and, the only one with a minara; Then you are goin to enjoy strolling around “Jnan Sbill”, away from the hustle of the medina, a nice noisless oasis gardens of nature; thereupon you will visit the most iconic portal gate to  Fes El Bali, the majestic gate of “Boujloud”.

Dinner and overnight at the riad.

This morning we will drive towards the middle Atlas to Midelt, then we will continue the way through the Atlas Mountains where the landscapes are so mind blowing, later we’ll reach a small town called Rich surrounded by the mountains, and was an important fortress in previous times. later we’ll take our way to  Erfoud the destination for filmmakers due to the beauty of the surrounding Sahara Desert and the town’s oasis areas. Later we will visit Rissani and then Merzouga’s desert. Where we will go in a camel trek across the dunes of the Erg-Chebbi. Later that evening we will reach to the camp where we’ll spend the night in Berber tents. After dinner, we will see the stars from the desert, and enjoy the music and the warm campfire.

We really hope you had a good sleeping, because we are planning to witness something wonderful. We will wake up so earlier this morning to see an heart melting sunrise just the same as the sunset that we saw yesterday. After seeing this natural magic we’ll ride the camels back to the hotel to clean our hair from the sand in a warm shower, and eat an amazing breakfast makes you feel like you’re home. Our destination today is Rissani, we will visit the bustling market, you will see here something seems to be funny, but essential for local people, a donkeys parking here there’s the main transportation way is donkey, it transfers products like food, water, people etc around the area, and that’s really amazed every foreigner pass through this town. Later we will proceed to a city known by its fossils, it’s Erfoud. We may visit workshops where the experts made beautiful furniture and handicrafts. After a while we will drive to Todra Gorges, Here, both the Todra and Dades Rivers have carved out cliff-sided canyons on their final 25-mile stretch through the mountains, leaving behind this series of reliefs and etches in the rock. Late in the afternoon we will reach Dades Valley, where We will have dinner and sleep there in an hotel.

Today we will make it to Dades Gorge, sitting in the rain shadow of the Central Atlas, the Dadès Gorge presents a dramatic landscape: ancient rust-red and mauve mountains stripped back to zigzagging layers of strata and knobbly rock formations. You are going to be amazed when you see the difference between the life of the Moroccan people according to the areas where they live, those in the desert, the others in the mountains, and the rest in the cities. Here the desert and the mountains combined together and married the river to create this amazing gorges and then transforms into a fertile valley. The road of the thousand kasbahs is so attractive and of course and see the landscapes. We will pass through Boutaghar, its a small town which we will explore and contacts its friendly people. We will follow the Valley of the Roses, here we will eat lunch in one of the popular restaurants of the area. After lunch, we continue along the valley to reach Ouarzazate “Africa’s Hollywood” and cross the High Atlas to reach Marrakech the red city. At night we will eat and sleep in the hotel.

The final day of this tour will be totally consacred to explore the historical and artistic sides of the red city “Marrakech”, with all its unique monuments and main attractions such as: the Koutoubia mosque and the Minara gardens, also the Bahia palace that offers you a blend of artefacts.

Crossing into its old alleys of the medina and its old market; without missing relaxing at Majorelle gardens and, the historical Saadian tombs. Finally conclude the day in front of the charming Plaza of Jamaa Lefna, where fortune tellers, comedians and musicians seeks for your attention.

if you have any questions or if you want more information feel free to contact us.