BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Gateway2Morocco//Itinerary//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-trip@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261014 SUMMARY:Discover Morocco — 13 Days · Gateway2Morocco LOCATION:Casablanca DESCRIPTION:Your Morocco journey with Gateway2Morocco. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d1@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261002 SUMMARY:Day 1 · Casablanca — Welcome to Morocco's Atlantic Capital LOCATION:Casablanca DESCRIPTION:Your private driver meets you at Mohammed V International Air port and takes you to your hotel in Casablanca. Take the afternoon to re st or walk the elegant Maarif neighbourhood\, then a stroll along the Ai n Diab corniche as the Atlantic turns gold in the evening light. Tonight \, you're in Morocco. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d2@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261003 SUMMARY:Day 2 · Rabat — Hassan II Mosque & the Royal Capital LOCATION:Rabat DESCRIPTION:Begin with a guided interior tour of the Hassan II Mosque\, b uilt by 30\,000 artisans on a platform above the Atlantic. Continue to R abat: the Mohammed V Mausoleum\, the Hassan Tower\, and the blue-and-whi te Udayas Kasbah overlooking the Bou Regreg river. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d3@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261004 SUMMARY:Day 3 · Chefchaouen — An Afternoon in the Blue Pearl LOCATION:Chefchaouen DESCRIPTION:Drive north through the Rif Mountains foothills to Chefchaoue n — a mountain city so beautiful it seems imagined. Every surface is pai nted in blues ranging from pastel to indigo\, layered over centuries of repainting. Arrive in the early afternoon with time to wander the medina without a schedule — Plaza Uta el-Hammam\, the washing fountain\, the A ndalusian garden above the kasbah\, and the golden hour when the blue wa lls glow amber. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d4@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261005 SUMMARY:Day 4 · Fes — Imperial Gates & Roman Splendour LOCATION:Fes DESCRIPTION:Drive south to Meknes — the imperial city Sultan Moulay Ismai l built to rival Versailles. Stand before Bab el-Mansour\, the most orna te gateway in North Africa. Continue to Volubilis\, a UNESCO Roman city covering 40 hectares\, where 2\,000-year-old mosaic floors depicting Orp heus and Bacchus still lie exactly where Roman families once walked. Arr ive in Fes — Morocco's most rewarding city — at sunset. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d5@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006 SUMMARY:Day 5 · Fes — Inside the World's Most Complete Medieval City LOCATION:Fes DESCRIPTION:Fes el-Bali was founded in 789 AD and has barely changed. You r licensed local guide — born in the medina — takes you through the Atta rine Medersa (a 14th-century theological school whose courtyard is one o f the most beautiful enclosed spaces in the Islamic world)\, the Chouara Tanneries (leather processed in the same stone vats since the 11th cent ury)\, the Mellah\, and the Royal Palace gates. Lunch on a rooftop with panoramic medina views. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d6@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261006 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261007 SUMMARY:Day 6 · Erfoud — Through Little Switzerland to the Saharan Gatewa y LOCATION:Erfoud DESCRIPTION:Drive south through Ifrane — the alpine Swiss-style town buil t by the French Protectorate\, with stone chalets and a famous snow-cove red lion sculpture. Continue through cedar forests where Barbary macaque s roam free\, then descend through the Ziz Valley — a river gorge with t housands of date palms creating a green canopy above the arid landscape. Arrive in Erfoud\, gateway to the Sahara\, at sunset. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d7@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261008 SUMMARY:Day 7 · Merzouga — Into the Golden Sahara LOCATION:Merzouga DESCRIPTION:Explore Rissani — birthplace of the Alaouite dynasty and once the great terminus of the trans-Saharan trade route. Detour to Khamlia village for a deeply moving Gnawa music performance under a goatskin ten t. Then arrive at the edge of Erg Chebbi: 50 kilometres of the most spec tacular sand dunes in the world. Mount your camel as the sun begins its descent — the slow rhythm\, the dunes turning gold and amber and red. Lu xury desert camp awaits: dinner\, drumming\, ten million stars. