Monday, January 23, 2012

COASTAL TRIP 8 DAYS / 7 NIGHT Tour to peaks, sandy beaches, Agadir, Essaouira and Marrakech


Day 1: Marrakech
Majorelle Garden
Arrival at the Marrakech Menara Airport. You will be welcomed by our personnel and taken to the Riyadh. After having been registered you will enjoy a panoramic tour. Return to your hotel. Afternoon off, dinner and lodging. You will start the city tour; the souk, the Djemaa el Fna square, the Saadian Tombs and the Majorel Garden and overnight in the Riyadh.





Day 2 : Marrakech – Tizi-n-Test - Taroudant


Taroudant
You will depart from Marrakech to Taroudant passing through a narrow road. This road goes up to the Valley of the Oued N'Fis, cradle of the Almohades (North African Berrber Empire that dominated Muslim Spain in the last decades of the 12th century). Then, you will go up the mountain for 15 km and step up to Tizi-in-Tichka, at 2100 meters. There is a breathtaking view over the desert and a stair-like slope to Taroudant, a beautiful fortified town. Overnight in hotel.

Tizi-n-tichka


















Atlas
Day 3: Taroudant – Tafraoute

We will cross a region of olive and Argan trees to reach the Anti Atlas. It is the productive centre of copper which has traded for centuries with the Saharan caravans and here you will discover a succession of mineral and desert landscapes with plots of almond trees in full bloom from February on.







Day 4: Tafraoute – Sidi Ifni – El Gzira's beach


El Gzira beach
We will cross the port of Tizi Kerdous (1100 metres) and make a stop to see the extraordinary views of the ocean and the Anti Atlas. We will descend to Gloumin, a small town with a very coloured market; capital of men. We will follow the coastal road until Sidi Ifni. You will have spare time to visit the historical centre. Overnight in a shelter of the beach of Gzira.







Day 5: Beach of the Gzira – Tiznit – Essaouira


Tiznit
Following the road, we will reach a vast forest and arrive at the famous city of silver and make a stop in the medina. It time permits it; we will have a short walk through a small village of fishermen. In an half hour walk to the left of the village, along the coast, there is a superb wild beach where you can bathe. Arrival at Essaouira. In the afternoon, we will visit the Mogador and its barriers. Overnight in hotel.




Day 6: Essaouira the Old Mogador


Essaouira
You will have a relaxed morning free for shopping or walking in Essaouira, to immerse yourself in the medina, along the barriers and the port. In the medina, numerous artists expose their work. Night in hotel.









Essaouira


















Day 7: Essaouira – Marrakech


Atlas
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In the morning, we will make a calm return to Marrakech via Arabic towns. We will take a road that crosses the flat ground of Marrakech (Haouz), an amazing area decorated with green argan trees and where goats eat the leaves of the cranes. We will pass by Chichaoua. Arrival at the hotel and overnight in the Red City.




Marrakech


















Day 8: End of itinerary
Departure from Marrakech.




Tour from Marrakech, Desert Palm trees to Erg Chigaga 4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS

Day 1: Marrakech – Ksar Tamnougalt - Draa Valley - Zagora


Ksar Tamnougalt

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Departure early morning from your riad/hotel in Marrakech and travel through the High Atlas Mountains via the Tichka Pass (2260 m) - the highest road pass in Morocco offering spectacular panoramic views of the mountains and valleys with a snaky road, beautiful landscapes with different colours and the Berber villages along the way. Visit several kasbahs along the way, including Tamnougalte. The trip continues through the palm-lined Draa river valley. Arrival to Zagora. Dinner and night in a Riad.




Day 2 : Zagora – Tamgroute – Mhamid – Erg Chegaga


Mhamid
After the morning meal, we will have enough time to visit Zagora and its surroundings especially the Jewish quarter in Amzerou and the palm groves. Afterwards, we continue our trip towards the doorway to Sahara Desert (Mhamid). Along the way, we stop in the the original town of the 16th century dynasty ( Saadian), Tamgroute, to visit an old Coran library and a subterranean kasbah. We arrive to Mhamid where the Draa valley and civilization end. Lunch as a desert Pic Nic,then we take direccion to Erg chegag we arrive before the sunset you will start the nomadic life by riding the camels and travel along the desert with its different facet of life and also diverse components. Dinner and night will be enjoyed under the nomad tent or under the starlit in the midst of nice sand dunes.




