Seville, Sahara & Marrakech 8 days

Discover Seville Marrakech and the desert 8 days / 7 nights

MONDAY - ARRIVAL IN SEVILLE

Pickup at the airport.

Transfer to the hotel.

Delivery of rooms.

We will discover the Triana district, where were born the Tapas, the main Andalusian traditions and customs, and a lot of legends that emerge from them. We will go through its streets and its darkest corners, as those who witnessed the tortures of the Inquisition, visit the Cathedral and its Giralda. We will discover why the inhabitants of Triana  are so particular  and why they feel so proud to have been born there, because it is a special neighborhood...

Nocturnal tapas route where we will discover the best tapas bars in the city and we will taste Andalusian products and recipes during discovering the city.

TUESDAY - SEVILLE - MARRAKECH - OUARZAZATE

Breakfast at the hotel.

 The leftover baggage will be guarded until the return.

Transfer to the airport.

Departure flight to Marrakech.

Arrival in Marrakech and transfer to Ouarzazate, a former garrison of French troops, located in the southern part of the country, rich for its agriculture and famous for its palm and roses which are growing along its shores. It is also the favorite place of filmmakers, what has economically increased  the area and allowed  the creation of numerous companies related to audiovisual, and employs many of its inhabitants.

Dinner and overnight  at the hotel.

WEDNESDAY - OUARZAZATE - TINERHIR - GORGES OF TODRA - SAHARA

Breakfast and check out.

We will start our trip through the famous route of the kasbahs in order to live new experiences.

We will pass through Boulmane de Dades  where the Valley of Roses is, to continue to Tinerghir, where we will turn towards Todra Gorges. There we can admire wonderful palm groves that help stand the heat  of these places.

Free lunch.

In the afternoon, we will continue our route to Erfoud where we leave the bus, and we will go by Jeeps and Land Rovers to go in 4x4 to the camp in Merzouga to spend the night in tents, next to the dunes of Erg Chebbi, located at the entrance of the Sahara desert, from where we will contemplate a  spectacular  starry sky.

 Dinner and overnight at Jaimas.

THURSDAY - SAHARA - AIT BEN HADDOU

Sunrise in the Sahara. Its dunes are stretch to the horizon and some of them are rising to more than 150 meters.

 The experience of seeing  the first sunrise  in the Sahara is impressive. Today obligatoryto wake up  early to see an  unforgettable  spectacle  :  the  sunrise. We  will  leave at night to see the sunrise from the dunes. We can admire the different tonalities that are acquiring the sand.

After a good breakfast we will go for a camel ride through the dunes, then we'll go to Rissani, where we find tens of ksur and Kasbahs, lost among the palm groves and dunes, plus marabouts and mausoleums peppered between fields  of cultivation.

We will continue our way down the route  of the kasbah  to reach  Ait Ben Haddou, which  is a large walled village, built to defend the harvest and palm groves that grow along the course of the wadis scrawny.  Surrounded by palm trees and an arid landscape of snow that crown the background, it is considered as one of the geological wonders of this planet, which has persisted for millennia as a separate universe. This fortress has served as the backdrop of such renowned films as "Lawrence of Arabia", "Gladiator" and "The Jewel of the Nile" and "Jesus of Nazareth".

Dinner and overnight.

FRIDAY - TELOUET - MARRAKECH

 Breakfast.

Departure to the Kasbah of Telouet, former residence of Pacha Glaoui. From there the passage of caravans from the desert was controlled. The kasbah was used for the fortress and palace functions at once, and it was required the work of 300 workers over three years to sculpt the ceilings and walls of the Kasbah. Telouet was a required step before the construction of the road crossing Tzi'n'Tichka to go from Marrakech to Ouarzazate.

Dinner and overnight.

SATURDAY - MARRAKECH - SEVILLA

Breakfast at the hotel

Free time in Marrakech

Transfer to the airport of Marrakech

Flight back to Seville

Transfer to the hotel

Overnight at the hotel

 SUNDAY - SEVILLA 

 Breakfast

We will discover the most charming places in the historic center of Seville and the legends of its main characters. We will visit the City Hall then we will arrive at the Plaza del Triunfo which includes the triangle Heritage Site by Unesco, Cathedral and Giralda, Real Alcázar and Archivo General de Indias. Then we will discover the Plaza del Cabildo and the Atarazanas, the best secrets of the city.  Finally we will arrive to the Rivera del Guadalquivir where we will find Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza, the Golden Tower and the Palace of San Telmo. We will conclude the tour with a visit to the Royal Tobacco Factory and the majestic Plaza of Spain.

Afternoon free

MONDAY - SEVILLA - DEPARTURE

Breakfast at the hotel

Transfer to the airport or train station