Il Gran Circuito del Marocco: Città Imperiali, Dune del Sahara, Costa Atlantica e Valli dell'Atlante
Embark on a captivating 15-day journey through Morocco, a land where ancient traditions meet vibrant modernity. Your adventure begins in Casablanca, with a smooth transfer to the hotel, setting the stage for a remarkable exploration. As you traverse Rabat, Meknes, and Fes, immerse yourself in the rich historical tapestry of these ancient cities. A full day in Fes allows for an in-depth discovery of the Medina's winding alleys, historic landmarks, and bustling souks.
The journey unfolds into the mesmerizing Rif Mountains and the enchanting blue streets of Chefchaouen. Continue through the diverse landscapes of Ifrane, Azrou, Ziz Valley, Erfoud, and Merzouga, where a camel ride through the Black Desert culminates in a night under the Sahara stars. Engage with Berber families and explore the wonders of Errissani, Jorf, Todra Gorges, Dades, and Ouarzazate.
Visit the iconic Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou in Ouarzazate before venturing to Taroudant, Agadir, and the coastal charm of Essaouira. Dive deep into Essaouira's historical sites and relish the relaxed atmosphere. The journey then leads to Marrakech, a city of vibrant souks, palaces, and gardens. A full day in Marrakech offers a comprehensive exploration, including the famous Jemaa El Fna Square.
Discover the natural wonders of Ouzoud Waterfalls and the Atlas Mountains before venturing into the scenic Ourika Valley. The tour concludes in Marrakech with a transfer to the airport.
Overview
Parti per un affascinante viaggio di 15 giorni attraverso il Marocco, una terra in cui le tradizioni millenarie incontrano una vibrante modernità. Dalla maestosa Casablanca alla perla blu di Chefchaouen nel Rif, dalle storiche città imperiali di Rabat, Meknes e Fes fino alle dune dorate dell'Erg Chebbi nel Sahara.
Attraversa villaggi berberi, oasi lussureggianti e le spettacolari gole del Todra e del Dades prima di esplorare la celebre Kasbah di Ait Ben Haddou e la capitale dello zafferano a Taliouine. Goditi la brezza oceanica di Agadir e della suggestiva Essaouira, prima di immergerti per quattro giorni nei tesori di Marrakech, nelle imponenti Cascate di Ouzoud e nei sentieri incontaminati della Valle dell'Ourika. Un viaggio epico e completo nel cuore dell'autentico Marocco.
Highlights
- Grande Moschea Hassan II e corniche atlantica di Casablanca
- La perla blu di Chefchaouen tra le montagne del Rif
- Cuore spirituale e labirintica medina UNESCO di Fes
- Rovine romane di Volubilis e granai imperiali di Meknes
- Foreste di cedri del Medio Atlante con i macachi berberi
- Trekking in cammello al tramonto e notte stellata nel campo a Erg Chebbi
- Gole spettacolari del Todra e la Valle delle Rose nel Dades
- Kasbah patrimonio UNESCO di Ait Ben Haddou e gli studi di Ouarzazate
- Capitale dello zafferano a Taliouine e mura fortificate di Taroudant
- Cooperative dell'olio di argan, costa di Agadir e la città ventosa di Essaouira
- La vivace piazza Jamaa El Fna, i souk e i palazzi di Marrakech
- Escursioni panoramiche alle cascate di Ouzoud e alla Valle dell'Ourika
Included
- Trasporto privato con aria condizionata
- Guida / autista professionista
- Escursione in dromedario
- Attività ed escursioni
- Colazione giornaliera
Not included
- Pranzi e bevande
- Spese personali
- Assicurazione di viaggio
- Mance
- Attività opzionali
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrivo a Casablanca e trasferimento in hotel
All'arrivo all'aeroporto Mohammed V di Casablanca, accoglienza e trasferimento in hotel. Presentazione dell'itinerario e primo assaggio dell'atmosfera marocchina.
