Best of Morocco
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 Dinner and drink.(Welcome Dinner)
Day 3 - Casblanca — Rabat — Meknes — Fez (2 nights) Orientation tour of Rabat includes Minarets, Mosques and ancient architecture. Then on to Meknes and to Fez. (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)
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) First stop is Midelt, then on to the Tafilat oasis on the edge of the Sahara. (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 6 - Erfoud — Excursion to the Dunes of Merzouga 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 Sigilmassa. Tonight we enjoy a dinner of local specialities. (Buffet Breakfast/ Highlight Dinner)
Day 7 - Erfoud — Ouarzazate Today we travel via Tinerhir, along the valley of a thousand Kasbahs! Then via the steep Todra Gorge to Ouarzazate. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 8 - Ouarzazate — Marrakesh (2 nights) Orientation of Morocco's "Holloywood" before we depart for Taourirt and the famous Kasbah village of Ait Benhaddo and on to Marrakesh. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 9 - Marrakesh sightseeing and at leisure Our sightseeing with a local guide visits the Bahia Palace and Djemma el Fna Square where we will enjoy a walking tour — and where we see palm readers, acrobats, camels, markets and more. We will also stop in a "salon de thé" to enjoy a glass of delicious sweet, mint tea. Later you have time at your leisure to either write postcards as you laze by the hotel pool or perhaps take an excursion to a typical Berber village. (Buffet Breakfast/ Dinner)
Day 10 - Marrakesh — Casablanca This morning perhaps shop for some last-minute souvenirs of this exciting city before we travel via Settat to Casablanca for the final night of our tour. (Buffet Breakfast)
Day 11 - Depart Casablanca Transfer to the airport for flights home. (Buffet Breakfast)
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