9 Day Tour from Tangier to Imperial Cities, Palaces, and Souks

Upon arrival at Tangier airport, you will be picked up by our team and taken to the hotel where dinner will be served (depending on your arrival time).

Your stay begins with a visit to Tangiers, whose beautiful bay faces Gibraltar: Cape Spartel and the caves of Hercules, the new city and the great souks. After lunch, departure for Tetouan. Visit the city, its archaeological museums and Moroccan art. Overnight at the hotel and dinner.

Departure to Fez via Chefchaouen and Ouazzane. In the heart of the Rif, the beautiful Chefchaouen awaits you with its shady squares, its cobbled streets rising on a hillside and its painted houses. Chechaouen and visit of the city: houses with blue lime, lively squares, streets mounted, the best way to know this holy city is to walk while soaking up the atmosphere. A powerful charm that is good on the place Outa-el-Hammam in the medina paved with pebbles. Sitting on the terrace of a café, you can admire the magnificent view of the great Tarik-Ben-Ziad mosque whose octagonal minaret is inspired by that of the Torre de Oro in Seville. This Andalusian architecture is found in the casbah and its gardens, in the heart of the medina. Its ramparts and eleven crenellated towers, including a dungeon, house an interesting ethnographic museum. In the afternoon, you will discover Ouazzane, a 17C holy city. Who has never needed ramparts and who is an important place of pilgrimage. Arrival in Fez at the end of the day. Installation at the hotel and dinner.

Visit of Fez, spiritual capital of Morocco. Fes El Bali (the old) and its historical monuments: Medrassa Attarine, the Qarawiyyine Mosque, one of the oldest universities in the world (9C), The Nejjarine fountain, the district of dyers and souks. Lunch in an old palace of the medina. Afternoon: visit of Fez El Jedid (the new), its enclosure, its royal palace.

You continue your trip to Moulay Idriss, the holy city of the first Moroccan sultan and the ancient Roman city of Volubilis. You arrive then at Meknes, capital of Moulay Ismaïl (18C). After lunch, you will visit El Hdim Square, the monumental gates of Bab Lakhmiss and Bab Mansour, among the most beautiful in Morocco, the former royal stables and the mausoleum of Moulay Ismail. You then take the road of Rabat, the political capital of Morocco, to discover the Place du Palais Royal, the Kasbah Oudayas, the Hassan tower and the mausoleum of Mohamed V. Installation at the hotel and dinner.

Departure for Casablanca, economic capital and principal port of the country. You discover the residential district of Anfa, the United Nations Square where the main institutions of the kingdom sit, the boulevard Mohamed V and its jewels of art nouveau, the cornice and the great Mosque Hassan II. Then you take the road to Marrakech. Installation at the hotel and dinner.

Today is dedicated to the discovery of the "pearl of the South": among its jewels, you can discover the gardens of the Menara and the Koutoubia mosque (twelfth century), "the mosque of booksellers", which Its name comes from the site of the ancient souk of manuscripts, where the tombs of the Saadians, a 16C dynasty, are also located. The afternoon is dedicated to the medina, the historic heart of the city, where you can walk on the famous Jemaa El Fna (UNESCO World Heritage Site) to meet, through colorful souks , tanners, dyers, blacksmiths, leather cutters and other merchants. Dinner is provided in a riad in the heart of the medina.

This day trip offers a day of relaxation in a place on the Atlantic coast characterized by a maritime atmosphere and local know-how.

After breakfast at the hotel, departure for Essaouira, charming port city of the eighteenth century of Portuguese origin, fortified according to the model designed by the French military engineer Vauban. Today, the city is a place of residence for artists. The craftsmen of Essaouira are famous for the work of wood, which includes a wide range of products, ranging from small souvenirs to furniture to real works of art.

After the visit of the port, continue towards the Sqala of the Kasbah then visit the market by straying in its small streets; Lunch, based on fish, in one of the typical restaurants of the city. In the afternoon, you can walk along the beautiful beach, before leaving for Marrakech.

After breakfast and following the return flight schedule, transfer to the airport, boarding assistance and end of our services.

NB: We suggest:

• Standard Tours: including Official art historian guide and accommodation in Selected 3 stars hotels and Riads, Standard desert camp at the desert
•  Luxury Tours: including official art historian guide and accommodation in Selected Luxury hotel and Riads, luxury desert camp.