Day 2: Casablanca – Rabat – Meknes – Fes
Partenza verso Fes attraverso fertili pianure di uliveti e vigneti. Visita delle rovine romane di Volubilis e dell'antica capitale imperiale Meknes con la grandiosa porta Bab Mansour e i granai di Moulay Ismail. Arrivo serale a Fes.
Day 3: Visita guidata della città imperiale di Fes
Intera giornata dedicata alla scoperta guidata di Fes, la più antica medina vivente al mondo: il Palazzo Reale, l'università Al-Qarawiyyin, il mausoleo di Moulay Idriss II, le celebri concerie di pelle e i musei d'arte marocchina.
Day 4: Fes – Montagne del Rif – Chefchaouen – Fes
Escursione giornaliera nella suggestiva 'città blu' di Chefchaouen, incastonata tra i monti del Rif. Passeggiata rilassante tra le caratteristiche case dalle tonalità azzurre e botteghe di artigianato locale prima del rientro a Fes.
Day 5: Fes – Ifrane – Azrou – Valle dello Ziz – Merzouga
Viaggio attraverso la 'Svizzera marocchina' Ifrane e la foresta di cedri di Azrou popolata da scimmie. Si attraversa il Medio Atlante e la suggestiva Valle dello Ziz fino a giungere alle dune dorate di Merzouga.
Day 6: Dune dell'Erg Chebbi e carovana nel deserto
Visita del villaggio sahariano di Khamlia e musica tradizionale Gnawa. Nel pomeriggio carovana a dorso di cammello attraverso le dune di Erg Chebbi per assistere a un tramonto indimenticabile e cenare sotto le stelle in accampamento nomade.
Day 7: Merzouga – Rissani – Gole del Todra – Dades – Ouarzazate
Alba sulle dune e partenza verso Rissani e le maestose pareti rocciose delle Gole del Todra. Proseguimento lungo la Valle del Dades e la Valle delle Rose fino a Skoura e alla città del cinema di Ouarzazate.
Day 8: Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Taroudant
Visita alla leggendaria Kasbah di Ait Ben Haddou, set di film di fama mondiale. Si prosegue per Taliouine, terra dello zafferano puro, fino ad arrivare alle imponenti mura merlate di Taroudant, la 'piccola Marrakech'.
Day 9: Taroudant – Agadir – Costa Atlantica – Essaouira
Sosta sul lungomare di Agadir e suggestivo percorso costiero tra foreste di alberi d'argan, dove è comune ammirare le capre arrampicate sui rami. Nel pomeriggio arrivo nell'incantevole Essaouira.
Day 10: Esplorazione della splendida Essaouira
Giornata alla scoperta della 'Città del Vento': i bastioni portoghesi della Skala, le botteghe artigiane di legno di thuya, il porto di pescatori con degustazione di pesce fresco e passeggiata lungo la spiaggia oceanica.
Day 11: Essaouira – Cooperative di Argan – Marrakech
Visita a una cooperativa femminile di lavorazione tradizionale dell'olio d'argan e trasferimento a Marrakech. In serata, immersione nella magica atmosfera brulicante di cantastorie e musicisti in piazza Jemaa el-Fna.
Day 12: Visita completa dei tesori di Marrakech
Tour guidato della città rossa: i Giardini della Menara, la splendida Moschea Koutoubia, i vivaci Giardini Majorelle, il Palazzo Bahia e i coloratissimi souk traboccanti di spezie e artigianato.
Day 13: Marrakech – Escursione alle Cascate di Ouzoud – Marrakech
Gita alle celebri cascate di Ouzoud, tra le più alte e spettacolari del Nord Africa (110 metri). Passeggiata naturalistica tra uliveti, arcobaleni d'acqua nebulizzata e scimmiette curiose.
