CASABLANCA - RABAT /90 km
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Casablanca
Arrival in Casablanca. 1 hour drive to the riad in Rabat, the country's capital and seat of the king. Depending on arrival time, first visits: Royal Palace, the Sultan's Tombs, the Chellah Necropolis, the Tomb of Mohammed V and the Oudaia Kasbah. Dinner and overnight stay in a riad in the old town.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Kasbah des Oudaias
The Kasbah of the Udayas, also spelled Kasbah of the Oudaias or the Oudayas, is a kasbah in Rabat, Morocco. It is located on a hill at the mouth of the Bou Regreg River, opposite Salé and next to the old medina of Rabat. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with other sites in Rabat
Duration: 60 minutes
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- bishichtigung -The Chellah is the site of a Merinid necropolis located on the site of an ancient city in what is now Rabat, Morocco, about 200 m from the Almohad ramparts.
Chellah
Image in the infobox.
Presentation
Nice
Necropolis, archaeological site
Civilizations
Berber, ancient Rome, Merinids
Foundation
700 BC J.-C.
Patrimoniality
Cultural heritage of Morocco (d)
Bab Chellah
Since 2005, this archaeological site has hosted the Jazz au Chellah festival every year [ 1 ] and since 2012 has been one of all the sites in Rabat registered as cultural fountains on the UNESCO World Heritage List [ 2 ].
Duration: 30 minutes
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- bishop's office / Hassan Tower and Mausoleum of Mohammed 5.
- Work on the mosque began under the Almohad ruler Yaʿqūb al-Mansūr towards the end of the 12th century; after his death (1199) construction work was stopped forever. The Almohad Empire, which encompassed large parts of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa, fell apart and the city of Rabat also quickly lost importance, which it only regained during the French colonial period and after Morocco's independence (1956).
Duration: 20 minutes
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Mausoleum of Mohammad V
sightseeing
Duration: 15 minutes
RABAT - MEKNES - MOULAY DRISS - WALILI - FES /230 km Overnight stay in fes
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Rabat
Breakfast. If necessary, continuation of the visits to Rabat. Continue to FES. On the way visit the Roman ruins of Volubilis and the holy city of Moulay Idriss. Visit of Meknès (the city with the most beautiful gate in Morocco, the Bab El Mansour El Aleuj). Visit of the granaries, the horse stables and the medina with the great mosque. Meknès is often called the Moroccan Versailles and, along with neighboring Fes, was the preferred residence of the Moroccan rulers for centuries. Continue to Fes. Overnight and breakfast in a riad in the old town.
Duration: 2 hours
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Meknes Medina
Visit Meknès (the city with the most beautiful gate in Morocco, the Bab El Mansour El Aleuj). Visit the vaulted warehouses, the stables and the Medina with the large mosque. Meknès is often called the Moroccan Versailles and, along with the neighboring Fes, was the preferred residence of the rulers of Morocco for centuries.
Duration: 3 hours
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Visit the first Arab city in Morocco
Duration: 60 minutes
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here you have a view of the moulay driss town from above
Duration: 15 minutes
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On the way visit the Roman ruins of Volubilis
Duration: 60 minutes
FES - FES full day guided city tour from 10am to 4pm overnight stay in fes
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Fes el-Bali
Fez el-Bali is the oldest district of Fez, founded by the Idrissids between 789 and 808. It contains some of the finest buildings in Morocco, including the two 9th-century monuments, the Andalusian Mosque and the Quaraouiyine Mosque. The vast medina of Fes has preserved its medieval structures.
.Fes el-Bali is completely car-free. It includes about 10,000 streets, which are generally very narrow (1 meter wide or less, a few meters at most) and for practical reasons without cars and sometimes even without motorcycles because of the fairly frequent stairs. . Cycling is not easy there for the same reasons. With 156,000 inhabitants in 2002, the medina of Fes el-Bali has a very high population density of around 55,000 inhabitants/km². Today it is probably the largest car-free contiguous zone in the world. For comparison: Even Venice has
Duration: 6 hours
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Borj Sud
Borj Sud (Arabic: برج الجنوب, romanized: Burj al-Janub; "South Tower/Fortress") is a fortress in the city of Fez, Morocco. It was first founded around 1582 by the Saadian dynasty, probably modeled on Portuguese forts of the time. It is located on the hills overlooking the Old City (Fez el-Bali) from the south, facing the valley of its sister fortress, Borj Nord, on the hills north of the city. Today it is also known as a first-class vantage point over the old town.
