Combined Tour Marrakech – South and Agadir

Free day with half-board
Option : (not included) ½ day visit to the medina and the Ben Youssef Medersa including transportation and local guide : we will start with the typical Jewish quarter or Mellah.
Then visit the different quarters of the souks and the medina. Registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985 and spanning some 1100 hectares, the medina of Marrakech, like most old Moroccan cities, is surrounded by ramparts that spatially delineate the old city from the new. This wall is pierced by several gates more or less monumental. The quarters of the medina can bear the name of the neighboring gate, a zaouïa, a mausoleum, a mosque, a palace, a traffic axis, or a traditional name. The medina of Marrakech hosts the souks which you will discover, including the spice souks, babouches, ironworkers, copper... Each trade is historically structured and established in a delimited area of the medina, in the form of corporations with strict rules and a professional hierarchy with apprentices, the mâalems, master craftsmen and master of apprenticeship, guardians of the traditional ancestral artisanal know-how. We will end with the Ben Youssef Medersa. The Ben Youssef Medersa is not only the most important Quranic school but also the largest in Morocco, founded by the Sultan Abdallah al-Ghalib, its construction was completed in 1565. It has 130 rooms that could accommodate up to 900 students.

Breakfast and meeting with our driver/guide. Departure by 4x4 to the south. Crossing the Tizin't Tichka pass located at 2260 meters and the highest road point in Morocco. Continuation on a small road to reach the village of Télouet. Lunch (not included). Then we will take the old salt caravan trail. Arrival at the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987, a real open-air movie studio. Visit with a local guide. You can climb to its summit to enjoy a 360° view and watch the sunset over the Atlas. Installation at the Riad Paradise of Silence or similar. Dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast. In the morning, visit to the Atlas film studios where movies such as Asterix, Gladiators, and The Hills Have Eyes were shot. We will then head to the Fint oasis, which has served as a backdrop for numerous films. Tea with a local family. Departure for the Dadès Valley, driving along the Skoura palm grove. Visit to the magnificent defensive Kasbah of Amerhidil, which offers a panoramic view of the palm grove and the snow-covered Atlas mountains. Lunch (not included). Continuing through El Kelâa M'Gouna, known for its roses. Ascending into the Valley of Roses. Then we will take the Bou Tahar track to reach the Dades Gorges to explore the so-called Monkey Fingers site. Then, check into the riad Vieilles Charrues or similar. Dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast. Departure for a mountainous crossing of the Jebel Saghro in landscapes worthy of the American West. Lunch (not included) in Nekkob. Then we will head to Zagora. Stop in front of the famous Timbuktu sign. Check-in at Dar Sofian or similar. Dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast. Then departure further south crossing the reg. Discovery of the village of Tamegrout with a local guide, its medieval library containing unique documents in the world, its potters' quarter that will surprise you. We continue our journey through the M’Hamid reg which marks the beginning of the Western Sahara. Then departure by Saharan tracks to join the sacred oasis. Located fifty kilometers southwest of M’Hamid El Guizlane and 90 kilometers from Zagora, the Sacred Oasis of Oum Lâalag emerges like a mirage. Situated there, on the old road to Timbuktu, also a few kilometers from the Algerian border. The Sacred Oasis of Oum Lâalag spans 15 hectares, it is sacred because it possesses the desert’s most precious wealth : water, which arrives here, thanks to a spring. According to an old popular belief, the Oasis takes its name from the story that the spring was inhabited by a protective soul. For a long time, passing nomads, sure of this protection, would leave their luggage there without apprehension. Picnic lunch at the oasis. The last stage to reach the Chgaga dunes and our bivouac. Settling into 2 traditional tents. Khaima with communal sanitary facilities and showers. At the end of the afternoon, departure for a camel ride at sunset in the great dunes. In the evening, dinner and end of the evening around a campfire and to the sound of traditional music. Option: Luxury bivouac (with supplement).

Breakfast. In the morning, we depart with our 4x4 for a high-speed crossing of the dried-up Iriki lake, following the tracks of the Paris Dakar. We will conclude with a slow track amidst magnificent landscapes.
We will join the road at Foum Zguid. Lunch (not included). Continuing towards Tissint. Arrival at Tissint, majestic at the gates of the Sahara. Water points and greenery on one hand, sand dunes and desert plateaus on the other, the landscape here is worthy of a science fiction setting! A true green exception in a lunar environment, the oasis and its surroundings hold many attractions to be discovered: ancestral architecture, natural wonders, authentic culture, breathtaking landscapes... Attributes that make Tissint a must-visit stop on this route between Tata and Foum Zguid. Our driver will take care of retrieving the key to the residence where Charles de Foucauld stayed during his exploration of Morocco at the end of the 19th century.
Then, heading to the famous Attiq waterfalls, an excellent vacation spot. Located near the village, these waterfalls create spillways that feed the palm grove. They are also distinguished by their salty water, known for its healing properties. Dinner and overnight stay at Kasbah Tissint or similar.

Breakfast. Departure for Irhem which is just a transit village before reaching the oasis of Tiout. Lunch (not included) before heading to Taroudant which was a capital of the Saadian dynasty. The city of Taroudannt is defended by 6 km of ramparts built around 1523, earning it the nickname "the little Marrakech." Within these walls are embedded 130 towers and 19 corner bastions connected to each other by a patrol path, making this city an impregnable citadel. Last stop towards Agadir and check-in at the Iberostar Founty Beach hotel or similar on an All-inclusive basis.
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Breakfast. Free day in all inclusive.

Breakfast. Free day in all inclusive.

Breakfast. Departure for Agadir airport for takeoff.