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While researching Morocco, I found an amazing tour group for those who are between the ages of 18 and 29 years old. I used the link above to gather all of the information that is below. In my experience, tour groups give a more in depth trip and provide opportunities that planning a trip on your own would not. Below I included top highlights, what is included in the trip, accommodations, flights, and the itinerary.
Top Highlights
Barter like a pro at one of Africa’s largest marketplaces
Visit the Aït-Ben-Haddou—a desert film-set that has hosted dozens of your favorite movie shoots
Mouth-watering Moroccan food like chicken tagine, couscous, figs, zaalouk, and more
Ride a 4x4 at the Erg Chebbi sand dunes
Sare up at the Atlas Mountains, down into Todra Gorge, or straight across the infinite Sahara Desert
Monkey around with Barbary macaques in Ifrane
Examine thousands of years of unparalleled masterpieces in the form of ornamented city gates, museums, and palaces
Your Trip Includes
Round-trip flights & airport transfers
Multilingual Tour Director & local guides
Private deluxe motorcoach
9 nights in hand-picked accommodations
Welcome Dinner with appetizers, full Moroccan meal & drinks
Daily breakfast
Four authentic Moroccan dinners
Three-course farewell dinner
Entrance to select attractions including Bahia Palace, Saadian Tombs, Ksar of Aït-Ben-Haddou, and more
Accommodations
You’ll stay at accommodations hand-picked by our team of local experts, in rooms only for EF Ultimate Break travelers
Each property is located in a safe, convenient area
You’ll receive your exact accommodations 30 days before your trip departs
Flights
Flight costs are included in your monthly payment plan, so you can pay over time
The cost of this trip ranges from low to mid $3,000s depending on what time of year you plan on traveling
Airport transfers are included, so we’ll be waiting, sign in hand
Flights are booked with major airlines
24/7 support no matter what time zone you’re in
One checked bag included on most flights
Option to make changes to your trip up to 99 days before departure
Itinerary
Day 1: Overnight Flight to Morocco
Board your overnight flight to Marrakech, one of Morocco’s oldest cities and home to the largest market in the country
Day 2: Arrive in Marrakesh
Meet an EF representative at the airport
Transfer to your accommodation and check in
Receive the latest schedule from your Tour Director
Meet your fellow travelers as they arrive
In the evening, it’s time for your Welcome Dinner. Enjoy drinks overlooking Jemaa el-Fna Square, then a traditional Moroccan meal with fellow travelers. Afterwards, you’re free to take the party elsewhere!
Day 3: Explore Marrakech
Feast your eyes on the pseudo-European floral beauty of the Gueliz District—designed by the French while feeling homesick for Paris
Pay respect to your elders when you see Koutoubia Mosque—it’s over 800 years old, but doesn’t look a day over 799
Bask in the gloriously geometric architecture of Bahia Palace, the Saadian Tombs, and the Medina (old city)
Prepare to have your definition of “supermarket” blown out of the water as you haggle your way through the Marrakech Souk, the city’s premiere market and meeting-place
Day 4: Free Day in Marrakesh + Optional Moroccan Cooking Class
Catch a whiff of organized chaos as you weave in and out of Marrakesh’s spiraling alleyways mingling with the nearly one million city residents
Spend the day crafting puns on the word “souk,” meaning “market,” as you bargain for souvenirs at any of the hundreds of vendors around the city
Treat your taste buds with an optional Moroccan cooking class
Free Time Suggestions:
Garden Variety: Visit three different museums at the Majorelle Garden, named for the eponymous French painter who designed the sprawling grounds and lived in the shockingly blue villa on the property. The cactus-laden complex also includes the Islamic Art Museum, the Berber Museum, and the Yves Saint Laurent Museum
Gate Grandpa: Not to be confused with the similarly named mashed eggplant dish, Bab Agnaou is a 12th century city gate that once represented Marrakesh’s doorway to Sub-Saharan Africa. These days, however, it’s mostly just a cool spot to take a selfie with a very old wall
Moroccan Cooking Class (extra cost)
Learn the ins and outs of chicken tagine and assorted Moroccan salads as you cook and consume your own authentic lunch. Melt the rich flavors of the Mediterranean and the Maghreb together hands-on
Day 5: Travel to Ouarzazate via Ait-Ben-Haddou
Board your bus from Marrakech bound for Ouarzazate
Stop for an included lunch in Aït-Ben-Haddou, and take some time to reenact your favorite Game of Thrones/Gladiator/Lawrence of Arabia desert scene
Stare at the imposing High Atlas Mountains—nothing to shrug at
Feast upon couscous—the food so nice, they named it twice—and other foods at an included dinner upon your arrival in Ouarzazate
Day 6: Explore Ouarzazate + Sightseeing En Route to Erfoud
Walk the kasbah on your morning stroll through Ouarzazate’s fortified palace, the Taourirt Kasbah
Enjoy lunch in the quaint town of Tinghir
Gawk at gorgeous gorges at Todra Gorge, featuring 500-foot high limestone walls on either side of a narrow canyon
Gorge yourself (today is a day of gorges) on an included dinner once you settle in Erfoud
Day 7: Explore Erfoud & Erg Chebbi Sand Dunes
Enjoy a morning excursion, off-the-beaten path, to Rissani to see the spectacularly decorated Mausoleum of Moulay Ali Cherif, and the Ksar El Fida—a gigantic desert castle
Return to Erfoud, where you get to see some bones and fossils from some of the dinosaurs that lived here when the Sahara Desert was underwater
Cool off with a refreshing swim in the hotel pool
Set out for the Erg Chebbi sand dunes
Stop at a traditional Bedouin tent for a musical performance, snacks, and classic Moroccan mint tea
Return to Erfoud for an included dinner and a free night
Day 8: Travel to Fez
Board your private motorcoach bound for Fez
Pass through the lush and extremely photogenic Ziz River Valley and Atlas Mountains
Stop in Midelt—known for its abundant fruit trees—for some free time to grab lunch
Continue on to Ifrane, a Euro-inspired city built by the French last century in the high alpine forest plateaus of the Atlas Mountains
Enjoy an included dinner upon arrival in Fez
Day 9: Explore Fez
Be dazzled by Fez’s ornate Moorish architecture like that of the Royal Palace Gate and the Bab Bou Jeloud
Visit the Old Jewish Quarter, known as the Mellah, and learn about the rise and fall of Fez’s once-numerous Jewish population
Attend a ceramics demonstration
Get down and dirty at one of the world’s oldest tanneries and learn that leather is traditionally soaked in cow urine and pigeon feces
Day 10: Travel to Casablanca via Rabat + Farewell Dinner
Board your private motorcoach en route to Casablanca via Rabat
Let out the occasional “ooh” and “aah” as you tour Rabat, visiting sights such as the emerald-roofed Mausoleum of Mohammed V, Kasbah of the Udayas, the Andalusian Gardens, and an Atlantic-coast beach
Hassan Mosque is envisioned to be the largest in the world before construction ceased in 1199
Arrive in Casablanca
Farewell dinner
Day 11: Fly Home
Wadaeaan ya asdiqa
Meaning “goodbye friends”
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