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This 7-day trip is going to mainly focus on the imperial cities, mostly focusing on the urban side of Morocco. Starting from Marrakech and coming back for departure from Marrakech too, you shall drive through different roads and explore many different places from the coast of the Atlantic to the deep heart of Morocco, and explore the long history of this land and its cultural diversity.
On your first day, you will arrive in Marrakech, greeting your guide and driver. If there is some time, you can go for a little walk in the Menara garden, then go have lunch, then go check into the hotel to rest.
Today's morning will be the beginning of this tour and we shall embark on a journey to Fez, the spiritual city, and the capital of artisanal. Before we make it to Fez we will pay a visit to the capital of Morocco, Rabat, where we will see some key monuments. First we will go visit the royal palace in Rabat, the biggest royal place in morocco, it is the place where the most important decisions are taken. Then we will go visit the mausoleum of Mohamed 5 and the tower of Hassan, a building that has refused to collapse since the 12 century. At the end we will visit a fortress near the atlantic and the famous river of rabat (Bou Regrag river) . We will go inside and explore this vibrant place that has a beautiful view of the ocean. We shall continue our journey then to Fez, and upon our arrival we will check-in in the hotel.
Today it will be a full day dedicated to visit the spiritual capital, in the morning we will see multiple places, starting from the royal palace and the Mellah (jewish quarter formerly)
Then we take a panoramic photo at the highest point that looks toward the old town of Fez.
We shall pass by the pottery work shop to see one of the oldest handicrafts in the city. Later on after lunch. We shall take a walk in the old medina and explore the old monuments like the medrasa al Bounania, the museum al najarin the mausoleum of moulay idris II, the oldest university in the world that is still functioning, and at last the tanneries where leather products and fabricated in the same old ways. We finally leave the maze of fez then we go back to the hotel for dinner over night.
