Exclusive tour with a private guide and vehicle. Featuring some of the finest hotels in the country including Relais & Chateau resorts. A unique vacation you will remember for a lifetime, combining the finest sights, food, service and culture. It is the very combination of super luxury in this world class culture that will create a unique memory. Morocco takes visitors back to a slower time of mint tea in cool courtyards and sun-drenched bazaars selling everything from hand-knotted carpets to brass platters the size of a cartwheel. A walk down almost any street puts you in the center of a story straight from the Thousand and One Nights…but with 21st-century comforts around every corner. Explore the exotic matchless bazaar of Marrakech, then head up to the High Atlas Mountains and finish with a laid back exploration of the seaside port of Essaouira. A vacation for connoisseurs.

Day 1
Marrakech
Airport transfer with private vehicle and driver. Enjoy dinner at leisure (not included in tour price). Part of Relais & Chateaux, Villa Des Orangers is one of the top places to stay in Marrakech. The moment you set down your bags here you know you are in for a real treat. A big garden and patios full of plants, a health facilities and beauty salon, a restaurant that blends French, Mediterranean and Moroccan influences, a cigar cellar, two swimming pools, one on the roof overlooking the Koutoubia Mosque and the Atlas mountains, a bar open all day so that you can sip mint tea and nibble at Moroccan sweets at your leisure Marrakech is known as the "Red City" and is an important and former imperial city in Morocco. It has a population of 1,070,838 (as of 2004), and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains.

Day 2
Marrakech
Private car, guide & driver at your disposal for the day. (Mercedes Viano/Vito or similar) After breakfast you will be met at your hotel and taken on a full day guided tour of Marrakech. Your tour usually starts at the 12th century Koutoubia Mosque but you can discuss all of the options with your guide. The mosques beautiful minaret dominates the skyline of Marrakech and can be seen from almost every approach to the city thanks to a long-standing planning ordinance that forbids any other building in the old city to rise above the height of a palm tree. You will also visit the El-Bahia Palace, this 19th century palace is elaborate in its decoration and was built over a period seven years for Ba Ahmed, the son of the Grand Vizier Si Moussa, there are row after row of apartments—that once housed Ahmed's harem—a trapezoidal garden, a huge tiled courtyard, and many hidden treasures, both in the form of antique objets d'art and the palace's convergence of Andalusian and Moorish architecture. One of most visited sites in Morocco are the Saadian Tombs which were only accessible via the mosque next door. However, in 1917 they were opened to the public and can now be accessed via a narrow passage that leads to an enclosed garden watched over by two mausoleums that include more than one hundred mosaic decorated tombs. The Koranic School Medersa Ben Youssef which is a Theological college founded by the Merenid Sultan Abu Hassan in the 14th century, and restored in 1564 by the Saadians who made it the largest theological college in the Maghreb and a rival to the important Medersa Bou Inania in Fés. Enjoy dinner at leisure (not included in tour price). Overnight at Villa Des Orangers.

Day 3
Marrakech
Private car, guide & driver at your disposal for the day. (Mercedes Viano/Vito or similar) Enjoy lunch at leisure (not included in tour price). Enjoy dinner at leisure (not included in tour price). Overnight at Villa Des Orangers.

Day 4
Marrakech - High Atlas Mountain
This morning you'll say goodbye to Marrakech and head up to the High Atlas Mountains where spectacular scenery awaits. Berber villages lay terraced into the hillside as you approach the Atlas Mountains. Full day with your private guide. Enjoy dinner at leisure (not included in tour price). Sir Richard Branson's Moroccan Retreat. Bought in 1998 during one of his famous ballooning expeditions, Kasbah Tamadot is set at the foothills of the Atlas Mountains one hour's drive from Marrakech, Morocco. High Atlas, also called the Grand Atlas Mountains is a mountain range in central Morocco in Northern Africa. Among the summits at 1600 m height lies the Kasbah of Télouet on the road to Marrakech. The canyons and ravines of the Dadès and the Todra are also impressive.

Day 5
Asni - High Atlas Mountain
Full day with your private guide. Your trekking guide will meet you at the hotel in the morning. You will start the trek by heading south-east from the hotel to the Ghriraia River which you will cross to reach the village of Tansaghart . From here you will climb to another village called Iferhane and then trail continues on to Mount Ouarhir from where you'll have stunning views of the surrounding valleys. The trail continues downhill through oak and juniper forests to the village of Imsker where you will stop for tea in a local Berber House. After a picnic lunch by the stream you will climb to the El Bour Pass before walking down to the village of Imi Oughlad and then along the Imnane River back to the hotel. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Enjoy dinner at leisure (not included in tour price). Overnight at Kasbah Tamadot. Asni is a small town in the foothills of the High Atlas mountains near Marrakech, Morocco.

Day 6
Asni - Essaouira
Private car & driver at your disposal for the day. Airport transfer with private vehicle and driver. Enjoy time at leisure to explore at your own pace, or relax in your hotel. Enjoy dinner at leisure (not included in tour price). The Palace Heure Bleue is a sumptuous 19th century residence deserving of Essaouira's rich past, on the crossroads of the African, European and Arabic civilisations. Situated in the Essaouira port, overlooking the new town, the medina, and its walls; the former palace falls under the exclusive family of “Relais and Chateaux” hotels, designed to meet the standards of French living. With 35 rooms, this private getaway is ideally located near the beach, where a multitude of facilities exist for the active guest. The restaurants offer authentic fusions of preparations passed down over the years. With the history of colonisation of Morocco, and this village in particular, have created a culinary explosion of an eclectic sort. Some choose to spend their time at the resort dining, while others take advantage of the library, spa, and nearby marketplace. The Palais' very ambiance warmly welcomes you for an exceptional stay. Essaouira is a laid-back fishing port whose narrow streets are lined with whitewashed, blue-shuttered houses. Long considered as one of the best anchorages of the Moroccan coast, during the 5th century BC the Carthaginian navigator Hanno established a trading post. The actual city of Essaouira was only built during the 18th century. Mohammed III, wishing to reorient his kingdom towards the Atlantic for increased exchanges with European powers. Today it is a city of charm and relaxation with gorgeous ocean views and plenty of optional activities on offer.

Day 7
Essaouira
Private car, guide & driver at your disposal for the day. Enjoy lunch at leisure (not included in tour price). Enjoy time at leisure to explore at your own pace, or relax in your hotel. Enjoy dinner at leisure (not included in tour price). Overnight at Palais L'Heure Bleue.

Day 8
Essaouira - Marrakech
Private car, guide & driver at your disposal for the day. Travel to Casablanca Depart from Marakech international airport - end of itinerary.