Day 3: Chegaga sand dunes - Foum Zguid - Taznakht - Ksar Ait Benhaddou


Famous Ksar Ait Benhaddou
After enjoying the sunrise up the sand dunes, breakfast is served to you, then departure in 4x4 via the old Paris-Dakar road to Foum Zguid, crossing Iriqui lake. Lunch in the berber village Taznakht. Arrival to Famous Ksar Ait Benhaddou A 16th century UNESCO site in Ouarzazate, Ait Benhaddou is one of the best preserved and most spectacular kasbahs in Morocco. A famous site for Hollywood films, Ait Benhaddou was used for the blockbuster film of 2000 Gladiator, night in Riad.




Day 4: Ksar Ait Benhaddou - Telouet Kasbah  - Marrakech


After the breakfast we have an hour to visit the site of Ksar Ait benhaddou then we continue our trip inside the high mountains of the Atlas ,so as to reach the Telouet Kasbah wich were the Glaoui Palace, after we head out to Marrakech.
Marrakech

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Trip From Marrakech to the Desert 4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS

Day 1: Marrakech - High Atlas - Ouarzazate - Draa Palm grove - Kasbah of Nkob

Ait Benhaddou
We going for Col Tichka Marrakech across the High Atlas, discover the fortified village of Ait Benhaddou, located near Ouarzazate (hollywood of Morocco) Ait Benhaddou kasbahs visit, a jewel of the region, declared world heritage by UNESCO. It is a beautiful fortified town, and crenellated towers decorated one of the most beautiful in the Berber region of Ouarzazate. Then, after lunch  visit other interesting fortified kasbah situated in the heart of Ouarzazate, then taken to Draa palm grove, and we be in the Draa valley, where a huge green snake about 250 km which penetrates the desert and you will arrive in the palm central Nkob, beautiful night in a Berber population in the heart of Saghro.

Draa Valley


Day 2: Nkob - Alnif - Small stretch of Paris Dakar - Ouzina's Desert Dunes :


After breakfast walk through the Nkob the typical kasbah, whichenhances the kasbahs lush secret. From here go on your way to the desert for a track that was used by the Paris Dakar Rally, seecolors and contrasting landscapes of ocher, red, mauve andblack desert hamadas. Around you will find rocky plateaus where camels graze. After a journey full of desert landscapes, palm oasis and will arrive at the throat of Mharech, stop at a panoramic view and drink a mint tea, then you continue on the path toward the desert sand dunes Ouzina, arrival, take camels up the dune and watch the sunset, night and dinner in Berber tents.



Day 3: Ouzina desert - Dunes Erg Chebbi - Rissani - Erfoud, Todra Gorge
Ouzinas's Sunrise
Woke up early to enjoy a unique experience, watch the magnificent sunrise over the desert, a spectacle of light and silence that impressed us .. After sunrise, we return to hotel for shower and breakfast, and You will visit the town of Bereber's home Ouzina and to discover their way of life. Then continue towards the village of Khamilia, you will do a tour in the dunes of Erg Chebbi Way Erfoud, and you take road to Todra Gorge walls narrow and increasingly sharp rise, reaching 300 m in height. After visiting this spectacular landscape will go to the Riad to stay overnight.

Dunes Erg Chebbi















Todra Gorge















Day 4: Todra Gorge - Dades Valley - Valley of Roses - Palmeraie of Skoura - Marrakech:

Dades Valley


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Today is a day back to Marrakech. We head to the Valley of Dades, discover the Dades Valley, whose vegetation lush, enhances the kasbahs secret. You continue from here to palm Skoura direction to track of a thousand kasbahs kasbahs and ksour in the middle of date palms with ocher landscape. And finally arriving to Ouarzazate and follow the road to Marrakech.


Sunday, January 8, 2012

Imperial Cities Tour 8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS


Day 1: Marrakech
Arrival at airport and transport to hotel. Dinner and overnight.


