6-Day Cook & Dine With Locals in Morocco
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Extraordinary Experiences
- 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
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.
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.
Itinerary
Day 1
Start Your Morocco Food Tour!
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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.
Accommodation
Riad Altair★4 star
Note: We will endeavor to book the aforementioned hotels. If, however, we are unable to secure them due to circumstances out of our control, we will replace them with hotels of similar value and standard.
Activities
A Day in Marrakesh
Transportations
Private Driver from Marrakesh Menara Airport to Medina
Meals
Dinner
Destinations
Marrakesh
Day 2
Tagine Cooking Class; Marjorelle Gardens, and Roof Terrace Afternoon Tea
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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.
Accommodation
Riad Altair★4 star
Note: We will endeavor to book the aforementioned hotels. If, however, we are unable to secure them due to circumstances out of our control, we will replace them with hotels of similar value and standard.Activities
Amal Morning Cookery Session
Jardin Majorelle
Afternoon Tea on Medina Rooftop
Restaurants
Amal (Targa) Restaurant
Restaurant El Yacout
Meals
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Destinations
Marrakesh
Day 3
High Atlas; A Berber Home, Pottery and the Traditional Market
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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.
Accommodation
Riad Altair★4 star
Note: We will endeavor to book the aforementioned hotels. If, however, we are unable to secure them due to circumstances out of our control, we will replace them with hotels of similar value and standard.Activities
Second Breakfast Amizmiz
Amizmiz Gentle Countryside Walk
Berber Home Lunch
Restaurants
Al Fassia Gueliz
Transportations
Private Driver from Marrakesh to Amizmiz
Meals
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Destinations
Marrakesh
Amizmiz
Day 4
Marrakesh Home Visit, The Souks and A Patisserie Baking Class
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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.
Accommodation
Riad Altair★4 star
Note: We will endeavor to book the aforementioned hotels. If, however, we are unable to secure them due to circumstances out of our control, we will replace them with hotels of similar value and standard.Activities
Marrakesh Medina Home Visit
Food Souks Exploration
Patisserie Baking Class
Restaurants
Amal (Gueliz) Restauarant
Restaurant Diaffa
Meals
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Destinations
Marrakesh
Day 5
The Marrakesh Plain, Couscous Making and an Apothecary Visit
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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.
Accommodation
Riad Altair★4 star
Note: We will endeavor to book the aforementioned hotels. If, however, we are unable to secure them due to circumstances out of our control, we will replace them with hotels of similar value and standard.Activities
Second Breakfast Dar Couscous
Couscous Making at the Co-operative
Marrakesh Plain and Jbilet Exploration
Spice Apothecary Visit
Restaurants
Moha Restaurant Marrakesh
Transportations
Private Driver from Marrakesh to Plaine Agri sarl
Meals
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Destinations
Marrakesh
Centre Commune Bourrous
Loudaya
Day 6
Departure Day
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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.
Transportations
Private Driver from Médina, Marrakech, Morocco to Marrakesh Menara Airport
Meals
Breakfast
Destinations
Marrakesh
Included in Price
- 5 nights accommodation
- 14 activities
- 5 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 5 dinners
- Airport transfer
- Entrance fees
- Ground transportation
- Licensed English speaking guides
Not Included in Price
- Alcohol beverages
- Domestic flights
- Entry visas / airport departure tax
- Gratuities
- International flights
- Laundry
- Personal expenses
- Travel insurance
- Trekking permits
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