Day 14: Marrakech – Escursione nella Valle dell'Ourika – Marrakech
Escursione rilassante ai piedi dell'Alto Atlante nella verdeggiante Valle dell'Ourika. Percorso a piedi tra villaggi berberi tradizionali e ponticelli sospesi lungo il fiume prima del rientro serale a Marrakech.
Day 15: Marrakech – Trasferimento in aeroporto
Trasferimento all'aeroporto di Marrakech o Casablanca per il volo di ritorno. Conclusione del Grand Tour di 15 giorni del Marocco.
Tour itinerary
Day 1: Casablanca Arrival & Hotel Transfer
Upon arrival at the airport of Casablanca Mohammed V, we will meet and take you to the hotel. Our representative will provide a brief overview of the tour.
Day 2: Casablanca – Rabat – Meknes – Fes
Departure for Fes will be made. The road to Fes takes us along a beautiful stretch of farmlands where olives, grain, vegetables and grapes are grown. Before arriving to Fes, you will visit Meknes and Volubilis. The latter is the site of the famous Roman ruins left from the Roman Empire's most southern outpost. Meknes is the site of the first Arab dynasty established by Moulay Ismail and has the Medersa Bou Inania and the Bab Mansour, the gateway to Moulay Ismail Palace. This leads us into the Sehrij Es-Souani, the horses stable and granaries. Upstairs is a rooftop garden and cafe with a great view of the city. Later, we arrive to Fes and check into the hotel.
Day 3: Full Day Guided Tour of Imperial Fes
After breakfast, you will begin your visit to Fes "the oldest living Medina in the world” with a local official tour guide. You will tour the Medina with its "souks" (markets), stopping at the gateway of the Royal Palace, the 9th century Karouine mosque and university. You will visit also the tomb of the city founder "Moulay Idriss II". Lunch will be at one of the traditional restaurants in the old Medina. After lunch, you will continue your tour to visit the Najarine Fountain, the old Harem Garden and the Batha Museum. On the way back to the hotel, you will stop to enjoy a panoramic view of the city.
Day 4: Fes – Rif Mountains – Chefchaouen Day Trip – Fes
After breakfast in the riad or hotel around 8 am we will start a day trip to Chefchaouen (“the blue city”) which is a Moroccan popular tourist attraction and welcoming town situated in the Rif Mountains just south of the Mediterranean coastline in northwest Morocco. This nice blue city is known for its traditional buildings. You will enjoy a walk to explore the white and blue washed walls of the medina and the markets that offer some unique native handicrafts. Chefchaouen is a fantastic destination for photography with its wonderful views of the Rif Mountains. You will get back to Fez in the afternoon around 07:00 pm.
Day 5: Fes – Ifrane – Azrou – Ziz Valley – Merzouga
After breakfast, we will start the trip to Merzouga; crossing the Atlas Mountains, passing through Ifrane and the cedar forests of Azrou, home to wild Barbary monkeys. It will be a good opportunity to take photos of Moroccan wilderness. You will have lunch in a small Berber village named Zaida. Then, we resume the trip through the Atlas Mountains, enjoying the landscapes of Midelt before passing through Rich and Erfoud, where we enter the Saharan oasis of Tafilalet. Later, we arrive in Merzouga and spend the night at a hotel near the dunes.
Day 6: Merzouga Dunes & Sahara Camel Trek Camp
After breakfast at the hotel, you will start your explorative desert journey of the area, visiting the village of Khamlia and its people - originally slaves from Sudan - to experience their music and lifestyle. Not far away, there is the lake of Merzouga, with its bird populations, including flamingos. You may also like to visit the nomad wirehouse where many Berber handicrafts are priced lower than in the big cities. In the afternoon, you will ride camels, guided by an experienced camel-man, to explore the mysterious sand-sea of the Erg-Chebbi. There, you will spend your first night under the stars, or in a traditional Berber nomad tent with dinner served under the desert sky.
