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Tour Overview: 10 days from Fes to Marrakech via the Sahara Desert

Enjoy a Morocco trip full of culture, nature and the magical atmosphere of the southern Morocco with our 10 days from Fes to Marrakech via the Sahara Desert. Explore the mystical medinas of Fes, Chefchaouen & Marrakech. Live the thousand & one night experience in the desert of Merzouga, spend an unforgettable starry night in a Berber desert camp and enjoy a memorable camel ride through the golden dunes of Erg Chebbi.

Itinerary : 10 days from Fes to Marrakech via the Sahara Desert

Day 1: Arrival in Fes.

Our 10 days from Fes to Marrakech via the Sahara Desert trip start with your arrival at Fez airport and transfer to your riad in the medina of Fes.

Overnight in Riad in the medina of Fez.

Day 2 : Fez - Fes Guided tour

Fez, one of the largest walled cities in the world, is located in the interior, it is the second most touristic city of Morocco, only below Marrakech. It is also the oldest of the imperial cities and the current religious capital of the country.

After breakfast, we will start our guided tour of the medina of Fez, the oldest medina, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Once you enter and walk through its labyrinthine streets, while we cross, or rather try to dodge, the transport of goods (mainly donkeys and motorcycles), it will be impossible not to feel that we have moved to another era.

Divided basically into three zones, we can differentiate the one within the walls (located both the first medina, also called Fez el-Bali, and the second or Fez el-Jdid) and the French area or Ville Nouvelle.

Walking through the medina we can see parading stores and trades that, in the vast majority of the rest of the world, have disappeared: potters, goldsmiths, weavers .... We explore the narrow streets full of stores, fresh fruit, lots of spices, Berber carpets, leather, and many other objects of Moroccan craftsmanship. A visit to the King's Palace, the tanneries and potters are just some of the places you will experience. For lunch, you can choose to eat in a traditional restaurant in the heart of the medina. After lunch, we will continue the excursion and return to the hotel in the evening. Bed and breakfast.

Overnight in Riad in the medina of Fez.

Day 3 : Excursion to Chefchaouen "the blue city".

Pick up at the hotel or riad indicated in Fez at 8 am.

Arrival in the blue city, whitewashed city in blue tones and developed following the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Al-Andalus.

We will begin by visiting the Ras Al-Ma spring, where we will have the opportunity to observe how the tradition of washing by hand in its waters is still preserved. Then we will go down to the Uta el-Hamman square, the heart of the city and where we can admire the exterior of the Great Mosque and the Alcazaba.

Once we walk through the streets and the medina, free time will be provided.

Meeting with the driver at 16.00hrs at the indicated point and transfer back to Fez, leaving at the accommodation at 20:00.

Day 4 : Fez - Ifrane - Azrou - Erfoud - Merzouga :

Our desert tour starts at 8:00 a.m. We will pick you up at the hotel and head to Merzouga crossing the Middle Atlas, a mountain range that stretches 350 kilometers from the southwest to the northwest of the country. On the way we will pass through villages such as Ifrane, known as the "Moroccan Switzerland" for the architecture of its houses, and Azrou, one of the most famous Berber cities in Morocco. We will cross the Ziz Valley and Gorges and pass through villages like Midelt or Erfoud. From Erfoud we will take a desert road to reach Merzouga. We will spend the night in a hotel next to the entrance of the sahara desert.

Day 5 : Excursion in the Merzouga Desert:

The second day in the desert will be dedicated to enjoy the most spectacular part of the Eastern Desert Sahara. We will visit the desert in the 4x4, visit nomadic villages, see oasis and ride through the dunes of Erg Chebbi. Following the itinerary we will visit the famous village of Khamlia where the Gnawa, descendants of slaves from Africa, are located and enjoy their amazing folk music. At sunset we will return to the hotel to take the camels that will take us to the Berber camp in the heart of the dunes, where we will have dinner and spend a magic night.

Day 6: Merzouga - Todra Gorges - Roses Valley - Ouarzazate.

Our sixth day of the 10 days from Fes to Marrakech via the Sahara Desert, begins After returning with the camels from the camp we leave with 4×4/minivan towards the Todra Gorges, we will pass through the palm grove of Tafilalet, through the mountains of the Anti Atlas, stop at the Todra Gorges to enjoy the spectacular scenery, then through the valley of a thousand kasbahs we continue to the valley of Dades; lands of different colors, then we will visit the Valley of the roses and the palm grove of Skoura with its Kasbahs, ending our tour in Ouarzazate the capital of cinema and Hollywood of Morocco.

Dinner and overnight at hotel / Riad.

Day 7: Ouarzazate - Ait Ben Haddou - High Atlas - Marrakech.

We leave in the morning by visiting the Taourirte Kasbah, then visit one of the cultural treasures of the world, the scene of hundreds of Hollywood films such as Gladiator, The Kingdom of Heaven, Prince of Persia, Captain Philips and Waiting for the King, the fortified Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, the so-called "Hollywood of Africa". It is considered one of the most beautiful kasbahs in Morocco. The most famous of these fortifications. You can lose yourself in its narrow streets, a maze of clay houses and luxuriously decorated towers or if you wish, you can transport yourself to a world where time seems to have stopped ..., crossing the high Atlas Mountains by the port of Tizi-n-tichka 2260 m altitude, ending our day in Marrakech.

Day 8: Excursion around Marrakech (Essaouira or Ouzoud Waterfalls)

Excursion to Essaouira or Ouzoud waterfalls.

Overnight and breakfast in Riad.

Day 9. Half day guided tour of Marrakech - Free afternoon.

This is your day of discovery in the Red City, with your private local guide meeting you in the morning at your riad to discuss the day's possibilities. Leave the everyday behind as you immerse yourself in the souks, the markets that have provided Marrakechis with all their needs for over a thousand years. Vibrant colors, rich aromas, cat calls and music, djellaba traders, street chefs in white hats, whatever your image of the exotic, you'll find it in Marrakech. A visit to the Museum of Photography or the Majorelle Gardens are also highly recommended.

Day 10. Airport Transfer

Transfer to Marrakech airport at the indicated time and end of the 10 days from Fes to Marrakech via the Sahara Desert tour and our services.

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