10 days from Casablanca to Marrakech
Tour Details
- 10 Days
- 9 Nights
- 10 Guests
Popular Morocco tours include “excursions from Casablanca to Fes and Marrakech,” “Family tours from Casablanca,” and “10 days from Casablanca to Marrakech, imperial cities, Ozoud waterfalls, and Sahara” (no rush). The Ozoud waterfalls, Marrakech, the Atlas Mountains, and the Sahara desert are all included on this tour, making it one of the most popular in Morocco. Other highlights include the Casablanca Mosque, the Blue City, Fes, the Sahara desert, the Atlas Mountains, and the Sahara desert.
Here are all the details of your 10 days from Casablanca to Marrakech:
Day 1: ARRIVAL AT CASABLANCA - PICK UP TO THE HOTEL:
The 10 days from Casablanca to Marrakech begins with a meeting at the airport on arrival of your flight, Then a transfer to the Hotel,
- Overnight in Casablanca
Day 2 : CASABLANCA – RABAT – CHEFCHAOUEN:
After breakfast, we will leave from Casablanca to Chefchaouen. But before we visit the big Mosque Hassan II and Coffee ricks. Across Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco. In Rabat we will visit the Hassan Tower and the kasbah des Oudayas. Then drive to the blue city of Chefchaouen.
- Overnight in Chefchaouen
Day 3 : CHEFCHAOUEN - VOLUBILIS - FES:
After breakfast, we will depart to Fès with a stop to visit the Roman ruins of Volubilis, Then we pass by Meknes city which was founded at the end of the 17th Century by Moulay Ismail. We will then continue to Fès. Check-in at your hotel, dinner.
- Overnight in Fes
DAY 4: FES SIGHTSEEING WITH A LOCAL GUIDE:
After breakfast at your riad, you meet your local guide and the exploration of Fes begins. You start with the Royal Palace, founded back to the foundation of the new Fes.
Then, Mellah, the Jewish quarter, where you see a 17th-century synagogue. Also, The University of al-Qarawiyyin, founded as a mosque, then became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the historic Muslim world.
As well as Chouara Tannery is the largest and oldest in the oldest Medina quarter of the city, surrounded by leather shops with terraces from where you look down onto the pits.
Furthermore, you will take a walk around the old souks (markets) of Fes, and wander between the narrow alleys of the old Medina. Have an amazing lunch in one of the narrow streets in the heart of the old Medina.
- Overnight in Fes
Day 5 : FES – IFRANE – AZROU – MIDELT --ZIZ VALLEY -- ERFOUD - MERZOUGA DESERT:
After breakfast, we will leave Fes travelling towards Ifrane, a beautiful mountain village, referred to as “the Switzerland of Morocco” and then on to Midelt. During this journey, you’ll experience glimpses of the Middle Atlas and Higher Atlas mountains. Stopping at Azrou, a Berber village in the middle of the famous cedar forest – the largest in Morocco – where you may sight Barbary apes.
After some time within the forest, your journey continues to Midelt along the magnificent hills and the Atlas, Then we will be travelling through the fascinating TizNtalghamt pass and the Ziz Gorge, taking in views of the High Atlas Mountains. You’ll notice how the scenery changes to reveal hints of the desert as you approach the city of Errachidia, where you will have lunch and enjoy the Berber hospitality.
Afterwards, you will travel along the Ziz Valley, stopping for panoramic views along the way to Erfoud. Upon your arrival to the Merzouga desert, the first night will be spent in a hotel in the desert area.
- Overnight in Merzouga
Day 6: SAHARA DESERT SIGHTSEEING:
In the morning around 10 am and after breakfast at the hotel. Our driver/guide picks you up by a 4WD for one of the best experiences in the desert. Your visit to the Merzouga area starts from your hotel driving by the high dunes of the desert. Firstly, a panoramic view stops for the Sahara from a high mountain close to the dunes. Then drive to nomad families living next to the Moroccan/Algerian border to know about their culture and the way they are living in a harsh environment, sitting under their tents while having a cup of tea.
After that, our trip resumes to the M’ifis mascara mountain mine. You explore and have an idea of how workers get mines from the heart of the mountains. From there to Khamlia village, settled by the “black-skinned” people, who are famous for their Gnawa music all around the world. Here you try Berber Pizza, a recommended meal in Morocco for which this area is famous. Besides, listening and dancing to Gnawa music played by these friendly people.
Later, we keep up to the Sahara Oasis for a walk inside its almond, palm, and fig trees and different vegetables.
