Escorted Tours 2024 - 2025

including the 1,200-year-old Al Kairouyine university and grandiose El Qaraoyin Mosque. The city is alive with traditional crafts and a visit to a local tannery provides a fascinating insight into the sights and smells of a craft that has remained unchanged for centuries. Day 5: Fez to Beni Mellal B/D Bidding farewell to Fez this morning, journey past the small town of Azrou, enjoying fantastic views of the area’s shimmering lakes and dense cedar forests on a spectacularly scenic drive. Arrive in Beni Mellal, tucked away in the Middle Atlas Mountains, in time for dinner at your hotel. Day 6: Beni Mellal to Marrakech B/D Depart for Marrakech this morning, stopping first at the breath-taking Ouzoud Falls, set within the friendly Berber village of Tanaghmeilt. Take in this 3-tiered waterfall and the surrounding valleys, caves and gorges, keeping an eye for resident apes who drink from these waters. Check into your hotel in the ochre-coloured city of Marrakech and enjoy a relaxing afternoon at leisure. Later this evening, visit the world-famous Djemaa El Fnaa Square and witness the vast esplanade transform from a day market to an immense show of dancers, musicians, soothsayers, snake charmers and dancing monkeys. Day 7: Marrakech B/D Today’s tour takes you to the El Bahia Palace and tombs of the Saadian princes, then on to Dar El Basha Quarter to see its traditional Moroccan restaurants. Peruse the basketwork, dried fruit, spices and fabrics of Kessabine and Smarine souks (markets) and explore the ancient, former slave market of Rahba Kedima Square, where locals arrive in droves to buy potions for magic spells and ingredients ranging from bark to chameleons. While dinner is provided at the hotel, an optional evening of belly dancing and folklore is also available (at a fee). Day 8: Marrakech to the UK B Transfer to the airport for your return flight to the UK, or continue on to your chosen extension. Marrakech Ouzoud Waterfalls The guide, Hamza, was an example to all guides. Charming, informed, humorous and right on top of the job. Both drivers knew their stuff as well.” J. Blogg What’s included ✔ Return flights Gatwick to Morocco with Easyjet. See p132-133 for regional flights ✔ Where you’ll stay Marrakech, 4 H The Red Hotel Casablanca, 4 H Odyssee Boutique Hotel Fez, 4 H Across Hotel and Spa Beni Mellal, 4 H Chems Le Tazerkount ✔ 14 meals ✔ 6 excursions ✔ Expert local tour guide Tour pace: Intermediate Atlas Mountains Departures & from prices Mar 24 £999 Mar 25 £1,049 Apr 24 £1,059 Apr 25 £1,109 May 24 £1,069 May 25 £1,119 Jun 24 £1,069 Jun 25 £1,249 Jul 24 £1,139 Jul 25 £1,199 Aug 24 £1,139 Aug 25 £1,199 Sep 24 £1,039 Sep 25 £1,099 Oct 24 £1,039 Oct 25 £1,099 Nov 24 £849 Nov 25 £899 Jan 25 £849 • Lead-in price based on 13 Nov 24 & 8 Jan 25 • A single supplement starts from just £269 • Tipping paid locally £48 pp per tour Save £100 on selected departures with code TOUR100 Extend your tour Agadir beach stay, 4 nights, 4 H Half Board from £369 Relax at the end of your tour and spend some time in the charming beach resort of Agadir. Atlas Mountains experience*, 3 nights Half Board from £349 Travel through the Atlas Mountains into the Sahara Desert. Visit Kasbahs, ancient palaces and Berber villages and enjoy camel rides across the sand dunes. *Please note one night is spent in the Sahara Desert, one night in Ait Benhaddou and one night in Marrakech Africa 115 Visit our website or call 0800 954 9329 to book or for further details