Marrakech, Morocco
4 days/3 nights
This complete all-inclusive package is priced based on a minimum group of 6 guests. Includes all transfers in a private luxury air conditioned coach, 4 days and 3 nights in a platinum riad accommodation, local certified English-speaking guide and driver throughout the visit, all entrances and visit fees, ALL breakfasts, ALL lunches and ALL dinners, VIP hot air balloon experience and camel ride.
Price does not include airfare, which will be priced depending on where we are flying from.
Add this exotic excursion to our Spain and/or Portugal itineraries.
Please inquire about 2023 pricing
4 days/3 nights
This complete all-inclusive package is priced based on a minimum group of 6 guests. Includes all transfers in a private luxury air conditioned coach, 4 days and 3 nights in a platinum riad accommodation, local certified English-speaking guide and driver throughout the visit, all entrances and visit fees, ALL breakfasts, ALL lunches and ALL dinners, VIP hot air balloon experience and camel ride.
Price does not include airfare, which will be priced depending on where we are flying from.
Add this exotic excursion to our Spain and/or Portugal itineraries.
Please inquire about 2023 pricing
DAY 1: ARRIVE MARRAKECH |
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Morocco covers the north-west corner of Africa, only 8 miles south of Europe across the Strait of Gibraltar. Its colonial past and its present economic ties ensure that Morocco will always have a close relationship with its neighbors to the north. Marrakech is steeped in history and culture and is exotic and exciting. It’s easy to lose all sense of time in Marrakech, with its maze of narrow alleyways scattered with donkey carts, snake charmers, acrobats, story-tellers, dancers, water-sellers and potion vendors to pique your interest and entertain.
Riads are luxury family homes designed as B&Bs, built around charming open courtyards. They offer peace, calm and tranquility amidst the bustling city.
Your greeter will meet you as you walk out of baggage claim and transfer you to your Riad. After you get settled, you will enjoy a traditional Moroccan lunch on the rooftop garden and time to relax in your beautiful surroundings.
Tonight: Included dinner and show
Riads are luxury family homes designed as B&Bs, built around charming open courtyards. They offer peace, calm and tranquility amidst the bustling city.
Your greeter will meet you as you walk out of baggage claim and transfer you to your Riad. After you get settled, you will enjoy a traditional Moroccan lunch on the rooftop garden and time to relax in your beautiful surroundings.
Tonight: Included dinner and show
DAY 2: A DAY IN MARRAKECH |
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The morning we'll enjoy a private tour of Marrakesch, the second oldest imperial city known as the” Pearl of the South” and home to the Saadian tombs, the Koutoubia Mosque, Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace and the Menara Gardens.
We're then on to explore the maze of the Central Souks. Scents of cumin and grilled meat intermingle in alleyways where shafts of sunlight strike through palm-frond roofing and hawkers bid you hello in 10 languages to sell you their crafts. Throw away your map and go get lost in the helter-skelter for a while.
Included lunch. We'll finish at lunch at the world’s famous Djemaa el Fna. This traditional meeting place has become the heart of Marrakech. Fruit and spice sellers, basket sellers, ironmongers, musicians, story tellers, snake charmers and entertainers with performing monkeys are a visual delight. We'll enjoy lunch amidst all of this chaos in one of the many food stalls in the square.
Tonight: Included dinner
Inquire about one of our Dig a Little Deeper private optional tour excursions below. Pricing will be based on the number of participants. Click on the + below for details.
NEW! Dig a Little Deeper Series
Hammam bath and massage. Enjoy 3 relaxing hours at a luxury Turkish bath, or hammam, in a peaceful setting and let the aromatic oils and traditional massage relax and rejuvenate you.
Cooking lesson. In a beautiful, spotless and well equipped kitchen, you will enjoy a deep dive into the culture and cuisine of Morocco. You will begin with an introduction to Moroccan cuisine and it’s history, learn the ceremonial preparation of mint tea with herbs and make the traditional bread in a clay oven. You're then on to learn how to make Chicken Tagine, tomato salad, aubergine dip and almond cookies.
Tile Making. In this inspiring fun Moroccan Tiles Workshop, you will learn the process of making Moroccan Design Tiles known as Zellij. From molding, shaping, cutting, chiseling, and painting, this atelier will take you on an educational learning journey.
Cooking lesson. In a beautiful, spotless and well equipped kitchen, you will enjoy a deep dive into the culture and cuisine of Morocco. You will begin with an introduction to Moroccan cuisine and it’s history, learn the ceremonial preparation of mint tea with herbs and make the traditional bread in a clay oven. You're then on to learn how to make Chicken Tagine, tomato salad, aubergine dip and almond cookies.
Tile Making. In this inspiring fun Moroccan Tiles Workshop, you will learn the process of making Moroccan Design Tiles known as Zellij. From molding, shaping, cutting, chiseling, and painting, this atelier will take you on an educational learning journey.
DAY 3: DESERT ADVENTURES |
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Ballon ride, a Morning in the Atlas Mountains, a luxurious lunch and a Camel ride
This morning we'll rise early and travel to the launch site in time for your balloon ride. On arrival, boost your energy with pastries, tea and coffee and look on as your experienced crew prepares your balloon. Climb into the spacious private basket for takeoff. Take photos of the rocky valleys and peaks as your pilot steers your balloon over the foothills of the Atlas Mountains before you touch down safely back to ground.
After our balloon ride and breakfast, we'll continue on through the Atlas Mountains. During this unique day trip, we will visit various small berber villages, have a tea with a local family in the village of Imlil then continue to the Village of Asni, where we will have included lunch at one of Richard Branson's most luxurious hotels. Enjoy the fresh mountain air as you indulge an amazing Moroccan meal before we continue our trip back to Marrakech with a stop at the oasis where you will have an opportunity for a short camel ride (because you gotta do it!) before arriving back to your Riad.
Tonight: Included Farewell dinner
This morning we'll rise early and travel to the launch site in time for your balloon ride. On arrival, boost your energy with pastries, tea and coffee and look on as your experienced crew prepares your balloon. Climb into the spacious private basket for takeoff. Take photos of the rocky valleys and peaks as your pilot steers your balloon over the foothills of the Atlas Mountains before you touch down safely back to ground.
After our balloon ride and breakfast, we'll continue on through the Atlas Mountains. During this unique day trip, we will visit various small berber villages, have a tea with a local family in the village of Imlil then continue to the Village of Asni, where we will have included lunch at one of Richard Branson's most luxurious hotels. Enjoy the fresh mountain air as you indulge an amazing Moroccan meal before we continue our trip back to Marrakech with a stop at the oasis where you will have an opportunity for a short camel ride (because you gotta do it!) before arriving back to your Riad.
Tonight: Included Farewell dinner
DAY 4: FLIGHTS BACK TO SPAIN OR PORTUGAL |
Included transfers to the airport for flights to pick up your Spain and/or Portugal itinerary.
SPAIN |
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Click here for details about our 9 day Spain itinerary to Barcelona, Granada, Ronda, Seville, Cordoba and Madrid
PORTUGAL |
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Click here for details about our 8 day Portugal Itinerary to Lisbon, Porto and the Duoro Valley