Best of Morocco - Escorted Tours & Coach Holidays

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Days:
11
From:
$2375
Countries:
1
Style:
Regional
Pace:
Comfortable
Brochure:
First Class Europe & Britain 2008

Royal palaces, caravans, open air markets, beautiful mosques, lovely beaches and desert dunes coexist in fascinating Morocco.

Highlights

  • Casablanca
  • Rabat
  • Meknes
  • Fez
  • Tafilalt oasis
  • Dunes of Merzouga
  • Sijilmassa
  • Ouarzazate
  • Ait Benhaddo
  • Marrakesh

Day 1 - Depart USA

Overnight flight to Casablanca.

Day 2 - Arrive Casablanca

You are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Sightseeing includes the Grand Mosque which can accommodate 25,000 people inside and 80,000 on the Esplanade! Tonight, a Welcome Drink with your Tour Director and travelling companions. Hotel: Sheraton

Day 3 - Casblanca – Rabat – Meknes – Fez (2 nights)

Today our Tour Director will show us a Hidden Treasure! But first our orientation of the capital, Rabat, includes the royal palaces. Then we see the Bab Mansour gateway in Meknes, before arriving in Fes. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner) Hotel: Crown Palace (2 nights)

Day 4 - Fez sightseeing

Morning sightseeing includes the Medina, Royal Palace and tanneries. The rest of the day is at leisure. Maybe shop for beautiful carpets (Buffet Breakfast)

Day 5 - Fez – Erfoud (2 nights)

We drive along the old Caravan trail south and stop at Midelt before crossing the high plateau of the Middle Atlas Mountains. Then an exciting drive along the palm-fringed Ziz valley, famous for its dates, to the Tafilalt oasis on the edge of the Sahara. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner) Hotel: El Ati (2 nights)

Day 6 - Erfoud - Merzouga Dunes excursion (weather permitting)

Early morning drive to the edge of the Sahara desert and to the Dunes of Merzouga, the highest in North Africa, to see the sun rise. Then on through date palm groves to the remains of what was once the medieval city of Sijilmassa. Tonight we enjoy a dinner of local specialities. (Buffet Breakfast/ Highlight Dinner)

Day 7 - Erfoud – Ouarzazate

Today we travel to Tinerhir to drive into the Todra Gorges. Then via the route of a thousand Kasbahs to Ourzazate! (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner) Hotel: Le Berbere Palace

Day 8 - Ouarzazate - Marrrakesh (2 nights)

After orientation, we travel via Ait Ben Haddou and the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass through the High Atlas mountains to Marrakesh. (Buffet Breakfast) Hotel: Ryad Mogador Menara (2 nights)

Day 9 - Marrakesh sightseeing and at leisure

Our sightseeing with a local guide visits the Bahia Palace and Djemma el Fna Square where we see palm readers, acrobats, camels and markets. We will also stop to enjoy a glass of delicious sweet mint tea. Later maybe take an excursion to the Majorelle gardens (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)

Day 10 - Marrakesh – Casablanca

After free time, return to Casablanca via Settat. Later, enjoy a Farewell Dinner with your travelling companions. (Buffet Breakfast / Farewell Dinner)Hotel: Sheraton

Day 11 - Depart Casablanca

Time to bid farewell to your Tour Director and your new found friends as you are transferred to the airport for your return flights home. (Buffet Breakfast)

Sightseeing Highlights

  • Casablanca:

    See the Grand Mosque of Hassan ll, the Corniche road along the Atlantic coast and ‘Rick’s Café’.

  • Rabat:

    Visit this resort.See the Kasbah of Ouddaïa, the 12th century Mosque and the Necropolis of Chellah.

  • Meknes:

    Visit the walled city. See the Bab Mansour gateway.

  • Fez:

    Visit the Medina and see the Royal Palace, the Karaouiyne Mosque and the leather tanneries.

  • Tafilat oasis:

    Visit this haven on the edge of the Sahara.

  • Dunes of Merzouga:

    See the sunrise over North Africaís highest sand dunes (weather permitting).

  • Sigilmassa:

    Visit the ruins of this ancient city. Visit the Todra Gorge.

  • Ouarzazate:

    Orientation of the ‘Hollywood’ of Morocco

  • Ait Benhaddo:

    Visit this Kasbah village in the Atlas Mountains.

  • Marrakesh:

    City sighteeing includes the Djemma el Fna square and the Bahia Palace.

  • Scenic drives

    Middle Atlas mountains, Ziz valley - renowned for date palms, Dunes of Merzouga, Tafilalt Oasis, Dades valley, Red Todra Gorge and the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass in the High Atlas mountains.

First Class Travel HIghlights

  • The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional multi-lingual Tour Directors.
  • Chauffeur driven on Trafalgarís luxury air-conditioned coaches with onboard washroom.
  • Stay in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
  • All hotel service charges, tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
  • A stylish wallet, tour documents and map book journal.

Dining Highlights

15 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary)
  • 1 Welcome Drink with your Tour Director in Casablanca
  • 9 Hot Buffet breakfasts
  • 4 three-course dinners
  • A speciality dinner in Erfoud
  • Farewell Dinner with wine in Casablanca

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Optionals

This Optionals list indicates 2008 prices and descriptions and is subject to change.

MOR3 - FEZ

Visit to a Berber Village.
260 (DH)

MOR10 - MARRAKESH. 'Fantasia' with Dinner

Experience the best of Berber entertainment in Morocco. Indulge in a delicious variety of Berber cuisine in a fabulous setting and witness their horsemens' skill, tribal dances and more. An extraordinary show in a traditional setting.
565 (DH)

MOR11 - MARRAKESH. Horse & Carriage sightseeing of old Marrakesh, with the Marjorelle Gdns, Royal Palace & Museum of Popular Arts

Take an extended two hour carriage ride with a local guide, through Yve St Laurent's famous botanical garden and visit its museum, a highlight of any stay in this exotic city. Then on to Dar Si Said, the Royal Palace, to visit the Museum of Popular Art before our horse drawn carriages return us to our hotel.
435 (DH)

MOR4 - FEZ. Arabian Nights Dinner & Moroccan Belly-dancing

Enjoy a feast of fine food, live bands and entertainment in a spectacular Moroccan setting.
500 (DH)

MOR1 - MARRAKESH. Ourika Valley

A scenic drive into the Atlas Mountains and visit to a typical home in a primitive Berber village in the Ourika Valley. A chance also to bargain for local handcrafted jewellery.
290 (DH)

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