Day 1 – Welcome arrival- Casablanca
Arrival into Casablanca airport, you will be welcomed by your English speaking driver/guide.
Afternoon, sightseeing tour of Casablanca, located on the Atlantic Ocean is the business center of Morocco.Your highlights of Casablanca include: A visit of the Central Market. The old Mahakma building constructed in marble, stone and wood, with no fewer than sixty rooms. The remarkable Mosque Hassan II (From outside Only), one of only two mosques in Morocco open to non-Islamic believers.
In the evening dinner and overnight at hotel
Day 2: – Rabat – Meknes - Fes
After breakfast, we will depart to Rabat, recently granted UNESCO Heritage Site status. Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco, was founded in 1146 by the Almohads, as a fortress from where attacks on Spain begun few years later. While Yaqub al Mansour, reign the Koutoubia Marrakech had been built.He started to build in Rabat what would be the world’s largest mosque at the time, but works stopped when he died; the unfinished minaret known as Hassan Tower – less than half its intended height – bear witness of this
attempt. as well in Rabat is located the Mausoleum of Mohamed V,a masterpiece of modern Moroccan architecture.
From here we continue to the Imperial city of Meknes known as the “Moroccan Versailles” and founded in the 17th century by King Moulay Ismail. Meknes is famous for its 25-milelong walls.
In Meknes we will visit some historic sites such as : the massive gate of Bab Mansour, The Bassin de L’Agdal a massive pool dating back some 300 years. The Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail is one of only three Moroccan shrines that non-Muslims can visit.
After tour ends continue to Fes
Dinner and overnight at hotel
Day 3 - Fes
After breakfast, full day sightseeing tour of Fes, which was founded in the 9th century and home to the oldest university in the world. Fez reached its height in the 13th–14th centuries under the Merinids, when it replaced Marrakech as the capital of the kingdom.
Our sightseeing tour will include the following:
The Medersa a theological college, the Bab Boujloud a famous antique gate, The Splendid fountain at Place Nejjarine, The Mellah, the Jewish Quarter, the Souks of Fez in the ancient city center the Medina and the new Medina –the new modern city of Fez.
Dinner and overnight at hotel
Day 4- Fes – Marrakech
After breakfast depart to Marrakech passing by the Berber village of Immouzer Kandar and Ifrane. Moment of relaxation in Beni-Mellal, one of the agricultural centers of Morocco. Arrival in Marrakech in thelate afternoon.
Dinner and overnight at hotel
Day 5 – Marrakech
After breakfast, your guide will meet you at the hotel for full day guided tour of Marrakech.
Marrakech was founded in 1062 by one of the chieftains of the Almoravid king Youssuf Ibn Tashfin. The Almoravids were desert warriors, very much attached to their Islamic religion;.
Nowadays, Marrakech is a vibrant city which exhibits a curious blend of the ancient and the modern, allowing travellers the chance to experience the genuine medieval atmosphere of the old medina, and visit the trendiest
bars, art galleries and restaurants in the French Quarter, built at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Highlights of your visit will include:
El Bahia Palace ,The Koutoubia Mosque , Djemaa El Fna, the Square and the Souks the largest traditional market in Morocco.
Dinner and overnight at hotel
Day 6: – Marrakech – Essaouira – Marrakech
After breakfast, excursion to Essaouira City, a magical fortified coastal town on the Atlantic Ocean. Built by the Portuguese in the 17th C. In total contrast to Marrakech, the pace of life here is relaxed and slow. Essaouira was made famous by Orson Wells, who filmed Othello here and more recently, by residents like Jimmy Hendrix and the Rolling Stones.
This small town was once 33% Jewish and had over thirty synagogues. An 18th century synagogue may still be visited. You can visit the tomb of Rabbi Chaim Pinto in the vast Jewish cemetery, built next to the Atlantic Ocean. Rabbi Pinto is the object of an annual pilgrimage in the week preceding Rosh Hashana. Explore the town, its ramparts, and its lovely street of thuya craftsmen, the lively port, the colourful souk, the medina and the Squala.
Back to Marrakech late afternoon
Dinner and overnight at hotel
Day 7: – Marrakech
Depending on your flight departure time, you will be transferred to the airport
