DAY 1: RABAT
Greeting at Rabat airport by our driver and transfer to the riad. After checking in, free time for a first discovery of the Moroccan capital. Overnight stay in Rabat.
DAY 2: RABAT – MEKNES – FES (3 hours drive)
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure towards MEKNES. Along the way, visit to the ruins of the Roman city of Volubilis. Continuation towards Meknes, guided tour, arrival in FES, free dinner and overnight stay in a hotel/riad.
DAY 3: FES – MIDELT (3.5 hours drive)
Breakfast at the hotel. Guided tour of the city’s Medina. In the afternoon, departure towards Midelt. Journey through the Atlas landscapes, Ifrane, the cedar forest, and Azrou. Dinner and overnight stay in a kasbah hotel with a pool in Midelt.
DAY 4: MIDELT – ERG CHEBBI DESERT (4 hours drive)
Breakfast at the hotel. Continuation southwards through the Ziz Valley and its lush palm groves. Arrival in the town of Rissani. Stop for lunch and to visit the traditional and characteristic weekly market (Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday). Continuation towards the desert. Arrival in the Berber village of Hassi Labied, in front of the sand dunes of the Erg Chebbi desert. Departure for the camel excursion to watch the sunset among the dunes. Arrival at the camp, dinner under the stars, and overnight stay in a Berber tent (standard or deluxe).
DAY 5: DESERT – TODRA GORGES – DADES GORGES (5 hours drive)
Breakfast at the house. Departure towards the Todra Gorges. Arrival and visit to the suggestive Todra Gorges. Walk and lunch at the gorges (possibility of independent or guided trekking). Journey along the Dades Valley with its fantastic rock formations and palm groves. Dinner and overnight stay in a hotel.
DAY 6: DADES – SKOURA – OUARZAZATE – MARRAKECH (5 hours drive)
Breakfast at the hotel, departure towards MARRAKECH through the road of a thousand kasbahs and the Valley of Roses. Arrival at the Skoura oasis. Visit to the Amerhidil kasbah in the Skoura palm grove. Continuation towards Ouarzazate. Visit to the Taourirt kasbah, former residence of the Pasha, and the famous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou. Continuation towards Marrakech. Arrival in the late afternoon in Marrakech. Free dinner and overnight stay in a riad in the Medina.
DAY 7: MARRAKECH
Breakfast at the hotel. Half-day guided tour of the Medina of Marrakech. Free dinner and overnight stay in a riad in Marrakech.
DAY 8: MARRAKECH – ITALY
Breakfast at the hotel. Airport transfer for the return flight.