10-day tour from Tangier to the Merzouga desert

After breakfast on the terrace of your hotel while you enjoy a magnificent view of Chefchaouen, a mountain town in the heart of the Rif, noted for its Andalusian architecture of whitewashed houses in white and indigo blue, we will explore the medina to get to know its streets, the Uta el-Hammam square where the great 15th century Kasbah is located, the Ras el-Maa Waterfall and of course, the color of its shops full of crafts. We will also visit the central square, and the great mosque of the city.

We will leave the beautiful blue city and head towards Fez, the first of the imperial cities that is proud to host one of the oldest universities in the world. Along the way we will visit Volubilis again, and we will be able to see a panoramic view of Moulay Idriss, where we will have lunch.

In the afternoon we will arrive at our accommodation in Fez. Free day to enjoy the sunset while visiting places of interest.

After breakfast, you will visit the medina of Fez with a local guide, among other places of interest such as the universities of Bou Anania and Attarine, the Nejjarine fountain and the Karaouine mosque.

At the end of the day we will go to the Riad where you will spend the night.

After breakfast, we will leave for Midelt, passing through the mountains and cedar forests of the Middle Atlas. We will pass through Ifrane, a city known as the Swiss of Morocco with a charming ski resort and, Azrou, an important craft center specialized in cedar wood work with a wonderful cedar forest of monkeys in freedom. After the Zad Pass (2178m / 7146ft), we will arrive at Midelt where we will make a short stop for lunch.

In the afternoon, we will descend towards Erfoud and Errachidia through the Ziz Valley, full of palm trees and we will follow the course of the palm grove with the best dates in Morocco. In Erfoud, the city of fossils, you can see how they are extracted from the quarries and worked into the most varied shapes.

Once at the accommodation, you will have dinner and spend the night in a hotel at the foot of the dunes to recharge your batteries for the next day.

You will wake up early to see the sunrise. At noon we will visit a nomadic family. In the shade of a tree, you will see how Berber pizza is made and then you will taste it.

After lunch you will rest for a while and then we will take a tour through the desert. We will tour one of the tracks used in the Paris-Dakkar Rally in 4×4; and we will visit the town of Khamlia (town of the Blacks) where we will attend a Gnawa music concert performed by a group of black Berbers originally from Sudan and sub-Saharan Africa, the Mifiss mines and we will meet the Berber nomads of the desert.

At the end of the day, you can have dinner, listen to the sound of drums in the desert night and sleep in a fully equipped nomad camp tent that you will reach by taking a camel ride through the dunes of Erg Chebbi, the highest dunes in the world. North Africa in the Sahara.

In the morning, after a good shower and a good breakfast, we will head to Dades, passing through Rissani, an important city of food, animals and crafts.

Passing through Erfoud (the capital of fossil marble), the next stop is in Tinejdad, where we will have a delicious meal. After that, we will have the opportunity to stop to enjoy a stunning panoramic view of the river.

We will continue to the Todra Gorges, through the large palm grove of Tinghir, where agriculture, dates, palm trees, etc. stand out.

Later, we will enter the Dades Valley and admire the hundreds of kasbahs scattered along the way. We will continue along the path towards the river and make a stop to enjoy it.

We will continue until we reach Ouarzazate where we will stay.

We will leave in the morning to visit the Tifoultoute kasbah and the film studios. We will continue to a walled city called Ait Ben Haddou, a World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO; where we will discover its most famous kasbah where films such as Gladiator, The Mummy and Babel among many others were filmed. We'll have lunch right here.

Then we will cross the High Atlas and make stops to take photographs until our arrival at a Riad in Marrakech where we will stay.

After breakfast, you will have the opportunity to visit Marrakech with a local guide. A city full of life where there are great and interesting things to visit such as:

• Medina: with narrow streets, full of smells, feelings... leather and metal souks...
• Jamaa el Fna Square: you will find stalls selling juices, nuts... and at night, food stalls where you can enjoy typical Moroccan cuisine.
• Koutoubia Mosque: This is the most important mosque in this city.
• Bahia Palace: The construction of the palace took more than a decade, and its interior is full of majestically decorated rooms that you must see.

We will pass through Casablanca, known as the economic capital of Morocco, where we will find the Hassan II mosque, one of the largest mosques in the Islamic world. A guided tour will be taken to learn more about this surprising place.

We will head towards the imperial city of Rabat and visit its magnificent monuments such as the Royal Palace, the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, a work of the Alawite dynasty that contains the tombs of the Moroccan king and his two sons, and the Tower of Hassan II among others. Finally we will tour the old medina, the Oudaya Kasbah and Chellah, the remains of an ancient Roman city.

We will stay here.

When we wake up, we will head to Larache, a port city with a small charming medina that houses the Bab al Kasbah gate, different small squares and mosques and a promenade called the Balcony of the Atlantic where you can see the port and the mouth of the river. Lukos River. Finally we will visit the ruins of Lixus, a Phoenician, Carthaginian, Mauritanian and Roman archaeological complex.

We will continue the tour until we reach the city of Assilah where you will enjoy its old walled Medina from the time of the Portuguese and its small but magical souk. Finally you can see a sunset spectacle from the beach, a viewpoint terrace or from its adorable boardwalk.

At the end of the day, we will stay in this beautiful city.

After breakfast, we will continue to Tangier, visit the Caves of Hercules and Cape Spartel and head to the medina to see the ancient Kasbah, the great souk and Dar-el-Makhzen (sultan's palace) which houses two museums.

Free day until the indicated time of your flight and transfer to the airport.

Completion of the tour and the service provided.