Wake up early the next morning to see the gorgeous colors of dawn as the sun rises over the Sahara, coloring the sky and landscape with gold, pink and orange hues. Take an early morning walk through the sand dunes, photograph the morning magic around sunrise and enjoy a delicious dessert breakfast before you return to Merzouga.
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Top places to visit in 3 day tour from marrakech to fez
1. Top Places to Visit in 3 Day Tour from
Marrakech to Fez
If and when you do get down to touring the Sahara in Morocco you have various
options on the routes you can take and the duration. One tour that is highly
recommended is the Sahara Bliss Marrakech to Fez trip. You traverse a varied
landscape and visit quite a few interesting places during the 3 days tour.
2. Rose Valley
Join the Sahara Bliss
3 day tour from Marrakech to Fez
and the first place you will visit is
the beautiful Rose Valley between
the Atlas Mountains and the
Sahara desert. This valley is
famous worldwide for its
abundance of roses that provide
the best ingredients for delicious
rose oil and rose water. This
luscious valley is an enchanting
world. Roses grow everywhere and
in abundant profusion they fill the
air with their heady perfume and
transform the landscape into a
sheet of pink, red and green.
3. Dades Valley and Merzouga
The Dades Gorges come as a surprise after the lush
green landscape of the Valley of Roses. It is barren.
Stones carved by streams of water of the river Dades
line the gorges. Barren as it is, the multihued rocks are
truly mesmerising as you continue to Todra Gorge,
another deep gorge carved out of the river. Finally you
arrive at the settlement of Merzouga, which is one of the
few places with large underground water reservoirs in
the Sahara. From here you get on to camels and trek to
the Erg Chebbi dunes to arrive in the desert bivouac
camp for the night. Here you will be welcomed with a
traditional tea ceremony and delicious dessert diner.
Enjoy the stars above your head as you relax around the
bonfire, before you enjoy a good night rest in your
comfortable nomad tent surrounded by nothing but stars,
sand dunes and silence.
4. Camping in the desert
Wake up early the next morning to see the
gorgeous colors of dawn as the sun rises over
the Sahara, coloring the sky and landscape with
gold, pink and orange hues. Take an early
morning walk through the sand dunes,
photograph the morning magic around sunrise
and enjoy a delicious dessert breakfast before
you return to Merzouga.
5. Erfoud
Compared to the small villages and kasbahs,
Erfoud is a relatively large town with several
districts. Erfoud is where several Hollywood
films were shot and its topology reminds one of
Mars, which is why it is also a research site.
Take a walk around and then drive through the
valley of Ziz. Thankfully it is green and full of
deep rifts as well as date palms. The road takes
you over the Atlas Mountains through the ski
resort of Ifrane and then the cedar forest of
Azrou.
6. Fez
Today is your final day of the 3 day tour from
Marrakech to Fez. Fez or Fes is the second largest city
in Morocco, situated northeast of the Atlas
Mountains. Because of it position at the crossroads of
important trade routes it is cosmopolitan in nature and
home to various ethnic groups. Your friendly personal
tour guide will tell you more about the history of the
place and its most impressive attractions. For instance
the Jewish quarter dates back to 1438 and is definitely
worth a visit. The Ville Nouvelle or new city is
typical French in flavor. A visit to the Medina of Fez
is obligatory, an area where you will also find the
Royal Palace, the Mausoleum of Moulay Idris II and
the Qarawiyyin University – be sure not to miss this
World Cultural Heritage site.
•This desert tour connects two of the most visited
cities in Morocco. Let us take you from Fez to
Marrakech, or other way around from Fez to
Marrakech.