12 days tour from Agadir to Merzouga
Day 1: Agadir – Essaouira
The tour starts in Agadir 12 days tour from Agadir to Merzouga when your driver picks you up at your hotel or at the airport of Agadir-Al Massia and visit the marina, where you will see the traditional craftsmanship used to build wooden fishing boats for many hundreds of years . You will visit the ruins of the Kasbah of Agadir Oufella, destroyed in the 1960 earthquake. The Kasbah is located on top of a mountain which gives you a panoramic view of the entire city.
This is where you can contemplate the largest sardine fishing port in the world. You will visit the old town, Talborjt, and the argan oil production center.Your visit to Agadir will end with a visit to the colorful walled souk that houses Agadir’s bustling local market.
Day 2: Essaouira – Marrakech
After your morning breakfast at the riad / hotel, you will tour Essaouira before arriving in Marrakech. Essaouira has become Morocco’s most popular seaside town, it is also known for its fishing port and its blue fleet of wooden fishing boats. There are many excellent dining options for lunch (we will give you a map showing you our favorites). Near the port there are tables set up where you can choose your lunch from fish or seafood that has literally just been pulled out of the water.
There are several “must-sees” in Essaouira: the Skala du Port, the wooden souk under the ramparts where local artisans produce amazing wooden products made from the beautiful local Thuya wood of Essaouira, the ramparts with the cannons still in place from the Portuguese era, the maze of streets with the wonderful blue gates, the Jewish synagogue, the beach, etc.
The medina of Essaouira is one of the best maintained medinas in Morocco, its numerous craft stores and art galleries attract visitors from all over the world. The city boasts artists such as Orson Welles and Jimi Hendrix among its greatest admirers. Welles shot several scenes of his film Othello in Essaouira. If you decide to visit in late June, you will join a large crowd that travels to Essaouira each year to attend the world-famous Gnaoua Music Festival.
Day 3: Marrakech – Casablanca
After your morning breakfast at your hotel, we will depart Marrakech to travel to Casablanca. This will be a day of travel. Casablanca: Once we arrive in Casablanca, you will have free time to explore the city on your own (12 days tour from Agadir to Merzouga).
Day 4: Casablanca – Rabat – Chefchaouen
After breakfast at your hotel, we will tour Casablanca before traveling to Rabat. Casablanca: is the largest city in Morocco and one of the largest centers on the continent. It is considered the economic and business center of Morocco. It houses the main base of the navel of the Royal Moroccan Navy.
We will take a panoramic tour of the city and visit the exterior of the Hassan II Mosque, the largest mosque in North Africa and the 13th largest in the world.Rabat: Once we arrive in Rabat, we will take you to see the Royal Palace located at the end of the mechouar (a large parade ground). This palace dates back to 1864 and is the main residence of the King of Morocco.
You will also visit the fortified Kasbah of Oudayas. Meknes: after your trip to Meknes, where you will visit the famous El Hedim square, the mausoleum of Sultan Moulay Ismail and the old medina. You will also see Bab Mansour Laleuj, an iconic gateway known for its geometric ornamentation, devotional inscriptions and marble columns. While in Meknes, we will stop for lunch before departing to travel to Volubilis. The ruins remained substantially intact until an earthquake devastated the area in the mid-18th century. then travel to the blue city of chefchaouen.
Day 5: Chefchaouen – Fez
After breakfast at your hotel, you will tour Chefchaouen before traveling on to Fez.Chefchaouen: “Chefchaouen”, meaning “to look at the horns” or Chaouen, as the Moroccans call it, refers to the shape of the mountain tops that resemble the horns (chaoua) of a goat. Chefchaouen is known as the City of the Blue Doors, as well as the blue walls there are several theories as to why the walls were painted blue.
One popular theory is that blue keeps mosquitoes away; another is that the Jews introduced blue when they sought refuge from Hitler in the 1930s.
Blue is said to symbolize heaven and sky, and serves as a reminder to lead a spiritual life.Chefchaouen is also a popular shopping destination, as it offers many unique handicrafts that are not available anywhere else in Morocco, such as woolen garments. and woven blankets. While here, you will visit the Caves of Hercules.
Day 6: Fez city tour.
After breakfast, at your riad / hotel, the local guide will take you to visit the most remarkable places of the oldest Imperial City. Fez: Visitará Mellah, la Medina y el exterior de la Mezquita Kairaouine. La mezquita Kairaouine, la mezquita más sagrada y la segunda más grande de Marruecos. También visitará la Universidad de al-Karaouine, la universidad más antigua existente y en funcionamiento continuo en el mundo, así como la BouInania Medrasa, la escuela quoraniq más famosa de Marruecos. Por último, visitará la curtiduría de Chouara.
