Arrival to Casablanca, where you will be greeted by your guide and transferred to your hotel in the center of the dynamic economic capital of Morocco. Casablanca is home to the largest Jewish community in the country and boasts numerous congregations, active communal institutions, and many highly recommended kosher restaurants. Check-in, dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast, we will visit the famous Hassan II Mosque. Recently built, it is the largest in the world outside Mecca (the only Mosque that can be visited by non-Muslims); the Jewish community contributed to the construction of this mosque, which was inaugurated in 1994. Our next stop is the Mellah (Jewish Quarter) with its temples and synagogues such as Beth-El, the largest synagogue and an important community center, seating 500 persons. The Jewish cemetery in the Mellah is open and quiet, with well-kept white stone inscriptions in French, Hebrew and Spanish. After lunch at a local Casher Restaurant (or in a seafood restaurant), we will visit the Museum of Moroccan Judaism of Casablanca. The museum displays features religious, ethnographic and artistic objects that demonstrate the history, religion, traditions and daily life of Jews in the context of Moroccan civilization. 

We'll depart to Rabat and continue on to Sale, the twin city of Rabat and the birthplace of Rabbi Hayyim Ben Moses Attar, the famous 18th-century scholar and cabbalist, known throughout the Jewish world for his Bible commentary, the “Or Ha-Hayyim”. The famous rabbi, Raphael Encaoua is buried in the Sale cemetery. 

Return to Rabat for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast we will begin the day with a short tour of Rabat. We will visit the unfinished Tour Hassan Mosque - the counterpart of Marrakech’s Koutoubia Mosque and the Giralda Cathedral in Seville, Spain, all of which were built by the Almohad Dynasty, the 12th-century persecutors of the Jewish people. Adjoining the Tour Hassan is the Mausoleum of King Mohammed V, which has become a pilgrimage site for Jews, who cannot forget his efforts to defend them against the anti-Semitic policies of the French Vichy Government.

Next we will visit the Jewish quarter with its narrow lanes and colorful courtyards. The near-by Mellah has a beautiful synagogue just inside its gates, while the main synagogue is found a few blocks onward in the New City. Outside the city walls of Rabat, we will visit another walled city, the ancient ruins of Chellah, where Jews are believed to have lived during the time of the Phoenicians. Then we will visit the Kasbah des Oudayas, situated on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. offering magnificent views. Lunch in a restaurant of your choice (suggestions will be provided). Departure for Meknes “the Moroccan Versailles”, which was founded at the end of the 17th-century by Moulay Ismail, where the Jewish presence is evidenced by Hebraic epitaphs dating from the Christian era as well as Greek inscriptions, that still appear in local Synagogues and a place of pilgrimage, where the tomb of Rabbi’ David Benmidan, “The Patron of Meknes” is located. After lunch in a restaurant of your choice (suggestions will be provided) sightseeing tour of the city. Meknes, which had 18,000 Jews in 1950, now has a community of 1,000. Not to be missed during the visit is the crowded old Mellah. The site is of special interest because of the relics of the past life there, such as the historic Jewish names retained by many of the streets. The new Mellah is notable for its many streets with Jewish names. Eight of its eleven Synagogues still serve the existing congregations. Two of them are very well maintained; large, intricately designed memorial oil lamps dimly light their interiors. We continue to Fez with a stop at Volubilis, a well-preserved Roman city, where archaeologists found the first traces of Jewish settlement in Morocco. Then a short visit to the Mausoleum of the founder of the first Arab Dynasty that ruled Morocco, Idriss I. Arrival to Fez, check-in, dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast, the whole day will be devoted to the sightseeing of Fez, the oldest cultural and spiritual imperial city of Morocco, which was founded in 790 C.E. by Moulay Idriss II. Highlights will include the Mellah with its synagogues (Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Danan Synagogue, Roben Ben Sadoun, the Jewish Museum of the Em Habanim synagogue), next a visit to the Jewish cemetery which contains more tombs of Jewish saints than any other cemetery in  Morocco, among them Yehuda Ben Attar, Abner Ha-Serfati, Solika Hatchuel, Monsenego… 

We will visit also the house of Maimonides with its mysterious water clock. Maimonides lived in the city from 1159-1165; suffering from the persecutions of the Almohad dynasty, he emigrated to escape forced conversion. 

Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, we will explore Medieval Medina, the Medersas, the El Qaraouiyyin Mosque, the mausoleum of Moulay Idriss II the founder of Fez in the 9th-century, who encouraged the Jews to move to Fez, and the sumptuous Nejjarine fountain. Then we will visit the Arabian House to observe various craftsmen performing their work reminiscent of ancient techniques. Optional visit of Bhalil featuring the cemetery of Safrou where Rabbi Lahou Harroch and Rabbi Raphael Moshe Elbaz are buried. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast, we will depart to Marrakesh. While climbing the Flunks of the Middle Atlas Mountains we will stop at the Jewish Holiday Camp at Immouz zer Kandar. Then we continue on to Ifrane (1650m) and make brief tour of this squeaky-clean Moroccan pseudo-Swiss town, with its slanted, russet-tiled roofs hidden amidst a forest of cedar, which cannot grow below 1600m.

We shall then drive up alongside the trailing edge of the cedar forest via the Michliffen ski resort located in an extinct volcano’s crater to the first real town in the Middle Atlas – Azrou –which in the local Ta mazight Berber dialect means “rock” - the town is named after a massive outcrop next to the mosque. The next stop is lunch in Beni Mellal, from where we continue to Marrakech the second oldest imperial city known as the “Pearl of the South”. Check-in at the hotel, Dinner and overnight.

After breakfast it's time for getting acquainted with the world of Jewish Marrakesh. We will visit the Mellah and its synagogues. The first, the Negidim synagogue was built at the end of the 19th-century, whereas the other is the Salat el Alzama, which was built at the turn of the century. According to a local legend the synagogue was built during the Second Temple period by Jews who had never lived in Eretz-Israel and had not witnessed the destruction of the Temple. 

Our next stop is the cemetery, where Rabbi Hanania Ha-Cohen, the Lion of Marrakesh, and Rabbi Pinhas Cohen are buried. We then proceed to the Palais el Bahia, where our guided tour takes us to several grand halls, gardens and the harem quarter. After lunch at a local Casher Restaurant in the Mellah, we will visit the 11th-century Almo ravide Koubba el Baroudiyn. It is one of the few architectural reminders of the dynasty, which presided over the “Golden Age” of the Jews in Spanish Andalusia and Morocco. The Medersa Ben Yusuf, El Badi Palace and Saadian tombs offer exquisite examples of the art and architecture of the 16th-century Saadians. This dynasty that relied heavily on Jewish traders with Sub-Saharan Africa, including

Moroccan- controlled Timbuktu, to finance its wars against Portugal and the Turkish Empire. After ample time exploring the Djemâa’s sights and sounds, we depart to the remarkable Chez Ali Fantasia. As an excellent finale to any sojourn in Marrakech; dinner/show Chez Ali is truly a 1001 Nights’ experience. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel and departure for a new trip along the Atlantic coast of Morocco. A unique city Essaouira was built by Sultan Mly Abdellah and served as important Jewish center. During the trip we will cross the Argan forest of Haouz, consisting of unique trees in Morocco known for their oil, which is claimed to have numerous benefits. We will stop at a local women co-operative to see the process of producing that oil before departure to Essaouira. The visit to the city will include the Medina, The Sqala, Fish Market and the harbor. Lunch at leisure. Check-in at your hotel . Time at leisure. Dinner and free evening.

After breakfast, departure for Casablanca via the picturesque coastal road. There  used to be Jewish communities engaged in commerce and handicrafts in the harbor towns of Safi and El Jadida. We stop atn Safi to visit the Mellah in the northern part of the medina, the sanctuary of Oulad Ben Z Mirou and the Portuguese fortress.

From there we will head to Oua lidia for a fish lunch in a local restaurant with superb view of the bay. Next stop: El Jadida.

In El Jadida we will visit the 18th-century Portuguese citadel that later served as the Jewish quarter. Travel to Casablanca. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel. Depending on the flight schedule transfer to Casablanca airport. Assistance for check-in at the airport before departure.