11 Days Adventurous Must-Do Morocco Cultural Tour from Casablanca

Are you looking for a basic vacation that everybody can have? Or an unparalleled different to normal vacation in which you'll have a chance to meet up with locals, eat, dress and travel their way?
Via this tour we'll, at the first place, authentically connect you, not only to Morocco’s incredible destinations where you’ll come across epic mountain ranges, ancient cities (Medinas), sweeping desert and warm hospitality but it can simplify the experience of doing all these and makes you indulge in the heartbeat that lies beneath.
To be completely certain that with MSITravels your travel will be one of the most exciting, liberating and eye-opening experiences, no matter if you’re travelling solo, with friends or family, and no matter your age. We will be your crutch to lean on, your haven to feel safety in, and your eyes to be guided with

Itinerary

Day 1: Casablanca Airport Arrival

Stop At: Casablanca, Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat
It depends on your landing time. After your tour guide/driver has picked you up & dropped you off at your hotel you might like to discover some of Casablanca’s sights. Notably the Hassan II Mosque which is considered to be the largest in north Africa and the third largest in the Islamic world, with its splendid esplanade and its tallest minaret in the world. It is a long reach of marble and emerald zellige rising 210 meters into the sky. Grand and timeless, the Great Mosque is constantly busy, a meeting point for Sunday strolls.
Duration: 12 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: overnight at a typical Morocco hotel down town Casablanca

Day 2: Casablanca – Chefchaouen

Stop At: Hassan II Mosque, Blvd Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah, Casablanca 20450 Morocco
If time didn’t allow you to visit Casablanca’s sights yesterday you must do it this morning.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Rabat, Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
After we done with Casa the Morocco’s political and administrative capital will be waiting, Rabat may be short on top-drawer tourist attractions, but it compensates with plenty of charm. You will have the opportunity to explore the city in a short sojourn, first through the monumental Hassan tower with the pillared stumps of its mosque being all that remains from the earthquake of 1755. There is also the near-by Mausoleum of the royal family. Head further to north to Chefchaouen with its bright blue, Andalusian-tiled medina, with its grand red-hued Kasbah lording it over the Main square of Outa Hmam.
Duration: 3 hours

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Accommodation included: You're going to spend your night at a hotel, in the blue city, that was once a locals' house to live a local experience

Day 3: Chefchaouen – Fes

Stop At: Chefchaouen Medina, Chefchaouen Morocco
You will have a free morning to discover Chefchaouen city that perched beneath the raw peaks of the Rif Mountains. The « Blue Town » has a mystical blue-washed Medina, surely the prettiest and the smallest when compared to others in the country. The town remained isolated with the Andalusian character architecture. Chefchaouen is undoubtedly a place to enjoy exploring at random.
Later on, you will be picked up by your driver/ tour guide and head south to Fes where you can prepare for tomorrow’s amazing tour in its mysteries and secrets of the 9000 alleyways that make it a maze, do not panic the guide will show you the must-see sites.
Duration: 4 hours

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Accommodation included: Charming Riad in the Medina of Fes with private bath, hot water and good service.

Day 4: Fes Medina tour

Stop At: Medina of Fez, Fes 30000 Morocco
Do not panic the guide will show you the must-see sites. With your private Fes born and bred guide you will have the opportunity to discover the ancient breeding ground for scholars and artisanas and the largest medina of the world. Your will see the America Fondouk, Nejjarines, the Tanneries, the Medersa (Theological college) and Karaouine the first established university in the world. Your guide will shed light on many tales and 1200 years of history of this UNESCO-protected Medina. When you finish your visit of the medina we will drive you out of Fes to have a delicious house-made food in Lalla Fatiha’s place in Sefrou.
Duration: 6 hours

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• Lunch: Today MSITravels offers a local healthy home-cooked meal, prepared for hours with love and spices with a local family
Accommodation included: Overnight at a Charming Riad in the Medina of Fes with private bath, hot water and good service.

Day 5: Fes - Ifran - Merzouga desert

Stop At: Ifrane, Ifrane, Fes-Meknes
An early-morning start is recommended for this day. We leave the mazing Medina of Fes with its mysteries and secrets of the 9000 alleyways head to southeast towards Merzouga and the gateway into the golden dunes of the Sahara desert. En route we will pass by the cedar forests of Ifran, the Switzerland of Morocco, where you might think that you are in the Alps. If we’re lucky we’ll come across the Barbary Macaques in our way to Midelt where we’ll stopover for lunch
Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
After eating we drive through the Middle Atlas Mountains to reach the Ziz Valley, which considered to be among the largest producer oasis dates in Morocco, then it’s off to Merzouga with its highest dunes in Morocco, you can store any baggage while packing an overnight bag to bring along. You’ll have the chance to be accompanied by a camel and blue-turban-robed guide into the sandy seas. After hour-long camel ride you will be among the luckiest to watch the sun set over the Sahara dunes and spend a night in a Bedouin style tent.

