MARRAKECH WEEKEND & BREAKS TRIPS –6 DAYS

Marrakech, known as the “Red City,” is a vibrant destination offering a rich blend of culture, history, and adventure, making it perfect for a weekend getaway or a short trip.

This tour is suitable for families travelling with thier kids,even for all travelers coming for first time to taste Morocco and its culture.

We provide short trips to outdoors of Marrakech,including the atlas Mountains,Agafay desert and the atlantic Coast Essaouira.

Included and Excluded

  • A very comfortable and air conditioned Late Model Vehicule minibus or Toyota Land Cruiser
  • Fuel for entire journey
  • English speaking guides during the tour (you can specify other languages)
  • All nights accommodations on suite room Riads and Luxury camp
  • Agafay Camel trekking
  • Dinners and Breakfasts during the tour ( vegetarian welcome ) check itinerary for details
  • Breakfats daily
  • Marrakech guided tour
  • Pick up & Drop off at Hotels / Airport
  • Essaouira guided tour
  • Visit to Imlil and Berber trail
  • Trekking Atlas Mountains
  • Real life experiences
  • Flights & Travel insurance
  • All Lunches – ( Dinners, See itinerary)
  • Drinks
  • Tips & gratuities for your guides and driver
  • Extra, Monuments Entrances

Itinerary

  • Day 01

    WELCOME TO MOROCCO – TRANSFER TO MARRAKECH

    Welcome to Morocco! On arrival at Marrakech Airport or Casablanca Airport, you will be met by a Morocco Best Travel Tours representative and transferred to your hotel. While this is an arrival day and you may arrive at any time, please note that hotel rooms are generally only available after midday, and that there will a Welcome Meeting with your leader tonight. Transfer to a Hotel to spend the night.

    Accommodation : Riad or Hotel

    Activities : non

    Meals Included: non

  • Day 02

    MARAKECH CITY TOUR

    Breakfast in the hotel. Enjoy a guided city tour of Marrakech, Paris of the Sahara as Winston Churchill once described it. Stop first at the Koutoubia Mosque, which is an old monument built under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184 to 1199). This monument inspired other buildings such as the Giralda in Seville in Spain and the Hassan Tower in Rabat. Stop next at the Bahia Palace. This Palace was built in the late 19th century and was intended to capture the essence of the Islamic and Moroccan style. Visit Madrasa Ben Youssef after that. This Coranic school is named after the Almoravid Sultan Ali Ibn Yusuf (reigned 1106–1142). Madrasa Ben Youssef is the largest in all of Morocco. Stop next at the Saadian tombs, which is a site that dates back to the time of the sultan Ahmad al-Mansur (1578-1603). The tombs were discovered in 1917 and were restored by the Beaux-arts service. Optional lunch at a local restaurant. Continue the tour with the world famous Jema El Fna Square where you will enjoy amazing performance of traditional activities by storytellers, snake charmers, peddlers of traditional medicines. Your last stop is the bustling souks in the old medina.

    Tour Highlights : Marrakech city tour

    Marrakech Monuments, history, culture, medina, souks

    Meals included : Breakfast

  • Day 03

    MARRAKECH – ATLAS MOUNTAINS HIKING – AGAFAY CAMEL RIDE

    After breakfast you will meet your guide for a memorable day in the High Atlas Mountains drive across some of the most beautiful valleys to the village of Imlil dominated by MOUNT Toubkal the highest peak in north Africa 4167m… Start a soft hike or ride a mule, to one of the highest and most picturesque berber villages. meet the local berber people who are the earliest inhabitants of Morocco and discover their way of life and culture. during this hike you will admire breath-taking mountain sceneries.

    Enjoy a traditonal typical lunch in a berber home or picnic. The High Atlas Mountains, which often dominate the skyline to the south of Marrakech, have always played an important role for the city not least with regard to commerce. Whilst Marrakech is in itself a fascinating city, a whole new experience awaits those who venture south into the mountains.

