9 Days Morocco Itinerary from Marrakech to Casablanca

9 Days in Morocco from Marrakech to Casablanca

OVERVIEW

This Desert tour of the 9 days in Morocco Itinerary from Marrakech to Casablanca covers a great region of Morocco that is still very interesting. The Atlas Mountains, the Erg Chebbi Desert, and the Imperial Cities are all locations for this private excursion into the Merzouga desert. you will start from Marrakech, go through the magical Ait ben Hddou Kasbah then sleep in Ouarzazate, Tinghir Gorges, and The Sahara desert of Merzouga in a local desert Camp under the sky full of stars. Continue your tour to Fes and The end in Casablanca.

Itinerary of the 9 days in Morocco Itinerary from Marrakech to Casablanca

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Highlights of the 9 Days in Morocco Itinerary from Marrakech to Casablanca

Visit the imperial cities, Fez and Casablanca.
The ancient historic town of Fez.
Crossing the High Atlas and Middle Atlas Mountains.
landscape view and panoramics one.
Authentic Nomad Berber peoples
Visit Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, the Unesco world heritage site.
Night in the Dadès Valley.
Explore the Todra Gorges.
Camel ride on the sand dunes.
Overnight in the nomadic camp.
Enjoy the starry sky.
The Red City of Marrakech.
Beautiful sunrise & sunset in the desert.
Berber nomadic families
The Draa Valley and the Ziz Valley.

9 Days Morocco Itinerary from Marrakech to Casablanca

Day 1: Arrival in Marrakech

Arrive at the airport and transfer to your accommodation in Marrakech.

Day 2: Discover Marrakech

After breakfast, you will have a day tour of the city. Historical visit to Marrakech will include the Menara, a magnificent swimming pool surrounded by flowers, reflecting the image of a beautiful Moorish building built-in 1866 for dignitaries. See the glorious sunsets with the Atlas Mountains in the background. In addition, the pool is a functional irrigation system for the surrounding areas. The visit will make you discover several impressive places: the Koutoubia minaret (the twin tower of the Giralda in Seville, Spain), and the Saadian tombs that demonstrate the Moorish architecture in its perfection. The tombs, composed of splendid mausoleums built in the sixteenth century, were walled up for a time, not to be discovered before 1917. Other sites include the Dar Si Said museum with the best exhibition of Berber arts and crafts that can be found; the remains of the Badii Palace, a historic monument chosen to host the annual National Festival of Popular Art, from the second Friday of June. The Bahia Palace still houses dignitaries in the heart of the Mellah (Jewish Quarter) today. Lunch will take place at the local restaurant, then a walk in the colorful souks of Marrakech in the afternoon. End the day with a sunset drink overlooking Jamaa El Fna Square

Day 3: Marrakech - High Atlas - Tizi N'Tichka - Telouat - Ait ben Haddou - Ouarzazate

After your breakfast, you will leave Marrakech traveling towards Ouarzazate via Tizi n Tichka pass 2260, along the magnificent hills and mountains of the Atlas. you will take A break for photos, then we will take the road to The Kasbah of Glaoui in Telouet. Then you will continue via Kasbah Ait ben Haddou, you will visit the old governor of Ouarzazate; the Kasbah is marked as a world heritage by UNESCO. After lunch, After lunch, you will continue on your way to Ouarzazate “the Hollywood of Africa”, whose beautiful geography and landscapes have attracted many world-class film producers. you might choose to discover the studios of Ouarzazate, containing props used in European movies, you might have already seen, such as The Mummy, Gladiator, and The Last Temptation of Christ. “you will visit Ouarzazate studios «the Hollywood of Africa», then heading to your Riad / Hotel in Ouarzazate.

Day 4: Ouarzazate - Skoura - Rose valley – Dades Valley ( Boumaln Dades ) – Todra Gorges ( Tinghir )

After Breakfast, you will travel to Todra Gorges via the palm grove of Skoura. At the valley of roses, you will stop for photos and a visit to a manufactory of Rose, and then you will continue to visit Dades Gorges. At gorges, you will stop for lunch. Then you will descend via Dades valley, Tinghir to reach it by the afternoon, overnight, and accommodation at the heart of Todra gorges.

Day 5: Todra gorge – Rissani – Merzouga Desert

In the morning you will experience the Palm Plantationsfor for minutes of walking. Then you will head to Tinjedad city to have lunch and visit Torog which is small a village with its Palm Plantations arriving in Erfoud town to visit a local fossil craft workshop. Continue the way to the fascinating High dunes of Erg Chebbi, Merzouga. You now switch from our 4×4 to camels, where you will be taken on a camel ride on the dunes to enjoy the sunset on the dunes and overnight on a true nomad bivouac. overnight in the Berber Desert Camp.

Day 6: Tour around Merzouga

After breakfast at the Desert Camp, we will begin our Merzouga excursion to explore various interesting sites around the Erg Chebbi dunes, we will visit the Hassi Labied oasis to see its irrigation channel and agriculture of the land.

We will head south towards the seasonal lake Sriji (if there is water in it) we will continue to Khamlia village if you are interested in listening to the Gnawa music of the dark-skinned people who were brought to Morocco as immigrants over a hundred years ago and worked as slaves…

Then we will continue to M’Ifis mines also, the tourist Merzouga desert is also famous for minerals and fossils during our Merzouga 4×4 desert towers, we will have the opportunity to visit a nomadic Berber family who still lives in tents in the middle of the Sahara, we will have a glass of mint tea with them and learn life in the desert…

We will stop at various panoramic views to enjoy the landscape and take photos of the place… after lunch in a local restaurant, we will return to the village. free afternoon, Overnight at the hotel/ riad in Merzouga.

Day 7: Merzouga Desert – Ziz Valley – Cedar forest- Ifrane - Fes

After breakfast, we start your last day in the north by going through the Tafilalet palm forest, which is the largest in the world. You will see thousands of palm trees dotted along 20 km along the way. In addition, this path leads to the spectacular Ziz Valley, whose river comes from the high Atlas mountains and feeds the palm grove. So here we stop to enjoy a heavenly view of the water current. More the city of August from a high point of view. Then we will make another stop in the city of Midelt, in the heart of the Middle Atlas. You will have free time for lunch and rest for a while. In the afternoon we pass by the beautiful Cedar Woods where.

If we’re lucky, we’ll see Barbary monkeys. Soon after, we will visit the town of Ifrane, located on the northwest slope of the Middle Atlas. Its wide avenues are urban development with perfect cleanliness, green spaces, gardens, and architecture make this city look like a Swiss city. Ifrane does not feel at home in Morocco. It is therefore called Moroccan Switzerland, and because it has an important ski resort which is Michlifen. At 6:00 we arrive in Fez and transfer to the hotel.

Day 8: Visiting of Fes

Medina one of the oldest cities in the Arab world, almost 13 centuries, has a rich history: The Quaraouyine, a primitive mosque that was founded in the middle of the ninth century, the tomb of Moulay Idriss, the founder of Fez, the Nejjarine unit that houses the Nejjarine museum of the arts and crafts of wood, the Medersa Seffarine specialized in the teaching of grammar and theology, and finally the Medersa Bou Anania, the Jewish barito, the place and the door of Boujloud… the after-AnaniaIn the noon visit the souks of Fez. The night will be at the hotel.

Day 9: Fes - Casablanca

In the morning after breakfast, we will head to Casablanca via the High way, reaching Casablanca City, you will explore the Hassan II mosque after arriving at your Airport or your accommodation.

Here is the end of our 9 days Morocco Itinerary from Marrakech to Casablanca.