From there on, we drive you back to the hotel, to get ready to ride the camels to camp on the other side of the desert. Your camel man awaits you next to the dunes for lifting you by his camels to the desert camp. The camel ride takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes including an amazing stop for an incredible sunset at the top of a high dune in the middle of the desert. Your camel guide will take several memorable pictures for you along the ride to the camp.
Arriving at the well-equipped camp, you will be welcomed with Moroccan tea and some cookies by the camp workers. In an hour, the working staff serve you a delicious dinner, then they make a fire outside the camp under a sky full of stars, where they will be playing Berber and African music, while you enjoy and dance around the fire.
- Overnight at the camp
DAY 7: MERZOUGA – RISSANI – TOUDRA GORGE – DADES VALLEY:
Life is getting up an hour early to live an hour more, but only on this day in the desert. For witnessing one that may be the best sunrise in your whole life, we always advise you to wake up early. After a tasty breakfast at the camp. There are two optional ways to get back to the village of Merzouga to recommence our trip. Either by camels or by a 4×4 vehicle.
We depart the pretty desert to Rissani town. The closest town to the Erg Chebbi. With the legendary history between the 14th and 18th centuries. You explore the largest Souk/market in the area, mainly the sheep and cattle market.
Then, continue your way to Alnif, then to Toudra Gorge, a place visited all year round by worldwide rock climbers for adventuring.
You may be lucky to see them climbing during your visit. A place not far from where nomads still live in caves, they come with their animals “sheep, goats, donkeys” for water, and also take water with them for their home use. After a walk near the freshwater, you hit the road to beautiful Dades, a calm Berber town, with a beautiful green valley filled with fruit trees. You spend your first night here in a hotel or a Riad with dinner included.
- Overnight in Boumalne Dades
DAY 8: DADES VALLEY – OUARZAZATE – AIT BEN HADDOU KASBAH – MARRAKECH:
Your 10 days from Casablanca to Marrakech still have a lot to reveal. You enjoy your breakfast at your riad, then take the road named “road of thousands of Kasbahs. From Dades Valley to Ouarzazate, by Kelaat M’gouna, the city of roses, and Skoura city.
We arrive at Ouarzazate city, referred to as the Hollywood of Africa. Here you explore the Atlas film studio. Then we proceed to the Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, a historical backdrop for several famous movies, including Game of Thrones, Gladiator, and Lawrence of Arabia.
We have lunch at this unique spot, then we make our way to Marrakech, and always through the breathtaking landscapes of the Atlas mountains, through Berber villages, and Tizi N’tichka, the highest pass in Morocco. We stop from time to time at any worthy station, for some unforgettable photo shots and, and for admiring the places.
We reach Marrakech around sunset, check into your riad, and have a possible walk to recognize the city a bit before you explore it with a local guide the next day.
- Overnight in Marrakech
DAY 9: MARRAKECH SIGHTSEEING:
This day will be devoted to the sightseeing of Marrakech, the second oldest imperial city, known as the “Pearl of the South” and home to the Saadian tombs, the Koutoubia Mosque, the Bahia Palace, and the Menara Garden. We will return to the hotel for lunch.
In the afternoon, we will explore the souks and the world’s famous Djemaa El Fna place, which offers various entertainments, such as storytellers, acrobats, snake-charmers, magicians, And Jardan Majorelle… etc Return accommodation for overnight stay.
- Overnight in Marrakech
Day 10: TRANSFER FROM YOUR HOTEL IN MARRAKECH TO MARRAKECH/CASABLANCA AIRPORT FOR DEPARTURE:
Your 10 days from Casablanca to Marrakech come to an end, after a lot of adventures during your stay in Morocco. Our team makes sure to transfer you to the airport 2 or 3 hours before your departure; so as not to miss your flight back home.
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Here is our customized 10 days trip itinerary, please let me know if you would like to change anything. We are flexible and happy to change anything you would love to modify.
- Pick up at Casablanca airport.
- Private trip.
- Transport in an air conditioned touristic vehicle.
- Fuel/gas.
- An English speaking guide / a well-experienced driver during the trip.
- Marrakech, and Fes local guides.
- All the accommodations included breakfast for 9 nights.
- Sleep in a luxury desert camp+private tents with private bathrooms.
- Sand boarding in the desert.
- Camel Trekking in the desert.
- Pick up and drop off at the hotel/riad everyday.
- 3 dinners in Dades Valley, Merzouga hotel, and luxury camp.
- Sahara desert 4WD trip in the desert.
- Drop off at Casablanca/Marrakech airport.
- All lunches
- Dinners in Marrakech, Fes and Chefchaouen.
- Drinks
- Entrance fees to attractions and museums(cheap).
- Any other personal expenses.
