Immersive One-Week Morocco Seniors Tour
What to expect on this itinerary
This luxurious week in Morocco is a slow-paced journey into a distant era and an exotic immersion into a country’s imperial cities and traditions. Handcrafted for senior travelers, this one-week route will lead you to the major city highlights, including sensual souks, 9th-century sandstone architecture, caravanserai, and artistic palaces and gardens. Specialist guides will lead the way as you bask in Morocco’s heritage and some of the world’s most exquisite and unchanged cities.
Customizable Itinerary
Chefchaouen – Enchantment in a Blue Mountain Town
Flying into Tangier allows for flexibility at the beginning of your one-week Morocco tour. There is not too much left of the famous port city, but it is a convenient gateway to Chefchaouen, which is the most charming place to spend a night anywhere in Morocco. Chefchaouen is small, and you can walk around the medina in less than 30 minutes, so it will be a comforting first stop after your flight. You can sit back on the main square, Place Outa el Hammam, and watch the world go by as a call rings evocatively from mosque minarets.
What's Included:
Fes – Imperial City Immersion
Fes – Laid-Back Discovery
Casablanca – Morocco’s Capital City
Marrakech – Traditional Marrakech Storytelling
Marrakech – The Old Red City
Marrakech – Departure
Trip Highlights
- Stand in wonder at Fes, which is a majestic old city that will excite all your senses
- Ease into your Moroccan experience with a night in Chefchaouen, which is a blue-painted mountain town that is easy on the eye and full of charm
- Spend two enchanting days discovering Marrakech, including all its souks and old-world legacy
- Marvel at the Volubilis ruins, which possesses a hint of ancient Rome
- Admire the artisanal wonders of Meknes, which is an imperial city that has strongly retained its heritage and tradition
- Enjoy how the Hassan II Mosque really captures the imagination
- Discover the tales behind the walls with expert local guides and private tours throughout your adventure
- Enjoy heritage accommodations that provide you with the opportunity to stay inside the imperial cities’ walls
Detailed Description
Morocco is not a sightseeing powerhouse. You do not need to spend hours meandering between attractions to experience what the city provides. Morocco is alive in its old-world atmosphere, and you can feel and live out the tradition just by sitting on a balcony and absorbing all the sounds and smells. Here, you can travel slowly and absorb four very different imperial cities in just one week of travel. Handcrafted for senior travelers, this one-week luxury tour will lead you behind the scenes in five exceptional destinations with local guides that lead the way to exotic atmospheres while providing intriguing narratives.
Over seven days, you will travel from the far north to Morocco’s heart with stops at all four imperial cities. You will fly to Tangier and begin your laid-back adventure with a night in Chefchaouen, which is an ancient mountain town where all the streets are painted shades of blue. It is a miraculous sight and will prove an easy way to be introduced to the local culture before experiencing the big souks and walled cities. Fabulous Roman ruins will mark your journey to Meknes, which is the most artisanal of the old cities and a place where every building is like a gallery and each street a journey through color.
Fes is the largest of the old cities, and you will be staying deep within the city walls and enveloped by a vibrant range of smells, sounds, and sights. You will be able to feel the ambiance at every turn. On day four, you will make a short stop in Rabat, which is home to a charming town and contemporary world outlook, before continuing to Casablanca. Here, the Hassan II Mosque is a building worthy of comparison to any of the world’s most iconic religious structures.
Marrakech will be your final stop, and it is a city of glowing red sandstone and enigmatic souks. Here, tradition seems to imbue every corner. From storytellers to drummers and from its Jewish Quarter to its Islamic schools, Marrakech preserves its old-world harmony. For two nights, you will be staying in a converted palace, where you will be immersed in a realm of five-century-old designs. With two days, you can discover most of the city’s highlights without giving up on the laid-back pace that defines your one-week Morocco tour. While the sights are many, this is a country of endearing architecture, a charming culture, and delicious cuisine.
