Top 9 Days Tour From Fes To Marrakech – Holiday in Morocco

The Best Morocco Tour from Fes to Marrakech – 9 Days

Overview: 9-Day Tour from Fes to Marrakech

Our Morocco tours are not just simple ones, they are a special experience that takes you on a marvelous journey in Morocco to the attractions of the country, and its gorgeous landscapes, and allow you to deep into the true Moroccan culture. This tour starts from Fes and takes the road of the Middle Atlas to the magical Desert of Merzouga. You experience camel trekking and desert night with Berber. Tourists love to attend sunset and sunrise over the dunes of Erg Chebbi in Merzouga, so it’s a great opportunity to have this experience during your stay in the desert. Also, this tour takes you to the impressive Gorges of Todgha before arriving at the famous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou. The end of the tour will be in Marrakech.

Highlights: 9 Days Tour from Fes to Marrakech

• Fes Guide Tour: visit Fes el Bali, Mellah, Qarouian mosque, Royal Palace
• Drive via the road of the Middle Atlas Mountains
• Stop at Cedra Forest in Azrou
• Explore the Desert of Merzouga
• Experience camel trekking
• Experience Desert Night in the heart of the desert
• Attend the beautiful sunrise and sunset over the high dunes of Erg Chebbi
• Walk along the impressive Todgha Gorges
• Visit the well-known Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou
• Marrakech Guided Tour: visit Jamaa el-Fna, Menara Gardens, Bahia Palace, Majorelle Gardens…

Itinerary: Morocco Tour from Fes to Marrakech via Desert

DAY 1: FEZ SIGHTSEEING:

After breakfast in your riad, you will start exploring Fes the “the Spiritual City of Morocco”. You will spend the whole morning exploring the Medina, visiting most of the sites of cultural and historical interest – including the famous Al Karaouine Mosque and University (the oldest in the world), the Tanneries, and the Najjarine fountain. After lunch, we will drive outside the Medina to see the Royal Palace gate, walk through the Jewish quarter “the Mellah”, then visit the pottery cooperative. Afternoon, we will drive to one of the fortresses to experience an amazing panoramic view of the whole Medina of Fes. Overnight accommodation will be in an authentic riad in the heart of old Medina.

DAY 2: FEZ – CEDER FOREST – MIDELT:

On the second day of our tour from Fes to Marrakech, after breakfast, we leave Fes and drive towards the magical Middle Atlas Mountains. We will stop in the charming town of Ifrane; which is known as the Switzerland of Morocco, because of the weather, architecture, and historical events. We will have a short break in order to walk around before we continue to the largest cedar forest in Morocco besides the beautiful town of Azrou, where you will have the chance to see Barbary Monkeys living in a wild area. After that, we keep driving between the mountains passing through many Berber villages such as; Timhdit where we will have our lunch, and Zaida till we reach Midelt where we stay overnight in a hotel with dinner and breakfast.

DAY 3: MIDELT – ZIZ VALLEY – Merzouga:

Today we drive further south crossing the mountains of the High Atlas till we get to Errachidia where the Valley of palm trees appears, these create an Oasis of greenery ideal for growing all kinds of fruit trees and vegetable microclimate. After a while, we reach Erfoud; the capital of Fossils, which abound testifying past covered by the sea. From here the asphalt disappears, and Saharan tracks adobe till we reach the village of Merzouga; the main town in the Sahara Desert. Overnight at the hotel close to the dunes with dinner and breakfast.

DAY 4 – 5: Discover Merzouga:

In these interesting days, we will explore Erg Chebbi more deeply. We will visit the town of Khamlia, we discover small villages and inhabited houses in unexpected places far from civilization. In addition to that, we will visit nomads who feel so happy to share their lifestyle with their visitors. Our journey continues to discover old mines close to the borders between Morocco and Algeria, found by the French years ago. Then we go back to the town where we will have a typical lunch, especially in the area called ” Berber Pizza”.

Afternoon you have a lifetime experience starting by camel trekking; friendly camels guided by a man with experience of many years going up and down on the sand with different stops to take pictures of landscapes and amazing sunset, around 1H30 walking we get to the camp located in the heart of the desert where you will have your dinner and enjoy the Berber music played by locals under a starry sky. In the morning you will wake up early in order to admire the fascinating view of sunrise before you go back to the hotel by riding your camel again to the hotel where you will have breakfast and take a shower.

After that, you will have free time in which you may do other activities like Quad biking or visit other villages around the area, also might be just for relaxing, enjoying the sun and walking between the dunes. Overnight in a hotel.

DAY 6 : MERZOUGA – TODRA GORGES – DADES VALLEY – OUARZAZATE:

After breakfast we departed to Rissani; the old Sijilmassa center of ancient caravans from Toumboukto to Marrakech as a central market of Salt. After walking around the biggest market in the region we continue our trip through a semi-desert landscape till we reach the oasis of Tinghir, one of the wonderful places in Morocco. Then we get to Todra gorge’s highest and narrowest gorges with 300m which is considered an attractive place for climbers.

After having lunch, we continue the way to another impressive valley of Dades and to the city of Roses; the area where the real flower grows called Damskina, short break if you are interested to see how they abstract different products from Roses in one of the cooperatives there. Then, we drive through a famous road known as the” road of thousand Kasbahs”, to reach one of the most important cities of southern Morocco Ouarzazate, known for its intense and cinematic activity, having to his credit films like Gladiator, Troy, the Mummy, etc made in a big studio Called Atlas Corporation Studios, you can have a visit before we get to the hotel where we will spend the night with dinner and breakfast.

DAY 7 : OUARZAZATE – AIT BENHADDOU – MARRAKECH:

After breakfast, we take the road towards Ait Ben Haddou, the queen of kasbahs (UNESCO World Heritage), and walk around. Later we will visit one of the most wonderful tracks of Morocco” Kasbah of Telouet”, ancient Glagui’s palace Pacha of Marrakech. We continue our way through the port of the highest pass in Morocco – Tzin Tichca (2,260 m), where we will have breaks for panoramic views and lunch before we reach the imperial city of Marrakech. Overnight at riad.

DAY 8: MARRAKECH CITY TOUR:

After breakfast, we spend a full-day tour to discover Marrakech with a local guide. Called “the red city” because of the color of its walls and filled with gardens, watered by underground wells (khettaras). Which were built by the Almoravids and Saharan nomads in the eleventh century. On this day we will visit Menara, the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace, the Koutoubia, Majorelle Gardens, and souks, these are some of the unavoidable visits. A unique experience will be to discover the square of” Djemaa El Fna” where the life and activity of the city are concentrated: dancers, storytellers, jugglers, artisans, merchants, and snake charmers. While you discover these important places you will have free time to walk by yourselves. Overnight in the same riad. 9 Days Tour From Fes

DAY 9: MARRAKECH – AIRPORT:

Transfer to the airport before your flight departure and this will be the end of 9 Days tour from Fes to Marrakech. End of our service.