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8 Days tour from Marrakech to Fes & Chefchaouen

8 Days from Marrakech Itinerary

8 day Essential Morocco tour

Overview of the 8 Days Tour From Marrakech

Book 8 days tour from Marrakech, crossing the High Atlas Mountains and Tizi-N-Tichka Pass. Wander around in the world’s oldest recorded city, Ksar Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah which is also a world heritage site and setting of many movies. Proceed to Ouarzazate; the city popularized by many movies and then move through Skoura, palm trees and Rose Valley – home to annual Rose festival. Feel the adrenaline of the Dades Valley gorge and get impressed by the rock walls of Todrha Gorges. Discover the desert with a camel tour to the Merzouga and spend a night in a luxurious desert camp marveling the desert sunrise, and sunset.

 The Moroccan tour Will then move you to Ifrane the ceder city then proceeding to Fes, the cultural city with oldest Medina, and more history in the oldest university of Al Quaraouiyine. Head to Meknes, and explore the royal stables of the city or visit one of the world’s heritage sites, theVolubilis which has Roman mosaics. Finish your explorations in the Chefchaouen widely known as the blue city, which is famous for the houses painted in blue colors and rather calm and peaceful atmosphere. We have the final leg of the journey to Tanger through the picturesque Rif Mountains for being taken to the airport and thus bringing this enthralling discovery of Morocco’s marvelous ‘geographical distinity’ to a close.

Highlights of 8 Days tour from Marrakech to Fes

  • The Group and Society Cultural Tour will be changed between the High Atlas from Tizi-N-Tichka Pass.
  • Go and spend some time in Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah it is among the cultural icons of Morocco as recognized by the UNESCO.
  • Pay a visit to the city of Ouarzazate; a place frequently utilized for shooting of movies.
  • Experience camels trekking in the Merzouga Sahara Desert.
  • Spend the night in a Bedouin-style luxurious accommodation that is provided in the middle of the desert area.
  • Take a guided tour of Fes dubbed as the cultural capital of Morocco.
  •  Take a walk in the blue painted alleys of Chefchaouen.
  • Visi the Roman architectural of  Volubilis.

8 Days Tour From Marrakech Itinerary :

1st day : Marrakech to High Atlas mountains – Telouat Kasbah – Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah – Ouarzazate  

The first day of the 8 Days Tour From Marrakech starts by picking you up from the airport of on hotel in Marrakech at morning. Before that, it will drive through the High Atlas and Tizi-N-Tichka pass to join the long drive. Also there will be short hairy stops for the wonderful viewpoint of the splendid sceneries of the terrains. Continuing the sequence, we now go to Kasbah of Telouat. After that, we go to the tourists’ attraction that comprises the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou. The mise en scène occurs in a paleolithic British Elmet as the short’s setting; at that time the population lived in hill forts or a type of a fortified village; this is an object inscribed in the UNESCO list, the Kasbah has appeared in many movies including : Some of the GREAT films produced are; Kennedy’s braveheart, The Titanic, saving privet Ryan, the Mission Impossible II, Armageddon, Battlefield earth, the Flintstones, 2001, U-S 571, What women want, remember the titan, pearl harbor and a host of others. John also told us about motion pictures and some of them are, Motion pictures include; Fifty Shades of Grey and some TV series include; Game Of Thrones.

Furthermore, we proceed to the Gate of the desert that is, Ouarzazate. Offering a meal and a roof over one’s head equivalent to one night in the hotel.

2nd day : Ouarzazate to palm groves of Skoura – Amridil Kasbah – Rose valley -Dades Valley 

On the second day of the 8 days tour from Marrakech in the morning after taking breakfast in the morning we are going to visit the city of Ouarzazate. The first one is Atlas studios that is where different motion pictures was shot The second place to visit is Taourirt Kasbah it is actual mud fort one of the oldest and beautiful Ksars in Morocco. After this we move to our car and head east in order to photograph the kasbah of Amridil and palm grove trees in Skoura.

 We move on to Kala-Magouna locally referred to as the Rose valley. A Rose Festival is held annually in May, where the locals offer their rose products, from : candid fragrances; the rose-flavored water; oil and cosmetic goods; Next, we proceed to the Dades valley passing through Boumalne Dades on the way. But as there some stations that are accessible with the ‘’monkey fingers’’ this is a rock formation and the second is on of the hill, hence, offers a view of the Dades valley. Have early breakfast and proceed to the city of boumalne Dades where we will be having our lunch then spend the night in a hotel.

3rd day : Boumalne Dades to Todra Gorges -Erfoud -Merzouga Sahara – overnight in a luxury camp

After breakfast you will proceed this 8 days tour from Marrakech to Todra Gorges; Todra river has created an enormous canyon through the mountains forming a high cliff-sided canyon. It is okay to go for the gorges and one can admire the violent scenes. Thereafter, the grains of Touroug and Tinjdad palm trees ensue. It would be more productive, add some lunch on the way, and that would be free.

In the afternoon, one get to Erg Chebbi Merzouga that is considered to part of the Saharan territories. Where you exchange to camels and cross over the sand desert. There will be a halt so that one can sleep on a promising dune to appreciate aesthetic norms of the sun setting. Following this is the desert luxury camp. Which means where you can dance to the Berber drums as you are in circle around the camp fire in the cold night under the stars. Over lunch make arrangements for the dinner laid later spend the night in the tents of the camp.

