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Spice Square Marrakech

COOKING, HIKING & SHOPPING-Marrakech Short break
Trip Ref: CT1

No. Nights: 4
Cost: from 5,000 MAD/€ 450/ £420 per person sharing
Single Supplement: 480MAD/€45/£40

Minimum Group size: 2-5 max
(due to limited availability at cooking school)

Type of accommodation/s: 3*** Hotel
Meal Plan: B&B plus 2 lunches & 1 dinner.

Highlights: Moroccan cookery class, guided hiking in High Atlas Mountains, lunch with Berber family, guided tour of Marrakech medina, private transport in 4x4, English tour escort (as required).

Ideal for: small groups/families with older children, solo-travellers, long-weekends, couples

Special Offers: n/a

Tour Starts/Ends: Marrakech

Dates available for this trip: Throughout the year upon request (except July/August)
Other dates available year round on request (subject to availability). Contact us to enquire.

Trip Summary:

An active short break combining city of Marrakech and rugged High Atlas Mountains. Includes a morning guided tour of the medina of this exotic Imperial city, a day learning to cook and shop for spices, meat and vegetables to conjure up a traditional Moroccan meal. These courses are booked out months in advance - so catch it when you can!
You'll also be chauffeur driven in 4x4 to the snow-capped foothills of the High Atlas Mountains and spend a leisurely day walking amongst almond, apple and fig trees and climbing to remote hillside villages built from mud and stone where daily life is carried out at the pace of a mule. After lunch with a Berber family, you return to Marrakech and still have plenty of time to explore at your own pace, squeezing in a visit to Yves St. Laurent's beloved Jardins Majorelle, or possibly indulging yourself with a relaxing hamman and massage...then shopping till you drop!

Perfect for Christmas shopping trips with a difference, Easter or an early Spring getaway!

Day-to-Day itinerary:

COOKING, HIKING & SHOPPING
Trip Ref: CT1

Meal Plan

Day 1

Arrival in Marrakech and transfer from airport to your hotel in the modern French quarter of the "red city". Time on your won to explore. Welcome dinner at local restaurant in the evening with your SheherazadVentures host.

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Day 2

Morning tour of medina with Official City Guide.
Afternoon free to explore sights, museums and souks.
Evening escorted trip to world-famous Place Jemaa el Fna to sample the food at the sizzling grills and wander in the crowds amongst musicians, acrobats and storytellers.

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Day 3

Day trip to Mt.Toubkal National Park in High Atlas Mountains to spend leisurely day with easy hiking and stunning rugged scenery and fruit orchards. You'll have a simple lunch with local Berber family amongst their free-range chickens and goats! Mule-trekking is also an option (€5).
Return to hotel in the evening and choose from a huge range of Marakchi fine restaurants with exotic cuisine and even belly-dancers!

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Day 4

Day long professional cookery school in a small traditional riad in the medina. The morning starts with a trip into the local souks to get the best ingredients at the best price. This cookery school is much sought-after and has very limited spaces available.
We have booked our spots a year in advance!
Lunch on the terrace of the riad with the delicious food you have prepared yourselves and a chilled glass of wine.

Afternoon free to visit famous Jardins Majorelle. Evening relax at hotel, take a hamma and maybe head out to sample the chic Gueliz night-life if you want!
B, L

Day 5
Say farewell and we transfer you to the airport for you homebound flight.
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	COOKING, HIKING & SHOPPING Trip Ref: CT1	Meal Plan
Day 1	Arrival in Marrakech and transfer from airport to your hotel in the modern French quarter of the "red city". Time on your won to explore. Welcome dinner at local restaurant in the evening with your SheherazadVentures host.	D
Day 2	Morning tour of medina with Official City Guide. Afternoon free to explore sights, museums and souks. Evening escorted trip to world-famous Place Jemaa el Fna to sample the food at the sizzling grills and wander in the crowds amongst musicians, acrobats and storytellers.	B
Day 3	Day trip to Mt.Toubkal National Park in High Atlas Mountains to spend leisurely day with easy hiking and stunning rugged scenery and fruit orchards. You'll have a simple lunch with local Berber family amongst their free-range chickens and goats! Mule-trekking is also an option (€5). Return to hotel in the evening and choose from a huge range of Marakchi fine restaurants with exotic cuisine and even belly-dancers!	B, L
Day 4	Day long professional cookery school in a small traditional riad in the medina. The morning starts with a trip into the local souks to get the best ingredients at the best price. This cookery school is much sought-after and has very limited spaces available. We have booked our spots a year in advance! Lunch on the terrace of the riad with the delicious food you have prepared yourselves and a chilled glass of wine. Afternoon free to visit famous Jardins Majorelle. Evening relax at hotel, take a hamma and maybe head out to sample the chic Gueliz night-life if you want!	B, L
Day 5	Say farewell and we transfer you to the airport for you homebound flight.	B

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COOKING, HIKING & SHOPPING-Marrakech Short breakTrip Ref: CT1

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COOKING, HIKING & SHOPPING-Marrakech Short break
Trip Ref: CT1