Price
£1280.00
Description
Itinerary
Description
Overview
This tour will take you across the country, travelling through Morocco’s most incredible landscapes to cities and towns of varying cultures and thus flavours, as well as paying a visit to the traditional Berber villages and picking up a few of their tricks. You will be taught to cook traditional Moroccan dishes by local experts, inspired by the flavours and colours of the markets and given cultural insight through the visits to the historical sites along the way. This tour gives you an opportunity to experience what Morocco and it’s food is all about – from the culture of food to visiting the markets to prepare, and it is an experience unlike any other.
Morocco Getaway Signature Experience
- Ride a camel in the Sahara (Desert)
- Discover the rich aromas, colours and flavours of Moroccan cooking
- Cook flavourful recipes handed down for generations
- Shopping for ingredients and spices in bustling markets and souks
- Exploring incredible Moroccan towns such as Marrakech, Rabat, and Fes
Included/Excluded
- Full breakfast daily; selected lunches and dinners
- Hand-selected comfortable accommodation
- English-speaking Tour leader and local guides
- 24/7 on-call support
- International Flight
- Travel Insurance
- Drinks, Tips
Itinerary
What to Expect
This tour will take you through some of Morocco’s most incredible locations, but also through it’s beautiful cities with the sole purpose of experiencing the varying flavors and tastes that they have to offer. You will be able to visit the Hassan II Mosque and the Residence of the King before your first visit to a local restaurant for dinner, as well as travelling through the Imperial city of Meknes and small town of Fes before your first cooking class. You will also have the opportunity to explore the King’s Palace, the tanners and the potteries of Fes before departing for Marrakech. Along this journey you will experience some incredible Moroccan landscapes and sights, travelling through the High Atlas Mountain Region before arriving for your night of traditional entertainment with story tellers and performers. This will provide you will a great insight into how Moroccan food contributes to it’s culture, with barbecue dinners served being at the centre of the celebration. While in Marrakech, you will also visit the Palace of Bahia, the Saadian Tombs and the Koutoubia Mosque before visiting the local market and preparing for dinner.
You will also have the opportunity to learn to cook from the Berbers, visiting a small village outside of Marrakech where you will be baking bread in a clay oven, cooking tagine over a charcoal fire and brewing traditional mint tea. The knowledge and practice of the Berbers will inspire you and share insight that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. You will visit Essaouira also, famous for it’s fresh seafood produce and incredible idyllic beaches. Here, you will have another cooking class where you’ll be preparing your own Moroccan meal with this famed produce before departing for Casablanca, visiting the city of El Oualidia and El Jadida along the way. In almost all of the cities you travel through, you will have the opportunity to explore the local markets, which are the base of all Moroccan cooking. These markets will inspire you and allow you to taste, smell and see what Moroccan food is all about, making it an incredible opportunity for those looking to add a little extra to their cooking.
