7 Days Tour from Tangier to Marrakech

On the first day of our 7 days tour from Tangier to Marrakech. We will pick you up from the airport/port and make our way to Chefchaouen via the Rif Mountains and Tetouan to enjoy the beautiful views of the sceneries and small villages. Generally, the blue city is a small town with almost 43,000 inhabitants and the city becomes a tourist photography destination.

Its narrow medina streets, white and blue colored houses, and its beautiful situation in the middle of the mountains make it unique. Therefore, you have a free afternoon to explore it. Firstly, you will discover the Ras El Ma waterfalls and around the city, then you will visit the main square and the Kasbah in the middle of the town.

After breakfast in your riad/hotel, we will leave the blue city towards the cultural city, Fes. There are two attractions on the way Volubilis and Meknes. Firstly, will drive through green hills, open vast lands, and wheat fields. We will stop in Volubilis, the best-preserved Roman ruins in Morocco. A guided tour inside the roman site will take you back to the myths of Rome by the stunning mosaic, streets, columns, and arches.

After that, we will head to Meknes a 17th-century city heritage, where we will stop for lunch. Then, we will visit the visited sites including the Bab Mansour, El Hadim square, and the granary. After the visit of Meknes, we will shift our way to Fes. Overnight in an authentic riad in the middle of the Medina.

On this day, you will have a guided visit at 9:30 am in the Medina of Fes. To begin with, we will start the car tour by visiting the Royal Palace and wandering its stunning 7 bronze gates then walking through the Jewish quarter. After that, we will head to the southern tower and the fortress of the 16th-century, a panoramic view over the medieval city. Afterward, we will visit a pottery cooperative, it will enhance your knowledge about the making of Moroccan mosaic “Zellij” and the blue pottery of Fez.

Later on, the real tour will be starting as we will drop you off with the local guide to discover the old city of Morocco. You will travel in time back to the medieval period of the city where people still work in small narrow streets, several tiny stalls of all kinds of traditional crafts, and donkeys. You will feel no sense of direction and time for a while. The medina of Fez is rich in its Islamic monuments: the fascinating old mosques, the University of El-Karaouiyine, and its libraries. All These elements made Fez the spiritual and cultural capital of Morocco.

The Sahara desert is the main highlight of this tour. Today, our journey will start by driving across the middle and high atlas mountains to the Sahara desert. However, there are many to see and pass through. Firstly, we will stop in Ifran for a break, also a chance to see the status of the atlas lions, carved to represent the extinct of the lions in the atlas forest nearby. Secondly, we will stop at the cedar forest to view wild monkey climbing trees. later on, we will keep driving through the middle atlas until Midelt.

After lunch, we will pass through Tizi N'Talghamt then stop for a break and photos in Ziz valley which is the beginning of palm groves and dates. Erfoud is the capital of Fossils in Morocco so you will have this chance to visit one of the factories where they make beautiful articles out of marble. And right after that, we drive to Erg Chebbi time for a cup of tea and packing for desert camp. Meet up with Camels for a camel ride and head to the dunes to watch the sunset. Overnight in the Berber tent.

Early morning, wake up for the sunrise photography and breakfast. Then, ride camels back to the town. After that, we head to Tinjdad and we pull over to see the old underground system of irrigation “canals which is still used in the oasis of Jorf. Lunch in Todra valley and arrive at the spectacular gorges of 300 m high to enjoy a little walk near the river of Todra. Thereafter, we will drive for over an hour and a half to Dades valley. Overnight in a local hotel.

After breakfast in Dades valley. Today, we will drive from Dades valley to Marrakech through Rose Valley, Ouarzazate to discover the road Of 1000 Kasbah. We firstly stop in Ouarzazate to explore the studio cinema. Then, our second stop in Ait Benhaddou Kasbah for lunch and visiting this world heritage site in Morocco. In addition, it is the place where many Movies were filmed like Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator...etc! After lunch, we will continue our way to Marrakech passing through Berber villages in the High Atlas Mountains.

The last city we will explore during this trip is Marrakech, also called the Red City. Therefore, in the morning you will be accompanied by a local guide with whom you will cover the main visited sites, including the Bahia Palace, the Saadian tombs, the Kotobia mosque, and the Jamaa El Fna square. After that, he will take you for a walk inside the medina to wander through its colorful and authentic market.

Thereafter, we will head to visit the Majorelle Gardens. The Majorelle Garden is a two-and-a-half-acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakech, Morocco. It was created by the French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle over almost forty years. Lastly, we will take you to your accommodation or the airport. Here, that's the end of 7 days tour from Tangier.