Duration: 20 minutes
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Royal Palace of Fez
The Royal Palace of Dar el-Makhzen is a palace in the Méchouar Fès Jdid commune of Fès, Morocco.
Main gate of the palace
Covering 80 hectares, the site includes the royal palace, a mosque, a medersa (founded by the Merinids in 1320) and a parade ground.
It opens onto the Place des Alaouites through huge doors carved in copper, made by a local craftsman circa 1970.
Duration: 20 minutes
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Fez Mellah
The Mellah of Fes is the historic Jewish Quarter of Fez, Morocco. Located in Fes el-Jdid, the part of Fes where the Royal Palace is located, it is thought to date from the mid-15th century.
Duration: 20 minutes
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Bab Boujloud
The Bab Boujeloud is a colonial-era city gate to the west of the medina of Fez, Morocco; it is one of the symbols of the city and of the whole country. As part of the Medina of Fez, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.
Duration: 15 minutes
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Al-Attarine Madrasa
The Madrasat al-Attārīn in the medina of Fes is a former Koranic school in Morocco. Together with other buildings, it is part of the Medina of Fès, which was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1981.
Duration: 30 minutes
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Kairaouine Mosque
The University of al-Qarawīyīn is the University of Fes in Morocco. It was founded in 859 as a madrasa. In 1957 it was founded as a university. Many scholars have studied in Fez, influencing the intellectual and academic history of the Islamic world.
Duration: 30 minutes
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La Belle Vue de la Tannerie
Translated from English-Chouara Tannery is one of the three tannery located in Fes, Morocco. It is the largest tannery in the city and one of the oldest. It is located in Fes el Bali, the city's oldest medina district, near the Saffarin Madrasa along the Oued Fes.
Duration: 20 minutes
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Souk el Henna
berbere markets end thinking
Duration: 2 hours
FEZ - IFRAN - AZROU - KHNIFRA - BENI MELLAL - afourar
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Ifrane
Ifrane is a town of about 15,000 inhabitants in northern Morocco in the Fès-Meknès region. The modern, well-kept small town in the mountains of the Middle Atlas is a popular summer resort and an equally popular winter sports resort for the Moroccan middle and upper classes.
Duration: 30 minutes
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Azrou
Azrou is a town of around 55,000 inhabitants in the Fès-Meknès region in northern Morocco. The historically important trading center of the Berbers was a summer resort in the French colonial period due to its high altitude in the mountains of the Middle Atlas and is today a popular destination.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Khénifra is the capital of the province of the same name in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region in central Morocco with around 118,000 inhabitants. Ever since the Alawite Sultan Mulai Ismail had a kasbah built at the end of the 17th century, the city has largely belonged to the sultans' sphere of influence.
Duration: 2 hours
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Beni Mellal
Beni Mellal is the capital of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region in central Morocco with about 200,000 inhabitants.
Kasbah ain aserdoun of Beni Mellal is a historical monument in Beni Mellal, Morocco. It is a classified monument by the Moroccan Ministry of Culture.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Here you are on the edge of the High Atlas. Overnight stay in a 3 star hotel with dinner and breakfast.
AFOURAR - OUZOUD - MARRAKECH Overnight stay in Marrakech in an authentic Riad in the old town with breakfast.
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Breakfast. Then a beautiful drive through the High Atlas Mountains to Bin el Ouidane, Azillal, Ouzoud and then on to Marrakech.
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Here you are in Morocco and get to know the country and its people.
Duration: 2 hours
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Azilal
cafe-stop
Duration: 20 minutes
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Ouzoud
Here you are in the heart of the Atlas Mountains where you can discover the highest waterfall in the country and Berber monkeys.
Lunch break on request
Duration: 2 hours
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M'goun Massif
- the highest point in Morocco is 4200 m high and is called Toubkal, the second in Africa, here it is 2500 m high. Continue to Marrakech
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Marrakech
the world of One Thousand and One Nights. In the city, surrounded by thousands of palm trees, there are many sights: palaces, mosques, Koran schools, gardens, the large bazaar with its extensive souks and the huge Djemaa el Fna market square, where snake charmers, water sellers, fire-eaters and storytellers gather every evening. Depending on your arrival, stroll through the Djemaa el Fna square in the evening, which exudes a particularly oriental atmosphere at this time of day.
Duration: 4 hours
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Jemaa el-Fnaa
Discover the huge Djemaa el Fna market square, where snake charmers, water sellers, fire-eaters and storytellers gather every evening. Depending on your arrival, stroll through the Djemaa el Fna square in the evening, which exudes a particularly oriental atmosphere at this time of day.
