12 Days Tour To Coast, Imperial Cities And Desert From Tangier
Availability
Every Day
Price
On Demand
Duration
12 days
Min Travelers
1+
Overview
Explore Morocco’s wonders as you traverse imperial cities, countryside, and mountainous natural views, from the vibrant streets of Casablanca to the blue alleyways of Chefchaouen, the stunning views of the coastal cities of Tangier and Essaouira, the ancient Medinas of Fes, the peaceful Sahara Desert, the historic sites and bustling streets of Marrakech, and the beauty of Volubilis Roman Ruins and Meknes. Unveils a fresh perspective of this charming country, lose yourself in vibrant markets, and embrace the warmth of local hospitality. A 12-day tour to the coast, imperial cities, and desert from Tangier is your right gateway to the surreal and magical realm of the Moroccan cultural treasures, iconic landmarks, and fascinating landscape diversity, creating cherished memories that will last a lifetime.
Highlights
- Discover the 4 imperial cities of Morocco: Marrakech, Rabat, Meknes, and Fes.
- Admire the view of the biggest mosque Hassan second in Casablanca.
- Discover Tangier City & Chefchaouen delights with its alleys tinged with green, blue, and mauve.
- Scout about the spiritual capital of Morocco, Fes: Najjarine fountains and Museum, Quaraouyine University, the tanneries, the Medrassa Bouanania.
- Walk around the colorful souks/Markets in the old Medinas of Fes and Marrakech and explore the artisan’s workshops.
- Meet the Barbary apes in the cedar forest in the middle of Atlas.
- Have Moroccan traditional cuisine and cultural heritage.
- Visit the splendid Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, listed by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage.
- Stroll the Erg Chebbi dunes by camels and spend a night under nomadic tents.
- Watch a beautiful sunset and sunrise over the golden dunes of the Merzouga Desert.
- Have a Berber dinner & music folklore at night under the stars in a Sahara desert camp.
- Admire the landscapes of Todra canyons’ high walls, Dadès gorges & Palm Oasis & Rose Valley.
- Cross the majestic Tizi N Tichka Pass the highest road in North Africa.
- Spend a day in Essaouira to marvel at the beautiful coasts and beaches of Morocco
- You can stop everywhere to take memorable photos.
- This 12-day extended tour starts in Tangier and ends in Marrakech.
Included/Excluded
- Pickup & drop-off service
- Transport by a modern vehicle
- English or French-speaking driver
- Local expert tour guide
- Camel ride for sunset & sunrise
- Half-board accommodation
- Overnight in a desert camp
- Official & professional historian guide
- Fuel & bottled water during the tour
- Entrance fees
- Tips & gratuities
- Lunch & soft drinks
- Any private expenses
Itinerary
Today we will pick you up from the port of Tangier or the airport of Tangier or whatever your place of accommodation. Welcome to Tangier - the gateway between Europe and Africa. Located close to the south of Spain. You will have a chance to explore the best city in the North depending on your arrival time. Then, have a full-day guided tour of this mysterious city with a local tour guide. You'll start with a sightseeing tour around Tangier. Here we shall explore the historical sites of the city such as Hercules Cave, Cape Spartel, and the old town of Medina. In the late afternoon, we drop you off at your accommodation in Tangier. Overnight and accommodation with breakfast in a guest house, riad, or hotel.
After breakfast in your accommodation, visit the rest of the main attractions in Tangier. Today we will start from Tangier and we set off to Chefchaouen by passing through the Rif mountains and the beautiful city of Tetouan. Enjoying the stunning sceneries and small Berber villages in the Rif. Then we will explore Tetouan, where we will have a break for lunch. After lunch, we continue our way to the blue city of Chefchaouen, which is a Berber name meaning "horn", perched beneath the mountains of the Rif. This town is known for its white and blue houses, narrow squares, winding streets, and blue-painted stairways, it’s a photographer’s dream and an interesting place to explore, Chefchaouen, one of the most pleasant cities in Morocco. The holy city, with a dozen mosques and shrines, happy city with paved alleys leading to a series of shady squares, Overnight and accommodation with breakfast in a guest house, riad, or hotel.
After breakfast in your accommodation, you go for a guided city tour of Chefchaouen, you have the whole day to wander and explore the Medina. There is so much to see and discover, from the history of the town to its hidden gems, admire the incredible blue walls that make this city famous. take advantage of a walking tour in the picturesque little streets of the Medina led by your expert guide, you explore local shops and cafes and see the main square known as Plaza Uta el-Hammam, to learn about culture, you may want to visit the Kasbah Museum, the Great Mosque or the Ethnographic Museum, which contains musical instruments, antique weapons and photographs of the Old City. You can also stop at the Ras Elma River which runs through the old town. Overnight and accommodation with breakfast in a guest house, riad, or hotel.
