It can run in either direction and be adjusted in length and accommodation. It is private: no groups and no fixed dates.
9 days · 8 nights · from Fez to Marrakech
Fez airport → Fez
Pickup at Fez airport when your flight lands and transfer to a riad in the heart of the medina. The rest of the day is free to rest or take a first walk around the neighborhood. Fez is one of Morocco's four imperial cities, and Fez el Bali, the larger of its two medinas, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.
Overnight: riad in the medina · Fez, 2 nights
Fez → full day → local guide
A guided visit of Fez. You start in Fez el Jedid, with the gates of the Royal Palace and the Mellah, the old Jewish quarter. From the South Tower you see the whole medina and its minarets. Then a walk through Fez el Bali, whose lanes are organized by guilds of potters, dyers and other craftsmen, passing the 14th-century water clock of the Bou Inania madrasa.
Overnight: same riad · Fez
Fez → Ifrane · Azrou → Midelt
After breakfast you head south. The first stop is Ifrane, known as Morocco's Little Switzerland, with steep-roofed houses built for the winter cold and the stone lion statue that recalls the lions of the Middle Atlas. Then Azrou and its cedar forest, home to colonies of Barbary macaques. You reach Midelt, in the valley between the Middle Atlas and the High Atlas.
Overnight: hotel · Midelt
Midelt → Ziz Valley · Erfoud → Merzouga
The road descends through the Ziz Valley, where riverside palm groves stand out against bare rock and you see daily life in the villages. The river flows for about 300 km (186 miles) before it fades into the Sahara. Around midday you reach Erfoud, known for its fossils and desert roses, and stop for lunch. You arrive in Merzouga in the afternoon, in time to walk on the sand and watch the sunset.
Overnight: hotel · Merzouga
Merzouga → Khamlia · Mefis → Erg Chebbi
A morning excursion around the dunes. Khamlia is the village of the Gnawa, descendants of people enslaved and brought from sub-Saharan Africa, known for their music. You cross a river of sand, climb a hill for views over the desert and reach Mefis, a former kohl mining settlement, to share tea with a nomad family. Lunch at the hotel, then about an hour by dromedary at sunset to the camp.
Overnight: tent in a Berber camp · Erg Chebbi
Merzouga → Rissani · Todra · Valley of Roses → Ouarzazate
Back to the hotel for a shower and breakfast, then west. Rissani and its market, an old stop for caravans traveling between north and south. Next, the Todra Gorge, with sheer walls about 300 m (985 ft) high and a walk along the river. The route continues through the Valley of Roses, between Kelaat M'Gouna and Boutaghrar, where roses are grown, and reaches Ouarzazate at the end of the day.
Overnight: hotel or riad · Ouarzazate
Ouarzazate → Aït Ben Haddou · Tizi n'Tichka → Marrakech
A morning in Ouarzazate, with the option to visit the film studios and the cinema museum, and the Taourirt Kasbah, once a residence of the Pasha of Marrakech. Then Aït Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage ksar, an old caravan stop and the setting for films such as The Mummy and Kingdom of Heaven. You cross the High Atlas over the Tizi n'Tichka pass, at 2,260 m (7,415 ft), to Marrakech.
Overnight: hotel or riad · Marrakech, 2 nights
Marrakech → full day → local guide
After breakfast, your local guide picks you up at your hotel for a visit of Marrakech: the 12th-century Koutoubia minaret, the Ben Youssef Madrasa and the Majorelle Garden. The afternoon is free to rest and then head down to Jemaa el-Fna square at dusk, when it is at its busiest and the city really comes to life.
Overnight: same accommodation · Marrakech
Marrakech → airport
Breakfast and free time in Marrakech until your flight, for last visits or shopping. Transfer to the airport at the agreed time. End of our services.
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