Maroc (2006): Round Tour

Casablanca - Rabat - Meknes - Fès - Atlas Crossing - Erfoud - Tinghir - Ouarzazate - Marrakech - Afourar

• Amsterdam Schiphol (train) - Casablanca - Rabat [Hotel Belere, 33 Moulay Youssef Avenue, Rabat].
• Rabat - city tour: Royal Palace - necroplis Chellah - Tower of Hassan - Mausoleum of Mohammed V - Kasbah of Oudaïa - Andalucian garden near palace of sultan Moulay Ismaïl.
  Meknès - city tour: Dar Jamaï museum (Maroc art) - Mosque and Mausoleum of sultan Moulay Ismaïl.
  Volubilis: Roman archeological site with nice floor mozaics.
  Fès [Hotel Nouzha, 7 Hassan Dkhissi street Atlas Quarter, Fès]
• Fès - city tour: medina Fès el-Bali (Arabic-Andalucian buildings) - Karaouïne Mosque - Nejjarine fountain - Koran school - Seffarine square with tanneries. View to Fès from the nearby hills.
• Through the cederwouds to Midelt - Atlas crossing - Erfoud (oase in the desert on 800m) - Tizimi [Hotel Kasbah Tizimi, Jorf Road BP 74, Erfoud].
• Early departure to Merzouga to see the sun set on the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi.
  Walk through the Todra Gorge.
  Tinghir [Hotel K. Bougafer, Mohamed V Avenue, Tinghir].
• "Route of the 1000 Kasbah's": Boulmane (Dad`s Gorge) - El Kelâa (festival of roses) - Kasbah Taourirt - Kasbah Tiffoultoute - a film set area - Ouarzazate [Hotel Oscar Salam, 28 Tassoumate Tammassine, Ouarzazate].
• Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou - High Atlas crossing at Tizi-n-Tichka (2260m) - Marrakech [Hotel Oudaya, 147 Mohamed Beqqal Street, Marrakech]
• Marrakech - city tour: tombes of the Saadic kings - Bahia Palace - Medina with Koran school Medersa Ben Youssef - Djemaa el-Fna square
• Ouzoud (waterfalls and monkeys) - tea ceremony - Afourer [Hotel Tazerkounte, Afourar Center, Afourer].
• Walk in the neighbourhoud of the hotel; visit to Afourer.
• Early departure to Casablanca - Amsterdam Schiphol (Royal Air Maroc)

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