Morocco: Highlights and Atlas Mountains

Visit Morocco: Highlights and Atlas Mountains

9 Days/7 Nights

 

DAY 1: HOME – CASABLANCA

Board your transatlantic flights and travel through the night to Morocco.

 

DAY 2: CASABLANCA – RABAT 

Meet your Moroccan Prométour Tour Director at the arrivals section of the Casablanca Airport.

Board your motor coach and transfer from Casablanca to Rabat.

Enjoy lunch with your group in a local restaurant.

Meet your local guide for a highlights tour of the administrative capital where you’ll see the Royal Palace, the Kasbah, and the Oudayas Gardens. Your tour also includes entry to the Hassan Tower and the Mohamed V Mausoleum.

Board your motor coach and transfer to your hotel.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at the hotel in Rabat.

 

DAY 3: RABAT – FEZ

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel with your group and Prométour Tour Director.

Board your motor coach and start the journey to Fez.

On your way stop in Meknes. Meet your local guide for a highlights tour of the city of Meknes, characterized by its triple enclosure of Place El Hedim, Bab Khémis, and Bab Mansour, often said to be one of the most beautiful doors in Morocco.

Enter the Mausoleum Moulay Ismaïl, the only mosque accessible to non-Muslims outside the Hassan II Mosque. (donation required to enter)

Enjoy lunch with your group

Go to the village of Saint de Moulay Idriss to see the Roman ruins of Volubilis, the Mauritanian capital, founded in the 3rd century B.C. (photo stop)

Board your motor coach and continue your journey to Fez, the spiritual capital of Morocco.

Stop at Borj Nord for a beautiful panoramic view of the Medina.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at the hotel in Fez.

 

DAY 4: FEZ

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel with your group and Prométour Tour Director.

Discover Fes El Bali, the oldest part of Fez, with a local guide. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as the Medina of Fez, some of the historical sights include: the Medersa al-Attarine, the Nejjarine fountain, and the exterior of the Karaouine Mosque, the oldest Koranic university in the world.

Admire the wealth of Fassi craftsmanship as you explore the different districts of the souks of the Medina.

Enjoy lunch with your group

Spend some time in El Jedid (New Fez), which is primarily occupied by the Royal Palace, once the center of government in Morocco and still used on occasion by the King of Morocco today. The district also contains the historic Mellah (Jewish quarter) of the city.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at the hotel in Fez.

 

DAY 5: FEZ – MARRAKESH

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel with your group and Prométour Tour Director.

Board your motor coach and transfer to Marrakesh.

Stop for lunch on your way.

Discover the Mellah, the Jewish Quarter, and explore the souks of the medina.

Enjoy dinner with your group.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at the hotel in Marrakech.

 

DAY 6: MARRAKESH

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel with your group and Prométour Tour Director.

Meet your local guide for a morning of Marrakech highlights.

See the Menara Gardens, a historic public garden and orchard. Established in the 12th century during the rule of the Almohad dynasty, the gardens are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Enter the Bahia Palace, a 19th century building consisting of rooms decorated with stunning stuccos, paintings and mosaics. It has been a royal residence, home for the French Resident General, and now a popular tourist attraction.

Enjoy lunch with your group.

With your Tour Director see the exterior of the Koutoubia Mosque, and take in the high-energy of Djemâa El Fna, Marrakesh’s main square where the halqa (street theater) has been non-stop here since the 11th century.

(Koutoubia Mosque is not accessible to non-Muslims and is strictly for prayer).

Dinner (with music!) and overnight accommodation at the hotel in Marrakech.

 

DAY 7: MARRAKESH – ATLAS MOUNTAINS

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel with your group and Prométour Tour Director.

Board your motor coach and travel to the Atlas Mountains

Tour the Atlas Mountains, Imlil Valley, Asni Valley, Amizmiz Valley. Discover the beautiful waterfalls and ride a camel!

Enjoy with your group.

Visit a Berber Village and enjoy tea with one of the families.

Board your motor coach and return to Marrakech.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at the hotel in Marrakech.

 

DAY 8: MARRAKESH – CASABLANCA

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel with your group and Prométour Tour Director.

Board your motor coach and return to Casablanca

Enjoy lunch with your group

Enter the impressive Hassan II Mosque. It is the largest active mosque in Africa being able to hold 105,000 worshippers – 25,000 inside, the rest on the outside courtyards (subject to availability, non-guided)

Dinner and overnight accommodation at the hotel in Casablanca.

 

DAY 9: RETURN HOME

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel with your group and Prométour Tour Director.

Enjoy some leisure time.

Board your motor coach and transfer to the airport.

Say a fond goodbye to your Moroccan Prométour Tour Director.

Board your transatlantic flight from Casablanca to return home

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