Morocco
Day One: Welcome to Morocco
Your private driver will be waiting at the airport, ready to take to you to your Fes hotel for the next two nights.
Overnight in Fes
Meals included: Dinner
Premium - Les Merinides
Day Two: City of Culture
Immerse yourself in Fes’ fascinating workshops as you visit its best artisans and craftsmen with your private guide. See the incredible craftsmanship of a wood turner in his joinery, learn the art of hand-painting babouche slippers with the talented Fassi, and find out more about the traditional, intricate tiling technique of Fes Le Zellige. Meet bakers and chandelier-makers, and help out at a tea ceremony in a private house. Explore the fondouks that are buildings of the life of the inhabitants of the medina are are organised around vast curtyards, bordered on the ground floor with workshops, stables for donkeys, horses and bedrooms for merchants. During the course of this insightful day, you also have the rare chance to meet Mr Ouazzani at his brocade workshop. Called the ‘Last Master of Brocade’, he has worked as a skilled craftsman for 55 years, even providing garments for Yves Saint Laurent. His beautiful kaftans take a minimum of a week to produce.
Overnight in Fes
Meals included: Breakfast, dinner
Premium - Les Merinides
Day Three: Towards the desert
Leave Fes early, on a stunning drive to the Middle Atlas, where the mountains reach above 2,000 metres and dramatic rock formations emerge from dense cedar forest. On the way, you’ll pass the surreal ski resort of Ilfrane, which looks decidedly alpine, before stopping for lunch in the little mountain town of Midelt (your guide can help you with restaurant recommendations). After lunch, you’ll transfer to a 4X4 to the incredible landscapes of the Sahara desert at Merzouga, ready to spend the night in the authentic Aladdin Desert Camp. As part of your Saharan experience, you’ll savour the sunset on a promenade by camel.
Overnight at desert camp
Meals included: Breakfast, dinner
Premium - Azawad Riad & Desert Camp
Day Four: Movie-worthy scenery
After breakfast, you’ll visit the soaring river canyons of the Todra Gorge, where you’ll have free time to explore. Next, take a quick visit to the dream-like town of Boulmalne Dades, which perches at the edge of a desert plateau. From here, you’ll make for Ouarzazate, the dusty desert town famous for its starring role in TV and movies including Game of Thrones, Gladiator and The Living Daylights. You’ll round up your day amongst the earthen buildings of Ait Benhaddou, where people still live in pre-Saharan dwellings which rise mystically out of the Saharan mountains. Overnight nearby.
Overnight in Ait Benhaddou
Meals included: Breakfast, dinner
Premium - Ksar Ighnda
Day Five: Onwards to Marrakech
After breakfast, you’ll leave Ait Benhaddou on an epic drive to Marrakech through the Atlas Mountains. Cross the Tizi-N-Tichka pass, the highest in Morocco as you take in empty mountain scenery from on high, and arrive in the city for lunch. Then it’s time to explore with your private guide, taking in its must-do sights including the Majorelle Garden, Koutoubia Mosque, Bahia Palace and Secret Garden. Let your guide take you on a stroll off-the-tourist trail, as you see lesser-visited parks of the labyrinthine souks. End you time in Morocco with a very special dinner: take a traditional horse and carriage through the alleys of the medina to Dar Marjana, set in an authentic riad at the heart of old Marrakech.
Overnight in Marrakech
Meals included: Breakfast, dinner
Premium - 2ciels Luxury Boutique Hotel & Spa
Day Six: Goodbye Morocco
After breakfast, your private driver will take you to the airport, ready for your flight home.
Meals included: Breakfast
Overall meals included: 5 breakfasts, 5 dinners
- Airport pick up and drop off
- Private transfers unless stated otherwise
- Meals as listed
- Mandatory taxes and service fees
What's not included:
- International flights to/from the start/end point of our experiences
- Optional extras listed
- Tips for guides, drivers, hotel and restaurant staff
- Any visa, customs, airport taxes or similar charges before or after the tour
- We cannot guarantee the included hotel breakfast for early departures
- Drinks during meals unless stated otherwise
- Personal expenses, such as laundry
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Please have your passport and Debit/Credit card to hand. International flights are not included.
GETTING THERE
Typical Economy flights from London to Fes take around three hours and cost from £75. Flights from Marrakech to London take around three and a half hours, and cost from around £50.
Experience start point: Marrakech (RAK)
End point: Marrakech (RAK
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