MOROCCO TOUR 10:  Highlights of Morocco (10 days/9 nights)

This Morocco tours 10 day itinerary showcases Morocco’s imperial cities with their exotic old medinas and souks, the fabulous Sahara Desert of Morocco with its romantic kasbahs, soaring sand dunes and magnificent gorges, and the majestic High Atlas Mountains – the perfect introduction to Morocco travel if you only have time for a short Morocco holiday.  This itinerary operates as one of our deluxe Cultural Experience group tours of Morocco or you can choose it for your own private Morocco tour.

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PROGRAM INCLUSIONS

*         8 nights’ accommodation riads, kasbahs & hotels
*         1 night camping in Berber nomad’s tents at Erg Chebbi Sahara Desert oasis camp
*         9 breakfasts
*         2 dinners ((Merzouga & Erg Chebbi Sahara Desert Camp)
*         Full-day city tour of Marrakech with English speaking licensed professional local guide
*         Full-day city tour of Fez with English speaking licensed professional  local guide
*         Entrance Fees for included sightseeing
*         Airport transfer
*         Overnight Sahara Desert camel safari in Erg Chebbi Dunes
*         Air-conditioned private vehicle with English speaking licensed professional tour driver guide

MOROCCO TOUR 10 ITINERARY

Day 1:    Casablanca

Begin your tour of Morocco when you arrive at Casablanca Airport and are met by your Berber Treasures Morocco tour driver guide and transferred to your Casablanca hotel.  Afternoon city tour of Casablanca ’s principal sights.  Overnight in Casablanca.

Day 2:    Casablanca – El Jadida – Marrakech

Travel south along Morocco’s Atlantic coastline to the historic El Jadida with it’s interesting Moroccan and Portuguese heritage.  Turning inland your Morocco travel adventure takes you to the wondrous old imperial city of Marrakech – a highlight of all Morocco tours and your first experience of the magical Morocco riads in your Marrakech riad located in the heart of the old Marrakech medina.  Overnight in Marrakech.  (Breakfast)

Day 3:    Marrakech

Full-day city tour of Marrakech with your expert local Marrakech travel guide.  Your heritage tour of Marrakech showcases the city’s stunning past and allows you to immerse yourself in sights, sounds and smells of this captivating city.  Explore Marrakech’s UNESCO world heritage designated old walled medina, La Bahia Palace, el-Badi Palace, Koutoubia Mosque, the Saadian tombs, Place Djemaa El-Fna with it magicians, story tellers and snake charmers and Marrakech’s famous souks.   Overnight in Marrakech.  (Breakfast) 

Day 4:    Marrakech – Tizi n’Tickha (High Atlas Mountains) – Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate

Making your way into the soaring High Atlas Mountains and through the Tizi n’Tichka pass (2260 m), the highest pass through the High Atlas Mountains, you travel to Morocco s fabulous Sahara Desert.  Visit the spectacular UNESCO world heritage designated ksar village of Ait Benhaddou where you will see some of Morocco’s most exotic and best preserved kasbahs – a must on all Morocco tours to the desert.  Resuming your journey you continue on to the oasis town of Ouarzazate, strategically located on the crossroads of old desert caravan routes – formerly an old French Foreign Legion garrison and now the movie making capital of Morocco.  Overnight in Ouarzazate.  (Breakfast)

Day 5:    Ouarzazate – Todra Gorge – Merzouga (Erg Chebbi)

Your Morocco travel adventure takes you along the stretch of road known as the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs, through the Roses Valley and on to the Berber town of Tingehir.  Here you arrive to the marvellous Todra oasis nestled at the base of the High Atlas Mountains.  Turning into the Mountains you enter the beautiful Todra Gorge.   Then travelling via the desert town of Erfoud it is on to the small desert Berber village of Merzouga situated on the edge of Morocco’s spectacular Sahara Desert sand dunes known as Erg Chebbi.   Overnight in Merzouga/Erg Chebbi area. (Breakfast & Dinner)

