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PANORAMIC WESTERN SOUTH
This tour offers a panoramic discovery of the South of Morocco in all its variety:
Marrakech the imperial city, the Atlas Mountains and their astonishing landscapes, the Valley of Draa and Oued Souss, a succession of gorges, Kasbahs, verdant oasis and palm groves, Tafraout, the most romantic site of the Southern of Morocco and the valued bathing station of Agadir on the Atlantic Ocean
Day 1: France - Marrakesh
Welcome at the airport of Marrakech. Transfer to the Hotel in the afternoon. Relaxation.
First visit to the city of Marrakech.
Dinner and night at the Hotel.
Day 2: Marrakesh - Ait Ben Haddou
Road to OUARZAZATE, by the very spectacular pass of Tizzi-n-Tichka (at 2260m) and the typical landscapes of the High Atlas. While descending the pass you come across the Ksar ( a fortified village) of Ait Benhaddou. It is an impressive construction of brown red clay on the foothills of the Atlas Mountains which has become a famous place of shooting for the international cinema industry.
The afternoon is devoted to visit the Ksar of Ait Benhaddou and discover the Ksbah of Tiffoultoute, near Ouarzazate.
Dinner and night.
Day 3: Ait Ben Haddou - Valley of Draa - Zagora
Departure for the Valley of Draa. The route will initially lead you to the dark and arid slopes of Jbel Tifernine (at 1660 m) before descending to the small city of Agdz, which is dominated by the cliffs of Jbel Kissane. From that moment you will discover the green Valley of Oued Draa with its palm plantations, its pink bay-trees, its vegetable and fruit farming, its high walls and particularly Ksar Tamnougalt, one of the most picturesque of the region, and Ksar Igdaoun with its high strong towers of truncated pyramids. Continuation to ZAGORA, installation at the Hotel. Departure to discover the dunes of Amazraou at the time of sunset. Return to the Hotel for dinner and night.
Day 4: Zagora - Ouarzazate
Return to OUARZAZATE through the Valley of Draa. Installation at the Hotel. Lunch . At the beginning of the afternoon, free time to enjoy the swimming pool and relax at the hotel.
In the afternoon, guided visit to Morocco’s most beautiful Kasbah of Taourirt, an old residence of Glaoui. This strengthened village is located at the top of the valley and near the artificial lake of the dam. It is an astonishing accumulation of clay constructions with particular square towers and crenellated walls.
Dinner and night at the Hotel.
Day 5: Ait Ben Haddou - Taroudant
Departure to TAROUDANT by way of Jbel Sirou in the great setting of the Anti-Atlas folded Mountains, and through the small ocre city of Taliouine, principal place of Saffron cultivation, where we discover the first forest of “Argan” trees whose fruits are used to produce oil.
We will continue along the “Oued” (river) and plains of Souss, famous region for its early fruits and citrus fruits, as far as Taroudant, the “little Marrakech”. It is a city surrounded by imposing ramparts and gardens and nested between the plains and the massifs of the High Atlas in the north and the Anti Atlas in the South. In the evening we shall admire and enjoy the magic view of the reddish ramparts of the city which become animated at the sunset.
Dinner and night at the Hotel.
Day 6: Taroudant - Tiznit - Tafraout Start out to TIZNIT through the mouth of “Oued Massa”, a famous region for its ornithological fauna.
Discovery of TIZNIT, the pre-Sahara city with its cob houses, scattered among the palm-trees and its 6 km of ramparts. Lunch at TIZNIT.
Continue on our way to TAFRAOUT through narrow gorges and the picturesque road of Kerdous pass (at 1100 m) which offers an exceptional view of the surrounding ochre mountains. In the evening, settling in the hotel in TAFRAOUT, one of the most romantic and extraordinary site in Morocco where we can admire and enjoy the sunset. The place has also imposing mountains where palm-trees mix with pink and granite rocks.
Dinner and night at the hotel.
Day 7: Tafraout - Agadir
Depart and drive through some magnificent landscapes of gardens of fig trees , almond trees and palm trees, to the village of Oumesnat to visit the local and traditional houses of Ameln people, the native Berbers of this part of the Anti-Atlas Mountains, before reaching AGADIR for lunch at the hotel.
Free afternoon visit to AGADIR, principal beach city of the Atlantic coasts of Morocco, where you can enjoy the splendour of one of the most beautiful beaches in Morocco.
Dinner and night at the Hotel.
Day 8: Return journey
Transfer to the airport of AGADIR for a departure we hope will be a temporary farewell
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