Morocco Cultural Tours

Out of the many tour guides we have had over the years , Zaid was right at the top! The whole tour was well organized and 20 of the 22 people were amazing. Two people from Trinidad made things hard for Zaid but he handled with extreme professionalism! The highlight had to be the 2 days in the Sahara Desert!

it's quite a full itinerary so be prepared to be on the go. especially if you don't want to miss anything and sign up for all the optional experiences.

My 3rd trip to Morocco - went specially for the desert bit of this one and it did not disappoint. Spectacular and has to be seen first hand. Loved whole trip - would suggest an extra day on the tour in the desert - at the lovely Xaluca Erfoud hotel - to rest and chill out before continuing as these tours are full on and tiring. (Like the Best of Turkey chill out day in Antalya half way through). Our guide H was excellent - seasoned tour director with his local perspective and insight. He collected our personal wishes and went out of his way to fit them in. He's kind too which is rare. M, driver, was also excellent. Easy to take their hard work for granted delivering a lot in a short space of time. My highlights were the stars followed by sunrise in the Sahara, the camel ride in the dunes, the lovely unspoilt nature - like the Ziz valley - all the birds including nesting storks. Swifts and swallows swooping over the lovely hotel pools - swam in them all. Wonderful gardens - Marjorelle better than the marketing - also the courtyard at the Bahia palace. And the Fes hotel garden! A couple of lovely seafood lunch stops. We had a nice group and it was a lovely holiday and great experience of Morocco.

There could be an improvement in the food served in some places. The tour director and the coach driver were excellent. They were good ambassador's for Trafalgar and the country

Morocco is a constant bus ride to tour Country from North to South. Dry tiring. The food is boring....Tagines every day. Virtually no seafood. The washed local salads were excellent. We love the Sahara desert. Sand dunes, oasis's, Glamping, the snow covered Atlas Mountains. Morocco was on our bucket list.....but far from the rating of other top bucket list countries!

Food was bland and where we had buffets the food was lukewarm to cold. Breakfasts were generally the same and again food not hot in most cases. Bus was not a luxury coach and the long days of driving were tiring as it was not comfortable for long trips, the wi-fi didn't work - I was expecting to have access to wi-fi on the bus as advertised. Hotel rooms were varied at each hotel with some travellers getting nice renovated rooms and others getting rooms not as nice. One particular hotel room that I was allocated looked like it had not been serviced properly with hair in the bath tub, left over shampoo bottle in the shower along with a glass. I tried to communicate to housekeeping but they didn't understand english. I should have advised tour guide but by this time I was upset and frustrated. Tour Guide took us to places/vendors/shops where we were a captive audience to hopefully buy goods, in particular a carpet place which I and others had no interest in but we had to go with the rest of the group - it was just the "hard sell" whilst there. Never got any chance to shop in markets with tour guide commenting that most was "cheap chinese stuff"....there may been some chinese goods at the markets but also saw locally made goods but we were not given a chance, even at the largest markets Marrakesh to shop. Lunch was often at 2-3 ....too late in the day, arrived at hotels much later then guide advised in his very long talk of a morning when we got underway on the bus...he provided far too much information in one go and his times for lunch/arrival at hotel was generally incorrect. He should have briefed us along the way rather then talk for 2--30 mins giving us ALL the detail for the day ahead. He advised bags would be delivered to our hotel rooms to give us time to shower/change but this often did not happen. He arranged group photos and only shared with some travellers. The hotel in Casablanca, although renovated, was in an area where the tour guide advised if you are a solo traveller do not leave the hotel as it was too dangerous....surely Trafalgar should consider safety of travellers and put us up in a hotel in a better area. Headsets provided were "in the ear" and there should be a provision for over the head for people wearing hearing aides. The bus driver was excellent and drove the bus in a very professional manner and safely. I think the itinerary could be adjusted to include an extra day in Marrakesh which would hopefully allow time for travellers to experience the markets - again tour guide advise DO NOT got to markets on your own - there should have been time for a drop off/pick up at the markets to allow travellers time to mingle with the locals.