Best of Morocco 2009 - Escorted Tours & Coach Holidays

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Days:
11
From:
$1535
Countries:
1
Style:
Regional
Pace:
Comfortable
Brochure:
First Class Europe & Britain 2009

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

Welcome to Casablanca! Sightseeing includes the Grand Mosque which can accommodate 25,000 people inside! We enjoy a Welcome Drink with our Tour Director. Hotel: Sheraton

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

A 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 Fez. (Buffet breakfast / Dinner) Hotel: Crown Palace (2 nights)

Day 4 - Fez sightseeing

Our sightseeing tour includes the Medina, Royal Palace and tanneries. Time 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 to see the sun rise. Then on through date palm groves to the ruined medieval city of Sijilmassa. Tonight we enjoy a Highlight Dinner in a local restaurant. (Buffet breakfast / Highlight Dinner)

Day 7 - Erfoud – Ouarzazate

Today we travel to Tinerhir to drive into the Todra Gorge. 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 features the Bahia Palace and Djemma el Fna Square where we see palm readers and markets stalls. We also stop to enjoy a glass of mint tea, called ‘atai’. Tonight we enjoy an atmospheric dinner of delicious local specialities with traditional entertainment in a typical ‘rhiad’ restaurant. (Buffet breakfast / 'Be My Guest' Dinner)

Day 10 - Marrakesh – Casablanca

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

Day 11 - Depart Casablanca

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

Free airport transfers:

Transfers on Day 2 at Casablanca Airport will operate at 08.00, 10.00, 12.00 and 14.00. Passengers arriving later should make their own way to the first hotel. Return transfers on the last touring day will arrive at Casablanca Airport at 07.00, 10.00 and 12.00.

Sightseeing Highlights

  • Casablanca:

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

  • Rabat:

    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 Africa’s highest sand dunes (weather permitting).

  • Sijilmassa:

    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.

First Class Travel HIghlights

  • All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
  • Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach with reclining seats and a washroom onboard. 
  • Stay in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
  • The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional multi-lingual Tour Directors. 
  • A qualified local city guide in Fez and Marrakesh.
  • Airport transfers are provided on Day 2 and Day 11.
  • A stylish wallet, tour documents and map book journal.

Dining Highlights

15 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary)
  • 9 hot buffet breakfasts.
  • 3 three-course dinners.
  • Local highlight restaurant dinner with wine in Erfoud.
  • ‘Be My Guest’ speciality dinner with wine and entertainment in a rhiad.
  • Farewell Dinner with wine in Casablanca.

Airport Transfers

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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)

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

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Thursday, April 23 2009Sunday, May 3 2009$1599 Book Now
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Thursday, December 24 2009Sunday, January 3 2010$1599 Book Now
Thursday, December 31 2009Sunday, January 10 2010$1575 Book Now
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  • For single travellers purchasing the twin-share option, please note that there is a no smoking policy in all shared rooms.

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