4 Days Tour from Fes to Marrakech via Desert

At 8:00 AM, start your 4-day tour from Fes to Marrakech via the Sahara. Head through the mountains and cedar forests of the Middle Atlas to Midelt. Drive past Ifrane, also known as 'Little Switzerland' for its European architecture, weather, and cleanliness. Next, head to Azrou, an important handicraft center specializing in working with cedar wood. Arrive in Midelt, the city of apples, for lunch. In the afternoon, head to Erfoud and the desert. Dinner and overnight at a hotel at the foot of the Sahara dunes in Erg Chebbi.

After breakfast drive to Khamlia village to enjoy live Gnawa music. Further off he drives a truckload for a dune tour and drinks tea with nomads in Berber tents. Enjoy a new attitude to life from there and a Berber pizza for lunch. Relax back at your hotel before starting a camel tour into the middle of the dunes to watch the sunset. Upon arrival at the camp, enjoy mint tea and a beautiful Saharan sunset in a beautiful tent with a private bathroom and shower while dinner is prepared. After dinner, enjoy the staff's music by the fire and contemplate the starry sky of the Sahara.

Rise early to watch a spectacular sunrise where the play of colors and shadows on the sand dunes provides a breathtaking sight. Arrive at your hotel/riad, have breakfast, and shower. Head to Ouarzazate via Rissani and stop at Erfoud, famous for its petrified marble. Here you will visit a marble fossil manufacturing workshop. Continue to Todra Gorge, an ideal place for hiking or exploring on your own. After lunch, drive to Keller Mgona, a town in Roses. Arrive in Ouarzazate, known as the "Hollywood of Morocco", and drive through the Thousand His Kasbah roads, and past the Skoura palm groves until you check into your hotel/riad.

Drive to the 'fortified city' of Ait Ben Haddou, on the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech. Situated on a hillside along the Ouarzazate River, it has some fine examples of kasbahs, some of which are still inhabited. This place has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and has been the setting for many movies such as Lawrence of Arabia and Gladiator. After a lunch break, head to Marrakech via the Atlas Mountains.