8 Days Tour from Fes to Marrakech
Overview
Enjoy this long tour that will take 8 days desert tour from Fes to Marrakech to discover many beautiful places, our trips will start from Fes towards the Sahara desert in southern Morocco and we will end in the red city in Morocco which is Marrakech, visit Fez, it is a charming city for its visitors, as it is an ancient city surrounded by hills and forests, which made it one of the most beautiful places in the region there, and it enjoys the original Moroccan architecture that was untouched by any modern architectural intervention, in addition to the narrow streets the city is characterized by mosaic art and arched entrances Beautiful ironworks, as well as a rich historical legacy, as it is possible to visit medieval Roman ruins, in addition to the ruins of an empire dating back to the third century.
We will discover the Atlas Mountains with their beautiful traditional buildings, Ride Camels in the Sahara Desert of Erg Chebbi to see the beautiful sunset and you will spend a great night with a sky full of stars in a Desert camp (Berber tents), we will see the fantastic two valleys, Roses valley, and Dades valley then the Todra Gorge, then visit the Old Kasbah of Ait ben Haddou that has an old history, it’s UNESCO world heritage. We will drive through the curvy road via the Atlas Mountains to reach Marrakech.
Duration: 8 Days & 7 nights
Starting: From Fes
Ending: Marrakech
Highlights
- Pick you up from the Airport
- The visit of Fes
- Cross the High Atlas Mountains and its Tizi Ntichka pass
- Visit the UNESCO world heritage site of Ait Ben Hadou
- Drive to Dades Gorges
- Visit The Todgha Gorges and drive across Erfoud To Desert
- Ride a camel in Merzouga while assisting to a dramatic sunset
- Sleep under the stars in Erg Chebbi Sahara camp
- Drive through the Ziz valley and Atlas Mountains to Marrakech
- Visit Essaouira Beach
Included/Excluded
- Private tour, there will be no more people in the group.
- Pick up at the hotel, riad, airport, or wherever you want.
- Transportation by Toyota Landcruiser 4 × 4 or Mini-bus.
- English-speaking driver.
- nights’ accommodation in Riad / Kasbah in half board.
- 2 nights’ accommodation in nomadic camp on half board.
- Fuel, tolls, and all associated expenses.
- Camel ride to get to the camp.
- lunches
- Drinks
- Entrance Fees
- Dinners in Marrakech & Fes
- Entrance fees to monuments.
Tour Plan
Pick up at Fes Sais Airport, follow arrival time. And transfer to the hotel/Riad in the heart of the Medina of Fez. Depending on the time of arrival, the possibility of having a first contact with the visit of the Medina of Fez. night in hotel/Riad.
An entire day devoted to discovering the most intellectual city in the kingdom. There are many monuments that you can visit: Medersas (Koranic Schools): Chahrij, Bouinania Attarin. Souks, Fes El-Jedid, the Karaouine Mosque (the first university in the world).
After breakfast we leave Fez towards the middle Atlas, passing through Ifrane, we arrive at the Azrou forests where there are wild monkeys. It will be a good opportunity to take photos of Moroccan nature. We will have lunch in the Berber village of Zaida. We will continue crossing the Atlas Mountains enjoying the Midelt landscape until we reach the small town of Rich, Erfoud, where we begin to feel the air of the Sahara with the Tafilalet oasis. We will continue to Merzouga, after relaxing a little … we will go on the camels to spend a night in the desert. We will spend a night in the tent of the Berber nomads.
You are already in the desert! … Enjoying the magic of the dunes. In the morning, early, when the heat still does not press. We will take the 4 × 4 and we will go to know these desert lands, the lake or Dayet Srij, full of flamingos, to the house of a family of Gnaouas or Bambara musicians, descendants of slaves who came from Black Africa, and who will delight us with its traditional music. We will enter the dunes, where the old «Paris-Dakar« passes, we will meet some nomadic families who live as they can in that sea of sand and stone … An authentic unforgettable adventure!! We return to the hotel and we will leave the 4 × 4 Vehicle there. and in the afternoon, we will ride the dromedaries that will take us to the heart of the desert where we will contemplate an unforgettable sunset. Dinner and accommodation in a nomadic tent, in the heart of the “Erg Chebbi” dunes in Merzouga.
We will get up early to enjoy a spectacular sunrise, after breakfast, we will return to Merzouga by camel before leaving for Rissani. We will visit the largest market in the entire area, we will continue to Erfoud where you can visit the marble and fossil factory. We go through the palm grove of Touroug and Tinjdad to reach the Gorges of Todra, a river bed that forms vertical-wall gorges, considered an attraction for climbers. We will have lunch there and walk to enjoy the gorges, in the afternoon we will continue towards the Valley Dades, dinner and night in the hotel.
We will enjoy the best views of the Dades Valley, a large number of Kasbah of tourist interest. Later we crossed the Valley of the Roses and the great palm grove of Skora before arriving in Quarzazate to visit the Kasbah de Taourit, former residence of the Pacha Glaoui. Then we follow the route to Ait Ben Haddou, where we will visit the famous Kasbah, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. Several films have been shot such as Gladiator, The Mummy, Obelix, The Jewel of the Nile, Free time to eat, in the afternoon we will follow the road to Marrakech, crossing the Tizi Ntichka mountain range, with stops to photograph. Arrival in Marrakech around 6:00 p.m., transfer to the hotel, and end of the trip.
We will visit some monuments of La Menara and before starting the trip to the west coast to visit the old Portuguese port called Mogador, a small coastal fishing town, it preserves its walls that served as a defence against attacks by invaders from the sea. their defence systems. The climate of the city makes it always windy; it is an attraction for surfers. We will take a walk through its streets full of craft products and spices. The city is known for its Gnawa spiritual music festival where you can taste its seafood prepared at its small stops. spend the night in the hotel.
After breakfast, transfer at the agreed time to the Marrakech Menara Airport, and end of the 8 Days Tour from Fes to Marrakech.
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