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6-Day Cook & Dine With Locals in Morocco

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Trip Overview

This exceptional Morocco food tour allows you to feast on delights both for your eyes and your stomach! Through a wide variety of culinary experiences – observing, participating and consuming – you will delight in the colours, aromas and tastes of exotic Moroccan cuisine.

Your time is spent in both Marrakesh and the surrounding countryside areas, in the High Atlas and on the Marrakesh Plain. Some cookery classes are in riads, and cookery schools in the city while others are in peoples’ homes where real, everyday life is experienced.

Additionally, your tour will introduce you to associations, organisations that, through their cookery experience offerings, not only provide you with much fun and new cookery skills but also help to assist their members and communities in gaining sustainable employment and lifelong skills.

To further enhance your culinary experiences, a selection of excellent restaurants have been selected for many of your evening meals. In such places, not only is the food exceptional in its presentation and tastes but the ambience of the restaurants’ interior decoration fully adds to your dining experience.

Your accommodation is in a high-quality riad in the Medina. Many of the riads in the area have hammams and spas, a delightful experience and a lovely way to relax and unwind after your days out and about.
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Highlights of this Trip

Visit a local home in Marrakesh and get a hands-on experience of the daily custom of baking bread
Enjoy a cooking class where you'll learn how to prepare tagines, with talented local women.
Taste a delicious lunch in a traditional Berber home, and learn how local Moroccan food is prepared.
Explore a traditional Old Medina Apothecary to learn the important role of herbs and spices in Moroccan cuisine
Enjoy afternoon tea in the most pleasant riad in the Old Medina on a shaded roof terrace while watching the sun set

Itinerary

Day 1

Start Your Morocco Food Tour!

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Start Your Morocco Food Tour!

Today you will arrive either directly into Marrakesh as part of your tour or by private car transfer from Casablanca Airport. Today will be an orientation day, settling into your Old Medina riad. If time and energy allow, you can begin to enjoy the delights of the city's Old Medina by visiting the Koutoubia Mosque, Jemaa el-Fna and the souks.

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    Accommodation

    Riad Altair4 star

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    Activities

    A Day in Marrakesh

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    Transportations

    Private Driver from Marrakesh Menara Airport to Medina

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    Meals

    Dinner

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    Destinations

    Marrakesh

Day 2

Tagine Cooking Class; Marjorelle Gardens, and Roof Terrace Afternoon Tea

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Tagine Cooking Class; Marjorelle Gardens, and Roof Terrace Afternoon Tea

Today you have a rich variety of experiences as you settle into life in exotic Marrakesh. A Cookery Class starts the day followed by a tasty tagine lunch. In the afternoon, you'll go on a cultural visit to the Jardin Majorelle, followed by afternoon tea on a riad roof terrace overlooking the Old Medina.

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    Accommodation

    Riad Altair4 star

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    Activities

    Amal Morning Cookery Session

    Jardin Majorelle

    Afternoon Tea on Medina Rooftop

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    Restaurants

    Amal (Targa) Restaurant

    Restaurant El Yacout

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    Meals

    Breakfast, lunch and dinner

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    Destinations

    Marrakesh

Day 3

High Atlas; A Berber Home, Pottery and the Traditional Market

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High Atlas; A Berber Home, Pottery and the Traditional Market

Today, you leave Marrakesh's bustle and clamour, and head to the tranquillity of the mountains. In the High Atlas, you become immersed in Berber culture; the villages, homes and lifestyle. Some light walking takes you into the countryside and to someone's house, which allows you to relax into a world of genuine, welcoming smiles. Berber food is the theme of the day, its preparation as well as seeing how and where it is grown.

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    Accommodation

    Riad Altair4 star

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    Activities

    Second Breakfast Amizmiz

    Amizmiz Gentle Countryside Walk

    Berber Home Lunch

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    Restaurants

    Al Fassia Gueliz

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    Transportations

    Private Driver from Marrakesh to Amizmiz

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    Meals

    Breakfast, lunch and dinner

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    Destinations

    Marrakesh

    Amizmiz

Day 4

Marrakesh Home Visit, The Souks and A Patisserie Baking Class

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Marrakesh Home Visit, The Souks and A Patisserie Baking Class

Bread is a staple in life, particularly in Moroccan food. Your Morocco food tour continues with a visit to a local home that allows you to try your hand at making bread. After a visit to the local ovens and a delicious second breakfast, you'll go on a walking tour of the fruit and vegetable markets of the Old Medina. In the afternoon a baking class will teach you the techniques to make delicious patisseries.

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    Accommodation

    Riad Altair4 star

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    Activities

    Marrakesh Medina Home Visit

    Food Souks Exploration

    Patisserie Baking Class

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    Restaurants

    Amal (Gueliz) Restauarant

    Restaurant Diaffa

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    Meals

    Breakfast, lunch and dinner

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    Destinations

    Marrakesh

Day 5

The Marrakesh Plain, Couscous Making and an Apothecary Visit

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The Marrakesh Plain, Couscous Making and an Apothecary Visit

This is your second day away from the city of Marrakesh, out on the Marrakesh Plain. You'll have a delightful time with the ladies of a traditional Berber village where, after a special second breakfast, the technique of making couscous is demonstrated (with, of course, an opportunity to take part). You'll enjoy a couscous lunch before the wandering tour across the Marrakesh Plain and amongst the Jbilet Hills as you make our way back to Marrakesh.

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    Accommodation

    Riad Altair4 star

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    Activities

    Second Breakfast Dar Couscous

    Couscous Making at the Co-operative

    Marrakesh Plain and Jbilet Exploration

    Spice Apothecary Visit

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    Restaurants

    Moha Restaurant Marrakesh

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    Transportations

    Private Driver from Marrakesh to Plaine Agri sarl

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    Meals

    Breakfast, lunch and dinner

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    Destinations

    Marrakesh

    Centre Commune Bourrous

    Loudaya

Day 6

Departure Day

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Departure Day

This is the end of your wonderful Morocco food tour. Depending on your flight's departure time, there may be an opportunity to add another experience to your tour, such as an early morning hot air balloon flight. You will then be transferred by a private driver to your airport for your flight.

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    Transportations

    Private Driver from Médina, Marrakech, Morocco to Marrakesh Menara Airport

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    Meals

    Breakfast

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    Destinations

    Marrakesh

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What’s included?

  • 5 nights accommodation
  • 14 activities
  • 5 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 5 dinners
  • Airport transfer
  • Entrance fees
  • Ground transportation
  • Licensed English speaking guides

What’s not included?

  • Alcohol beverages
  • Domestic flights
  • Entry visas / airport departure tax
  • Gratuities
  • International flights
  • Laundry
  • Personal expenses
  • Travel insurance
  • Trekking permits
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