A Private Tour of Morocco in seven days
We’ll show you the best of Morocco and its great Imperial Cities in just a week. While others may offer 2-3 languages on board their coaches and tours, we provide PRIVATE group or individual tours, with the language of your choice. Compare with 9 days Edition Private touring and start any day or the 8 Day with one night deluxe camping the Moroccan Maghreb Sahara.
DAY 1- CASABLANCA – Daily – Choose your own dates – Year Round (L)
Arrive at Casablanca. Our local representative greets you at Casablanca’s Mohamed V Airport and escorts you to your hotel.
We’ll drop our luggage, have a refreshing cup of tea or coffee, then head out for a panoramic tour of the city including the Casablanca’s majestic Grand Mosque of King Hassan II (entrance tickets included – yet please note that mosque will be closed to visitors during prayer times and on Fridays). The mosque is second only to the Great Mosque at Mecca in size. We will enjoy lunch at a charming local restaurant before returning to your hotel.
DAY 2- Casablanca – RABAT -Meknes – Fez – Very Full Day (BL)
Breakfast at the hotel. Lunch is included enroute at a charming local restaurant.
We’ll drive on across the lush countryside to Rabat, Morocco’s capital and our first Imperial City, to visit the magnificent Mausoleum of King Mohammed V, the historic Hassan Tower minaret, and in the afternoon we drive through forests of cork oak trees. We continue on our way to Meknès, the “youngest” of Morocco’s four great imperial cities surrounded by towering medieval walls. We will visit the monumental gateway of Bab el-Mansour in the city walls and the palace tombs of Moulay Ismail before heading to Fez where we settle in for the night.
DAY 3- FEZ – (BD)
Oldest of the four Imperial Cities, Fez is endlessly fascinating. We tour its medina (Old City) and souk (bazaar), stopping at the gateway of the royal palace, the fortifications of the Kasbah, the 9th-century Karaouine Mosque and University, the medersa (theological college) of Bou Inania, the shrine of the city’s founder Moulay Idris II, and the Nejjarine Fountain. On the way to our hotel, we enjoy panoramic city views from the heights overlooking this fabled city.
DAY 4- AZROU, BENI-MELLAL – MARRAKECH (BLD) Very Full Day
Out for mountain scenery, we take a leisurely drive along the flanks of the mighty Atlas range via the charming village of Immouzzer du Kandar, the lake of Daiet Aoua, the mountain Ifrane ski resort and town of Azrou before descending to the Kasbah Tadla plain and the fertile region surrounding Beni-Mellal. In the late afternoon we arrive at the palm groves of Marrakech, the fourth of Morocco’s great Imperial Cities, to settle in at your hotel. Lunch is included enroute.
DAY 5 – MARRAKECH (BLD)
There is much to see in this great city which Winston Churchill called “the most beautiful place in the world at sunset.” We tour the stately Koutoubia Minaret, the hidden tombs of the Saadian dynasty, and Bahia Palace. In the afternoon, during our tour of the souk (market), we see some of the age-old guild artisans at work. Finally, we end up in famous Djemaa el-Fna square with its medieval circus atmosphere of itinerant dancers, jugglers, acrobats, storytellers, soothsayers, snake charmers, medicine men and public scribes. Finally, you’ll see the Menara pavilion and gardens, the Majorelle Botanical Gardens of Yves Saint Laurent, planted with trees and flowers from all over the world. Lunch is included at a charming local restaurant.
Dinner is included at a local home:
Meet the locals. You may wish to bring token gifts to exchange with the host family (T shirt, small souvenirs of your home town). This evening we’ll venture where few ordinary visitors ever tread… right into the homes of some of the people of Marrakech! You’ll be invited to a family dinner, and while you enjoy wholesome home-cooked specialties, you’ll learn about and appreciate the outlook, aspirations, and way of life of your hosts. Be assured, as curious as you may be about your new friends, they’re sure to have questions about your own background. Once the ice is broken, you’ll enjoy a lively evening, and find that you have more in common than you ever suspected. Of course, if you prefer, you may enjoy dinner in a quiet restaurant with your travel companions – just let us know your preferences.