Starting Price
$2,600 per person (excluding international flights)
Your Zicasso trip is fully customizable, and this sample itinerary is a starting place for your travel plans. Actual costs are dynamic, and your selection of accommodations and activities, your season of travel, and other such variables will bring this budget guideline up or down. Throughout your planning experience with your Zicasso specialist, your itinerary is designed around your budget. You can book your trip when you are satisfied with every detail. Planning your trip with a Zicasso travel specialist is a free service.
What's Included
The starting price is based on travel during the low season for a minimum of two travelers staying in shared 3-star accommodations. Please inquire for a custom trip quote based on your travel preferences and travel dates.
Verified Traveler Reviews
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The head of Zicasso's travel agency was well-organized, responsive, and caring. Our driver was very good. Accommodations and activities were well planned and enjoyable. The trip was good value for the price. I would highly recommend.
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We had an excellent, memorable trip. It was expertly curated by Zicasso's travel specialist, with sights and sounds we wanted to experience. We had a wonderful driver and guides. We could not have asked for a better experience!
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The trip exceeded our expectations. Everything went smoothly, from start to finish, and we were extremely pleased with our driver and all of our guides throughout the trip! It was a nice touch to meet Zicasso’s travel specialist as well!
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Our trip experience was A+++ from the planning stage through the actual trip. We enjoyed a curated trip and it was fabulous.
Our assigned driver, our driver, was a gem—courteous, thoughtful, professional, and an excellent ambassador for Morocco.
Zicasso’s travel specialist picked only four- to five-star hotels and riads for us. We enjoyed the quality of our accommodations and the professionalism of our various guides we were assigned for our visits to Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen, Fes, the Sahara Desert, our desert camp, Aït Benhaddou kasbah, a night food tour in Marrakech, and Marrakech’s medina.
We feel like we experienced Morocco—the tagines, the call to prayer, the desert, the camel ride, the beautiful people, the lush and layered history, culture, and architecture, and the emergence of a new and modern Morocco. It was more than we expected, which makes it so special to us. We highly recommend the travel specialist!!!
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Flawless doesn't begin to describe how incredible and meticulous the planning and taste that went into designing our Spain and Morocco trip. I reached out to Zicasso’s travel specialist far in advance, describing a dream vacation for my husband and me that included a near-impossible amount of locations to cover through both countries in only two weeks. We had tried coming up with an itinerary with another planner prior to meeting the travel specialist, but it did not work out. When we shared our vision with the travel specialist, he materialized it on paper in a way that made sense and even made adjustments that fit within our budget. We got to see every location with enough time to savor each.
The order of travel from Barcelona to Andalucía to Morocco was an intricate weave that told a story of cross-cultural exchange. We started off with Gaudí architecture and the Sagrada Família, sunsets at the Puente Nuevo, Alhambra, and Córdoba, marveled at the grandeur of the mosque cathedral, savored seafood paella and Picasso art in Málaga. We finished off road-tripping in Morocco, starting from the blue city of Chefchaouhen, continuing our journey through Casablanca, Rabat, Fes, Marrakech, and the Atlas Mountains. It was nothing short of magical.
We will never forget the beauty of the sun rising above the Atlas Mountains, private candlelit dinners on our private terrace in the riads, the colors of the souks, and the hospitality of our Moroccan hosts. Each riad was carefully selected and far exceeded our expectations. And of course, our driver in Morocco was an absolute delight and went above and beyond. Besides providing transportation, he acted as a friend who showed us the ins and outs, helping us see Morocco in a way that we would not have if we went in a large group or had chosen to come alone. Overall, my husband and I cannot recommend our travel specialist enough.
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Every detail of the itinerary was amazing. Thanks to Zicasso’s travel agent. From our driver to the riad and hotel accommodations, and each location we visited (Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen, Fes, the Atlas Mountains, a camel ride at sunset with glamping in the Sahara Desert, and Marrakech), we were partnered with a local guide who showed us magnificent sights and enriched our experience with historical information. Everything was beyond our expectations!
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