Easter in Morocco
Family vacations to Easter in Morocco are amazing. It’s close by, sunny, safe, and offers stunning landscape and unmatched kindness. There is no European jet lag. Children will no longer need vaccination passports as of this week. Therefore, right now is the ideal time to plan an Easter getaway!
Here are two great routes along with several nearby accommodations that welcome families.
Families like to start out in the vivacious Red City. There is much more to the fascinating and confusing souks than just home goods, spices, woodwork, and jewelry. Additionally, there are artisans who weave fabric, hammer metal, work as cobblers, and operate exceedingly noisy tanneries. Explore Yves Saint Laurent’s stunning Majorelle Gardens, climb the historic fortifications, and travel the city in a caleche (horse-drawn carriage).
Outside the city limits, Palmeraie palm trees provide shade, while to the south are the magnificent Atlas Mountains covered with snow. These may be easily reached on a day trip from Marrakech, but we think spending the night gives you the best chance to fully experience the fascinating Berber culture and go on a few short climbs for stunning mountain views. In addition to stunning canyons, lush river valleys, walled villages, and ancient history, the Tizi-n’Tichka road from Marrakech to Ouarzazate (4 hours each way) also features a Valley of One Thousand Kasbahs that can be explored. Spend the night at either Skoura, a palm oasis on the borders of the Sahara desert, or the stunning kasbah-town of At Benhaddou, which has been featured in countless movies (see our recommended hotels below).
Merzouga offers a variety of services to enhance your Easter in Morocco. A must-do activity on any trip to Morocco is camel trekking in the Merzouga desert. Arrive early if you wish to spend the night in a Berber camp and ride camels. To see the sunset en route or once we get to camp, we often leave two hours before sunset.
To start, we’ll ride camels across the glistening dunes. On the other hand, our camel man will stop numerous times throughout the trip to take your pictures and allow you the chance to take your own. We won’t take long to arrive in our opulent tent. Our lunch will begin with a sumptuous Moroccan meal. In addition, our drummers will put in nonstop effort to get ready for your performance. You’ll have a blast listening to Berber music under the sky. You can request that the camels make a loopback to our starting point. But you have 44 minutes to get back to the meeting place.
Itinerary for Easter in Morocco
Day 1: day in Marrakech
Your driver/guide will collect you at the airport on the first day of our Holy week Easter in Morocco and transport you to your riad. A day off is readily available. Dinner is on the house. I’m spending the night at a riad.
Day 2: Full day in Marrakech
The most significant of the four Imperial Cities, Marrakech is one of the most significant places to visit in Morocco during Easter. It is located at the foot of the Atlas Mountains. With your official guide and driver, take a tour of the city after breakfast. The city is also referred to as the “Pearl of the South” and “Crimson or Ochre City” due to the red walls that surround it and the various red-colored structures that were all constructed at the same time using red stones and sand. It is possible to see the Bahia Palace, El Badi Palace, Saadian Tombs, the Mosque, the Koutoubia Minaret, and Ben Youssef’s historic Koranic school. On one of the terraces overlooking the Jemaa el-Fna plaza, have lunch and a mint tea before visiting the Majorelle Gardens, the Yves Saint Laurent museum, the mosque with the Koutoubia minaret, and the Majorelle Gardens. Return to your hotel or riad in the late afternoon. Dinner is on the house. I’m spending the night at a riad.
Day 3: Marrakech to Dades
Travel through the Great Atlas Mountains from the riad in Marrakech to Tizi n’Tichka, which is 2,260 meters above sea level, after breakfast (the highest mountain pass in the Atlas). After that, we’ll take a short trip to the Kasbah of Ait-Ben-Haddou, a Unesco World Heritage Site. The journey will continue to the Dades Valley, passing through the Valley of Roses, which is famous for cultivating Damask roses and providing the essence for a number of products. The Dades Gorges will be our final stop. We stayed in the riad for dinner and the entire night.
Day 4: Dades to Merzouga
The fourth days of our Easter in Morocco Leave the Dades Valley for the Todra Gorges after breakfast. After that, we’ll head to Erfoud, which is known as the “City of Fossils” because to the abundance of fossilized stones in the region. Arrive in the Merzouga settlement in the afternoon. We stayed in the riad for dinner and the entire night.
Day 5: Merzouga desert tour
We’ll depart Merzouga early in the morning to tour the Erg Chebbi dunes, where you may take in and capture breath-taking views. We’ll make a pit stop en route to pay a quick visit to the nomadic families that live in this far-off region. the Mifiss mines for a quick tour. Continue on to Khamlia, where you can participate in a Gnawa music performance and where we will stop for lunch so you can eat Berber pizza. Khamlia is a neighborhood of black people from Mali, Senegal, and Mauritania (not included in the price). Take a camel to the Berber tents, also called “Haima,” where dinner will be served outside while live traditional Berber music is played on a djembe. supper and a night spent in a posh tent camp.
Day 6: Merzouga to Ouarzazate
Wake up early to enjoy the sunrise over the sand dunes, have breakfast in the tent camp, and then ride a dromedary back to Rissani to visit the famous and busy market. Continue on toward Ouarzazate, traveling through the heavily forested and Berber-populated Draa Valley, and you’ll arrive there in the afternoon. The nearby Atlas Film Corporation Studios, Easter in Morocco, has shot and is still shooting a number of films with a desert theme. The public can visit the Atlas Studios for free. We stayed in the riad for dinner and the entire night.
Day 7: Ouarzazate to Marrakech
The sevend Day of our Easter in Morocco After breakfast, travel to Ouarzazate, a military and administrative hub built by the French in the 1920s in the Dadès valley. On the fringes of Ouarzazate, heading toward Tinerhir, is the kasbah of Taourirt, which was inhabited up until shortly after the 1930s and is now a tourist complex with a museum. Leave for Marrakech and return in the evening, passing through the Great Atlas Mountains once more. Dinner is on the house. I’m spending the night at a riad.
Day 8: Airport in Marrakech
For your departure from Marrakech and the end of our Easter in Morocco, we will accompany you to the airport.
Please be aware that we offer excursions in Moroccan cities like: