Description
If you are searching for an outstanding discovery of what Morocco has to offer, a private tour might be the right kind of tour for you. All our tours can be tailored just the way our clients wish. These quality tours are flexible; confortrable and secure.
It does not matter if you want to experience the most known destinations of Morocco or if you are more excited to wonder around the roads less traveled our private tours are the perfect option.
Destination: Tinmel Ouirgane
Availability: Every day
Pick up Time: 9:00 am
Duration: One day
Category: Private tour
Clothing: Comfortable clothes, comfortable footwear, hat, jacket and sunscreen.
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Duration 1 Day
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Printed or mobile voucher accepted
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Instant confirmation
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Pick-up service
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Free cancellation
Itineraries
Information
Your guide and driver will collect you from your accommodation in Marrakesh at 09:00am, and you will head out towards the Atlas Mountains.
On the way you can stop at an argan oil co-operative where the ladies will show you how they grind argan nuts to produce the products Morocco is famous for.
Once arrived to Tinmel, you will discover the fortress (and one-time state treasury) with its high walls and strong towers, the sole survivor of the 12th-century city built by the founder of the Almohad (Unitarian) dynasty, Mehdi Ibn Toumarte.
This is the only mosque in Morocco – other than the mosque of Hassan II in Casablanca – which a non-Muslim may enter (except on Fridays).
After the first half of the day, along the river tribal Kasbah of the old feudal chief Sultan Caid Goundafa, The inner part of the Kasbah decaying palace-fortress with storks nesting on the walls, still retains traces of its decoration Hispano Original Arabesque and seems to have been built either at the end of the 17th century (or the end of the 19th century).
The Tinmel mosque was recently renovated and is a model of the Almoahade art.
On the way back, we stop at Ouirgane, for your lunch before exploring the area further, either by car or on foot.
Then we continue our journey back to Marrakesh.
HIGHLIGHTS :
- Full day trip to Asni and Ouirgane Valley
- Explore the beautiful landscapes and Berber villages
- Possibility to visit a weekly berber market
- Drive through Tahanouet and Asni Gorges
- Visit a twelve centry Mosque
What's included:
• Departure from your hotel or Riad in a private vehicle, driver speaking English
• Transport
What is not included:
• Lunch between 2-10 euro
• Drinks
• Optional activities
• Personal expenses
