Morocco tours, Moroccan Culinary Experiencey tour, Morocco Group Tours, Marrakech tours, Tinghir, Merzouga, Zagora, Ourzazate, Culinary tour of Morocco

Our itinerary is designed carefully to bring the warmth and color of the Moroccan landscape and its people to life and illustrate the fresh regional produce from the market to the table, we will be combining our menu with the specialty of each region, but the intriguing thing in this trip is the possibility of cooking and dining with award winning chef Alain Bennouna. Visit www.zitounerestaurant.com to know about him.

Itinerary Especially For Moroccan Culinary Experience Tour :

DAY 1, May 29: MARRAKECH.
Afternoon half day guided city tour of Marrakech to learn about its magnificent history. The city tour will take us to the old Medina surrounded by magic mud walls. A morning visit to the Koutoubia Minaret- the twin sister of Al Jeralda in Seville- Spain, and the lovely gardens next to it will bring you back to the 12th century in history. When followed by a visit to the Saadian tombs and the Bahaia palace, you will then be brought back hundreds of years to realize how intelligent and how genius those people were to come up with those art masterpieces though they used just very simple tools and their shoulders, then Jemaa El Fna square – truly a talking painting with arrays of food, snake charmers, music players and fortune tellers- to put some magic on the visitors senses! Dinner at Riad.

DAY 2, May 30: MARRAKECH.
After breakfast, we will leave to a local market in the old medina to shop all necessary ingredients to prepare the dish of the day. Lunch in the riad featuring the dishes taught at the cooking demonstration. In the afternoon we will have a guided city tour of Marrakech Medina with its markets, terminating in Djema l’Fna, Marrakech’s famous and lively opensquare with its performers, story-tellers, henna tattoo artists and vendors of food, traditional medicine and magic.

DAY 3, May 31: MARRAKECH - TINGHIR.
Forwarding southwards in the morning after breakfast is a rewarding trip one should never miss! The spectacular Tizi In Tichka pass, about 100km of charming curves on the High Atlas mountains, is there to make you start appreciating what the south of the kingdom really looks like and how magnificent it is!! We will stop at the famous village of Ait Ben Haddou: a very celebrated village classified as a cultural heritage for humanity by the UNISCO and the setting where the great films like the Gladiators, Marry of Nazarett and many other films were shot. We will continue through Ouarzazate heading to the beautiful village of Skoura. After the visit of Skoura we will continue our trip through the one thousand and one Kasbah route to El Kella M’Gouna, famous for its rose’s festival: a yearly celebration which is the main product of this small but beautiful village. We will go on to Dades and its beautiful valley before continuing our trip to Tinghirfor overnight.

DAY 4, June 1: TINGHIR.
After breakfast, we will go to a local market to shop for today plate. After lunch we will have a city tour to discover the so charming city of Tinghir. The city is a very special one with a big oasis of more then 40 kms. The oasis is very rich with most sorts of fruits, thousands of palm trees, olives and much more…Sometime walk through the old mud houses, making your way to wander in the very green oasis along very narrow paths is really a very special experience!! We will continue northwards to crown our experience in the Toudra Gorge: a wall like mountain fissure of about 300 m. Justthe way to Toudra Gorges is simply magical!! Overnight in Tinghir.

DAY 5, June 2: TINGHIR - MERZOUGA.
We will leave Tinghir via Tinjdad to Erfoud: a city at the foot of the desert and the great golden sand dunes. After visitingErfoud we will continue via Rissani to Merzouga for dinner and overnight by the dunes.

DAY 6, June 3: MERZOUGA - ZAGORA.
Early morning optional two hour camel ride to witness the great and the most beautiful sunrise over the dunes. After breakfast, we will leave this peacefully magical world heading towards Zagoura. As one of our guests said once about Merzouga “I don’t think there is a more peaceful and mysterious place on Earth than that” We will pass through the Berber villages of Alnif and Tazarine to Zagoura. An excursion to the famous Tamgroute library with its very old Koranic scripts dating back to the 12th century is not to be missed. Dinner and overnight.

DAY 7, June 4: ZAGORA.
After breakfast, we will go to a local market to shop for today plate. Lunch in the raid then we will tour the city of Zagoura with its huge palm groove and its Tamgroute library with very old Koranic scripts dating back to the 12th century. Possibility of an excursion to Mhamid El Ghizlane.

DAY 8, June 5: ZAGORA - OURZAZATE.
After breakfast we will leave Zagoura to Agdez: a Berber village with its charming mud houses and nice people. After thevisit of the village we will continue the trip to Ouarzazate for overnight.

DAY 9, June 6: OURZAZATE.
A hot spot for film making industry to name a few; Laurence of Arabia, Gladiator., The shelter in the sky, Jesus of Nazareth…Ouarzazate will dazzle you with its stunning scenery of its surrounding areas and proximity to both the desert and the Atlas mountains, it’s the land of the Kasbahs, Ait Benaddou Kasbah is given heritage status by the UNESCO. Farewell dinner.

DAY 10, June 7: OURZAZATE.
In the morning and after breakfast we will leave the hotel toward Ouarzazate airport for return.

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TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES:
-	9 nights double room accommodations in a comfortable Riad.
-	Deluxe Camps in the desert.
-	Breakfast basis at the Riad.
-	Deluxe A/C vehicle throughout.
-	Escorting Tour Manager.
-	Cooking classes with the Chef.
-	Culinary shopping.
-	Entrance fees to historical sights and monuments in Marrakech.
-	Porterage at airport and hotels.
-	All taxes.

TOUR PACKAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
-	Visa fee, international flights, tips and personal expenses.
-	Domestic flight from Ourzazate to Casablanca.
-	Early check in and late check out at hotels.
-	Things not mentioned in the itinerary.
-	Optional excursions.

(MIN 6 PAX AND MAX 16)

Tour Length	09 Nights/ 10 Days.
Starts on	Marrakech \| May 29, 2010
Ends On	Ouarzazate \| June 07, 2010
Visit	Marrakech (Arrival) - Tinghir - Merzouga - Zagora - Ourzazate (Departure)
Prices	Starting At US$ 2,865* Only.
Dates	Check Dates below.

Place Covered	No. of Nights	Tour Hotel
Marrakech	02 Nights	Riad Bab Agnaou
Tinghir	02 Nights	Kasbah Lamrani
Merzouga	01 Night	Atlas du Sable
Zagora	02 Nights	Riad Zagora
Ourzazate	02 Nights	Le Petit Riad