4 DAYS TRIP TO THE NORTH OF MOROCCO

PROGRAM TRIP TO NORTH MOROCCO

FIRST DAY: SEVILLA – TANGER- TETUAN

• 05:15H - Meeting in Seville, opposite Gate Pavilion of Portugal in the Glorieta del Cid (Prado de San Sebastián)
• 05:30 H- Departure for Tarifa. Arrival to Tarifa port and delivery of boarding passes.
• 09:00H - Check out the fast ferry to Tangier. From the deck of the ship appear in all its splendor profile of the hills of the city, dominated by two high towers: the Mosque of Mohammed V and the Spanish cathedral. In the background, the murmur of the waves, the sound of the muezzin calling to prayer guess, and that's when we feel we have reached our destination, Morocco: the land of the senses.
• Arrival to Tangier and meet with the Morrocan guide. Tangier was founded by Anteo (atlas), Neptuno’s son. The name of Tangier comes from his wife’s name, who was called Tingo.
• Anteo was killed by Hercules (jupiter’s son) and his grave is located on the hills around the city.
• Although it was abandoned for a lot of years, Tangier’s situation has changed and now it is a really interesting city to start discovering Morroco. 
• It is completely renovated because the King of Morroco has bet high on the north of Morroco. Also, he has his summer residence in this place.
• In Tangier, almost everyone speaks spanish, as it was part of the spanish protectorate until 1956.
• We will visit the Kasbah and Tangier’s medina. You will get surprised with Tangier, as i is a beautiful city which looks to the sea.
• After the visit, we will part to Tetuan.
• We will stop in a village called Ain Lahcen and we will eat there. (Free time for lunch)
• Guided visit of Tetuan, which in arabic means “the eyes” or “the fountains”. It is sometimes called as the “white dove”. Its Medina has been declared world heritage site by the unesco and it is said that is more beautiful than the Fez one.
• It was founded in the third century before Cristo, and destroyed by the Romans in the first century. The 200 following years was used as a detachment. It wasn’t repopulate until 1307 when the Sultan decided to build a fortified city. They city was destroyed in 1339 by Castilla’s king and it wasn’t repopulate until the sixteenth century, when jewish from Spain occupied it. Spanish blocked the port because they wanted to stop the piracy. As a consequence of this, the city deteriorated until Mulay Ismail epoque. Spain retaked in 1862 and influenced the city until 1913. This is why Tetuan is the most spaniard of the morrocan cities.
• Check in and dinner at the hotel

SECOND DAY: TETUÁN - CHAOUEN - FEZ

• Breakfast at the hotel and check out
• Depart to Chefchaouen located in the only intercontinental natural park, declared as a natural reserve biosphere. Chaouen is a town on a mountain, white and blue, with its wise, kind, and respectful people who offer visitors beautiful panoramas of the urban slope. Beautiful local artisan showings can be seen here as well as enjoying a certain calmness that hard to find nowadays. This place really has you wishing for a return once you leave.
• Tour through the city with a local guide
• Depart towards Fez.
• Fez represents a lost world for Western civilizations. Founded by Moulay Idriss in 791, it is today the religious and spiritual capital of Morocco.
• Check in at the hotel.
• Dinner at the hotel.

THIRD DAY: FEZ

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• To walk through the labyrinthine streets of Fez can transport one through the past lives where alfareros, forjadores, and artisans living with foreign visitors who does not cease to surprise themselves observing the people and taking in all the aromas and smells from the atmosphere of the city.
• We will go out to begin a visit with a local tour guide from the city of Fez. We will begin with the panoramic of the city, including the Merinides tombs. Later we will visit Fez el Jedid, including the Alhuitas plaza which are located on the exterior of the Palacio Real and Dar el Makzen. We will continue on foot to Fez el Bali. We will visit the souk spices in Attarin and the souk in Jenna. We will arrive at the Nejjarin plaza where the founduk can be found under the same name where we will also be visiting Bounania. From there we will continue to to the Seffarin plaza to finish up the morning in the tanners neighborhoods and view the tannery.
• Mirrors, perfumes, chickens, doves, silverware, gold, slippers, sandals, tunicas, jellabah, drums, vegetables, fruits, pottery, ceramics, forges, herbs (nothing illegal), spices, photos of the king, grains, books, crystals, and anything else imaginable, it is all here. The constant rattle of the carriages pulled by donkeys holding diverse products, will transport you to a unique world. 
• Free afternoon.
• Dinner at hotel. 

FOURTH DAY: FEZ - MEKNES - TÁNGER - TARIFA - SEVILLA

• Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
• Depart to Meknes. Visit with local guide.
• Meknes is a world heritage site from 1996. The history of this city is associated to Moulay Ismail, founder of the Alahuí dinasty, and responsible of designing the city following the example of the french monarch Louis XV, in order to built a Moroccan Versailles.
• Moulay Ismail built wonderful palaces, walls, mosque, medersas, gardens and fountains, that even today still surprised us for its incredible majesty beauty. 
• In his ambition to emulate the French monarch, they say he asked for the hand of his daughter, Mademoiselle de Blois, Conti's widow Princess. Kindly the Sun King declined the request, although in return, he sent her a beautiful collection of watches, which they say still today adorn his beautiful palace of Meknès, Dar El Makhzén.
• It seems to have consoled himself soon, having more than 500 concubines and up to 867 children, although none of them have gone down in history for continuing or enriching his legacy. Thus the city of Meknés continues to be an example of Spanish-Moroccan architecture, faithful to its origins in the seventeenth century, when it was briefly imperial capital. 
• Free lunch on the way
• Depart towards Tanger. Free lunch on route
• Arrive at the Tanger port and board towards Tarifa
• 19:00h. Depart to the Fast Ferry to Tarifa
• Continue to Seville by bus.
• End of services