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Itinerary
DAY 1. Arrival
Upon your arrival at Marrakech Ménara airport, you will be welcomed by your English-speaking guide and your driver and transferred to your hotel.
Time at leisure till dinner and overnight at Bab Hotel (or similar).
Meals included: Dinner
DAY 2. MARRAKECH
Once the capital of southern Morocco, the imperial city of Marrakech is an alluring oasis with a temperate climate, distinct charm, and fascinating sights.
Our day-long tour includes the beautifully proportioned Koutoubia Mosque with its distinctive 282-foot minaret visible from miles away; the beautiful Andalusian-style El Bahia Palace (part of which is still used by the royal family); and the Palace of Dar Si Said, now the Moroccan National Carpets museum lodged in a beautiful traditional house.
Mid-afternoon, we embark on a Medina walking tour (the medieval district of Marrakech), ending at Djemaa el Fna Square, a UNESCO site and the heart of Marrakech, crowded with snake charmers, entertainers, storytellers, musicians, barbers, and sellers of fruit, water, and spices.
Moroccan dinner in Medina and overnight at your hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 3. MARRAKECH
After breakfast, a day at leisure or optional visits/activities (cost TBA):
- Moroccan Cooking Workshop at Culinary Art Museum, including return transfer and lunch.
- Visit to Yves Saint-Laurent Museum, including entry fees and return transfer.
- Hammam experience with traditional skin scrubbing and massage including return transfer.
Lunch and dinner at leisure.
Return to your hotel for overnight accommodation.
The Moroccan Culinary Art Museum
Built in the 18th century, this remarkable mud-brick ancient mansion of 5000 square meters with architecture reminiscent of an old sultan’s palace has two stunning courtyards. Both are covered in intricate tiles and deep colors, a genuine echo of the Moorish architectural design. The courtyard is embellished with ancient olive and palm trees and a burbling Moorish marble fountain rooted in the middle, facing the two seemingly Moroccan living rooms with high ceilings.
This ancient house has been completely refurbished and revamped into a beautiful palace, a marvel of Moroccan craftsmanship, and a genuine work of art. Guests will embark on a journey of culinary discovery through its various exhibition rooms, from spices taking their origins from all the Moroccan regions to Art de la Table and the different cuisine techniques presented to the visitors.
A visit to the Museum can be enhanced with a “degustation” or a packed lunch. Cooking classes can also take place (morning and afternoon) for 34 participants or 68 if they work in duos, followed by the meal they have prepared. There is a gift and souvenir boutique with all kinds of local products and cooking paraphernalia. The whole site can also be rented for special events.
Standing buffet capacity: 250 guests. Banquet capacity: 150 guests. Lift between the various floors. Commodities are available on each floor.
Yves Saint Laurent Museum
Yves Saint Laurent Museum presents the most beautiful creations of the famed French Couturier, together with temporary exhibitions of painters or sculptors. He loved Marrakech, lived a long time in the villa Bou Saf Saf next door, and was very much inspired by the city’s light and colours in his collections.
The Hammam Experience
To destress and detox, there is no better way than to visit a traditional Moroccan steam bath and have a deeply relaxing treatment.
Hammam (steam bath), body scrub with a special glove, massages with aromatic essential oils, and other treatments are all designed to induce lasting well-being, including relaxing milk baths with rose petals, facials, and toning mineral wraps.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 4. MARRAKECH – OUARZAZATE
After breakfast, depart to Ouarzazate, crossing many Berber villages through the beautiful landscapes of the Atlas mountains range.
Cross the Tizi N’Tichka pass over 2000 meters high (lots of snow there in winter!). Start the descent towards the different pre-Saharan scenery of the Southern slopes.
20 km before Ouarzazate, turn left and stop for the visit of the Ait Ben Haddous Kasbah, a Unesco preserved site. This huge fortified village served as natural « décor » for the shooting of numerous Hollywood productions, like « Lawrence of Arabia », « Romancing the Stone” with Mike Douglas, or more recently «the Mummy».
Lunch near the Kasbah, then go to Ouarzazate to check in at your hotel and spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight at Kenzi Azghor hotel (or similar).
3h 30mn drive
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 5. OUARZAZATE – ZAGORA
Morning departure to Zagora, following, just after the rocky area leading to Agdz, the banks of the Draa River, where six palm forests form a long ribbon of greenery.
Thanks to the river’s proximity, cereals, henna, vegetables, fruit and date palms are cultivated on the valley floor or stepped terraces. Then the scenery becomes drier, and the sand gets more and more appearing… and here is Zagora, only 80 days (by camel) from Timbuktu!
Check-in at Ksar Tinsouline hotel (or similar) and have lunch at leisure. In the afternoon, visit the potters’ village of Tamegrout and the dunes of Tinfou. Dinner and overnight in your hotel.
2h 45mn drive
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 6. ZAGORA – M’HAMID – ERG CHIGAGA
Enjoy the morning at leisure in Zagora for your discovery. Noon: check out and early lunch near your hotel.
Time at leisure until 16:00 when you will leave with your chauffeured 4WD cars and reach the site of your Bedouin bivouac in the middle of the Sahara dunes for your dinner in the desert, followed by overnight under the traditional tents.
1h 30 + 2h dirt tracks
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 7. ERG CHIGAGA – ZAGORA – OUARZAZATE
After watching the sunrise on the dunes and a hearty Moroccan breakfast, at 09.00, return to M’hamid with the chauffeured 4WD cars, then with your coach back to Zagora and Up the Draa Valley to Ouarzazate.
