7 Days Tour from Casablanca

Overview

The “7 days trip from Casablanca” is the perfect option for you if this is your first visit to Morocco, and you want to see as much as you can. You will see the most well-known locations throughout these 7 days, including Marrakech, the Sahara desert, and Fez. Not to mention the fortified kasbahs, oasis, palm groves, gorges, and stunning vistas of the Atlas Mountains.

Day 1: Casablanca Arrival – Marrakech

When you arrive at the airport or from your accommodation, our driver will pick you up to begin your seven-days tour of Casablanca.

We will arrive in Marrakech after a 3-hour drive on the highway, where you can settle into a traditional riad in the medina (old city).

The remainder of the day is yours to unwind while touring the souks and the center’s Jemaa el Fnaa square.

Spend the night in an authentic riad.

Day 2: Marrakech Sightseeing

You will get a guided tour of Marrakech’s Medina with an authorized guide this morning after breakfast in your riad.

You will see the well-known Koutoubia Mosque, the Bahia Palace, and the Majorelle Gardens, the Medina and its souks, as well as some other hidden gems in Marrakech including the Ali Ben Youssef Koranic School, the Saadian tombs.

The best course of action in the afternoon is to explore the Medina and make your way to the square of “Jemaa El Fnaa”, which in the evening is crowded with storytellers, diviners, jugglers, snake charmers, and musicians.

Spend the night in an authentic riad.

Day 3: Marrakech – the High Atlas Mountains – Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah – Ouarzazate – Boumalne Dades

Early in the morning our driver will pick you up from your accommodation and start travelling to the High Atlas, a chain of the Moroccan Atlas Mountains.

On route, you will pause for panoramic views and to take pictures of the Berber tiny settlements that are dotted in the mountains.

After that, we travel farther south to the famed Kasbah (fortified village) of At Ben Haddou (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986).

This magnificent set has been used to film well-known movies like Gladiator, Obelix, The Mummy, The Jewel of the Nile, and Sahara with Penelope Cruz, among others.

Lunchtime in the town at your own expense. We will continue to Ouarzazate,known as “The Gate of the Desert”.

The Taourirt Kasbah, one of Morocco’s most spectacular ksars, can be found here. The Rose Valley, which passes through the expansive Skoura palm grove, is the next destination to see.

It’s a lovely place to admire more than 700.000 palm trees there as well as the numerous kasbahs that have been constructed nearby.

Roses grow in this valley and they are used in beauty products like the highly recommended rosewater.

Every year in May, this city hosts the Rose Festival, a significant event in Moroccan culture.

Our destination for the night is the Dades valley, where we finally arrive to check in at the hotel for dinner and night.

Day 4: Boumalne Dades – Todra Gorges – Erfoud – Merzouga (overnight in the Sahara Desert)

Drive into the valley again after breakfast to view “the monkey toes,” an incredible rock formation, and the 19th-century Kasbah of Ait Yul, which is still standing.

We will arrive in the Todra Gorges after leaving the Dades valley and traveling toward Tinghir. The views are breathtaking along this road.

You will pass by the 300-meter-high red cliff at the Gorge, where many rock climbers come to practice their favorite sport.

Local residents can be observed in their adobe villages, where they reside.

After a brief stroll through the Todra gorges, we’ll continue on to Erfoud and Rissani, where we’ll stop for lunch before heading to Merzouga.You will ride a camel in the afternoon under the guidance of a knowledgeable camel man to discover the mystical Erg-Chebbi sand sea. Here, you’ll spend your first night sleeping beneath the stars.

Dinner will be provided in the tent. Also before heading to bed you will sit around the campfire and the nomads will play their favourite music with the drums, it is going to be an unforgettable experience.

Day 5: Merzouga – Ziz Valley – Azrou – Ifrane – Fes

A must-do is to get up early in order to watch the most magnificent sunrise of your life from the top of a nearby dune.

After breakfast, we take the camels back to Merzouga and begin our journey to the north through the largest palm grove in the world, Tafilalet. Along the 20km of route, you’ll observe a lot of palm trees.

This route takes us to the Ziz valley, where a river flows into a palm grove after flowing down from the high Atlas.

Here, we pause and take in the breathtaking view of the valley and the village of Aoufous from this elevated vantage point. We stop next in Midelt, in the middle of the Atlas Mountains. Here, you’ll have some free time to have lunch and take a break.

We proceed into the Cedar forest in the afternoon, to see some monkeys there. Our next stop is the city of Ifrane, which is 1630 meters above sea level and located on the Middle Atlas’ northwest slope.

This city resembles a Swiss town because of its wide avenues, immaculate urban development, gardens, green spaces, and architectural style.

Finally we will pass by Immouzer and arrive to Fez.

The end of our service is when we drop you off at your lodging in Fez around 7 o’clock.

Day 6: Fes Tour- Casablanca

Take a guided tour of Fes with a local guide.

Before entering the Medina of Fes el-Bali to learn about the Islamic institutions of the Madrasa Bou Inania and Al-Attarine Madrasa, begin your journey at the famed Bab Bou Jeloud gates.

Visit the Nejjarine Museum of Wooden Arts and Crafts at the University of al-Qarawiyyin after that.

In a wonderfully preserved caravanserai, you may view its collection of antique furniture, musical instruments, and tools.

After lunch in the Medina, visit one of the tanneries to discover how leather is still manufactured today exactly as it was centuries ago.

Afternoon’s end, you’ll make the drive back to Casablanca and drop off at your accommodation.

Day 7: Casablanca Airport

Your “7 days trip from Casablanca” will come to an end this morning when our driver picks you up from your lodging and drives you to the airport in advance of your flight.