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ENCHANTING Morocco Women’s Travel Group ENCHANTING Morocco 2019 Tour Prices (per person) April 8 - 20, 2019 MAIN TOUR Morocco combines truly exotic sights, customs Day 3: Wednesday, April 10 - Rabat/ Based on minimum11 passengers and people. Our trip touches ancient crossroads Chefchaouen Land price based on double occupancy: from the ‘Blue City’ of Chefchaouen through the Morning panoramic city tour of Rabat. $3,700 Per Person Roman North to the Berber Atlas Mountains and Sightseeing of the "Imperial Garden City" Single Room Supplement: ends in the thrilling desert oasis of Marrakech . begins with the Kasbah of Oudayas, Hassan $999 Per Person We travel in April, when the weather is ideal and Tower and walls of the Mechouar surrounding there is still snow on the mountains. Some nights the Royal Palace. Afternoon travel to Based on 16 passengers minimum are spent in authentic Riads: Classic Moroccan Chefchaouen. "Chefchaouen" Hanging like a Land price based on double occupancy: homes built around a courtyard and fountain. crescent from twin mountains, the town is a $3,495 Per Person Special experiences include an optional night in 15th century relic of the Muslim civilization of Single Room Supplement: a luxurious Berber tent in the desert. Other Andalusia. Check in at your Riad. Overnight at $999 Per Person optionals: In Fes,a Hammam (A hammam is a Riad Lina or similar. (BD) OPTIONAL - GOLD SAND DESERT dedicated Turkish style steam experience. You Day 4: Thursday, April 11 -Chefchaouen - CAMP UPGRADE will be soaped and scrubbed to perfection) or City Sightseeing Land price based on double in Marrakesh an excursion to the port city of occupancy: Full day city tour of Chefchaouen, known Essouria . Join us for an African adventure for the blue-washed buildings of its old $325 per person additional with markets, minarets, and muezzins. Single $425 per person additional town. Founded in 1471 by Moulay Ali Day 1: Monday, April 8 - Arrive Ben Moussa Ben Rached El Alami, Inclusions• Casablanca / Rabat Chefchaouen served as a Moorish fortress • 12 nights accommodation – as per Upon arrival at Casablanca Airport, you will be for exiles from Spain. Over the centuries, itinerary met and transferred to your hotel. This evening the city grew welcoming Jews and Christian • Meals as indicated (12 breakfasts, 1 meet your guide for a full tour briefing followed converts alike. The alleyways climb to lunch & 8 dinners) little squares often crossed by Andalusian • Private transport in 27 seat coach by a welcome dinner at the hotel. Overnight • Sightseeing with entrance fees – as Kenzi Basma or similar. (D) arches. Visit “Rass El Ma” a waterfall, per itinerary located on the top hill where local women Day 2: Tuesday, April 9 - Casablanca/Rabat gather to wash clothes. Then walk to the • Porterage at airports and hotels This morning tour "The White City": and famous square in the Medina. Overnight at • Gratuities at included meals Riad Lina or similar. (BD) • English speaking national guide drive through the wide avenues. Later at disposal throughout walk through the narrow streets of the Day 5: Friday, April 12 Chefchaouen / Medina. The tour also features visits to Moulay Idriss / Volubilis / Meknes / Fes United Nations Square, Habous district, Discover Volubilis, the amazing Roman Hassan II Mosque (outside viewing), archaeological site excavated in the early Corniche Boulevard and Morocco Mall. 20th century revealing the Roman Empire’s Have a light lunch at Rick’s Café before most remote city. Admire the beautiful, well- we travel to Rabat. Overnight Le Diwan preserved mosaics, different Roman by M Gallery or similar (BL) monuments such as the capitol and triumphal arch. the rule of a powerful sultan. Moulay Is mail with tireless passion and an indomitable will, undertook to make this Meknes a capital with its palaces, mosques, Meknes is one of the Imperial Cities Moulay Day 10: Wednesday, April 17 - Ismail with tireless passion created a capital Ouarzazate / Marrakech with palaces, mosques, fountains, terraces, Morning visit to Kasbah Taourirt, which was gardens, stables, and shops. Arrive Fes in the the capital of the local dynasty in the early late afternoon. Overnight Riad Yacout or 20th century when the French foreign similar. (B) legion built their base here. Travel to Day 6: Saturday, April 13- Fes - City Kasbah Ait Benhaddou, listed as a UNESCO Sightseeing World Heritage site, and served as a Full day exploratory journey of Fes: the oldest backdrop for filming international movies. cultural and spiritual Imperial City in