Day 7: Fez – Ifrane – Cedar forest – Erfoud – Merzouga
After breakfast at your hotel, we will start the trip to pick you up at your hotel and depart Fez to Ifrane, it is the small Switzerland of Morocco, we will stop to discover this amazing city. After that, Azrou, this beautiful cedar forest is home to the endangered Barbary monkeys, which are actually monkeys.
Once you arrive. This will be a good opportunity to take pictures of the forests of Morocco, the cedar forest and the wild monkeys in the cedar forests of Azrou. Your lunch will be in Midelt the city of apples and minerals in a typical restaurant. We continue our tour towards the ziz valley where we will have a photo stop to take pictures in the ziz valley in a panoramic view. Then Erfoud, visit the old date market and fossil workers and then to the desert of Merzouga overnight at the hotel near the dunes (12 days tour from Agadir to Merzouga).
Day 8: Merzouga – Khamlia – Rissani – Erg chebbi
After breakfast, you will tour the Erg Chebbi area, Khamila is a small village in the desert next to the largest dunes of Erg Chebbi, where you will visit a Berber Residence and listen to Gnawa music, which originated in West Africa. Afterwards, Rissani: You will visit the small oasis town of Rissani, which is located near the northwestern edge of the Sahara. It is also the capital of Tafilalet. Rissani is well known for its market or souk.
You will visit the famous Rissani market, where you can find jewelry, souvenirs, gifts, spices, art and crafts. While in Rissani, your lunch will be a traditional Moroccan pizza called “Medfouna”. Afterwards, you will return to the hotel in Merzouga and prepare for your trip to Erg Chebbi to take a camel ride back to the desert camp where you will enjoy a second night under the stars. You will then travel back to the hotel for a shower and breakfast. You will visit the irrigation canal in Jorf, then continue your way to the todgha gorges where you will stop to visit the highest gorges in Morocco.
Day 9: Merzouga – Rissani – Todra Gorges – Dades Valley – Ouarzazate
Wake up early to see the beautiful sunrise and climb the dunes, then ride camels back to the hotel, we will head to Rissani, where we will stop a little to visit its traditional Souk which is considered the largest in all of Southern Morocco, we will continue our way to the Todra Gorges, a huge fault in the plateau of up to 300 m at its narrowest point, where we will stop to walk, enjoy the cold water of the river and the rocky landscapes. The course of the Todra River has formed a gorge of vertical walls of enormous proportions and great beauty after the visit the Todra Gorges, then to the Dades Valley Dinner and overnight at the riad.
Day 10: Dades Gorges – Ouarzazate – Kasbah Aït Benhaddou – Marrakech
Today you will travel from the Dades valley to Marrakech, the first stop will be in Ou arzazate where you will have the opportunity to visit one of the best Berber Kasbah of Taourirt and then to ait ben hadou.
When you arrive at ait ben hadou you will have three hours to visit kasr of ait ben hadou in one hour, we will give you a local guide to visit and we will explain you the best of vellage then you will have free time to have lunch
after your lunch in ait ben hadou you will travel to another great kasbah in morocco with best and biger histore in morocco is tauet kasbah where the king of morocco lived in the past you will have one more hour to visit this best kasbha.
Then you will travel to Marrakech passing through the High Atlas mountains and you will have another stop there to take a picture of the Berber vellage and then to Marrakech.
Day 11: Visit Marrakech
After morning breakfast at your hotel, our guide and driver will pick you up to explore the city of Marrakech; you will have the opportunity to discover the amazing old medina. You will see the Majorelle garden which houses more than 15 species of birds prevalent in North Africa, has many fountains and a remarkable collection of cacti. The garden was owned by Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé between 1980 and 2008. After Yves Saint Laurent’s death in 2008, his ashes were scattered in the Majorelle Garden, you will visit the most visited monument of Marrakech, the Saadian Tombs, the Koutoubia Mosque, and the New City of Marrakech – Gueliz.After finishing our city tour of Marrakech, you will return to your hotel in the evening. Your dinner will be at your hotel.
Day 12: Marrakech to Agadir
After breakfast in the morning, we will leave Marrakech to travel to Agadir. Once you arrive in Agadir, you will be dropped off at your hotel or at Agadir-Al Massia airport and then our services will end (12 days tour from Agadir to Merzouga).