Day 2: Marrakech - Ouarzazate
Atlas Mountains
Half board in the hotel. Visit the city of Marrakech: The visit begins with the Menara Gardens, where the center is a pond in the twelfth century. The majestic Koutoubia minaret. Visit the Saadian Tombs. The tour ends at the Djemaa el Fna Square was declared "World Heritage Drive to the High Atlas Mountains to Col Tizi N'Tichka, until one of the highlights of the trip: the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, declared Heritage Site by UNESCO, is the Ksar (kasbah-fortress) most imposing of southern Morocco. Different shades of red, depending on time of day, numerous small turrets seem attached to the mountain. Very well maintained, has served as the backdrop for many films. Essential stroll through its streets, you can visit some houses, and upon reaching the tower of the old kasbah: Panoramic view of the High Atlas region in the background. Continue through terraced villages with fertile crops, up to Ouarzazate. Dinner and overnight in Riyadh.
Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou




Day 3: Ouarzazate - Erfoud, Todra Gorge-desert
After breakfast at the hotel. going to the Mguna Kelaa famous village where they grow a kind of excellent aroma rose to go, "The route of the Kasbahs". a series of fortresses built of adobe with towers and battlements, give crude brick ornaments, sometimes fortified villages are authentic. If the old Kasbahs seduce you with its power of evocation, the landscape marvels at the strength of its contrasts, this route is one of the most attractive and sought after Morocco. We continue in one of the most beautiful natural scenery of the trip: "The Todra Gorges Departure to the desert. The road is becoming increasingly harder. Populations for which we are passing more and more authentic. We enter the realm of desert people. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.


The Todra Gorges



Day 4: Desert - Rissani - FES
Breakfast, we d'occasion optionally attend the beautiful spectacle of the sunrise over the sea of ​​dunes. After breakfast we head to Rissani. Located 22 km from Erfoud, in a palm grove, Rissani is attractive both for its setting and its history and has several interesting monuments. It is considered the heir of the legendary Sidjilmasa, ancient capital of Tafilalet. Continue to the country's scientific ciuadad across the Middle Atlas mountains. Dinner and overnight.


Rissani

Day 5: FES

Fez at night

We will devote the entire day to explore Fez, visit the golden gates of the Royal Palace, built by teachers in bronze. Visit the old Medina with its Medersa Bou Anania, the source Nejjarine one of the most beautiful of the medina, Karaouine Mosque which houses one of the main cultural centers of Islam and is home to the University of Fez, and the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss. We stop in the famous district of the tanners, unique in the world. Stop for lunch (not included). In the afternoon continue to visit Fez, with their neighborhoods divided by craft guilds. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.











Tanners' souk



Day 6: Fes - Meknes - Rabat
Breakfast. We going for fertile valleys filled with olive trees and vineyards to reach Meknes. Visit the city that reached its apogee under the reign of Moulay Ismail who made it his capital. The visit begins with the walls, with its magnificent gates such as Bab Mansour. Aghal the pond below, with an area of ​​four hectares. The tour ends at the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, Mosque, stucco, stone and fine porcelanay departure to visit the city of Rabat. Capital of the Kingdom of Morocco since 1912. The visit begins with the sites where work surveys the Royal Palace "Dar el Makhzen." Spectacular set of beautifully crafted buildings that houses a palace of modern construction, a large mosque built by the "Men of Fez" and various government buildings. Later we will visit the Kasbah of Oudaias. Beautiful panoramic view of the estuary of the Bouregreg from the platform of the old light. Continue to the Maus-read of Mohamed V. After transfer to your hotel, Dinner and overnight at the hotel.



Day 7: Rabat-Casablanca - Marrakesh
Breakfast. We headed for the city of Casablanca. Probably the most cinematic city, how not to evoke the legendary film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. City tour starting at the Boulevard de la Corniche, Boardwalk and then the coast road, where you get to Anfa residential quarter with superb villas. To finish on the outside of the Great Mosque of Hassan II. Alternatively you can visit the inside of it. The most representative monument of the twentieth century in the country. Depart via motorway to the city of Marrakech. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.


Mosque Hassan II

Day 8: Marrakech - AIRPORT
Breakfast at the hotel. And transport to Marrakech airport.