After breakfast in your accommodation, we leave the blue city and travel across the beautiful landscapes of the region. We pass fields of wheat, wildflowers, and typical metal-roofed houses until we reach Ouazzane, which is home to some of the best honey and figs in Morocco. Next is a visit to the Roman Ruins of Volubilis, this UNESCO site is home to extensive excavations that include columns, mosaics, a huge gateway, and many streets and houses. Originally founded in 225 BC, this was an important city that provides an interesting insight into the life of Romans in this region. With your guide, you will learn all about its history and significance. Next, we head to the imperial city of Meknes, which was founded by the Almoravides dynasty in the 11th century as a military settlement and became a capital under Sultan Moulay Ismail in the 17th century. He introduced a Hispano Moorish style in the architecture with the great Bab Mansour; a gate of intricate mosaic or Zellige, the ramparts, the granary, and the Sahrij Swani Basin used for storing water, and plantation. From Meknes, after visiting the beautiful city of Meknes, we continue our journey to the spiritual capital of Fes overnight and accommodation with breakfast in a guest house, riad, or hotel.
After breakfast in your accommodation, you go for a guided city tour of Fes, A cultural and spiritual capital, a thousand-year-old city, one is easily carried away through its history, thanks to its numerous mosques, Medersas, walls and ramparts, fortified gates, mausoleums, palaces, and squares. Guided tour of The Marinids necropolis, the El Attarin Madrassah, the Moulay Idriss zaouïa, the Andalusian quarters, and the admirable Karaouyine will provide you with the points of reference necessary for a look at the historical and religious heritage of the Fassie city. Lunch in a Moroccan restaurant with your guide. Dinner and overnight in a guest house. Fez is also a haunting city that lives through the atmosphere of the souks! Lose yourself in the colorful maze, noisy, with tasty or delicate perfumes, and let yourself be carried by your senses … Do not miss the henna souk to discover all the traditional secrets of oriental beauty. For the feast of the senses, go through the souk el-Attarine, a magnificent concentrate of all the colors and scents of spices. And to escape the stubborn odors of the tanners’ district, go up the terraces of the leather goods stores, from where the view is panoramic of the multicolored dye pools so photogenic. overnight and accommodation with breakfast in a guest house, riad, or hotel.
After breakfast in your accommodation, drive you through the Middle Atlas via Ifran "Moroccan Switzerland" and Azrou. You will have a stop at the cedar forest for a visit to Cedre Gouraud tree where you will see Barbary apes. From here we headed south through several villages and you will have the chance to see nomads living in tents beside the road. You can also see the volcanic rocks. Our next stop is in Midelt where you can enjoy your lunch. Later, we continue our way, crossing the TiziN'Talghomt (1907m) while enjoying the panoramic views. Go through the Ziz Gorge and the tunnel near Errachidia, you can see the Barrage Hassan Al-Dakhil which has turquoise blue water. Continue our way to Erfoud, you will stop for a panoramic view of the palm of Aoufous located along the Ziz River. Reaching Merzouga and camel trek for about 1 hour and a half to reach Erg Chebbi dunes, admire the most wonderful sunset over the dunes, enjoy music folklore at night under the stars in a Saharan desert camp, and spend an overnight with dinner and breakfast in a Saharan desert Beber tent situated at the feet of the dunes.
NB: If you book a luxury tour, then, you will have breakfast and shower at the desert camp, otherwise, the breakfast and the shower will be at the hotel after your camel rides back in the morning.
Waking up by the call of your guide very early to see the sunrise then enjoying breakfast. You return on the camel's back to your hotel where you can have a hot shower and get ready for the new day of the tour. Depart to Rissani, you will have a visit to Zawiya Moulay Ali ash-Sharif and also can investigate the Souk (local market) with the opportunity to see the Fondouks where donkeys gather. Continuing our journey to ErfoudTineghir through "the capital of marble fossil". You will see the Khatarat (deriego channel system) on our way. Our next stop is Tinejdad or Tineghir for lunch. Later, we will follow the path along the river to reach the gorges where there will be a walking tour through this wonderful place while enjoying the views of high rock walls (up to 300 meters). Then we go to Boumalne Du Dades gorges then, where you have time to explore Dades gorges and rock formations versus "human bodies, fingers of monkeys". Overnight and accommodation with dinner and breakfast in a guest house, riad, or hotel.
