IMPERIAL CITIES TOURS IN 8 DAYS:

Day 1: Tangier/Rabat

    

Upon arrival in Tangiers, depending on whether you arrive by ferry or plane, you will meet your Moroccan guide, which will take you to the south to the city of Rabat, the political capital of Morocco, through characteristic small towns facing the sea as the white Asilah and Larache, in a relaxing hilly landscape whose colors change from ocher yellow to green depending on the season. Once in Rabat, depending on your time of your arrival there will be, or not, time to discover this city. Then dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Then dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: Rabat/Casablanca

    

The visit of the capital will begin discovering the crenellated red ocher walls, more than 5 km long in total and built by Sultan Yacoub el-Mansour, which give the city a very special character that distinguishes it. We will ride through the medina and its souks, more authentic than other marketplaces because the products are directed to local customers and therefore fewer tourists. It will then move to the visit of the Casba Udayas, a terrible tribe of predators that erected in the twelfth century. We then visit the Tower of Hassan II, where the 4 facades are decorated differently from one another, in three shades of pink and one in gray because of the breeze, the remains of the old mosque and the mausoleum of Mohammed V, next to the tower, a masterpiece of traditional Moroccan art, full of fine materials from around the world and splendid decorations.

From here we will return to the new city to see the Royal Palace, official residence of King Mohamed VI and the adjacent Necropolis Chellah, built in 1339 to house the tombs of the Merinid dynasty, so we can walk in a green, bucolic, romantic and history filled place.

After the visit of political capital, Rabat, will leave for the economic capital, Casablanca, where you'll have dinner and spend the night in hotel.

Day 3: Casablanca/Marrakech

After breakfast we will visit the city from the center and the rue Prince Moulay Abdellah, beating heart of the new city. Then we will dive into the medina to pass through the square Mohammed V and the Plaza of the United Nations up to the Mosque of Hassan II, the largest, the only visitors inside, across the Maghreb.

It will start then to Marrakech, the most famous of the imperial cities.

Upon arrival we will visit the outside of the Koutoubia minaret, a landmark visible from all over the city, built in the twelfth century, and a reference model for the tower of the Giralda tower in Seville and the Hassan II in Rabat. Then we settled into a typical riad which is only 5 minutes walk from the large pedestrian square Jemaa el-Fna, relaxing, rest and then we find precisely the heart of the city, the first center of interest.

Day 4: Marrakech

After breakfast in riad visiting the city began, through its various Suk (Suk-Smat of slippers, Suk-Haddadine manufacturers of iron, Suk-Chouari of basket weavers, Suk-Cherratine that works with leather, Suk of the jewelers). From here we will arrive at the Ben Youssef madrasa, Koranic school, the largest and most beautiful city, closer to the mosque, the Koubba Almoravide and the Museum of Marrakech, will be visiting. Then moving to another area of the city you will visit the palace of Bahia, or the''good'', nickname of the favored home of the rich vizier Ba Ahmed, built around 1880 and from there proceed to the palace Dar Si-Said , residence, also splendid, the brother of the vizier. Next to these two buildings you can see the outside of the mosque El-Mansour, also called the Mosque of Casba, easily recognizable thanks to its minaret with turquoise arabesques. Then continue with the visit of the tombs Saadian, whose garden belonged to the Mosque El-Mansour, w ho guard the tombs of the kings of this dynasty and family.

Return to the riad and dinner. After dinner, walk to the main square Jamaa el-Fna, where we find its characteristic vendors, ensuring a continuous show. They will meet fortune tellers, snake charmers, small groups of music, water carriers, tattooing. Overnight in riad.

Day 5: Marrakech/Fez

After breakfast and before departure for Fes there will be time for the visit, in the new part of town (Gueliz) of the Majorelle garden, a beautiful little garden that houses the studio of the French painter Jacques Majorelle in 1924 and was purchased After his death, by Yves Saint Laurent who restored '. This is a place full of poetry, punctuated by cactus, bougainvillea and bamboo plants and various other plant species coming from 5 continents, in contrast with the furnishings of mauve-blue (blue Majorelle).

After a journey of 5 hours you will arrive in the other great imperial city: Fes. After the arrival and relax in the riad is go out to dinner in a local restaurant.

Day 6: Fez/Meknes

After breakfast visit the old city of Fes (Fes el-Bali) and its medina, the largest and most famous throughout the Arab world, entering from the Bab Boujloud, the most famous door and headed towards Dar Batha, a construction-Hispanic Moorish which houses a fine museum of folk art and continued with the visit of the madrasa Bou Inan, the Koranic school in Fez, where young people were studying the Koran between rooms, chapel and a wonderful patio. The tour then continues through the souk and the tannery Chouara and discover the fascinating process of the skin, the first cleaning up the hair to be colored by the most beautiful natural colors. You pass by the mosque Qaraouiyine, founded in the ninth century by a woman. The city tour ends passing through the square Seffarine where ottonai tinkers and populate the square and surrounding streets. Emerge from the medina through Bab Semmarine and head to the nearby Meknes, where dinner and then spend the night in a riad.

Day 7: Meknes/Tangier

The tour of this imperial city will begin crossing the Bab Mansour, the most important and significant between the gates of Meknes. From here the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, where you need to dress appropriately. From here the granaries HRI Moulay Ismail, and this grain warehouse is the most important monument of the imperial city, built with walls of clay mixed with stones and beaten straw (Pis). It then enters the heart of the medina through the square El-Hedim visit the market and the souk.
After leaving Meknes, heading for Tangier, met on the road to the holy city of Moulay Idriss where you can make a short stop to see the remains of the ancient Roman city of Volubillis, world heritage.

Later, arrive in Tangier and overnight at the hotel after dinner.

Day 8: Tangier

After breakfast, depending on your time of departure, the guide will help you discover this ancient city through the Grand Socco (or square of 9 April 1947), a place that connects the new part of town with the old. From here we will go visit the medina and Casba, places where we return to the past, and inside you'll see the Dar el-Makhzen, the sultan's palace, embellished by a beautiful patio with arches decorated with the typical majolica. The city tour ends with a stroll through the small fishermen, animated and colorful ... a festival of colors, sounds and smells. Transfer to the airport or port.