After breakfast at the hotel, at 8h00 AM, we will leave Casablanca to Fes (3 hrs). After arrival, we will start our tour of Fes: Médina Fès El Bali : El Attarine, Nejjarine, Seffarine, El Karaouiyine Mosque, Zaouia of Moulay Idriss, Méderassa Bou Inania, Dar Batha, Bab Boujloud. Then a lunch break (optional) during the visit at a restaurant at the heart of the Medina, then continue the tour: the Jewish quarters. Fes is the third biggest city, a spiritual and cultural center of traditional Morocco after Casablanca and Rabat with a population of 1 368 000 habitants. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco besides Marrakech, Meknes and Rabat. The medina (the old city of Fes) is a model example of the oriental city and is under the protection of the UNESCO. It has been unchanged since the XII century. The deep blue color of the ceramics is one of the characteristic symbols of Fes. It has the biggest medina of the world and is internationally renowned besides the famous capitals of the Arab Muslim civilization like Damascus, Bagdad and Cordoba. After the tour, check in at the hotel. We will give you a chance to have some rest. Optional: if you sign up for a Hammam and massage, we will take you to the thermal station for some R&R. Then we will leave all to have diner at one of the local traditional restaurant. Then night at the hotel.

After breakfast at the hotel, we will continue our Gnawa Masterclass with Ma'alam Hassan (part 2). We will break for lunch then we will do Gnawa workshop with Ma'alam Hassan's team to end the Masterclass.
Then we will take our camel ride to the dunes to admire the majestic sunset of the Sahara. After arriving to our tents camp where we will be spending the night, we will take some rest then we will enjoy a traditional diner and a Gnawa music live show around a camp fire and under a sky full of stars. Then night in the Berber tents.

We will get up early to marvel the silence and solitude of the desert before the sunrise. Then back to the camp to have breakfast. then we will split into small groups to ride the SUVs back to the hotel. After checking out of the hotel, we will depart to Kasbah Ait Benhadou (5 hours) through the High Atlas, through the neck of Tizin'Tichka (2260 meters). We will pass close by the villages with their low houses and their fortresses attics" that dominate them. We will stop at the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, UNESCO’s World Heritage, which has been the subject of numerous known film shootings to have a lunch break. Then we will tour the Kasbah with a tour guide. After the tour, we will continue to Marrakech (3h30). After arrival, check in and diner and night at the hotel.

Departure at 9h00-9h30 after breakfast at the hotel to tour of the capital of the south, which gave its name to the country: the Koutoubia or " bookseller mosque" built in the 12th century; the Saadian tombs, splendid 16th century mausoleums with the twelve columns hall, a masterpiece of Moorish art; the Bahia Palace, a veritable maze of corridors and staircases built in the last century with beautiful garden; Lunch, then we will continue the visit with a tour of the ramparts, built in the 12th century. Then, the famous Djemaa El Fna (a UNESCO world heritage) and the heart of the medina. All day there reigns a huge market. There one encounters many amazing characters: storytellers, acrobats, snake charmers ... From there you can access the souks to the infinitely varied crafts. Then we will drop you off at the hotel. We will pick you up at 8h PM to have a unique dinner and an amazing show at Chez Ali with Fantasia, belly dancing, fire breathers and more. Then night at the hotel.

After breakfast at the hotel, at 8h30 we will depart to Essaouira (3hrs). After arrival, we will start a tour of Essaouira, the city which used to be called Mogador, its fishing port, the ramparts, the medina, its particularly large and lively streets, where artisans practicing a remarkable work inlaid cedar wood. We will pause for lunch then you will have some free time in the old medina. Then we will take some time to visit to the local NGO AFOULKI (more details will be given about this social action ahead of time). After our visit, we will drive back to Marrakech. Then diner and night at the hotel

After breakfast at the hotel, we will take the group to do a Covid-19 PCR test in preparation for their return to the US. Then we will continue our tour of Marrakech by visiting the world famous Majorelle Gardens and Yves Saint Laurent’s house. Then a lunch break and some free time to tour the modern part of the city of Marrakech to do some window shopping or have a coffee break. Then back to the hotel for some relaxation at the pool then diner and night stay. Optional: For the people who sign up for the hot air balloon experience, we will take you to the station and bring you back to the hotel after the activity. More details will be given to you beforehand.