Marrakech to Tangier 9 days tour

Marrakech – Desert – Fes – Chefchaouen – Tangier

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Tour from Marrakech

9Days / 8Nights

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In preparation for your Moroccan adventure, the following is a list of things to consider packing that will make your trip as smooth and comfortable as possible.

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Pre-departure Essentials:

Personal Identification and Passport.
Airline Tickets and Travel Insurance.
Credit Cards and cash in EURO/USD (change later).
Travel Insurance and Emergency Information.
Motion Sickness Medicine and Antibiotic for Diarrhoea / Fever
International Power Socket for phone/camera charge.
Photocopies of Documentation: (passport and tickets).

You can scan these, upload them to the internet or email them to yourself. Internet access is widely available in all major cities and most small ones in Morocco. if you have any questions feel free to ask.

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Travel Clothing :

Windbreaker or warm sweater for cooler months and desert cool air.
Travel Footwear: Sneakers or hiking shoes, sandals, socks.
And try to have the apposite kind of clothes always hand as the weather in Morocco is sometimes unpredictable especially in winter.

kotoubia mosque ( Marrakech )

Day 1: Arrive at Marrakesh

On your first day, your Marrakech to Tangier tour with Wow Morocco Tour will start depending on the time of your arrival, you will explore some interesting sites in. If you arrive a little early, you will explore the famous Jamaa Elfna Square which full of all types of entertainers like Storytellers, jugglers, acrobats, snake charmers and more. Then, you will head to your hotel/Riad where you will spend the night.

jamee lefna ( marrakech )

Day 2 Marrakesh sightseeing:

After breakfast in the riad, you will start exploring “The reddish city from which Morocco got its name in French or other languages “Marrakesh”. Our team will make sure that you see the most important sites of historical and cultural interest, including the Majorelle Gardens, the Koutoubia Tower, the Saadian tombs, the Bahia Palace. After lunch at a restaurant near the Jammaa El Fna square, you will walk through the souks (local markets) and view hundreds of handicrafts. In the Afternoon, you will have some free time to wander by yourself through the other parts of the city.

ait benhaddou kasbah

ouarzazate

Day 3: Marrakesh – Boumalan Dades/ Ouarzazate.

The next morning of the Marrakech to Tangier tour, our transport will pick you up from your Riad Just after breakfast, head to the High Atlas crossing the beautiful pass of Tizi N Tichka and you will have some stops along the way to enjoy the panoramic view you will encounter in every part of the road especially some small Berber villages scattered all over the place.

And you will continue to the south by visiting the Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah which was declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987. And you will enjoy the place where some famous films were made like, Gladiator, The Mummy, The Jewel of the Nile … and many more. Next you will have some free time for lunch in the village. After that, you will continue to Ouarzazate also known as “The gate of the desert” you will visit the Taourirt Kasbah, one of the most famous Kasbahs in Morocco.

You will, then, continue to visit the Rose Valley stretching along the big Skoura Palm Tree Oasis; a beautiful place to experience some of the adventures you may have read about in Bowels’ the sheltering Sky especially the thousands of palm trees and many Kasbahs spread along the road. You can also enjoy rose products especially for cosmetics. The Rose Festival is held in Kalaat Mgouna every year, it is an important moussem for Moroccan culture. Finally, you reach the Dades valley where you´ll spend the night.

todgha river

Merzouga Sahara

Day 4: Dades Valley – Merzouga (Sahara)

After breakfast the following morning, you will pass by small hill from which you can enjoy the panoramic view of the Dades Valley, from this particular place you will see the whole Kasbahs in the region and explore the characteristics of each one. After that, you will head towards Tinghir and Gorge Toudra to enjoy the view of fantastic cliffs as you have never seen them elsewhere and head to the heart of the desert.

On the road you will have many stops to enjoy every aspect of the nature of the region and you will stop in Tinjdad and Torog to have lunch in one of them depending on time. After lunch you will continue your way to Merzouga. When you arrive to Merzouga, you will be greeted by camels who will take you on a trekking excursion for one hour to the nomad camp where you will spend a night in the middle of the desert, and you will enjoy an exotic dinner under a sky decorated with marvelous stars.

ziz valley

tizin tichka road

Day 5: Sahara Desert to Fes

In the following morning of the tour from Marrakech to Tangier, you will wake up early to enjoy the sunrise from above the dunes and After breakfast, you will head back to the north of Morocco, you will through the Tafillal Palm Tree Oasis. You´ll see thousands of palm trees along the 20km of road. This way leads us to the Ziz valley, which is river that comes down from the high Atlas to water the palm tree oases. Here you make a stop and from high spot to enjoy a magnificent view of the valley.

You’ll make another stop in Midelt, just in the heart of the Atlas where you´ll have free time for lunch and rest for a while. In the afternoon we continue our way through the Cedar Tree Forests of Azrou, where- if we are lucky- we´ll see some monkeys. The next place we´ll visit is the city of Ifran, the Moroccan Switzerland, , then by evening we will be in Fes.

fes tonneries

royal palace

Day 6: Fes (City Tours)

The next morning you will have breakfast in your riad and start the day by exploring one of the oldest cities in Morocco, walking in its alleys and small streets. Our visit starts by visiting the Royal Palace gate, the first Mellah ever built in Morocco (an ancient Jewish headquarters which was built during the 16th century). Our team will make ensure that you visit all important cultural and historical monuments including the famous Al Qaraouine University, the oldest in Morocco and the World, the Attarine Museum, Tanneries, and Moulay Idriss Mausoleum. After having lunch, our team and you will pay a visit the tiles cooperative to see how they work then get a wonderful panoramic view over the whole medina of Fes.

Chefchaouen city

Day 7: Fes -Meknes- Chefchaouen

After breakfast in your Riad, we will leave Fes and head West towards the blue pearl (Chefchaouen), through the Rif mountains. when you arrive to your destination, you will walk through narrow alleys of the old medina whose all walls are painted in blue and it’s from these walls that it got the name of the Blue Pearl. Then you will check in at your Riad and after lunch you will explore more of the city and have dinner in one of the terrace restaurants. And you will enjoy a calm night in the Riad.

tetouan city

Day 8 Chefchaouen- Tangers:

The following morning of the Marrakech to Tangier tour, after breakfast, you will enjoy more of the city and our drivers will pick you up and head to the next destination in the list, the white dove (Tetouane) where you will take some photos and move on the Tangiers to visit Cave of Hercules and other important places especially those places that many famous authors like Tennessee Williams and Paul Bowles loved. Then, you will spend the night in a hotel.