A Taste of Morocco - Imperial Cities and Deserts
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Highlights
- Explore the highlights of Morocco's vibrant cities and culture with a foodie focus
- Try your hand in a tagine cookery lesson, sample street food in a tour of the night markets
- Experience colourful cities, bustling medinas, mountains and deserts
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Our foodie tour of Morocco begins in Casablanca. Situated on the Atlantic coast, here French colonial buildings blend with traditional Moroccan architecture. For those arriving on time, our tour leader will meet you in the hotel reception at 7pm for a welcome meet...
This morning, we'll travel along the coast, heading north for about 90 minutes, towards the country's capital city, Rabat. Rabat was established as the capital of their protectorate by the French in 1912 and, since independence, has served as the capital of modern-da...
From Meknes, we'll travel for 45 minutes to the nearby ancient site of Volubilis, the capital of the Roman province of Mauritania Tingitana. A local guide will educate us on the well-preserved mosaics and the layout of the provincial settlement before we visit an anci...
This morning to begin travelling south into the dramatic landscapes of the Middle Atlas, heading first towards Ifrane where we have a cafe break, before passing by near the small mountain village of Azrou, which in the Berber tongue translates as 'the rock'. This is t...
Heading into the mountains, the road we'll take today crosses the High Atlas over Tizi n Talghemet (which translates as the Camel's Pass) and drops down through the Ziz Gorge leading to the large oasis of Tafilalete, home to the largest date production in Morocco. It ...
We'll leave the desert behind us this morning and drive along the southern slopes of the High Atlas. After 45 minutes, we'll reach our first stop in the old caravan centre of Sijilmassa, known now as Rissani, where we'll visit its market for spices, traditional herbs,...
This morning, we'll continue our journey to Ouarzazate, a drive of around two hours, through the road of 1000 Kasbah's. Afterward, we'll head to the World Heritage site of Ait Ben Haddou, one of the most well-preserved Kasbahs in the south and the setting of many famo...
This morning, a local guide will take us on a guided tour of the Red City. Like many North African cities, Marrakech is divided into two distinct parts, the Gueliz (the modern French-built city) and the Medina (the Old City), a place where trade and barter amongst the...
Our tour ends after breakfast at our hotel in Marrakech. There are no activities planned today, so you're free to depart at any time. If your flight is departing later in the day, luggage storage facilities are available at our hotel. If you'd like an airport transfe...
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Explore! Reviews & Ratings
Janice
Nov 2023
A Taste of Morocco - Imperial Cities and Deserts
The night in the luxury desert campsite. The accommodation ...
Dione (Alison)
Nov 2023
A Taste of Morocco - Imperial Cities and Deserts
The highlight for me was the Sahara desert visit and stay. And we had t...
Trusted Customer
Nov 2023
A Taste of Morocco - Imperial Cities and Deserts
A fabulous trip. Visiting Cities and amazing tour across the Atlas mountains giving a huge experience of the diversity of landscapes. The Luxury Sahara Campsite was...
Beverley
Oct 2023
A Taste of Morocco - Imperial Cities and Deserts
The highlight of the trip was the tented camp in the desert. The tour felt quite rushed with no time to appreciate the areas that we visited, it covers a huge area i...
Trusted Customer
Oct 2023
A Taste of Morocco - Imperial Cities and Deserts
Camping and Desert sunset Staying in a luxury camp to ourselves... opportunity to go by camel or walk up the dunes to see the stunning sunset... the peace and quiet ...
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