You will notice how the landscape is different from the morning light.
Lunch At Tamnougalt in a traditional Kasbah and an afternoon drive to Ouarzazate.
Check-in at Oscar Hotel (or similar) for dinner and overnight.
4h drive
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 8. OUARZAZATE – MARRAKECH
After breakfast, leave for Marrakech for a noon arrival with lunch at leisure.
Afternoon visit of the famed Majorelle Garden.
The Majorelle gardens, designed in the 20s by the famous French orientalist painter Jacques Majorelle offer beautiful exotic plants and a fascinating Museum of Berber traditions with a stunning staging of costumes, jewelry, and objects of daily life. The Berber Museum, located within the Majorelle Gardens, is a beautiful introduction to the Berber culture.
Farewell Gastronomic Moroccan dinner in the old city. Overnight at Longue Vie Hotel (or similar).
3h45 drive
Meals included: Breakfast
DAY 9. MARRAKECH
After breakfast, transfer to Marrakech airport in time for your departure flight or transfer to Agadir.
Meals included: Breakfast
DAY 9-12. AGADIR
OCT 31, 2023 – after breakfast leave Marrakech by motorcoach.
Transfer from Marrakech to Agadir ( approx. 3 hours) included.
3 nights at the Riu Tikida Beach Hotel, all inclusive.
Nov 03, 2023 -Transfer to Agadir airport early morning
The 4-star Hotel Riu Tikida Beach offers All-Inclusive service allowing you to savor all of the best recipes prepared by our chefs at the buffet restaurant. You can also enjoy the theme restaurants, including the Moroccan restaurant “Le Mogador”, an ideal spot to sample Morocco cooking, bursting with flavors and aromas, which combines various cuisines such as Berber, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, African and Moorish cuisine.
This all-inclusive hotel in Agadir, located on the shores of a vast golden sand beach, has marvelous views of Morocco’s Atlantic Coast. Relaxing here won’t be a problem since the Hotel Riu Tikida Beach has a Hammam, a Thalassotherapy Center, beauty treatments, as well as a large garden, a freshwater pool and a solarium terrace, as well as other amenities.
During the day, a wide variety of activities and sports await you such as tennis, yoga, pétanque, darts, table tennis, volleyball, water exercise classes, belly dancing and even Arabic lessons and in the evening you can enjoy the hotel’s nightclub. Also if you like golf, there is a golf course and a school where you can practice very close to the complex.
Agadir is Morocco’s number one beach destination. Here you can rest and also delve further into the legendary charm of Arabic culture and tradition. You can take all sorts of excursions and trips to places like the kasbah, the port, the medina, Tamraght Valley, Souss-Massa National Park and certain markets near the center. You will discover why tourists decide to travel to this exotic destination in search of history and a mixture of Arabic, African and Mediterranean culture.
Morocco Authentic
Morocco Deluxe
Dates:
- October 23 – 31, 2023
- Extension: October – 31 Novmber 3, 2023
Land only price:
Based on 20 participants minimum
- $1,629.00 per person sharing
- Single supplement $689.00 per person
Optional extension:
Agadir: 3 nights all-inclusive at the ocean resort (transfers Marrakech – Agadir – Airport included)
- $719.00 per person sharing
- Single supplement on request and TBA
Air prices:
- TBA
We recommend flying with Royal Air Maroc especially if you are planning to do the Agadir extension. For round trip into Marrakech TAP Portugal works well but has an overnight in Lisbon on the way back.
Optional excursions:
- MOROCCAN COOKING WORKSHOP -AM only – $115.00 per person
- HAMMAM EXPERIENCE – PM only -$139.00 per person
- YSL EXPREIENCE – AM or PM – $59.00 per person
5 people minimum is required to operate the tour – Pick up and drop off at your hotel.
Payment Details:
- 1st deposit $500.00 per person at registration ($750.00 if you elect the 3 night extension)
- Final land charges due no later than September 08, 2023
Included:
- Transportation from arrival to departure transfers by A/C deluxe motorcoach, including gas and toll expenses, and driver’s board and fees,
- Service of an official guide escort throughout the tour, from arrival transfer till departure transfer from Marrakech, his board and fees included,
- Services of local guides for a visit to some cities (as per Moroccan regulations),
- Accommodation in 4 stars hotels as per the availability at the time of booking,
- Meals, as mentioned in the program,
- Entry fees to places visited, as mentioned in the program,
- Porter fees in hotels and tips in restaurants when necessary,
- Experienced Alpine Adventures escort throughout the tour
- A small bottle of mineral water every day for the participants.
- Taxes and service.
Excluded:
- Airfares,
- Personal expenses (Bar, laundry, telephone etc.),
- Drinks at meals,
- Meals not mentioned in the program,
- Tips for escorting guide and driver (left to participants’ appreciation),
- Any expenses not explicitly mentioned in the program.
Cancelation policies:
All cancellations should get to us in writing . We highly recommend purchasing travel insurance. See link below
- From booking day to 46 days prior to departure : 50% of all deposits paid will be forfeited and airfare in full if already paid for.
- From 45 days to departure day : No refunds unless you have travel insurance and cancel for a covered reason.
For insurance plan details and disclosures:
https://alpineadventures.net/docs/Alpine-Adventures-Travel-Protection-Plan.pdf
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