7 days tour from Tangier to Marrakech
Tour Details
- 7 Days
- 6 Nights
- 6 Guests
Take the trip of a lifetime by booking the top 7 days tour from Tangier to Marrakech. Tangier, in the north of Morocco, is the closest entrance to Europe from Morocco and Africa, and it is also where your desert adventure will begin. Visit the blue-painted city of Chefchaouen and then take a guided tour of Fes, the cultural center of Morocco. You will travel west to Marrakech through the Dades Valley, Ouarzazate (Hollywood of Africa), and Ait Benhaddou, after crossing the verdant Middle-Atlas Mountains, experiencing the desert on a camel ride, and spending the night in the desert beneath the stars.
Here are all the details of your 7 days tour from Tangier to Marrakech:
Day 1: TANGIER AIRPORT/PORT TO CHEFCHAOUEN:
From the ferry or the airport in Tangier, we pick you up and start to drive through the Rif mountains and Tetouan city, to enjoy the views of the beautiful mountains of Morocco till we get to Chefchaouan, one of the stunning villages in the feet of Rif mountains. Chefchaouen Medina (the old part of the city) with its blue color became one of the best towns to visit in Morocco surrounded by many funky arts, and crafts stores, roof-top restaurants, and cafes.
- Overnight in a Riad in Chefchaouen
Day 2 : FROM CHEFCHAOUEN - TO FES(VISIT FES WITH A LOCAL GUIDE):
After breakfast, we will depart for Fes, which will take us a 4 hours drive. We get to Fes and meet your local guide and the exploration of the city 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.
Conclude the day by staying the night in a beautiful Riad.
- Overnight in a Riad in Fes
Day 3 : FES – IFRANE – AZROU – MIDELT --ZIZ VALLEY -- ERFOUD - MERZOUGA DESERT:
After breakfast, we will leave Fes travelling towards Ifran, 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, your camel man awaits you next to the dunes for taking 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 4 : MERZOUGA DESERT– 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.
- Overnight in Boumalne Dades
Day 5 : DADES VALLEY – OUARZAZATE – AIT BEN HADDOU KASBAH – MARRAKECH:
Your 7 days tour from Tangier to Marrakech still has 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 is an optional visit to 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 6: MARRAKECH SIGHTSEEING:
This day will be devoted to the sightseeing of Marrakech with a local guide. Marrakech, the second oldest imperial city, is known as the “Pearl of the South” and home to the Saadian tombs, the Koutoubia Mosque, the Bahia Palace, and the Menara Garden… In the afternoon, you 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 to the accommodation for overnight stay.
- Overnight in Marrakech
Day 7: TRANSFER FROM YOUR HOTEL IN MARRAKECH TO MARRAKECH AIRPORT FOR DEPARTURE:
Your tour from Tangier to Marrakech comes 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.
_Here is our customized 7 days tour from Tangier to Marrakech, 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 either Tangier airport or port.
- 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 6 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.
- 2 dinners at the camp in Merzouga Desert, and Dades.
- Drop off at Marrakech airport.
- All lunches
- Dinners in Marrakech, Fes and Chefchaouen.
- Drinks
- Entrance fees to attractions and museums(cheap).
- Any other personal expenses.
