Wings over Morocco 15-Day Small-group Tour

After landing in Casablanca, the guided tour will take you to Hassan II Mosque, after which you will be transported to Rabat. The journey from Casablanca to Rabat will take 1.5 hours.

Get a guided tour of Morocco’s Imperial city Rabat and visit the Mausoleum of the erstwhile Sultan of Morocco Mohammed V. Follow it up with a visit to the Roman ruin called the Chellah, which is a short walk from the medina. You will have some time in the afternoon, during which we recommend visiting the trading port of Sale. It’s connected to Rabat by a bridge, and still has remnants of its 16^th to 19th-century cultural heritage.

After breakfast at your hotel, we will leave Rabat for Tangier through Assilah, an old Portuguese port that was for a long time a strategic port for Portuguese ships. Then, take a Guided Tour of the Port City of Tangier, situated on the border of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic ocean. In Tangier, we will explore the Hercules Caves, the Cap Spartel, and the old medina of Tangier.

The driver will pick you from the hotel and drive you to the blue city and the pearl of north, the city of Chefchaouen, you will enjoy the beautiful breathtaking landscapes of the Rif Mountains, before reaching the blue town. Once there, you will have a full time to explore the city at your own pace, strolling its picturesque blue alleys and enjoy a glass of Mint tea in a panoramic terrace.

We will leave Chefchoaune and head towards Meknes, an imperial city that dated to the 17^th century and founded by the sultan Moulay Ismail ( 1672- 1727) who set the capital of Morocco to Meknes and gave it its golden age by building his imperial palace, city walls, and kasbahs. Places of interest include the gate Bab El Mansour, Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, the Imperial Palace, and the royal granaries and stables. After lunch on-site, we will continue our journey to reach shortly the Roman ruins of Volubilis with its old pillars, basilica, capitol, and forum, not far from Volubilis, we will visit the sacred village of Moulay Idriss. Moulay Idriss was Prophet Mohammed's great-grandson and he fled Mecca during the 8th century AD. He established himself at Volubilis, converted the locals to Islam, and founded the first Moroccan imperial dynasty.

Full day dedicated to exploring the city of Fes, the first capital of Morocco, Meet the local guide and driver to start a new explorative day through the old Medina of Fes, discover all the charms of the most cultural of the first imperial cities of Morocco. One day is hardly enough to visit all the wonders of the most ancient of the imperial cities and world-famous for its leather and metalwork as well as the historical monuments including; Medersa Bouinania(Koranic school ), Bab Boujloud (blue gate), the leather tanneries, Najjarine Museum of Wooden Arts and Crafts. You might also want to just roam around some of its 9500 narrow alleys and just take in all the sounds, smells, sights, and spells! The afternoon will be free to explore places of interest that you couldn’t cover the previous day.

Leave for one of Moroccan Sahara’s two ergs, Erg Chebbi. The drive to these dunes is a long one, but there are several sights to see along the way. You will journey via the Garden City of Ifrane, and have a sumptuous lunch at Midelt. Post lunch, you will drive to Erfoud where you will be transferred to a 4X4 that will take you to the huge dunes of Merzouga to meet your camels and start a new adventure through the Erg Chebbi to enjoy a lifetime sunset and spend a night stay at the luxury desert camp (private tent with private bathroom ensuite).

This morning will give you a chance to learn about the traditions and customs of the Berbers, who are indigenous to Morocco for centuries. The journey through the sand dunes will make you encounter the Todra and Dades Gorges. Continue through the rose valley to reach Ouarzazate where you will spend the night in Riad or Hotel.

After a delicious breakfast In Ouarzazate, (if time allows), we can visit the Atlas film studios where; Lawrence of Arabia and Gladiator were filmed. Leaving the main road we shortly arrive at the site of the most well-preserved and famous Kasbah in Morocco – Ait Benhaddou, another world heritage UNESCO site. The different houses (units) composing it communicate with each other giving way to intricate light patterns and mysterious passages and making for an ideal hide-and-seek playground. After the visit and lunch, we will follow the old road of caravans through the Ounila Valley to reach Telouet. The beauty of the valley underneath the route is beyond words. At Kasbah Telouet, which was once, the main residence of the ‘ Lord of the Atlas’ – Pacha El Glaoui used to accommodate his court, the stables, a Mosque, and countless slaves at a time when the Pacha was reportedly having tea with W. Churchill and started the first bus company in Morocco. A visit is recommended if only to marvel at the extravagance of this modern-day dynasty and the contrast between the derelict exterior and the opulent interior. The views along the route are simply enthralling and picturesque.

You will start a guided city tour of Marrakech, with your local guide and driver, the ‘Pearl of the South. Maybe due to its snake- -charmer, storyteller, and local music bands filled Djemaa El Fna square, the constant flow of show biz celebrities owning properties here, its massive foreign resident community, or its geographical location, Marrakech is much more famous than its counterpart Fes. One thing is sure: no other Moroccan city boasts such a demographic diversity: Arabs, Europeans, and Berbers have always blended with the Touareg populations north of the Sahara and the Black Africans whose ancestors worked at the court of the Sultan in a city always known for being a meeting point for caravans coming through its gates from the four corners of Africa.