8-Day Morocco Imperial Cities Tour with Merzouga Desert Camp

• Arrive in Marrakech, have a traditional dinner with tagine, delicious mint tea, and listen to traditional Berber music while watching the stars and the crescent moon in the stunning Sahara desert.

Accommodation in a Berber tent in Merzouga

• After breakfast, we will dive into one of the most impressive mountain landscapes in the country. 
• We will cross the High Atlas, passing through Tizi n'Tichka pass with an altitude of 2,260 m. 
• Further on, we will arrive at the famous fortified village of the Kasbah of Ait ben haddou, the most beautiful of the route of the Thousand Kasbah. The old port of caravans who came from different parts of the world on camels. 
• We will visit this Kasbah where many films and shows were shot like Gladiator, Lawrence d’arabie, Mommy, Alexander, Game of Thrones and many others. 
• At the end of the visit, we go to your accommodation in Ouarzazate "the silent city", also known as "the door of the desert". 

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

• We leave Ouarzazate towards the Rose Valley, but we will stop first in the Skoura oasis to visit an ancient Kasbah, Ameridil, and after several stops, we will arrive at one of the South's strong points: the Toudra Gorges. 
• The running of the Todra River has formed, over the years, a gorge of vertical walls of enormous proportions and great beauty; it is a paradise for climbers and a unique place. 
• Free lunch and continuation to the city of Erfoud, where we will visit the fossil quarries, with ages superior to 380 million years, to see the way they work to get the different objects. 
• After the visit, we will continue to reach the great dunes of Merzouga and Erg Chebbi.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel

• Today, we will explore the desert region and the wonders of the dunes of the Erg-Chebbi desert. 
• We will make a tour through the dunes of the desert, where we will have the opportunity to see the lifestyle of the nomads and the striking contrasts of the desert. 
• We will visit the village of the enslaved people, Khamlia, to see the Gnawa musicians. 
• We will continue to Rissani, the old capital, to visit its market, the Moulay Ali Cherif Mausoleum and enjoy lunch with Berber pizza. 
• We will ride camels to see the sunset over the dunes and spend the night in the Berber camp in the afternoon. 
• We will have a traditional dinner with tagine and delicious mint tea and listen to traditional Berber music while watching the stars and the crescent moon in the stunning Sahara desert. 

Accommodation in a Berber tent in Merzouga

• You will ride camels back to the hotel in the morning to have breakfast and a good shower. 
• After breakfast, we will start another journey towards Fes. We will enjoy a fantastic panoramic view of the Ziz valley with palm groves and gorges.
• Today, we will drive along the mid-atlas and through the pass of Tizi-n-Talghomt, to arrive at Midelt, where we will stop to have lunch. 
• Then, we will continue to the cedar forest in Azrou, where we will stop to see the Monkey's Barbary macaque in freedom. 
• Before reaching Fez, the cultural capital of Morocco, we will pass through Ifrane, known as "the Moroccan Switzerland". 

Accommodation at the hotel

• During the morning, you will have a guided tour of the oldest imperial city. Founded in 808 as the first political, religious and cultural capital. We begin the visit through the Golden Doors of the Royal Palace.
• Later, we will observe the wall that encloses the impressive and ancient medina from a high point. 
• After that, your guide will take you on foot to experience the hundreds of sensations and visit the landmarks and monuments of the city. 
• We will discover mosques, medersas, and religious places until we reach the tanners' quarter. 
• Free time for lunch - not included, and then we will continue visiting the artisans' neighbourhood to watch how they work and maintain Andalusia's art and style to this day, which gives Fez the well-deserved name of the city of artisans. 
• By the afternoon, you will have a choice to come back to your accommodation or have more free time to explore the old medina.

• Depart early in the morning after breakfast towards Meknes. 
• Begin with a visit to the ramparts with monumental 17th-century gates Bab Mansour and Bab Khemis. 
• We continued to explore the city by stables (Rua), granaries (HERI), Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail was for a long time the only mosque that non-Muslims could visit in Morocco advent Hassan mosque 2, then by the famous Bab Mansour El on the vast Hedim Square. 
• We will continue to the ancient Roman ruin Volubilis. We will spend some time exploring the ruins of 2000 years and get a picture of life during the Roman Empire. 
• After the visit, we will drive to the city of Rabat, the capital of Morocco, for another night.

• After breakfast, a day dedicated to the visit of the city of Rabat, you will make a guided tour, and we will visit the Kasbah Oudayas, erected by a terrible tribe of predators in the twelfth century. 
• Then, we visit the tower Hassan, where four facades are decorated differently from each other, 3 in pink stones and 1 in grey because of the sea breeze, the remains of the old mosque and the mausoleum Mohamed 5 next door to the tower. 
• After the visit to Rabat, we will drive through the highway towards Marrakech.