 Day 6:    Morocco Camel Safari & Erg Chebbi Sahara Desert Oasis Camp

Explore the Merzouga oasis area.  The Berber of this region are famous for their striking indigo blue gandoras and turbans.  In Merzouga village you visit a local Berber family and share a cup of refreshing mint tea.  Returning to your kasbah there is some time to relax before your Morocco holidays immerse you in a night straight out of the pages of a Thousand and One Nights.  In the late afternoon led by your local Berber guide you take a camel ride into the Erg Chebbi sand dunes of the Sahara Desert to watch the sun setting over the desert.  A highlight of all Morocco tours to this incredible region, tonight is spent camping under the stars in a Berber nomad tent at a desert oasis camp in the heart of the Erg Chebbi sand dunes. Overnight camping in Berber nomads’ tents in desert.   (Option to overnight at Merzouga kasbah.)  (Breakfast & Dinner)

Day 7:    Merzouga – Midelt – Ifrane (Middle Atlas Mountains) – Fez

Beginning your northward journey your holidays in Morocco travel along the Ziz River through Er-Rachadia to the magnificent Ziz Gorge with its vast date palm groves.  Climbing into the High Atlas Mountains you say farewell to the Sahara Desert.  After crossing these mountains for the last time your Morocco tours path takes you through Midelt and on into Morocco’s Middle Atlas Mountains.  Your route through the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco travel s via the mountain towns of Azrou and Ifrane passing past cedar, oak and pine forests on your way to the old imperial city of Fez.  Staying at another of the fabulous riads in Morocco you soak up the medieval atmosphere of this imperial city at your unique Fez riad.   Overnight in Fez.  (Breakfast)

 Day 8:    Fez

Full-day heritage tour of Fez, one of Morocco’s oldest imperial cities with your expert local Fez travel guide.  Your Fez tours  itinerary visits the UNESCO world heritage designated old walled medina, historical monuments (including Madrasa (Medersa) Bou Inania, the Kairaouine Mosque and Mihrab), bazaars and souks (such as the Souk Ain Allou (leather souk), the Souk Attarine (spices), Souk au Henne (henna and kohl)), Fes el Jdid, the exterior of Dar el Makhzen (Royal Palace) including the enormous Merenid gate of Bab Dekakene, formerly the main entrance of the royal palace, the Mellah (old Moroccan Jewish heritage quarter) and late 16th century Borj Nord fortress (exterior).  Return to you Fez riads.  Overnight in Fez.  (Breakfast)

Day 9:    Fez – Volubilis – Meknes – Rabat – Casablanca

Today your holidays in Morocco travel first to the ancient Roman town of Volubilis where you can investigate the ancient ruins which include some marvellous mosaics.  Your Morocco tours exploration of Morocco’s imperial cities takes you on to  the UNESCO world heritage designated imperial city of Meknes.  In Meknes you can see the sights of this old city, including the famous massive gate of Bab el Mansour, the main entrance to the second Alaouite sultan, Moulay Ismails’s 17th century city.    Resuming your journey your travel to Morocco ‘s current capital, the imperial city of Rabat.   During your heritage tour of Rabat you visit the city’s principal sights including the Oudaia Kasbah, the Hassan Tower and the medieval Necropolis of Chellah, situated in the ruins of the ancient Roman town of Sala Collonia.  The final leg of your Morocco travel adventure returns you to Casablanca.  Overnight in Casablanca.  (Breakfast) 

Day 10: Casablanca

Transfer to Casablanca Airport where your Morocco holidays end.  We hope to see you again on one of our other Morocco tours    (Breakfast)

2013 DEPARTURES & PRICING

Berber Treasures Morocco Group Tours:

• Deluxe Cultural Experience group tour of Morocco
• Average 4 **** star accommodation
• Fabulous kasbahs and riads in Morocco with great hotel options too
• Small groups only
• These tours are guaranteed to operate
• Regular departures
• Private transport with English speaking licensed professional tour driver guide
• Group airport transfer included on Day 1 and last Day at scheduled time
• Lots of optional activities, inclusions and private airport transfers available

Deluxe Cultural Experience of Morocco Group Tour
 (Thurs – Sat)

* A single supplement for single client bookings (single room only) applies. Please ask for details.
† Sat – Mon departure
‡ Tues – Thurs departure
# Special Christmas/New Year itinerary. Please ask for details.

