The Sahara and the oldest imperial city in one loop. From Marrakech the road runs south over the Atlas to the kasbahs, the gorges and the dunes of Merzouga, then north through the cedar forests to Fez for a full guided day, and home along the coast by Meknes and Rabat.
Four very different nights: a hotel on the Dades river, a camp in the dunes, and a riad in the medina of Fez. Private van and driver throughout, local guide in Fez.
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An early start over the Tizi n’Tichka pass with a stop at the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, and lunch in a traditional restaurant. In the afternoon, the film studios of Ouarzazate, where Gladiator and The Mummy were shot, a look at the kasbah from above, then Kelaa M’Gouna in the Valley of Roses. Night in a hotel on the edge of the Dades river.
The panorama of the Dades valley, then the Todra Gorges by way of Imider and Tinghir, with a walk between the cliffs. Lunch in Tinejdad, a stop at a fossil workshop in Erfoud, and arrival in Merzouga, the golden gate of the Sahara. Camel ride into the dunes of Erg Chebbi for sunset, dinner and Gnawa music at a camp in the middle of the sand.
Sunrise over the dunes from camel back, breakfast, then the long road north: the Ziz valley and its palm groves at Aoufous, Errachidia, and lunch in Midelt, famous for its tagines. Across the Middle Atlas through the cedar forests of Azrou, where Barbary macaques come down to the roadside, and the alpine town of Ifrane. Night in a riad or hotel in Fez.
A full day with a local guide in the 12th century city: the gates of the Royal Palace, the mellah, the Jnane Sbil gardens, then the medina and its craft souks, the Bou Inania medersa, the zaouia of Moulay Idriss, the Chouara tanneries, the Batha museum, the Borj Sud and Borj Nord towers and the Merinid tombs above the city. Night in Fez.
The road west through Meknes, the city of Moulay Ismail and its authentic medina, then Rabat, the capital on the Atlantic, before the motorway south to Marrakech. Drop off at your hotel. End of our services.
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