CASABLANCA - RABAT /90 km

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.

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

Challah, Rabat - - 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 ].

Hassan Tower - - 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).

Mausoleum of Mohammad V - sightseeing

RABAT - MEKNES - MOULAY DRISS - WALILI - FES /230 km Overnight stay in fes

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.

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.

Moulay Idriss Zerhoun - Visit the first Arab city in Morocco

FES - FES full day guided city tour from 10am to 4pm overnight stay in fes

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

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.

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.

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.

Bab Bou Jeloud - 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.

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.

Kairaouine Mosque (Mosque of al-Qarawiyyin) - 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.

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.

Souk el Henna - berbere markets end thinking

FEZ - IFRAN - AZROU - KHNIFRA - BENI MELLAL - afourar

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.

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.

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.

AFOURAR - OUZOUD - MARRAKECH Overnight stay in Marrakech in an authentic Riad in the old town with breakfast.

Azilal - cafe-stop

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

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

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.

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.

marrakech -essaouira, city tour from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., continue to essaouira, overnight stay in essaouira

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.

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.

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.

Ben Youssef Madrasa - 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.

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.

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.

Essaouira - Depending on arrival, check in, walk around the old town and stand promotion, then have dinner in your accommodation,

• Overnight stay

Essaouira - depending on booked return flight to Agadir 170 km or Casablanca 240km or back to Marrakech 150 km

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.

Marrakech - transfert to one of the airports /marrakech / agadir / casablanca

• Dinner
• Breakfast

• Gratuities
• breakfast

• Service overview for 8 days round trip royal cities of Morocco from
  Casablanca

• Our trips take place in small groups of up to ten people
  German-speaking travel companion

• driving guide and round trips mentioned in the program (modern
  air-conditioned bus)

• Overnight stays in upscale, authentic riads, in Beni in
  beautiful kasbah hotel with swimming pool and garden. All with half board except in Fes
  and marrakech with breakfast only.

• German-speaking travel companion, also locally in the royal cities
  specially qualified guides

• • Desired pick-up airport and return airport (flight time)*:
• • From the 8th day (if booked) Individual extension days or weeks in Essaouira (170 km west of Marrakech on the Atlantic or in Agadir on the Atlantic (220 km south of Marrakech) or in Marrakech possible and pay extra.
• • we are happy to personalize the journey with you.
• • wellness and spa as desired
• • shop as desired
• • we look after you 24h/24h from / to the airport

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.