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Berber Treasures Morocco Private Tours of Morocco:

• Departures every day
• Luxury to budget accommodation options available
• Lots of fabulous kasbahs and riads in Morocco with great hotel options too
• Your personal chauffeured vehicle with English speaking driver guide
• Private airport transfer included on Day 1 and last Day
• Variations to the itinerary permitted – or choose a personalised tailor made Morocco tours itinerary
• No minimum numbers
• Lots of optional activities and inclusions available

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The price of your private tour of Morocco depends on the standard and type of accommodation you seek, the itinerary you choose, the number of people travelling and the time of year you are planning to travel to Morocco.

Australia’s leading Morocco-Australia based Moroccan specialist tour operator – conducting unique small group tours of Morocco and customised individual private tours of Morocco. We are Morocco travel experts.

Moroccan Mauritania Tingitana represents the further most westerly limits of the ancient Roman Empire.  It is generally believed Volubilis was the southerly most point in Mauritania Tingitana.  However, there is some debate as to whether the Romans reached present day Casablanca and Essaouira – you can speculate on this possibility when you visit Casablanca, Essaouira and Volubilis on one of our tours of Morocco.

Tingis, now known as Tangier, was an important destination on the ancient Roman Morocco travel routes as it was the first capital of Roman Morocco.  In fact Tingis gave its name to the province – Mauritania Tingitana.  However, Tingis was subsequently replaced by Volubilis as the Roman capital.  On our tours of Morocco you can visit both Roman capital cities.

With Berber Treasures Morocco tours on your Morocco travel adventure you can also visit the ruins of the ancient Roman outposts at Lixus, close to present day Laroche, Sala Colonia, which is a must on city tours of Rabat – Sale, the relatively recently discovered settlement of Benassa (found in the late 19th century) and the ruins of Cotta adjacent to the Grotto of Hercules, close to Tangier.  Roman Morocco travel routes linked these outposts through a series of Roman roads.

Come explore Morocco travel what once was Mauritana Tingitana and follow the tracks of the ancient Roman Empire with one of our small group tours of Morocco or on our private tours of Morocco.  Contact us now for more information.

Visit Morocco’s ancient Roman capital of Volubilis on Berber Treasures Morocco Tours to Morocco

Australia’s leading Morocco-Australia based Moroccan specialist tour operator – conducting unique small group tours of Morocco and customised individual private tours of Morocco. We are Morocco travel experts.

Explore and learn more about the history of Morocco’s fabulous and unique imperial cities on one of our Morocco tours.   On a city tour of Fez (Fes) you will explore this amazing medieval city which has the oldest university in the world.  Taking a city tour of Marrakech you understand why until relatively recently Morocco was known as the Kingdom of Marrakech and on your tour of Rabat you can imagine what they city was like over the 200 or so years from the ealry 17th to 19th centuries when it served as the principle home of the notorious Barbary Coast  pirates or corsairs.  We can show you all the Morocco travel highlights on our Morocco tours.  Contact us now for more information about our tours to Morocco.

Visit Morocco’s Imperial Cities, experience magical Marrakech on Berber Treasures Morocco Tours to Marrakech

Australia’s leading Morocco-Australia based Moroccan specialist tour operator – conducting unique small group tours of Morocco and customised individual private tours of Morocco. We are Morocco travel experts.

The Medina, the city centre of Essaouira, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001. Here you can enjoy your Morocco travel walking through the different Souqs (markets), bargaining with the local salesmen and trying Moroccan food. This will definitely be one of the highlights of your holiday in Morocco.

Water sport fans will also enjoy their Morocco tour in Essaouira, as the windy beaches are perfect for wind- and kite surfing. If you are not into water sports, use your holiday in Morocco to walk along the beaches and enjoy the great views.

If you want to plan your holiday in Morocco now and want to visit Essaouira, you might want to consider travelling to Morocco in June, when the Gnaoua World Music Festival is held in Essaouira. At this time of the year, Essaouira will be a bustling town, full of tourists from both Morocco and other countries, adding a special touch to your Morocco tour.

For more information contact the Berber Treasures Morocco Tours team today on (02) 9267 0097 or simply send us an email.

Australia’s leading Morocco-Australia based Moroccan specialist tour operator – conducting unique small group tours of Morocco and customised individual private tours of Morocco. We are Morocco travel experts.

Please call our friendly team at Berber Treasures Morocco Tours for details or send us an email today and we will contact you.

Australia’s leading Morocco-Australia based Moroccan specialist tour operator – conducting unique small group tours of Morocco and customised individual private tours of Morocco. We are Morocco travel experts. We are Morocco travel experts.