Duration
9 days / 8 nights
Tour type
Shared group or private
Languages
French, Arabic, English, Spanish, Italian
Payment
Secure online payment: PayPal or card
Airport transfers included
Welcome and return at Marrakech Menara airport.
Licensed guides in Marrakech and Fes
A full guided day in each of the two cities.
9 days, a full loop
Departure and return in Marrakech, 8 nights on half board.
Multilingual driver
French, English and Spanish.
Pickup location:
Day 1 — Arrival in Marrakech
Day 2 — Marrakech, a full guided day
Sightseeing
The first of two guided city days, with an official guide. After breakfast you begin on Jemaa el-Fna, where storytellers and musicians hold a stage that never closes, see the Koutoubia from outside, and reach the mosaic courtyards of the Bahia Palace and the Menara gardens, facing snowy summits. Last come the souks, one trade district after another, for leather, lanterns, carpets, spices and metalwork. Your guide shapes it around you. Late-afternoon return to the hotel, dinner and a second night in Marrakech.
Day 3 — Marrakech, Ait Ben Haddou and Ouarzazate
Stop
Day 3 turns the loop south-east. You leave Marrakech early and climb into the High Atlas to the Tizi n'Tichka, a pass 2,260 metres high on a road counted among Morocco's finest. Beyond it comes a guided stop at Ait Ben Haddou, the World Heritage ksar known to viewers of Game of Thrones and Gladiator. You finish in Ouarzazate, the door to the Sahara, with dinner and breakfast at the hotel.
Day 4 — Ouarzazate, Dadès valley, Todra gorges and Merzouga
Stop
Day 4 carries you from Ouarzazate to the Sahara's edge. The Road of a Thousand Kasbahs leads through the Dadès valley, past Berber villages and forts of earth, to the Todra gorge, where the rock walls narrow to a few metres apart. You reach Merzouga as the afternoon ends and switch to a camel, crossing the Erg Chebbi dunes to camp before sunset. Dinner and the night are at the camp.
Day 5 — Sunrise at Merzouga, Ziz valley, Middle Atlas and Fes
Stop
From here the circuit turns north. You rise before dawn to watch the sun come up over the dunes, with breakfast at the camp. The road runs up the Ziz valley, through some of the south's most striking palm groves, and on through the Middle Atlas cedar forests. Stops in Berber towns such as Midelt or Azrou come before you reach Fes as the day ends; dinner and breakfast are at the hotel.
Day 6 — Fes, a full guided day
Sightseeing
Day 6, the second guided city day, is spent wholly in Fes, the spiritual capital of the country, with a licensed guide. In Fes el-Bali, the World Heritage medieval medina, your route takes in the al-Qarawiyyin mosque and university and the Bou Inania madrasa, looks down on the Chouara tanneries from the terraces and stops at the Nejjarine fountain and its woodwork museum. Crafts and history matter more here than monuments.
Day 7 — Fes, Meknes, Moulay Idriss, Rabat and Casablanca
Stop
The loop now swings west, on one of the circuit's long driving days. Crossing Middle Atlas countryside, you reach Meknes for a panoramic tour of the imperial city: Bab el-Mansour, the tomb of Moulay Ismail and the Agdal basin. After passing through the holy village of Moulay Idriss, you go on to Rabat for the Hassan Tower, the mausoleum of Mohammed V and the Kasbah of the Udayas. Evening brings you to Casablanca for dinner and the night.
Day 8 — Casablanca, then back to Marrakech
Stop
Casablanca, the economic capital, fills the morning: the Hassan II Mosque from outside (going in is optional), the old medina, United Nations Square and the Habous quarter. Lunch at Rick's Café is an option. The afternoon drive takes you back to Marrakech for the circuit's final night.
Arrive back at:
Day 9 — Marrakech, departure
For logistical and operational reasons, the itinerary may be subject to change.
Marrakech Menara airport, or your hotel in Marrakech if you are already there.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour starts, with a full, automatic refund to your payment method. No refund within 24 hours of the start or for no-shows. Payment is made online when you book (PayPal or card).
French, Arabic, English, Spanish, Italian
Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Fes, Meknes, Rabat and Casablanca, plus the Sahara at Merzouga and stops such as Ait Ben Haddou and the Todra gorges.
Seven nights are in city hotels or riads, all selected 4★ properties; the night of day 4 is spent at a luxury Merzouga camp, where your private tent has its own bathroom.
Both formats exist: a shared group departure, or a fully private circuit for your family or group. You choose at the time of booking.
A comfortable air-conditioned vehicle with a professional driver throughout. In the desert, a 4×4 or camels take over depending on the stage.
Yes: on day 2 in Marrakech and day 6 in Fes, a licensed local guide leads the visits. On driving days, the driver narrates.
On day 4, a sunset camel ride leads into the dunes; at camp there is a traditional dinner with Berber music, and day 5 begins with dawn over Erg Chebbi.
Adventure 3-day Sahara trip from Marrakech: Atlas passes, Dades valley, Todra Gorge, a sunset camel trek and a night at an Erg Chebbi desert camp. From €105.
From
105 €
Free cancellation 24 h
City tour Two days between Marrakech and the Atlantic: a scenic drive through the Anti-Atlas, a night in Agadir, the corniche, the marina and a beach morning before the return.
From
110 €
Free cancellation 24 h
City tour Two days on the Atlantic coast: the Hassan II Mosque and the Casablanca corniche, then Rabat and its Kasbah of the Udayas before the return to Marrakech.
From
95 €
Free cancellation 24 h