9 days holidays in Morocco
1st day ＜Stay at riad in Fez＞
Your driver picks you up at the Mohammed V international airport, Casablanca and drive you to Fez. If you want, you can stop at Menes and go around the Place El-Hedim, Bab Mansour, Tombeau de Moulay Ismail and so on. However, we recommend that you hurry to the hill where the Marinid cemetery is located in Fez, overlooking Fes el-Bali at sunset.
Dar el Ma (Meknes)
Bab Mansour (Meknes)
2nd day＜Stay at riad in Fez＞
You explore Fes el Bali all day long with a guide.
University of al-Qarawiyyin
Al-Attraine Madrasa
Place Seffarine
Souk in Fes El Bali
Souk Dabbagh （Tanneries）
3rd day＜Stay at hotel in Merzouga＞
You leave the riad around 8:30 am. The view at the side of the road to the SAHARA changes by the moment.
You pass by Ifrane which is like a European town and arrive at the forest close to Azrou, Cèdre Gouraud Forest. Monkeys (Barbary macaques) live in the forest. You can buy peanuts to feed to them. In winter, when you reach the pass, there may be snow on the ground.
A barbary macaque in the forest of Cedre Gourand
You pass by a dam, and later the Ziz Gorges, an oasis in the valley with apricot and date palm trees that stretches along the Ziz River. You pass Erfoud around 18:00. Finally, the road turns to dirt and you arrive at the hotel in front of dune at the desert near Merzouga around 19:00.
4th day＜Stay in a tent in the desert＞
Let’s drive in the desert. You visit the village of Khamlia and listen to the music which the local people play and dance to.
You also visit the place of Tadaou, where eyeliner is produced.
There are also ruins of an old Moroccan town close to the border between Morocco and Algeria.
After lunch you leave your hotel for the tent. You get to the campsite after a 2-hour camel ride. The staff welcomes you with mint tea. You look down on the sunset if you climb up a dune.
After that, at the campsite why not exchange your snacks, sweets, wine and beer with other tourists and have a good time before you are served dinner.
＜砂漠のテント泊＞
5th day＜Stay at Boumalne Dades＞
Wake up early morning and look at the sunrise over the desert.
You leave for the hotel just after you eat breakfast. Shower at the hotel if you want, then drive to Gorges du Todrha on the Kasba Highway.
Gorges du Todrha
6th day＜Stay at Ouarzazate＞
You drive Kasbaha road to Ouarzazate vis Gorges du Dades. In Aprile to the begininng of of May the rose flowers bloom around El Kelaa M’Gouna and roase flesh sweet aroma drift.
7th day ＜Stay at Marrakech＞
You start the day at the world heritage site of Ait-Ben-Haddou. Then you pass over Haut Atlas Mountains and drive to Marrakech. Ait-Ben-Haddou is a Ksar, a walled citadel and town made with sun-dried bricks where only 5-6 families still live now. You are attracted by the magnificent scenery during the drive over the Haut Atlas Mountains. The highest point of the road is 2,260 m. The highest mountain in Haut Atlas is Mt. Toubkal (4,165 m)
Ait-Ben-Haddou
8th day＜Stay at Marrakech>
Please enjoy an all day excursion to Marrakech
Jardin Menara
Koutoubia
Jardin Menara
9th day
You go direct to Casablanca. It takes about 3 hours to the Mohamed V International Airport from the center of Marrakech by car.