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• Dinner: A berber dinner will be served in the heart of the desert and under the twinkling stars
Accommodation included: Overnight under the twinkling stars in a Bedouin style tent in the heart of the Sahara

Day 6: Merzouga – Erfoud - Todgha gorges – Dades gorges

Stop At: Fossiles d'Erfoud, Avenue Molay Ismail Erfoud, Erfoud 52200 Morocco
This morning you’ll wake up with the sun shining on you face to witness what we hope is a glorious sunrise among the dunes, meanwhile to watch the light creep slowly down the dunes and pull all the world around you outside their warmth heavy mound of blankets for an early-breakfast. After an hour-ride camel back out of the desert you will depart and head for Erfoud where you can marvel at the million-year-old fossils that the area is famous for.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Todgha Gorge, Tinerhir 45824 Morocco
Then heading north for a sublime experience in the Todgha gorges where we’ll be stuck between the gigantic rock walls.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Dades Gorges, R704 Atlas Mountains, Boumalne Dades 45350 Morocco
Arriving to Dades gorges a rust-red and mauve mountains. A series of crumbling Kasbahs and Ksours line the valley in the Berber villages to the monkey Fingers Mountains.
Duration: 1 hour

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• Lunch: We offer a local healthy home-cooked meal, prepared for hours with love and spices with a local family at the gorge
• Dinner: Tonigh you'll have a chance to eat like a local in the middle of Dades gorges
Accommodation included: Overnight at a eco-typical Moroccan hotel in the gorges of Dades

Day 7: Dades Gorges, Valley of roses, Ourzazate, Ait Benhaddou, Atlas Mountains, Marrakech

Stop At: Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate, Draa-Tafilalet
You leave Dades Gorges at 8:00am traversing the valley of roses and daggers straight to the 11th century UNESCO-protected red mud-brick ksar, which has formed the backdrop for many Hollywood movies production such as Lawrence of Arabia, Kingdom of Heaven, Jesus of Nazareth, Gladiator, Game of Thrones and many others. You might also like to explore Ouarzazate, home to Taourirt Kasbah and the «Ouallywood» studio.
Duration: 2 hours

Pass By: High Atlas Mountains, 40000 Morocco
Wind up the memorable Tizi n’Tichka pass via the north Africa’s highest peak, the high Atlas Mountains with the Berber villages lined beside the road to arrive to Marrakech where you will have a day-long to explore the crazed cacophony of musicians, snake charmers and vendors in the open-air famed Jamaa El Fnaa square, and the highly recommended sites with your guide.

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Accommodation included: Charming Riad in the Medina of Marrakech with private bath, hot water and good service.

Day 8: Hot Air Balloon ride - Marrakech walk and talk Medina tour

Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
Do you want to discover Marrakech from the sky? So be ready, because today your driver will pick you up at the early morning to catch up with the Air Balloon ride for nearly an hour flight over the red city of Marrakech, enjoy the breathtaking views of the High Atlas Mountains in the background and enjoy a sunrise over red dust, palm groves, and majestic open landscapes from the sky. After having breakfast there you’ll have much time to carry on your Morocco Cultural Tour with your private Marrakech born and bred guide.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Medina of Marrakesh, Derb Fhal Zefriti n06 Derb Fhal Zefriti, Marrakech 40000 Morocco
You embark exploring the Red City from its old part with its Medina’s skinny lanes that leads to lavish sites, tombs and religious monuments decked out in marble. Bahia and El-Badii Palace and Saadien’s Tombs will be your targets. Afterward, you driver/Tour Guide will pick you up for the outside medina visit to explore the Majorelle garden, Museum Saint Laurent, Berber Museum. While in Marrakech you will surely encounter thousands of motorcyclists and horse-carts roaming in the city and some of them pull over next the vast square of Jemaa El-Fnaa where it’s carnival night every night and musicians, acrobats, storytellers and slapstick acting troupes tap into the Medina frenetic pulse.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: You will have a chance to have a berber breakfast straigh after you get down from the Hot Air Balloon
Accommodation included: Charming Riad in the Medina of Marrakech with private bath, hot water and good service.

Day 9: Marrakech - Essaouira

Pass By: Essaouira, Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi
After having your breakfast at the Riad, you’ll be picked up by your driver/tour guide around 08:00am, you will head to Essaouira. Beside the road we’ll have the chance to see the tree goats’ phenomenon, before having enough time to explore Jimi Hendrix’s town. You’re free to roam in the city that was once and still a haven for hippie backpackers and Gnawa musicians. You can book a local guide, if not you can start your visit by the ramparts a series of forts that were built in the 15th century around the Medina of Mogador. Inside the Medina you’ll have the chance visit The Mellah (former Jewish quarter), the Morocco’s 3rd fishing port where you can have a delicious fish meal. For the sports-oriented travelers, Essaouira is a place to some fine wind and kitesurfing schools.

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Accommodation included: Charming Riad in the Medina of Essaouira with private bath, hot water and good service.

Day 10: Essaouira - El Jadida - Casablanca

Stop At: El Jadida, El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat
Around 8am you’ll head north to the 15 century Portuguese fortified city of Mazagan known now as El-Jadida, nicknamed «the Deauville of Morocco» its Portuguese structures, fortified ramparts and a system of defense surrounding the Medina which advances out into the sea, all evoke the city’s past history. (Listed as World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO), an ancient coastal town impressive testimony of Portuguese architecture. Driving north to Casablanca where you spend your last night in morocco before leaving.
Duration: 2 hours

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Accommodation included: Overnight down town of Casablanca at a typical hotel

Day 11: Casablanca departure

Pass By: Nouaceur, Morocco
Our trip comes to an end and we have to say “see you again” instead of “goodbye” and we hope that you spend one of your best and unforgettable tour with us.

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No accommodation included on this day.

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

If you cancel at least 7 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.