“That was the best food we had in all of Morocco. Sofia is an outstanding cook and host.” The Andrews- Morocco Nov 2014
DAY 6- Marrakech – Berber Village (BD)
After breakfast in you hotel, leave to Amizmiz, 54 Kilometers from Marrakech. On the way you will see the Oumnast Kasbah then the Lalla Takerkoust Dam built between 1929 and 1935 with its man made lake. It will take you about an hour to reach Amizmiz, a typical Berber village, where we tour the Kasbah and the “Mellah” (Jewish quarter). Every Tuesday an important country market is held, where all the villagers from the area come for their weekly shopping and gossiping… there you can buy interesting Regragra potteries. Your guide will welcome you in his home for a traditional Berber breakfast then you will start your hiking first through Sidi Hossein valley to reach Tizi Oughourane. On the way you will see picturesque landscapes of the Atlas mountains, Berber villages with their houses built in stone and earth. After a typical lunch accompanied by mint tea, you will come back to Amizimiz by a different itinerary and be transferred back to busy Marrakech by late afternoon.
Evening folk show dinner at Borj Bladi “Méchoui Roasted lamb cooked in Terracota oven” including return transfers always on a private basis. Add a night in a deluxe camp in the Moroccan Sahara! please click here.
DAY 7- Departure-Marrakech (B)
Our local rep. escorts you to the airport for your flight. Bon Voyage.
| Category A hotels as listed. Private Touring. Rates are per person in US $ |
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| In Triple Occupancy | US$ 3249. |
| In Double Occupancy | US$ 3338. |
| In Single Occupancy | US$ 4295. |
| For Dec 20 – Jan 10: Please add 10 % supplement to the rate | |
| Rates for Category B hotels as listed Rates are per person in US $ |
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| Sharing in Triple Occupancy | US$ 2689. |
| In Double Occupancy | US$ 2794. |
| In Single Occupancy | US$ 3885. |
| For Dec 20 – Jan 10: Please add 10 % supplement to the rate. | |
| Upgrade to The Ultra Deluxe Category Rates are per person in US $ |
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| In Triple Occupancy | US$ 4269.00 |
| Double | US$ 4118.00 |
| Single | US$ 5295.00 |
| For Dec 20 – Jan 10: Please add 10 % supplement to the rate. | |
| Sample Listing of Your Hotels (or similar) | |||
| 5 Stars Hotels -Deluxe | Category A 5 Stars – Standard |
Category B 4 Stars- First Class |
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| Casablanca | Royal Mansour Hotel, Riad Hotel le Doge Relais & Châteaux Farah Golden Tuli or similar |
Royal Anfa Hotel Golden Tulip Farah Casablanca Sheraton Casablanca or similar |
Idou Anfa |
| Fez | Maison Blue Riad, Riad Fes Relais & Châteaux or similar | Palais Medina Hotel Fez Les Mérinides Sheraton Hotel Jnane Palace or similar |
Minzah Zalagh |
| Marrakech | Sofitel Marrakech, Jardin de la Medina, Riad Monaceau, Jardin de la Kotoubia, or similar |
Imperial Borj Hotel Kenzi Menara Palace Marrakech Kenzi Farah Hotel Marrakech or similar |
Diwan |
| Children of 9 years of age or younger: 50 % discount. Infants: 2 years or younger: Pay only 10 % |
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Your tour includes:
- Hotel accommodations, including all taxes and service charges, as indicated or similar.
- Continental (B) breakfast daily; set-menu Lunch (L) or /and dinner (D) as shown in the itinerary.
- Private air-conditioned vehicle for all your transportation throughout Morocco as per itinerary with a private English speaking chauffeur.
- Private guide in major cities and private guided sightseeing tours as indicated in the itinerary, including all entry fees.
- All transfers within Morocco, always on a private basis.
What’s not included:
- International airfare to or from your home country
- Tips
- Travel Insurance
What a great last day. We went to cooking school and yes John did it too! We got there and they promptly handed us our shopping baskets and off to the local market where we bought all of the ingredients including a live chicken the our chef picked out and had de-feathered and made ready for cooking.
John learned to chop!! It was a great way to spend out last day, thank you Omar for the itinerary!
Kathy shopping with the Chef. Cooking Class 2104.
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