• Depart the US and get ready to enjoy magical Morocco.

Overnight: Flight

• Welcome to Morocco! After arriving at Casablanca International Airport, you will check into the hotel and freshen up. Get to know your expert educator and your new traveling companions.
• Your first traditional Moroccan dinner will be enjoyed at the home of a local family where you will get to connect with new friends.

Meals Included: Dinner
Overnight: Casablanca

• After breakfast, your exploration of Casablanca will begin at the third largest mosque in the world, Mosque of Hassan II. Overlooking the ocean, this stunning and magnificent mosque houses over 100,000 worshippers.
• Next up: the Jewish Museum of Morocco, the Arab world’s only Jewish museum.
• It’s time to move on. Goodbye Casablanca, hello Volubilis. A Roman town in Morocco – who would have thought?
• From Volubilis, you will continue to Fes, one of the great cities of the medieval world. Tomorrow, you’ll encounter the kings, communities, and creativity of this wonderful city but right now, it’s time to eat!
• Morocco’s food is fabulous, from couscous (a Moroccan invention) and delicious dishes slow cooked in Tagine pots (a Moroccan obsession) to stuffed sardines and spicy chermoula sauces. It’s also a country that knows how to have a good time. You’ll head to a local restaurant for dinner and a night of Moroccan music and entertainment.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight: Fes

• Today you will experience (and inevitably get lost in) Fes’s medina (walled city), a dense maze of alleyways and streets and the largest car-free pedestrian zone in the world. Don’t worry, your educator knows the way. Enjoy spectacular views of Fes from on high as you look down upon its medina from the Borj Sud
• What does a thousand years of Jewish life in Fes look like? You will check out two synagogues that were both recently restored and the Fes Jewish Cemetery, where we’ll hear stories of the Jewish leaders buried here.
• Watch the local craftsmen in action in their shops as they weave, embroider, carve, and chisel using ancient techniques.
• You will have access to Madrasa Bou Inania, an Islamic religious college which is one of the few Islamic sites in Morocco that allows non-Muslim visitors to enter.
• After lunch at a local restaurant, the adventure continues. If you appreciate carpentry, architecture, and craftsmanship, you are going to love the Nejjarine Museum of Wooden Arts and Crafts which was once an inn for the travelers and traders coming to Fes.
• How many people can say they have seen the university where the Rambam studied? After today, when you will see the University of Al-Karaouine (from the outside – non-Muslims cannot enter), that is exactly what you will able to say.
• If you have ever wondered what is involved in making your favorite purse or leather jacket, Chouara Tannery, supposedly the oldest tannery of its kind, will be an eye-opener.
• Enjoy a free evening sampling more of vibrant and gorgeous Fes.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight: Fes

• It’s been incredible in Fes. It’s time now to move on to
• Meknes was made famous by Moulay Ismail (1634-1727), the king who turned it into a royal city. You’re going to check out his finely decorated Mausoleum and the Royal Stables where he kept 12,000 horses, each with its own individual groom-slave.
• You will meet the caretaker of a now-empty synagogue and discuss how the Jewish community in Morocco has dramatically dwindled. Lunch will be at a local restaurant before heading to
• In Rabat, you will get a real sense of the pivotal role that the King plays in Moroccan life. You’ll walk around the walls of Rabat’s Royal Palace, the primary residence of the current king Mohammad VI, and visit the magnificent mausoleum of Mohammad V, Morocco’s king during World War II. It is said that he helped stop Nazi plans to deport Morocco’s Jews to the death camps of Europe.
• Sitting high above the river and the Atlantic Ocean, the Kasbah des Udayas citadel features gorgeously decorated gates, blue and whitewashed homes, and French-influenced gardens.
• You’ll eat dinner with members of Association Mimouna, an organization of Muslim students who honor the country’s Jewish heritage and promote Jewish-Muslim friendship. Hear about their activities, which range from kosher cooking workshops to organizing one of the Islamic world’s first conferences commemorating victims of the Holocaust.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: Rabat

• Onward to Marrakech, where you will enjoy a panoramic tour and explore its mellah (the Jewish quarter which interestingly comes from the Arab word for salt). Your tour will include the Slat el Azama Synagogue (the Synagogue of the Expelled), still active today, and Marrakech’s Jewish cemetery, where you’ll see monuments and graves commemorating children who perished during the epidemics that ravished the city’s crowded Jewish quarter in the 17^th
• Check into the hotel with time to freshen up and prepare for Shabbat.
• (Optional) Experience the customs and traditions of Moroccan synagogue life with Kabbalat Shabbat services at the Beit-El Synagogue. A Marrakech Jewish family will be your hosts for Shabbat dinner. This will be a special chance to talk with local Jews about their lives and find out why they continue to call Morocco home despite so many of their relatives and friends leaving for other lands.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight: Marrakech

• You get to explore Marrakech on your own this morning. We recommend you treat yourself to a visit to one of Marrakech’s many The heated public bath and spa is a blissful feature of Moroccan life and culture.
• In the afternoon, you’ll tour the Medina of Marrakech, AKA the Red City for the red walls that surround it. Highlights of the tour include Bab Agnaou, a huge, superbly decorated gate allowing entrance into the royal city; the Saadian Tombs, which provide lavish insights into the wealth and power structure of the Saadian dynasty that ruled Morocco from 1549 to 1659; and the Bahia Palace, considered to be the finest palace built anywhere in the world during this time.
• Unwind and spend a relaxing evening at the hotel or if you are feeling adventurous, check out some of the trendy bars.

Meals Included: Breakfast
Overnight: Marrakech

• Thanks to a Moroccan scholar, you will get to talk to a local Muslim leader (imam) about Islam in the country.
• You’ll spend time in the French Quarter and visit the enchanting Majorelle Garden of the French painter and botanist Jacques Majorelle. Sparkling pools shaded by gorgeous trees and plants from around the world….bliss. The Berber Museum, also housed in the garden, is a tribute to the Berber tribes and people who have lived in North Africa for thousands of years.
• You’ll continue to the Yves St. Laurent Museum. That’s right, the legendary French fashion designer lived in Marrakech for many years.
• The Djemaa El Fna Square, an enormous marketplace teeming with life, features snake-charmers, street vendors, musicians, storytellers, and acrobats.
• Free time to shop, pack, and to continue exploring Marrakech’s enormous market on your own.
• Savor the flavors, spices, and foods of Morocco in a cooking workshop where you will create your own Moroccan meal under the expert eye of a local chef. Over dinner, share the experiences and discoveries that have inspired you as you get ready to say wadaeaan (goodbye) and see you soon to Morocco.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight: Marrakech

• Transfer to Casablanca Airport and check in for your return flight to the US. We are so thrilled to have shared this journey with you.

Meals Included: Breakfast