After your breakfast in your accommodation, we head to Ouarzazate via Boumalne du Dades, El-KelaaM'Gouna, and Skoura. Admire the views of the Valley of a Thousand Kasbahs, Rose Valley, and the oasis of Skoura while driving, on the way, we will make some short stops to visit places of interest, arriving at Ouarzazate, where you can have a stop for lunch. In the afternoon go to visit some tourist attractions in Ouarzazate like the Kasbah of Taourirt which was built by the Glaoui dynasty in the early 20th century, it's a residential castle made of rammed earth and is still very well-preserved and a third of it has been opened to the public for visits. Ouarzazate is also known for film studios in which world-famous films were made. Another fascinating sight is the Cinema Museum in the center of Ouarzazate. It is located right across from the beautiful Kasbah Taourirt, so a visit to these two attractions can be easily combined. Statues, decorations, costumes, film equipment, and other stuff from previous film productions are exhibited here. In the evening we drive to the village of Ait Ben Haddou. Overnight and accommodation with dinner and breakfast in a guest house, riad, or hotel.
After breakfast in your accommodation, explore the exotic Kasbah of Aït Ben Haddou which is classified by UNESCO as a world heritage. Later, you will be driven through the TiziN'Tichka (2260 m) to reach the Kasbah of Telout, Just 40 km from Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, make a stop to see this Kasbah, a former route of the caravans from the Sahara over the Atlas Mountains to Marrakech, it was the seat of the El Glaoui family’s power, they were given political power in Morocco south of the High Atlas Mountains by King Moulay Hassan. The Glaouis were almost as strong in power as the sultan himself, the palace can still be visited but it is steadily becoming more damaged and is slowly collapsing. In 2010, work was underway to restore the property. We have lunch in the Pass of Tichka and then, continue our journey to Essaouira, crossing the high Atlas to the west of Marrakech on the road you will make stops to admire the landscapes, take photos, including a stop to see the goats climbing the Argan trees, if you want it is possible to stop in one of several cooperatives of Berber women who make Argan oil, this multi-propose oil is very famous for its uses in cooking and also in cosmetics. Arrive in Essaouira in the evening around 6 or 7 PM. Overnight with breakfast in a guest house, riad, or hotel.
After breakfast in your accommodation, discover the basics of Essaouira’s history on a sightseeing walking tour of the old city, taking in the distinctive blue-and-white architecture, and unique rhythm of the seaside town. The UNESCO-listed Medina is full of artists and craftsmen’s shops, you will also explore other charming sites like the jeweler’s district and the old Jewish quarter. Following the tour, after having a fish lunch by the port or in a local restaurant, you’ll have the rest of the day to explore on your own: head down to the water to see the fishermen bring in the catch of the day, visit the old Portuguese fortress Sekkala. After that, we take the road to Marrakech, Arrive in the red city in the evening around 6 or 7 PM. Overnight with breakfast in a guest house, riad, or hotel.
After breakfast in your accommodation, you go for a guided city tour of Marrakech that includes: a stop in front of the Koutoubia, a representative building of the art of the Almohades, a visit to the Museum of Marrakech (ceramics, pottery, jewels), Palace of the Bahia, masterpiece of the Moroccan architecture with its gardens and its patios Saadian tombs where you will be impressed by the beauty of the decoration and crossing the Djemaa El Fna square, a tourist attraction. In the afternoon, visit the outskirts of the city: Garden of Menara planted with olive trees, tower walls, Medersa Ben Youssef, the jewel of Arab-Andalusian architecture, and Majorelle Garden (botanical garden of the French painter Jacques Majorelle). Overnight and accommodation with breakfast in a guest house, riad, or hotel.
According to flight schedules, transfer by an air-conditioned and comfortable vehicle from your accommodation to Marrakech airport. Assistance with check-in formalities for the return flight. End of the tour program.
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Know Before You Go
- Pick-up & drop-off at any accommodation or any Morocco airport.
- Transport by a modern, comfortable & an air-conditioned vehicle.
- This extended tour can be customized according to your needs, budget, timing, and preferences, just Write Us what you are looking for.
- The price of this tour depends on the number of travelers in the group, accommodation preference, and other personal factors.
- You’d better bring comfortable shoes, sunscreen, a sun hat, sunglasses and a camera.
- Half-board accommodation in hotels, riads, desert tents, or Kasbahs (breakfasts are included).
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the day trip starts.
- Live tour professional guide & driver: English & French.
- Confirmation will be received at the time of booking.
- Duration: 12 days & 11 nights (it includes transfers & tour program).
- A vegetarian option is available, please advise at the time of booking if required.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Infant seats are available on request if advised at the time of booking.
- A moderate amount of walking is involved.
- You can advise at the time of booking the type of accommodation: standard, budget or high-class.
- Comfortable & non-slip walking shoes are recommended.
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