Grand Tour of Morocco 2026-27

Departure on scheduled Royal Air Maroc flights to Casablanca – on arrival transfer to the hotel – dinner at the hotel -overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Rabat - visit of the city of Rabat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (the exterior of the Royal Palace, the Kasbah of the Udayas fortress-city, the splendid Mausoleum of Mohammed V, the Hassan Tower, the Unfinished Mosque) - lunch at a restaurant - continue to Tangier, an international city during the two world wars and famous for its intrigues, excesses and sumptuous parties - on arrival a stroll through the old port into the Old Medina, still guarded by 17th-century bronze cannons - tasting of local produce - dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader at your disposal - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Chefchaouen, a splendid mountain village whose white and blue colours magnificently sum up the fusion of Arab and Spanish culture – lunch at a restaurant - departure for Fes, holy and imperial city – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure - tour leader at your disposal - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – full day devoted to the visit of Fes, the oldest and noblest of the imperial cities, a city of art and learning and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, guardian of traditions and heir to Arab-Andalusian culture (visit of one of the oldest medieval medinas in existence: true treasures lie within its stone labyrinth – interior visits of the Nejjarine Museum, the Jewish quarter or Mellah and the Attarine Medersa – exterior visits of the Royal Palace, the El Karaouiyine Mosque, Bab Boujeloud and the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss, founder of the city) – lunch at a restaurant – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader at your disposal - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – full-day excursion in the surroundings of Fes - departure for Meknes to visit the city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site famous for its 40 km of encircling walls, still perfectly preserved – visit of Bab El Mansour, the most important entrance gate, and of the Jewish Quarter - continue to Moulay Idriss, the holy town where the founder of Islam in Morocco is buried, and visit of the majestic Roman ruins of the city of Volubilis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site – lunch at a restaurant – in the evening return to Fes – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader at your disposal – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – day devoted to crossing the Middle Atlas from the imperial city of Fes to the oasis of Erfoud, known as the “Gateway to the Desert”, stopping at the Berber villages of Midelt, in the heart of the Atlas, and Ifrane, home to an important international university and a summer and winter resort – we then continue to the nearby cedar forest of Azrou, a wonder of nature and one of the green lungs of Morocco, which since 2016 has been part of the UNESCO network of Biosphere Reserves (the forest is home to numerous colonies of macaque monkeys) - following the Ziz River, surrounded by a panorama of palm groves and fortified villages, we arrive in Erfoud - lunch at a restaurant along the way – tasting of local produce - dinner at the hotel – overnight stay.

N.B. - depending on the time of arrival, an optional excursion by 4x4 to Merzouga and the Erg Chebbi Dunes is possible – a group of wind-formed dunes covering an area of 22 km and reaching heights of up to 150 m (alternatively the same excursion can be made at dawn the following day)

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Rissani, a holy town as it holds the remains of Moulay Ali Sherif (head of the Alaouite dynasty) - visit of this ancient 17th-century Kasbah with the ruins of Ksar Abbar - fortified villages and palm groves accompany us as far as Tineghir, where we stop at the majestic Todra Gorges (spectacular rock formations, great canyons crossed by a stream of ice-cold water - we pass the famous fertility spring, in which women used to bathe to find a husband and fertility) - lunch during the excursion - evening arrival in Boumalne Dades - dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader at your disposal – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Ouarzazate, “the mecca of international cinema”, famous for hosting the finest international film productions amid the natural scenery of the famous Taourirt Kasbah, one of the best preserved in Morocco - lunch at the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou - continue into the heights of the Atlas, crossing breathtaking scenery such as the Tichka Pass (2,260 m) with several photo stops - evening arrival in Marrakech – tasting of local produce - dinner at the hotel - after dinner, a stroll with the tour leader in Jemaa el-Fna Square – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – full day devoted to the visit of Marrakech, “la rouge” for the ochre colours of its houses and monuments and the second of the imperial cities after Fes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (founded in the 12th century by the Almoravid dynasty, this stupendous and legendary city astonishes with its artistic treasures, its Hispano-Moorish architecture and the green of its gardens - we admire the Saadian Tombs, the Koutoubia and the Bahia Palace) – lunch at a restaurant – in the afternoon we visit the souks in the Medina and the stupendous, unique “Jemaa el-Fna” Square, a natural theatre for storytellers, snake charmers and water sellers – dinner at a typical restaurant with folk show – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – transfer to Casablanca airport – departure from Casablanca on a scheduled Royal Air Maroc flight for the return to Italy.