Highlights of the south of Morocco
In this trip we discover four important cities of the country : Marrakech which is an imperial city founded in 11C by the Almoravides dynasty. Taroudant situated between the High-Atlas and the Anti-Atlas in Souss valley and which is an attractive red-earth town where the Saadians stayed for 20 years building palaces and ramparts. Agadir, an important tourist city on the Atlantic ocean in the south, this city is new, built after the earthquake witch destroyed the ancient city in 1960. Essaouira, or Mogador as it’s called by the Portuguese in the 16C, is a relaxed city situated on the Atlantic cost, rebuilt in the 18C by the Alaouite sultan Mohamed ibn Abdallah. Attractive by its sandy beaches its port crafts and its cooperatives of wood and silver-workers.
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-Day 1: After your flight you transfer to your hotel and check in. Calling the red city because of the colour of its walls Marrakech is an imperial city dating from the 11th century and the most important historic city in Morocco, with the Koutoubia mosque and Ben Youssef Medersa among its distinctive buildings
-Day 2 to 5: We leave Marrakech for 5 days drive across the High Atlas Mountain to discover some fortified Kasbahs and villages in the south before joining the Atlantic coast in Agadir which is a new city rebuilt after the earthquake in 1960. On the road to Essaouira many argan cooperatives offer to you the opportunity of buying argan oil (oil extracted from an oleaginous tree called Argania spinosa) and soap. Essaouira is one among the best city in the world for surfing
-Day 6 : Free day in Essaouira
-Day 7 : We return back to Marrakech
-Day 8 : Departure day.