12 Days 9 Nights Best of Morocco (IX12B)

Meals on Borad 

• Hassan II Mosque - View the enormous Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, has a 210m minaret topped with lasers directed toward Mecca
• Strolling along the Marina Boulevard
• Rick’s Café – Photostop at the filming location of famous 1942 American romantic drama film “Casablanca”

• Quartier Habous – French style Arabian community. Dotted with small souks and souvenir shops
• Mohamed V Square – Home to many of the city's important official buildings
• Medina of Casablanca – Stop at Casablanca's old town to discover the local life in the maze just like tumble of alleyways
• Transfer to Rabat. The Morocco's capital, rests along the shores of the Bouregreg River and the Atlantic Ocean
• Kasbah of the Udayas - 11th-century fortress walls, a tranquil and tiny neighborhood of twisting white-and-blue lanes were built in Andalusian-style
• Photostop at the Rabat's Royal Palace, Hassan Tower & Mausoleum of Mohammed V

• Depart to Tangier, a Moroccan port on the Strait of Gibraltar has been a strategic gateway between Africa and Europe since Phoenician times
• Asilah – A little town on the northwest tip of Morocco's Atlantic coast. Enjoy its poetic and artistic scenery with white houses decorated in blue or green touches, its winding lanes, quiet beaches, a relaxing atmosphere and colourful murals
• Grottes d'Hercule - A nature cave by the sea erosion with a reversal of the African map
• Le cap Spartel – A promontory located at the northwest of the African continent, the boundary of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean
• Old Town of Tangier - One of the best things to do in Tangier is go exploring or shopping in the bazaars

• Transfer to Chefchaouen - “Blue Pearl of Morocco.” A city in the Rif Mountains of northwest Morocco. It’s known for the striking, variously hued blue-washed buildings of its old town
• En-route, visit Tétouan old town – The city of Tetouan in the northern part of Morocco means ‘open you eyes’ in the Berber language. Listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO
• City Tour of Chefchaouen – A place to chill and unwind
• Continue drive to Meknes. En-route, drive pass the holy city of Moulay Idriss
• Meknes – One of the four emperor cities in Morocco

• Meknes - The ancient city of Meknes is built in the 17th century by Sultan Moulay Ismail, the founder of the Arabian dynasty, the Louis XIV in Morocco
• Bab al-Mansour - The main gate between Meknes' Medina and Imperial City districts. It is a magnificent relic of Meknes' glorious era as capital
• Stroll around Meknes Medina
• Roman ruins of Volubilis - One of Morocco's best-preserved Roman ruins and UNESCO World Heritage Sites

• Fes – Is a northeastern Moroccan city, also the oldest imperial city with a UNESCO protected medina is one of Morocco's top medieval gems. Prepare to lose yourself inside the medina, while doing your best to take it all in – from the sight of women carrying dough to the communal bakery, to the butcher shaving the fur from a cow’s head with a razor
• Photostop at The Royal Palace
• Walk through the Jewish residential area of Mellah
• Fes el Bali - Fes-el-Bali is home to more than 156,000 people and is considered one of the largest contiguous car-free urban areas in the world. Its narrow street design is the result of its ancient heritage — with some sections only two feet wide
• The Madrasa Bou Inania - The main gate into the area is Bab Bou Jeloud. As you approach this grand old gate, you get wonderful views of the neighborhood's famed landmark: the minaret of the Medersa Bou Inania, it is the finest of Fes’s theological colleges
• Walk along the La place Seffarine Square, the Metalworkers Square
• Les tanneries chouara - One of the city’s most iconic sights (and smells), offering a unique window into the pungent, natural process of producing world-class leather using methods that have changed little since medieval times
• Visit La place Nejjarine & Le mausolée et la mosquée de Moulay Idriss II
• La mosquée Quraouiyine - Was one of the medieval period's most distinguished universities. Today, in its function as a working mosque, it is one of Morocco's largest centers of worship, with a prayer hall that can hold 20,000

• Today start our journey to Erfoud, an oasis town in the Sahara Desert
• En-route, stop at Ifrane – The Switzerland of Morocco, a city located in the Middle Atlas Mountains
• Continue drive through the Ziz Gorge, overlooking the Ziz deep gorge, where a large palm forest miraculously grow at the sinister, the earth colour of the city fortress built on the cliff, you will lament the human clever use of nature

• The Sahara Desert – Early morning, we will entering the desert by riding a 4WD vehicle. Head out to an oasis by camel ride across the Erg Chebbi Dunes, watch the sunrise over the dunes
• Drive towards west to "Thousand Fort Road". The most important business road in Moore Dynasty, the oasis and castle posts can be seen along the road
• Continue our journey to find the "Little Prince" Rose Valley, a rose valley is hidden in the depths of the Sahara, that place is called El-Kelaa des M'Gouna, which is famous of roses especially in April to June. There is a variety of rose products shop on both sides of the street also, where the rose oil and other products are quite cheap
• Todgha Gorge – You will see one of the most spectacular canyons in the world
• Continue drive to Ouarzazate, known as a gateway to the Sahara Desert
• The Taourirt Kasbah - Often compared to a big sand castle, is one of the most beautiful things you will see in Ouarzazate

• Ait Benhaddou - The ksar, a group of earthen buildings surrounded by high walls, is a traditional pre-Saharan habitat, the houses crowd together within the defensive walls, which are reinforced by corner towers
• Drive through Tizi n'Tichka, is a mountain pass in Morocco, linking the south-east of Marrakesh to the city of Ouarzazate through the High Atlas mountains
• Continue drive to Marrakesh, the Morocco's most intoxicating city. A magical, mysterious, silken sound that evokes covered souks and the medina, ochre-coloured buildings and palm trees, the clash of scooters, cars, donkeys and people
• Djemaa El Fna - Located at the heart of Marrakech is the marketplace, a famous UNESCO recognized city square

• Majorelle Garden - The gardens of the French couturier Yves Saint Laurent
• Bahia Palace - The Arabic word 'bahia' means 'beautiful' or 'brilliance' , the 19th-century Marrakesh landmark, it is rich in history and traditional Moroccan architectural styles
• In the afternoon, transfer to the airport, take the return flight back to Singapore via Doha

• Bid farewell to Morocco, thank you for choosing CTC Travel and we look forward to see you again