ESSAOUIRA day trip from Marrakech
Start this beautiful journey pick up from hotel or Riad at 8H30, by a comfortable car and Professional and friendly Driver/Guide.
Essaouira or Mogador is located on the Western coast of Morocco. It is a small Magic city. It is located at about 160 kilometres and about 2 hours drive from Marrakech. It is a small seaside town of the most fascinating feature of the cost ATLANTIC walls that divide the old city into several districts and hide a magic life varieties. Essaouira, the old Mogador, is known for its annual special Music Festival “Gnaoua Music”, its Medina is listed as one of UNESCO World Heritage Site. Once you arrive at the post city, formerly known as Mogador, you will have time to enjoy the charming sights of Essaouira, including its ochre-coloured walls, the beautiful Moulay El Hassan square, and the souks, as well as the little streets of the city’s old Medina, the amazing beach and the Waves that hit the Old Medina walls...
Your visit and your walk by your alone and by yourself inside the Essaouira will make you discover the Magic of the MOGADOR and enjoy a maximum of your excursion.
Itinerary information
-8h00: Pick up from your hotel/Riad.
Drive along the Haouz Plains to Chichaoua and across the massive ground of Argan Trees.
Stop at a local café.
Stop to discover Argan Products and manufacturing cooperative... all possible uses of Argan Oil cooking, cosmetic...
-Arrive in Essaouira, you can either hire a local guide with the rest of the group or discover the city on your own.
Visit/Explore the role of Skala, a fantastic place which is famous for its rows of gigantic cannons facing the Atlantic Ocean with enjoyable and memorable views across the sea.
-Visit the old medina with its Craftsmen and Cedar, its Blacksmiths, its Weavers, Jewellers, Place Moulay Hassan and of course its souks and fish site...
Relax and have a walk next to one beautiful beach.
-16h30: Drive back to Marrakech.
-18h00 -19h00: Arrive in
3 Days from Marrakech –Merzouga dunes to Fes
The 3 Days Desert Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga Dunes and Camel Trek, is one of the most popular Desert Tours sold from Marrakech. It is suitable for those who can spare 3 days to discover Morocco Sahara Desert and Berber culture with its oases, Canyons, Sand Dunes and Nomads or Berber Population.
DAY 1: MARRAKECH – TIZI –N- TICHKA – AIT BEN HADDOU – OURZAZATE – DADES VALLEY.
At 9 o’clock in the morning, we will pick you up from the Riad/Hotel to reach Ouarzazate crossing the High Atlas Tizi n Tichka (2263m). From Marrakech to Ouarzazate, you will enjoy the scenic road, beautiful landscapes with different colours and the Berber villages along the way crossing Tizi n Tichka you discover the simplicity of Berber building, Dress... We will continue to the UNESCO Word Heritage Site, Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, which is a formation of multiple Kasbahs recently restored and used as a backdrop for various movies shot here like Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator, and the Jewel of the Nile...after lunch at local restaurant, we will continue to Hollywood city to visit Atlas Studio, then to the Oasis of Skoura, where we will learn more about the architecture of the Moroccan Kasbahs.
We continue to Kelaa Mgouna, famous for its Damascus and Rare Roses cultivating (Rose Product, Association...). After a visit and crossing the Valley then arrive to Dades Valley where we will spend our first night at one of the local cosy guest houses. (N.B: you can reserve your local if you want by yourself).
DAY 2: DADES GORGE – GORGE VALLEY – ERFOUD – MERZOUGA.
In the morning after the sunrise and after breakfast, , departure at 9h to visit the Gorges and palm grove of Todgha Valley, after continuing our Desert Tour to Erfoud (the capital of fossils) via Tinejdad (Berber villages, free time for lunch) crossing the Rissani town and Tafilalt Region,the heart of Alaoui Dynasty Moulay Ali Charif Grave.... We continue of our adventure to the ma
3 DAYS FROM FES TO MERZOUGA DUNES – MARRAKECH
Day1: FES – IFRANE- MIDELT – MERZOUGA
Early departure of your accommodation in Fes for an exploratory tour from Fes to Marrakech crossing the Berber Sahara of Merzouga. During this visit, you will discover the deep culture of the Berbers in the southeast of Morocco. The tour starts from Fes to Ifrane, the Small Switzerland of Morocco. After a short of the city, we will continue to the cedar forest in Azrou, where you will meet the barbarian monkeys (apes) in the forest, you will buy something to feed them to take beautiful pictures. Crossing the mountain range of the middle atlas along the Ziz valley, we will have the opportunity to take pictures of the second largest palm grove in Morocco, located more than 150km. Stop for lunch at a local restaurant, we will continue then towards the dunes of erg Chebbi in the small village of Merzouga. Arrive at the hotel; you will be greeted by mint tea then start a new adventure, but this time by camels. You will ride your camels to cross the dunes and discover the secret, the beauty of nature and sunset. Dinner and overnight in a Berber camp at the foot of one of the highest dunes of Erg Chebbi.
Day 2: Merzouga – Dades valley
Wake up in the camp, watching the sunrise with riding camels / car 4×4 back to the hotel to take shower and breakfast, taking the road to Dades valley, we will cross the Rissani town and Tafilalt the heart of Alaoui dynasty Moulay Ali Charif grave... on the way and crossing the gorge valley you will visit gorge Todgha one of the amazing gorges in North Africa then have lunch in local restaurant to eat a Berber meal and Moroccan whiskey. After lunch take the road to Dades valley crossing Berber villages on mountains, arrive to Dades gorge, dinner and overnight at your hotel.
Day 3: Dades valley –Marrakech
After a good sleep you will get a tasty breakfast with a fresh air from the nature of Dades valley. Taking the road to Marrakech by crossi