Day 7: Merzouga – Rissani – Todra Gorges – Dades – Ouarzazate
After breakfast, we will drive through the Dades Valley towards Kalaa M'gouna and Ouarzazate. The way through Dades Valley is the Route of One Thousand Kasbahs – providing numerous opportunities to take some of your best photographic shots of the trip. We will stop at Kalaa Mgouna, "the Roses City", to purchase rosewater, which will make your linen smell good a long time after your trip is over. We continue to Skoura and the Birds Valley and visit the Ameridil Kasbah, a well-preserved kasbah in this area. After lunch, you will have some time for hiking within the valley and then we head to Ouarzazate - “the Hollywood of Africa”. Overnight accommodation will be at a riad.
Day 8: Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Taroudant
After breakfast at the riad, we will head to Taroudant via Taznakht, visiting Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, the largest Kasbah in Morocco. It was built during the beginning of the 20th century by Thami El Glaoui, one of the last Berber chieftains. This Kasbah used to be one of his stops during his long travel from the sub-Saharan countries to Marrakech, and is now a UNESCO world heritage site. Then, in Taliouine, the capital of saffron in Morocco, you will have the option to visit the Safran co-operative. Arrive in Taroudant by the afternoon to visit the ramparts and walk through the alleys of the Medina.
Day 9: Taroudant – Agadir – Coastal Road – Essaouira
Breakfast will be at the riad, and then we head for Essaouira, travelling via Agadir. Our first stop will be in Agadir, a resort city with a lovely beach promenade. The coastal road offers beautiful scenery; the area is known for its unique Argan trees. There, you will notice herds of goats climbing the Argan trees. After several stops along the coast we get to Essaouira in the afternoon, where you stay overnight at a riad in the Medina.
Day 10: Exploring Essaouira: City of the Wind
After breakfast at the hotel in Essaouira, we start our explorative journey of the city. You will visit the Skala Fortress, see Thuya wood carved by artisans, walk through the alleys of the medina and view hundreds of handicrafts. You will have lunch the Moroccan way, freshly bought fishes ‘cooked to order’. In the afternoon, you will have free time to wander around the beach. Essaouira, nicknamed "City of the Wind", is Morocco’s Jewel of the Atlantic.
Day 11: Essaouira – Argan Co-op – Marrakech
After breakfast at the riad, you will have some free time before leaving for Marrakech. On our way you will have the opportunity to visit a women's co-operative of Argan oil. After several stops for photographs, arrive in Marrakech and check into the riad. In the evening, enjoy the magical atmosphere of Jemaa El Fna with magicians, musicians, and snake charmers.
Day 12: Full Day Exploration of Marrakech
In this full-day tour of Marrakech, you will visit the Menara, Koutoubia Mosque, Majorelle Gardens, Bahia Palace and Dar Si Said Palace Museum of Jewellery. Enjoy lunch in the medina followed by a walk through the colorful souks of Marrakech, ending with sunset drinks overlooking Jamaa El Fna Square.
Day 13: Marrakech – Ouzoud Waterfalls Day Trip – Marrakech
Enjoy an unforgettable day trip from Marrakech to Ouzoud Waterfalls, located about 170 km northeast of the city. Discover the breathtaking 110-meter-high waterfalls amidst a stunning lush landscape populated by wild birds and monkeys, with opportunities for scenic walks and hikes.
Day 14: Marrakech – Ourika Valley & High Atlas – Marrakech
A scenic private excursion into the Ourika Valley, nestled at the foot of the High Atlas. We focus on real Berber village life, exploring trails on foot away from crowds, enjoying fresh mountain streams and traditional hospitality before returning to Marrakech.
Day 15: Marrakech – Airport Departure
Transfer to the airport (Marrakech or Casablanca). End of the unforgettable 15-day Grand Morocco tour.
What is included
- Transportation
- Professional Guide
- Camel Trek
- Activities
- Daily Breakfast
What is not included
- Lunch and Beverages
- Personal Expenses
- Travel Insurance
- Tips
- Optional Activities