4th day : Explore Merzouga region to Nomads – Khamlia – Merzouga lake – Erg Chebbi – palm grove

Go to bed early in the morning ,then wake up early in the morning and go to see the sunrise over the desert is a must. Free time for breakfast. Then you ride camals back to Merzouga where the driver will be expecting your arrival to take you back to the hotel. The entire day of our travel in the Moroccan non-arable zone we spend traveling to the area of Merzouga. It is so replete with beautiful decential that one can scarcely enumerate them; the sand dunes, the wild lake, the mines, the fabulous fossiles zones, and the oases. Which are perfect locations for so many out door activities. First of all, the tour begins in Merzouga; Next, using the car, we will go into the off road to see a mine of eyeliner of some time in the past. We then get to meet the nomads in the dwelling, a dwelling being a hand woven tent they live in. Observe how they live while you take your southern mint tea.

The last part of our 8 days tour from Marrakech is the Khamllia village through which tourists will be able to listen and watch Gnaoua music and dance. This has immigrants from the sub-Saharan countries such as Mali, Sudan and Niger amongst others, such immigrants use different networks than other immigrants. Most of the times, the centre is set and often aligned to have a meal at a certain restaurant. Then we sit for some time and then take a walk under the grove of palm trees Machines brought havoc to the grove of palm trees. Further a few kilometers you will find the wild desert which has got a name Merzouga or the pink lake. Moderate Dinner and overnight in a hotel.

5th day: Merzouga Dunes to Erfoud – Midelt – cedars forest – Ifrane – Fes

For this day, get ready to visit the Rissani town which was once a part of Tafilalet kingdom. Rissani is even today an important commercial city; the town still has today a Souk encompassing an enormous market now functioning on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. The Rissani souk closing time is the time you will be going to Erfoud and on the way there we will visit one of the workshops that deals on the fossilized marble From here we continue through the Ziz River to see the Ziz Gorge.

Moreover, let’s take a lunch break in Midelt, walk around the town to take some photographs and then it’s some rest time. We then go to the cedars forest where the only mammal that is native to the rock; the Barbary Macaque lives. It should be taken when walking through the forest Modern society is completely different and people do not have to follow strict rules anymore and can behave how they want. We proceed to the Ifrane city that has acquired fame for the cold climate that is likened to snow and the building structures like the alpine That is why this city is referred to as the Morocco Switzerland.

 

6th day : Guided tour sightseeing Fes

For instance, Our driver will for example pick you from your accommodation in Fes after breakfast for a the Fes city tour. It is one of the three that were giants or imperial cities and symbolises the civilized and, in the religious sense, the spiritual centre of Morocco. The first scene is that in the morning the Royal Palace gate was shot at. Following that is the ancient Medina which is the well preserved medieval city that falls under the UNESCO World Heritage. The indicated door is the Blue gate or Bab Boujloud that opens to the old Medina. If there is any , that means you will be moving into the Medina with a guide accompanying you. The visiting places include: Including Bouanania Medrasa, Najjarine fountain, Tanneries and in carrying out these the grand mosque and university of Quaraouine – which is actually the oldest university in the whole entire world. Next we tour the Jewish hemlet that is often called Mellah. The elongated structure of the school is evident in the ground plan of the building. Subsequently, we proceed to what was once probably a liner for a more circular view of the Medina and the city of Fes. Then return to your riad Indeed, as that mentioned earlier Moroccan food is halal and the next time you sit to be served you can be faced with a meal taken strictly according to the perceived Quran.

7th day : Fes to Meknes – Volubilis ruins – Chefchaouen

After taking our breakfast we ensure that we are ready to head to the city of meknes the city that was earlier known as the ismaili capital as well as being one of the four imperial cities. In which we visit : Seeing the Moroccan religious secondary schools in At Souk Tune with Bab Al-Mansour, The Sahrij Souani basin and the Royal stables of Moulay Ismail, The granary and The Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail. Free time for lunch. After this we proceed 30 Km off-road and alongside Meknes to proceed to one of the most famous services of archaeology over the whole world- VOLUBILIS, the City of the Romans. It remains well – intact mainly because the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO gave a title of “World Heritage Site” to the place. They have several mosaics that are situated almost anywhere, in addition to that it also has some old pillars and arches. As we go to the ruins we therefore go the Northern part of Morocco then through Ouazzane to Chefchaouen in the Rif Mountains. This city is now also known as the Blue city. I

In particular, in relation to the architectural identification, it is worth pointing out that the city is relatively popular in terms of buildings and, in particular, the narrow areas where blue decorations are foreseen. Accommodation in a hotel.

8th day : Transfer to the Tangier airport

Immediately after breakfast Depending on the flight time We will take a walk in the beautiful streets of the blue city and then proceed to drive through the rif mountains to Tangier before dropping you at the airport. Which brings us to the end of this 8 days tour from Marrakech

Important Note: Our proposed desert tours from Marrakech can be modified and designed according to your requirements and needs, feel free to contact us.

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Frequently Asked Questions

No, a day trip from Marrakech to Chefchaouen is not feasible due to the significant distance between the two cities. To fully explore and enjoy both destinations, you would need to plan for multiple days of travel.
The distance between Marrakech and the Blue City of Chefchaouen is approximately 577 kilometers (358 miles) by road.

No, you don’t need to bring a sleeping bag. Our desert camps are equipped with all amenities to ensure your comfort during the night stay.

During your time in the desert, you can enjoy camel trekking, sandboarding, exploring local villages, interacting with nomadic families, and experiencing Berber music around a campfire.

Absolutely! We understand that each traveler has unique preferences and interests. Our tours are fully customizable, and we’re happy to tailor the itinerary to meet your specific needs.

Yes, for travelers who prefer not to ride camels, we provide 4×4 transfers to and from the desert camp at no extra charge. Simply inform us of your preference at the time of booking.