Overnight stay in an authentic riad in the old town with breakfast.
Duration: 4 hours
marrakech -essaouira, city tour from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., continue to essaouira, overnight stay in essaouira
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Bab Agnaou
Breakfast. City tour, including: The Menara Gardens, Grand Bazaar, Saadian Tombs, Koutoubia Mosque with its famous minaret. Visit to the Jardin Majorelle (home and botanical garden of Yves St. Laurent) or the garden and home with exhibition “Anima Garden” by the Austrian artist André Heller.
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Saadian Tombs
Originally, the site only served as the garden of the Kasbah Mosque, but centuries before the Saadian reign (1549-1664) a number of emirs and the Merinid Sultan Abu l-Hasan were buried here. After the first Saadian sultan Mohammed ech-Cheikh was buried here, his son Abdallah al-Ghalib had a tomb built for him there and was later also buried here. The current mausoleums and enclosing walls were built in the late 16th century under Ahmad al-Mansur[2] and were then used for over 200 years until they were surrounded by high walls by the Alawid Sultan Mulai Ismail to commemorate the Saadian people - eradicate dynasty.
It was not until 1917 that the complex was accidentally rediscovered. Since then it has been continuously restored.
Duration: 30 minutes
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Bahia Palace
19th century construction
Si Musa descended from a family of black slaves who served the Moroccan makhzen (royal government) and attained the highest offices in the country. [6] [7] He was first hajib (similar to a chamberlain), then grand vizier under Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, who reigned from 1859 to 1873. He began construction of the palace in 1859 and continued through the 1860s. [1] [8] Today the "Grand Riad" or Great Riad Garden and its adjoining rooms in the northern part of the palace date from the time of Si Musa and are consequently also known as Dar Si Moussa. [3] [9] [10]The two large chambers on the east and west sides of the garden contain an inscription that dates their construction to 1866-67.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Medersa Ben Youssef
The medersa was probably founded around 1340 by the Merinid sultan Abu l-Hasan (r. 1331-1351). However, large parts of its interior decoration date from the time of the Saadian dynasty residing in Marrakech (around 1570). Teaching stopped in 1960 and the building was opened to the public as a museum; in 1999 a thorough restoration took place.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Koutoubia Mosque
A first mosque was built by Sultan Almohade Abdelmoumen in 1148 after he conquered Marrakech. He will rebuild a second version of a similar size around 1158. This is the current version after the first one was demolished. Yacoub Al-Mansour will complete the construction of the minaret around 1195 [ 3 ] . The koutoubia is considered an important example of Almohad architecture and Moroccan mosque architecture in general [3]. The 77 meter high minaret is decorated with various geometric designs and topped with a spire and metal balls. It probably inspired other buildings like the Giralda in Seville and the Hassan Tower in Rabat, which were built at the same time soon after [ 4 ] , [ 5 ] , [ 6 ] , [ 7 ] . The minaret is also considered an urban landmark and an important symbol of Marrakech.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Jardin Majorelle
The Jardin Majorelle is an approximately 4000 m² garden in Marrakech, Morocco. The complex is considered one of the most beautiful gardens in the world and, with 850,000 visitors a year, is the most visited attraction in Morocco.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Essaouira
Depending on arrival, check in, walk around the old town and stand promotion, then have dinner in your accommodation,
- Overnight stay
Duration: 2 hours
Essaouira - depending on booked return flight to Agadir 170 km or Casablanca 240km or back to Marrakech 150 km
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Essaouira
Breakfast. Visit one of the most beautiful cities in Morocco: Essaouira. Essaouira has a beautiful old town and a beautiful harbor. Many well-known artists and celebrities had and still have an apartment here. On request, we also offer a cooking class with a family followed by a meal together.
- depending on the return flight booked
on to Agadir, Casablanca or Marrakech
- Agadir 160 km
- Casablanca 240 km
- Marrakech 150 km
- Overnight stay in the hotel with breakfast.
Duration: 3 hours
Marrakech - transfert to one of the airports /marrakech / agadir / casablanca
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Kounouz Aeroport Agadir Al Massira
- if flying back from Agadir,
breakfast. During the day, transfer to the airport
and
return flight. 30 minutes drive time
-if flying back from Casablanca,
breakfast. During the day, transfer to the airport and
return flight. 1 hour drive time
-if flying back from Marrakech,
breakfast. During the day, transfer to the airport and
return flight. 30 minutes drive time
- Breakfast. Then it's time to say goodbye to the
Orient. During the day, there will be a transfer to the
airport for the return flight home.
Duration: 30 minutes