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d8@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261009 SUMMARY:Day 8 · Dades Gorge — Sahara Sunrise & the Canyon Roads LOCATION:Dades Gorge DESCRIPTION:Rise at 5:30am. Climb the dune. Watch the world turn gold. Th en travel west through the Berber heartland — past Tinghir's vast date p alm oasis to Todra Gorge\, where sheer 300-metre limestone cliffs create a slot canyon dramatic enough to stop your breath. Continue to the Dade s Gorge\, a wider valley of sculpted red rock formations. Spend the nigh t in a lodge perched above the valley floor. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d9@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261009 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261010 SUMMARY:Day 9 · Marrakech — Hollywood Kasbahs & the Atlas Crossing LOCATION:Marrakech DESCRIPTION:Travel the legendary caravan route through Skoura's palm oasi s and Ouarzazate's film studios to Aït Ben Haddou — the UNESCO mud-brick fortress filmed by Ridley Scott\, Iñárritu\, and dozens of others. Walk its thousand-year-old alleys with your guide\, past grain stores still in use and craftspeople still making pottery and jewellery. Cross the Ti zi n'Tichka Pass (2\,260 m) and descend to Marrakech as the evening ligh ts begin to sparkle below. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d10@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261010 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261011 SUMMARY:Day 10 · Marrakech — The Red City — History\, Art & Spectacle LOCATION:Marrakech DESCRIPTION:Full-day guided discovery of Marrakech with your licensed loc al expert. The Saadian Tombs — discovered behind a sealed doorway in 191 7. El Badi Palace — stripped of its 360 carved marble columns by a later sultan\, its empty ruins now haunted by storks. The opulent Bahia Palac e. The dyer's souk. The lantern market. As dusk falls: Djemaa el-Fna — s torytellers\, Gnawa musicians\, acrobats\, and the rising smoke of a hun dred food stalls. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d11@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261012 SUMMARY:Day 11 · Essaouira — The Windy City of the Atlantic LOCATION:Essaouira DESCRIPTION:Drive west through argan tree forests (where you'll see goats climbing in the branches) to the Atlantic coast. Essaouira is a UNESCO- listed fortified port of extraordinary beauty: blue-painted fishing boat s bob in the ancient harbour\, sea ramparts overlook the grey-green Atla ntic\, and inside the medina woodworkers craft thuya root furniture whil e women press argan oil at a Berber cooperative. Walk the ramparts at su nset with the wind at your back. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d12@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261013 SUMMARY:Day 12 · Casablanca — The Atlantic Coast — Pottery\, Cisterns & F resh Oysters LOCATION:Casablanca DESCRIPTION:Drive the Atlantic coast road north\, stopping in Safi — Moro cco's ceramics capital\, where pottery workshops line the hillside below the old Portuguese fort and artisans hand-paint dishes in the same patt erns their grandparents used. Continue to El Jadida\, a UNESCO-listed Po rtuguese coastal fort whose magnificent underground cistern (a vaulted c hamber with a shallow pool reflecting Gothic arches) is one of Morocco's most haunting spaces. Lunch at El Oualidia\, a sheltered lagoon famous for the best oysters in Africa. Then back to Casablanca for your final e vening. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:DiscoverMorocco13Days-d13@gateway2morocco.com DTSTAMP:20261002T210206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261014 SUMMARY:Day 13 · Departure — Morocco — Fully Discovered LOCATION:Departure DESCRIPTION:A final Moroccan breakfast\, then your private driver takes y ou to Mohammed V International Airport. You've seen Morocco from its mou ntains to its deserts to its Atlantic shores — imperial cities\, blue mo untain villages\, medieval medinas\, golden dunes\, Hollywood kasbahs\, windswept port cities\, and the best oysters in Africa. That's Morocco\, completely discovered. TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR