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Odyssey of Deserts and Palaces

Casablanca → Casablanca

See it day by day
Length6 days · 5 nights
RouteCasablanca → Casablanca
FormatPrivate, no groups
DatesWhenever you choose

It can be done in reverse and adjusted in length and accommodation. It's private: no groups and no fixed dates.

THE ROUTE

The route on the map

6 days · 5 nights · from Casablanca to Casablanca

  1. 01 Fez
  2. 02 Fez el Bali
  3. 03 Merzouga
  4. 04 Rissani
  5. 05 Aït Ben Haddou
  6. 06 Departure
LaâyouneDakhlaAtlantic Ocean 2111CasablancaFezMerzougaOuarzazateMarrakechIfraneAzrouRissaniAït Ben Haddou N 100 km Odyssey of Deserts and Palaces6 days · 5 nights · numbers show nights
THE JOURNEY, DAY BY DAY

Six days, one by one

Jemaa el-Fna food stalls lit up at night, with the Koutoubia behind
Day01

Casablanca · Fez

Casablanca → Fez

Pickup at Casablanca Airport at your flight's arrival time, with a sign bearing the Unique Morocco Experience name, or at any other point in the city. Then the drive to Fez, the oldest of the imperial cities, founded at the end of the 8th century. Arrival, dinner, and the night in the city, with the whole next day ahead for the medina.

Overnight: hotel or riad, with dinner · Fez, 2 nights

Dye pits at a Fez tannery
Day02

Fez, the medina

Fez → full day → local guide

A day devoted to Fez with a local guide. The medina of Fez el Bali, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, still keeps its workshops organized by guild, and its streets are so narrow that only donkeys get through. You'll walk through the Andalusian quarter, past mosques and Quranic schools, and by the University of Al Qarawiyyin, founded in 859 and one of the oldest in the world.

Overnight: same accommodation · Fez

A small camel caravan crossing the Erg Chebbi dunes
Day03

Fez · Ifrane · Midelt · Merzouga

Fez → Ifrane · Azrou · Midelt · Erfoud → Merzouga

A long day south across the Middle Atlas. You'll pass through Ifrane and the Azrou cedar forest, continue to Midelt, and follow the Ziz River valley down through the palm groves to Erfoud. In Merzouga you'll trade the car for camels and ride into the Erg Chebbi dunes at sunset. Dinner and the night in a tent at the desert camp.

Overnight: tent at the desert camp · Erg Chebbi

A whitewashed house among palm trees
Day04

Merzouga · Rissani · Agdz · Ouarzazate

Merzouga → Rissani · Tazarine · Agdz → Ouarzazate

A shower and breakfast in Merzouga before heading west. The first stop is the large market of Rissani. The road continues through Tazarine, with stops to photograph the palm groves and adobe villages along the way, and through Agdz, in the Draa Valley. You'll reach Ouarzazate, the town of the film studios, in the afternoon, for dinner and the night.

Overnight: hotel or riad, with dinner · Ouarzazate

The ksar of Aït Ben Haddou, its mud-brick kasbahs climbing the hill
Day05

Ouarzazate · Aït Ben Haddou · Marrakech

Ouarzazate → Aït Ben Haddou · Tizi n'Tichka → Marrakech

After breakfast, the road to Marrakech runs through Berber villages. You'll stop at Aït Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage adobe ksar built on a hillside above the Ounila River. Then you'll cross the High Atlas over the Tizi n'Tichka pass, at 2,260 m (7,415 ft), with wide views over the valleys. Arrival in Marrakech at the end of the day, with time for a first walk through the medina and its souks.

Overnight: hotel or riad · Marrakech

Jemaa el-Fna square at dusk with the Koutoubia minaret behind
Day06

Marrakech · Casablanca · airport

Marrakech → Casablanca → airport

Breakfast and the drive to Casablanca. Transfer to the airport at the agreed time for your flight; we'll help you check your luggage and show you to the boarding gate. End of our services.

Transfer included · any time

A couple watching the sunset over the desert

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