Morocco. This afternoon continue to Marrakech Begin with the Medina where you visit the traveling across the Tichka Pass (7.730 ft.). many hidden treasures that only the Along the way we will visit a local women’s inhabitants know about. Fes is home to the run Aragon oil cooperative. Dinner at the University of Al Karaouine, the oldest operating hotel Overnight Riad Bahia Salam or university in the world. Your guided tour will similar. (BD) take you to the Nejjarine Fountains. Visit the Day 11: Thursday, April 18 - Marrakech - City Women’s Embroidery Cooperative where you Sightseeing can see how women make traditional Today we will start exploring Marrakech "the indigenous Fasis designs of reds and blues red city of Morocco". Your guide will ensure woven together in seamless intricate patterns. that you see the sites of historical and cultural Visit countless Souks, including food/spice interest. Begin the city tour with a visit to the souks and a communal bakery. (OPTIONAL: garden and the pool of Menara, a famous Luxury hammam experience). Overnight Riad summer residence of Sultan Abderrahmane. Yacout or similar. (B) The area is surrounded by orchards and olive Day 7: Sunday, April 14 - Fes / Ifrane / groves, some of which are more than 100 years Azrou / Midelt / Erfoud old. View Koutoubia Tower, landmark of the Depart by way of the Atlas Mountains, Berber city, then visit the Saadiens Tombs dating from the 16th century, a necropolis richly decorated villages and the ski towns of Ifrane and Azrou and discovered in 1917. Bahia Palace built in which look more like Bavaria than Morocco! to the 19th century, consisting of rooms Erfoud, with a stop in Midelt and Errachidia decorated with stunning paintings and along the way. Visit the Blue Meski, an oasis in mosaics. This afternoon, explore the botanical the desert. Continue to Erfoud. Overnight at treasures of Marrakech. Visit the famous Kasbah Chergui or similar. (BD) Majorelle Gardens, designed by the French Day 8: Monday, April 15 - Erfoud / Artist, Jacques Majorelle in 1924, and Rissani / Merzouga purchased by Yves St Laurent in 1980. Enjoy the morning at leisure. This Afternoon visit Al Kawtar Women's afternoon travel to Rissani: The capital of the Cooperative, primarily handmade linens, Tafilalet where the Alaouites dynasty ancestors clothing. Also visit a local pharmacy to learn Not Included: are buried. Visit the 17th century Kasbah and about traditional remedies and purchase • Meals not mentioned the imposing ruins of KsarAbbar. Proceed to the quality oils, herbs and spices. This evening visit • Beverages with meals golden sand dunes of Merzouga, one of the Jemaa Al Fina Square. Overnight Riad Bahia • Tours not mentioned unforgettable sights in Morocco. Switching to Salam or similar. (B) • International Air & Airport taxes camels, trek into the vast and silent Sahara to Day 12: Friday, April 19 - Marrakech – • Insurance watch the sunset. We then return to Erfoud, or (Optional Essaouria Day Tour) • Tipping/gratuities-guides/drivers OPTIONAL overnight at a deluxe OPTIONAL Full day excursion to Essaouria on • Items of a personal nature such as Berber-style camp: Luxury Gold Sand the Atlantic Coast (approx 2 ½ hour drive each telephone, laundry, beverages Desert Camp-those that do not wish to way). Tour of the Medina, the ramparts, the overnight in tents will stay in the hotel in Skala, the marquetry craftsmen carving "Thuja" Erfoud. (BD) wood inlaid with ivory; the fishermen's port, the Contact: Day 9: Tuesday, April 16 - Merzouga / silver jewelers, the Mellah Jewish quarter, the Todra Gorge / Ouarzazate art galleries and Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdullah Mary Barnett museum. Enjoy some time by the golden beach SITA World Tours Early in the morning, witness the unique before returning to Marrakech in late afternoon. Tel 800.421.5643 x1518 sunrise: watch the pink disc of the sun The farewell dinner will be at the authentic E-mail appearing over the gigantic dunes of Moroccan restaurant, DAR YACOUT, including [email protected] Merzouga. Mid-morning departure via Tinejdad and Tinghir, on the "Road of 1,000 select wine and soft drinks Overnight Riad Kasbahs". Stop at Todra Gorge - the highest, Bahia Salam or similar. (BD) CST# 2003643-40 narrowest gorge in Morocco. We will meet Day 13 Saturday, April 20 – Depart locals and learn about the culture and Marrakech geography. Continue to Ouarzazate via El Transfer to Marrakech Airport for your Kelaa and M’Gouna. Overnight at Berbere departure flight. (B) Palace Hotel or similar. (BD) 20th .
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