Casablanca → Marrakech: the classics

The route

Itinerary

1. 1
   Day 1

   Arrival in Casablanca

   Arrival at Casablanca airport and transfer to your accommodation.

2. 2
   Day 2

   Casablanca → Rabat

   After breakfast, visit to the impressive Hassan II Mosque. Then Rabat: royal palace, Mohammed V mausoleum, Hassan Tower, archaeological museum and the Andalusian gardens in the Kasbah of the Udayas.

3. 3
   Day 3

   Rabat → Meknes → Fes

   Through an important farming region to Meknes with its 40-kilometre city wall. Seventeenth-century granaries, the Moulay Ismail mausoleum, El Hedim square and Bab Mansour. Then on to Fes.

4. 4
   Day 4

   Fes

   View over the old town from Borj Sud. Fes el-Jdid with the royal palace and the Jewish quarter, the blue Bab Boujloud gate, the Bou Inania madrasa and the souks of the tanners, coppersmiths and engravers.

5. 5
   Day 5

   Fes → Erfoud

   Through the great cedar forests of the Middle Atlas into the southern climate zone. Green mountains give way to rugged rock. Along the chain of oases in the Ziz Valley to Erfoud on the edge of the Sahara.

6. 6
   Day 6

   Erfoud → Merzouga

   Fossils in Erfoud and Rissani. The first dunes appear on the horizon. In the afternoon, camel ride to the nomad camp and a night by the fire under the stars.

7. 7
   Day 7

   Merzouga → Tinghir

   Stone desert, oases, small villages and kasbahs. In the Todra Gorge the walls rise several hundred metres. You follow the river on foot through the palm valley.

8. 8
   Day 8

   Tinghir → Ouarzazate

   Along the Road of the Kasbahs into the Dades Valley. Short walk through the oasis gardens to a terrace restaurant.

9. 9
   Day 9

   Ouarzazate → Ait Ben Haddou → Marrakech

   Visit to the kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, UNESCO World Heritage Site and film set. Over the Tizi n’Tichka pass (2,260 m) to Marrakech. In the evening, a first stroll through the souks.

10. 10
    Day 10

    Marrakech

    Koutoubia Mosque, Saadian Tombs, Bahia Palace and Dar Si Said. In the afternoon the maze of souks and Jemaa el-Fna square with musicians, acrobats and food stalls.

11. 11
    Day 11

    Marrakech → Casablanca, departure

    Transfer to Casablanca airport and flight home. Extensions on request.