Private driver for a half-day at you service
Description
Discover the city of Marrakech and explore the ancient city walls, the splendid palaces with their Moorish iconic architecture and discover the prestigious Majorelle Garden, with its French-influenced architecture and connection to the French designer Yves Saint Laurent. Enjoy your Marrakech private tailor-made tour in beauty and style! Your multilingual driver and expert guide (if option selected) will be at your entire service to assist you and to ensure you discover the best of Marrakech. You will be picked up from your hotel in a brand new, air-conditioned minivan and dropped off to visit each monument planned in the discovery of Marrakech.
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Itinerary
You will start your half-day excursion with pick-up from your hotel or riad. Then a visit to the prestigious Majorelle garden: a soothing retreat nearby, and yet so far from the city animated by its splendor. You will explore its intriguing history, discover its architecture of French influence and its connection with the famous French designer Yves Saint Laurent and the famous painter/botanist Jacques Majorelle. You will have the chance to stroll along shaded alleys, to discover exotic plants, and to pass in front of streams and swimming pools filled with water lilies and lotus flowers.
We will continue our visit by going to the Royal Kasbah in the southern part of the old medina of Marrakech. Built by Sultan Almohad Mansour al-Yacoub, it is the site of "El Mansoura" (the great mosque of the kasbah) and Saadian tombs. You will visit the Saadian tombs, recently discovered and restored in 1917. Because of the beauty of their decoration, these tombs are a major attraction for visitors to Marrakech. It is one of the rare vestiges of the Saadian dynasty which reigned over the golden age of Marrakech between 1524 and 1659.
After that, we will visit the most beautiful palaces and monuments of Marrakech, the Bahia Palace. Built-in the late 19th century, the name literally means "brilliance" and was intended to be the greatest palace of its time. The best workers and artisans of the country have worked continuously for six years (1894-1900) to achieve it.
You will continue your tour with your expert certified tour guide by your side, appreciate a genuine walk through Marrakech's old city. Explore the hidden and authentic side of the ancient city walled medina of Marrakech, stroll along some of the oldest quarter and discover the medieval way of life of its inhabitants and their daily occupation. Fall in love with the towering minaret, intricately carved archways, splendid Moorish iconic architecture, and ornate mosques and walk in the souks at the famous Djemaa El Fna square where tightly packed stalls are exhibiting exotic goods and intriguing crafts from Morocco’s past. We will drop you off to your hotel or riad after this amazing tour.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Write us the address of your hotel or riad and we will pick you up
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(3)
One of the worst experiences I’ve ever booked. The driver Eunice wasn’t given the accurate pick up location and was over 30 minutes late. Then we had to stop for gas. Then we had to stop to pick up our guide. Our booking was to visit the Jardin Majorelle, Saadian Tombs, Bahia Palace, and then finish in the Medina. However, they started us in the Medina and essentially took us to different stores to go shopping. At first, we thought it was a nice way to learn about the textiles of Morocco, but we quickly realized that the shop owners were asking us for ridiculous prices and tips for showing us their products. We asked Abdullah, our guide, when we were going to visit the Jardin/tombs/palace. He was confused and had no idea he was supposed to take us to any of the sites. He acted like it was our fault and told us that we never told him the itinerary, which is ridiculous and unprofessional to expect us to provide him with the itinerary that was already set by the tour company. We asked if there was enough time to go see them, he assured us there was and proceeded to take us shopping and see cobra snakes in the square. He encouraged us to take pictures with the snakes and then the men with the snakes turned around and asked us for money. Abdullah and this man started to shake us down for money. I travel a great deal and am no stranger to scams and tourist traps. However, I have never experienced a paid/booked tour that tried to scam me. Especially through Viator, a site that I have used many times, but they were useless in terms of getting our money back. So I’ll be using GetYourGuide from now on instead. At this point it was too late to go see any of the sites. Our entire day was wasted. Eunice was the only one that tried to help us get a refund, but his boss refused. We spent thousands of dollars to travel and visit this city and this entire experience put a horrible taste in our mouth for the city of Marrakech. TLDR: DO NOT BOOK THIS SCAM. Waste of time and money.
We had a lovely afternoon, The guide Mehdi told us in detail the history of Marrakech The driver Achraf was punctual and friendly and was available We recommend
"Nous sommes ravis d'apprendre que vous avez passé un bel après-midi en notre compagnie ! C'est un plaisir de savoir que notre guide Mehdi a pu vous immerger dans l'histoire fascinante de Marrakech avec tant de détails. Nous sommes également heureux que notre chauffeur Achraf ait été à la fois ponctuel, sympathique et disponible pour rendre votre expérience encore plus agréable. Merci beaucoup pour vos recommandations, nous les apprécions énormément ! Nous espérons vous accueillir à nouveau bientôt pour de nouvelles aventures à Marrakech."
