DAY 1 - CASABLANCA
Upon arrival in Casablanca, you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
DAY 2 - CHEFCHAOUEN
After breakfast, meet your guide and start your tour with a drive around Casablanca, including Place Mohammed V, United Nations Square and the Arab League Park. Drive by the impressive Hassan II Mosque, one of the largest mosques in the world. 
Continue to the Jewish Museum, the only Jewish museum in the Arab World.
Casablanca is home to the largest Jewish community in Morocco and has numerous congregations. Time permitting, drive by the Mellah (Jewish Quarter) with its synagogues such as Beth-El, Em Habanim and Neve Shalom. 
Then drive 1½ hours to Rabat, capital city of Morocco. Your Rabat city tour includes the old medina, the Kasbah of the Oudayas and the Oudaya Gate, the Hassan Tower, and the Mohammed V Mausoleum. Continue to the Mellah, with its narrow lanes and colorful courtyards, now home to just a few Jewish families.
From Rabat, drive to Chefchaouen for dinner and overnight at your riad.
DAY 3 - CHEFCHAOUEN
After breakfast, start your visit of the city.
Chefchaouen is situated in the Rif Mountains, just inland from Tangier and Tetouan. The town was founded in 1492 by Moorish exiles from Spain. Chaouen, as it is often called by Moroccans, is a popular tourist destination given its proximity to Tangier and the Spanish border. Though there are few modern sights, there is a calm and relaxing atmosphere provided by this mountainous location. Chefchaouen is famous for its blue-rinsed houses and buildings, a tradition that comes from the town's former Jewish population.  Your tour of Chaouen includes the Place El Makhzen and the famous square Uta el Hamman and the medina. 
Return to your riad for overnight.

DAY 4 – FES
Drive to Volubilis to visit the impressive remains of this a flourishing Roman trading city. Continue south to Meknes, a former Imperial City of Morocco. Drive through the city and visit the Moulay Ismail museum.
Continue to Fes for dinner and overnight.

DAY 5 – FES
Meet your guide for your full day tour in Fes. Start with a walking tour of the medina of Fes (UNESCO World Heritage) with its colorful street of dyers and brass workers at es-Seffarine. Walk through the winding streets of the Great Mosque el-Quarawiyyin and the University. Journey into the past to the magnificent Mosque and Souk el-Atterine, beautiful Medersa el-Attarine, the Kissaria Draz and tanneries on the bank of the Oued Fes. 
Continue to the Nejjarine Museum in a wonderfully restored funduq, an ancient inn used by travelling merchants who stored and sold their goods below and took lodgings on the floors above.
In the afternoon, visit the famous pottery kilns and tour around the walls with numerous babs. 
Return to your hotel for overnight.

DAY 6 – MERZOUGA
After breakfast set out for the Middle Atlas Mountains through the village of Immouzzer du Kandar and the ski resort of Ifrane. The journey winds through the High Atlas Mountains offering picturesque views and high passes.
Continue through the Ziz Gorge and Er Rachidia to Erfoud, one of the largest oases in Morocco. 
From Erfoud, travel approximately 1 ½ hours to Merzouga and your hotel for dinner and overnight.
DAY 7 – AIT BEN HADDOU
Start the day with a short camel trek to watch a fantastic sunrise over the dunes. Return to your hotel for breakfast.
After breakfast, board your 4x4 to drive back to Erfoud and visit the date market and fossil factory. From Erfoud, drive through Tinejdad, Tineghir and the Todra Pass in the beautiful 1,000 Kasbah Valley to El Kelaa des Mgouna where palm trees are replaced by orchards and irrigated gardens. Roses for making perfume are the specialty of El Kelaa des Mgouna. Paris, the famous perfume by Yves Saint Laurent is made from the extract of these roses. You will find some nice shopping here for rose products such as rose water, body milk, dried petals etc.
Continue to Skoura and then on to Ait Ben Haddou for dinner and overnight.

DAY 8 – MARRAKECH
After breakfast, explore the 11th-century ksar of Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage site.  Recent movies made at Ait Ben Haddou include "Prince of Persia," "Game of Thrones" and "Queen of the Desert."  Afterwards drive past scenic views of mountains and semi-desert terrain topped by kasbahs and adobe homes. 
Continue to Marrakech through the High Atlas Mountains at Tizi N’Tichka Pass (7,415 feet). Proceed across the fertile countryside of the Haouz Plain to the pink city of Marrakech.
End at your hotel for overnight.

DAY 9 – MARRAKECH
After breakfast, enjoy a full day sightseeing of Marrakech. Tour the Menara Garden with its lovely Saadian Pavilion and olive groves. Next, step into the wondrous old world of the medina. Wander through the labyrinth and stop at the foot of the Koutoubia Minaret, a famous landmark of Marrakech.
Continue to the Bahia Palace with its lush Moorish-style gardens. In the afternoon, visit the Majorelle Botanical Gardens, host of a variety of flora from around the world.  Next, discover some of the most colorful souks of the medina. Enjoy a horse carriage ride in the medina.
Finally, stroll through the exotic Jemaa El Fna Square, ancient meeting place of tradesmen, musicians, snake charmers, and storytellers.
Return to your hotel for overnight.
DAY 10 – MARRAKECH
You will be picked up from your hotel lobby after breakfast to start your tour to Imlil Valley.
Board your 4X4 vehicle and drive into the Atlas Mountains, the home of the Berbers and Jbel Toubkal, the highest peak in North Africa.  All of this is just 40 miles from Marrakech. The green landscapes of this valley, the rivers and the adobe Berber villages hanging on the slopes will enchant you.
The tranquility of Berber village life provides the perfect contrast to the hubbub of the city.
From the village of Imlil, footpaths lead through lush, irrigated terraces, apple orchards and walnut groves to other villages, where the way of life has changed little for centuries. Enjoy tea with a local family.
Lunch at Kasbah Toubkal, perched on a great rock outcrop above the main village with a panoramic view of the mountains, valleys and waterfalls.
Return to Marrakech and your hotel for overnight.

DAY 11 – ESSAOUIRA
After breakfast, you will be picked up and drive to Essaouira, about a 3 ½ hour drive.
Stop at the Argan Oil cooperative along the way.
Known in antiquity for the production of “royal purple” dye made from sea snails, Essaouira is now a busy fishing port, still showing traces of Portuguese occupation in the 16th century. Protected from the sea and the wind behind its commanding fortified walls, Essaouira shelters a flourishing industry in marquetry woodworking. Also, back in the 1970s, rock stars such as Bob Dylan and Cat Stevens spent much of their time in Essaouira.
Your visit starts at the ancient fishing port with its Gate of the Marines. Continue towards the medina. A wonderful labyrinth of streets, this 18th-century fortified town was built with the principles of contemporary European military architecture in a North African context. 
Discover Bayt Dakira, an old synagogue and a research center on the history of the relations between Judaism and Islam.It is also a museum with an important exhibition of rare objects, texts and photographs showing the coexistence between Muslims and Jews in the city.
In the neighborhood, enjoy some stunning views of the ocean from the Scala, a fortification where "Othello" and “the Game of Thrones” (season 3, Astapor) were filmed. Finally, spend some time exploring the souks.
Continue to your hotel or riad for overnight.

DAY 12 – ESSAOUIRA
Today is at your leisure to explore this picturesque city on your own.
Breakfast and overnight provided.

DAY 13 – CASABLANCA
You will be transferred to Casablanca for overnight.

DAY 14 –
You will be transferred to Casablanca Mohammed V Airport for your departure flight.

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