    Drive to Agafay desert-like, for the camel ride and sunset

    Accommodation : Luxury camp

    Activities  : Berber culture, walking, Nature, Camel rides

    Meals included : Breakfast, Dinner

  • Day 04

    AGAFAY- ESSAOUIRA

    After breakfast you can enjoy your last time in Agafay experience in a swiming pool before you leave for Essaouira (approximately 2.5 hours), a city where the medina brushes up against the Atlantic Ocean and where you will spend the night. The narrow streets of Essaouira are ideal for casual exploration. Their size discourages cars, and on walk through the town it feels as though little has changed since the days of sea pirates. Sandstone walkways contrast with whitewashed houses, bright blue sky and the sand of the surrounding beaches and dunes. It is one of North Africa’s most attractive places, and you will soon find yourself slipping into its easy-going rhythm of this Moroccan town with a European seaside twist. The fishing port is a serious commercial operation and there’s much fun to be had observing the daily catch and its subsequent auction. Elsewhere there are numerous shops and several fine art galleries to distract a visitor, along with a wide variety of restaurants. Your tour leader will help guide you through the maze of options.

    The name Essaouira means image ( likely wall ), which is appropriate since it’s such a picturesque town. This artists’ town was once home to sizeable British and Jewish populations, and its charm has seduced people like Orson Welles and Jimi Hendrix, who (according to local legend) spent much of his time here in the 1960s. On this free morning perhaps grab a traditional Moroccan breakfast and wander the streets, giving way to the cart-haulers calling ‘ballak, ballak’, pass the harbour filled with colourful boats which go out early every morning for the day’s catch, see camels and surfers sharing the beach, and perhaps explore the fish souk. Here you will choose a catch of the day and take it to a local-filled restaurant – follow their lead and hand over your market purchase for it to be grilled for the freshest of meals. Your leader will also take you to the fresh vegetables markets where you will choose your salads and veggies to accompany your seafood lunch. Enjoy delicious meal together with the rest of your group. After lunch, take a chance to search the less hectic medina, discover the Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah Museum and its collection of artefacts, woodwork, carpets and stringed instruments, enjoy cafe life on the main square, or sit back and watch the kitesurfers ride the crashing waves. You can also discover the taste of Morocco in a cooking class, or head outside of the city to the beautiful surroundings on a day trip.

    Accommodation : Riad

    Activities :Visit To Argan Women Co-operative

    Meals Included : Breakfast,

  • Day 05

    EXPLORE ESSAOUIRA

    Journey to discover the former Portuguese fishing village of Essaouira passing roadside towns and Berber village. During the ’60s and ’70s, Essaouira was a pit stop on the hippie trek from Marrakesh.

    Visit this sea-side medieval town that boasts lovely white-washed and blue-shuttered houses, colonnades, thuya wood workshops, art galleries and mouthwatering seafood.

    Explore Essaouira, the sea-side medieval town with lovely white-washed and blue-shuttered houses is enchanting. Learn about the local tradition of thuya wood workshops, roam the art galleries, and enjoy fresh seafood. Once called Mogador by European sailors and traders, Essaouria is known for its annual Gnaoua Music Festival that attracts 300,000+ people in June. It also has an expansive beach for surfing called Plage de Safi.

    Take a stroll along the sunlit pedestrian main square, Place Prince Moulay el Hassan, and then on to Skala du Port, the fishing harbor, offers breathtaking views of the Portuguese ramparts. Explore the ramparts, the spice and jewelry souks of the medina, and the Jewish Mellah. The medina of Essaouira is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because it is a well-preserved example of a late-18th century fortified town.

    Have lunch at the fish grill cafes with wooden tables and benches laid out overlooking the sea.

    After lunch visit Orson Welles’ Square and memorial, designed by Samir Mustapha, one of the towns artists, which pays homage to the filming of Othello in Essouaria.

    Free afternoon to explore Essaouira.

    Tour Activities : Guided walking tour of Essaouira

    Meals Included :Breakfast,

  • Day 06

    MARRAKECH / AIRPORT TRANSFER

    Your trip ends today after breakfast. Check-out time is usually around midday and you are free to leave at any time. we have arranged a private airport transfer you will be advised of the pick-up time. Additional accommodation can be pre-booked if you wish to spend more time exploring here. Speak to your leader about the wealth of extra activities to do around Marrakech.

    Meals Included : Breakfast – Airport Transfer

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