12D9N GARDEN OF NORTH AFRICA – MOROCCO TOUR

Day 1

SINGAPORE - CASABLANCAAssemble at Changi International Airport, have a pleasant flight to Casablanca. 

Day 2

CASABLANCA

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”

Day 3

CASABLANCA – RABAT

• Mohamed V Square – Home to many of the city’s important official buildings

• Quartier Habous – French style Arabian community. Dotted with small souks and souvenir shops

• 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

Day 4

RABAT – ASILAH - TANGIER

• 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

• 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

Day 5

TANGIER – CHEFCHAOUEN

• 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

• City Tour of Chefchaouen – A place to chill and unwind

Day 6

CHEFCHAOUEN - FES

• 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.

Day 7

FES – IFRANE

• 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

• Ifrane – The Switzerland of Morocco, a city located in the Middle Atlas Mountains. Full of various European buildings, make you forget where you are……

Day 8

IFRANE - MERZOUGA

• Leave Ifrane for the desert. Enjoy trout lunch in the local Kasbh style restaurant of the apple town of Morocco.

• Driving 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.

• Arrive in the hinterland of the Sahara in the evening, stay at the Berbers tent hotel, after dinner, you can sit around the campfire and watch the desert starry.

Day 9

MERZOUGA – OUARZAZATE

• The Sahara Desert Sunrise – Early morning wake up, head out to an oasis by camel ride across the Erg Chebbi Dunes, watch the sunrise over the dunes

• After breakfast, 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

• Tudgha Gorge – You will see one of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

• The castle of La Kasbah de Taourirt – It is a mansion filled with the wisdom of the Berbers, the building itself looks like towers; every space has carefully designed like a maze.

Day 10

OUARZAZATE – MARRAKECH

Le Ksar d’Ait-Benhaddou – UNESCO Site. Built by Berbers in the 11th century, once the rest posts of desert caravan now are ruins through the years witnessed the rise and fall of a city and a nation.

 Drive through Tizi-n-Tichka, is a mountain pass in Morocco, linking the south-east of Marrakech to the city of Ouarzazate through the High Atlas Mountains.

• Continue drive to Marrakech, the Morocco's most intoxicating city. Visit 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

• Le Jardin Majorelle Garden - The gardens of the French couturier Yves Saint Laurent

• Djemma El- Fna Square - Located at the heart of Marrakech is the marketplace, a famous UNESCO recognized city square.

Day 11

MARRAKECH - CASABLANCA - SINGAPORE

Transfer to Casablanca international airport, take the return flight back to Singapore

Day 12

ARRIVAL SINGAPORE

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