FES AND SAHARA DESERT, MOROCCO FROM SPAIN - 8 DAYS

Quick Tour Information

SPAIN-TO-MOROCCO TRAVELS WHERE YOUR BERBER DRIVER/GUIDE TAKES YOU TO FES, AND TO THE HEART OF THE SAHARA DESERT IN MERZOUGA, WITH SAND DUNES - OASIS- FOSSILS.- NOMADS- AN OVERNIGHT CAMEL EXCURSION BENEATH THE STARS. TRAVEL THROUGH BERBER VILLAGES, MID ATLAS MOUNTAINS TO ROMAN RUINS, ATLANTIC COASTAL BEACHES. PRICE: 990 EUROS EACH IN GROUP OF SIX ADULTS.

Day 1: ALGECIRAS, SPAIN to FEZ, MOROCCO

Ferry across the Straits of Gibraltar to TANGIER, Morocco, Northern Africa. After customs, travel to FES, the oldest Imperial City of Morocco. Special Folklore Show with Multi-course Fassi Dinner where you meet your guide to plan your next day’s tour. We prefer the ryads- restored palaces- for their hospitality and unique atmosphere where you stay.

Day 2: FEZ

Tour Fes. The most Imperial City of Morocco!!!! Visit the largest souk in Morocco and in Africa. Your official guide will help you visit all the palaces and special historic places here. The handicrafts made in the medina include bronze and metal work, leatherwork ceramic tiles, jewelry. Antique shops and carpet shops are of first quality. Fez was the spiritual and cultural center of Morocco and has multiple facets to explore. Intimate dinner at your ryad.

Day 3: FEZ to MERZOUGA SAHARA DESERT

Travel through Mid Atlas Mountains with changing landscape and changing culture toward the desert of Merzouga. Pass through the Valley of Ziz with miles of palm trees and Morocco's Grand Canyon. After Rissani travel out to Erg Chebbie Sand Dunes, to HAVEN LA CHANCE DESERT HOTEL, the base for BLUE MEN OF MOROCCO CO in Morocco. All Meals in the desert included.

Day 4: MERZOUGA

After spending the night under 1001 stars - the clearest skylights imaginable in bivouac or khaima tents or in your hotel room, absorb the isolation and silence of the desert. Walk in the sand dunes before your overnight camel excursion deep in the sand dunes of Merzouga. You see the sunset and sunrise with the sun's rays bouncing off the sand crests. Campfire dinner.

Day 5: MERZOUGA

Perhaps visit Rissani on a market day where nomads come to trade. Visit and lunch with our Berber families and friends in Merzouga. The local Berber cooperative has Berber carpets and antique jewelry. We encourage shopping here for good prices and supporting the local economy. You shall be offered lots of Berber tea!

Day 6: MERZOUGA to AZROU

Retracing our trip north to the Mid Atlas to Azrou, a Berber mountain village located near a cedar forest with Barbary apes. 3 star Hotel here. Dinner Included.

Day 7: AZROU to ASILAH

Visit Volubilis, Roman ruins from 100 a.c. (many authentic mosaic floors are worth seeing) before traveling to Asilah on the Atlantic Coast with an immense sandy beach. Explore the village and ancient kasbah walls before dining on local seafood and fish. We use the best hotel available- a 3* in center of town. We prefer not to stay in Tangier but in this smaller intimate city. Dinner is not included as there are several scrumptious seafood restaurants.

Day 8: ASILAH, MOROCCO to MALAGA, SPAIN

Short drive along the coast towards Tangier with a visit to Hercules Cave and Tangier. Your driver/guide will help you with ferry tickets as you take ferry to Spain.

IMPORTANT DETAILS

We prefer using riads that are restored places in Fez and 3* hotels in Azrou and Asilah. Included are Desert hotel rooms or Bivouac nomad tents, all meals, overnight Camel Excursion in the desert; special Folklore dinner show in Fez, official guide, entrance fees, ferry tickets. Continental or Buffet Breakfasts and 6 Dinners. Transportation is a new comfortable 4 x 4 or SUV vehicle with an English-speaking driver who is your overall guide throughout the trip. He meets you at the port in Tangier and helps you with your return from Tangier to Spain. Not included are tips, alcoholic drinks or travel insurance that is required.

Excursions to Morocco from Spain, visit Sahara Desert and Fez, Moroccan monkeys in Azrou, Asilah and Volubulis Roman Ruins UNESCO Morocco