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Exclusive Incentive Program Includes:
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3 nights deluxe accommodations at the 5 Star Royal Mansour ( or similar)
Hotel, Casablanca (double occupancy) , or Dorint Atlantic Palace in
Agadir (or similar).
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3 nights deluxe accommodations at the 5 Star Palmeraie Palace or La Mamounia,
Marrakesh (double occupancy).
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Welcome reception, with heavy hot and cold hours d'oeuvres, includes
pianist
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Two private buffet breakfasts
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Daily buffet breakfasts in the hotel
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Half-day tour of Casablanca ( Or Agadir )
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Dine-A-Round dinner in Casablanca ( Or Agadir ) and Marrakesh
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Full-day tour of Rabat and Meknes ( Or full day Agadir)
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Moroccan dinner for final night in Casablanca ( Or Agadir)
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Flight from Casablanca to Marrakesh or Casablanca to Agadir
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Luncheon buffet in Marrakesh
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Full day to Essaouira.
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Gala Fantasia Farewell Banquet in Marrakesh
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All airport transfers
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English-speaking guides in each coach
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Round-trip baggage handling
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Hospitality Desk services .
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Travel In Style professional staff
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Price is per person, double-occupancy from 4 to
4000 guests , please advise your dates & number of guests.
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Single-room supplements are available . Suite supplements are available
on request
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All prices are net and valid for this package only Substitutions will
require breakout pricing
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Terms and conditions as described in the final drafted contract will apply
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Additional nights can be added based on costs shown
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Prices include all gratuities.
Total
Package Price: $ (double)
$
(single)
(Prices
are slightly higher during Christmas and Easter)
DAY 1 Arrive Casablanca
MOR
201
Upon your arrival at the airport in Casablanca
you'll be met by a an English speaking Travel In Style Tours guide to
assist you in your transfer to your hotel. Your transfer will be on a
private deluxe air conditioned motor coach accompanied by your guide
who will assist in arrival and check in at the elegant Royal Mansour hotel.
Porterage with no luggage limit is included.
MOR 202
A one hour welcome reception with "heavy" hot
and cold hors d'oeuvres featuring the delights of Morocco
will give everyone time to relax and adjust to new surroundings. A pianist
will provide the music. The remainder of the evening will be free for
rest or exploration.
Day
2
MOR
301
A private buffet breakfast will start the day
off including an orientation and review of the upcoming program.
MOR
302
After breakfast participants will begin a morning
tour of Casablanca in a private motor coach with an
English speaking-guide. It will include the Medina, the fabulous
central market and the Royal Palace to provide a real taste of Casablanca
The afternoon is free for shopping or recreation.
MOR
303
A shuttle will be provided to take participants
to shopping areas or golf courses.
Golf transfer is approx. 1/2 hour each way. (Including
green fees).
MOR
304
Enjoy the finest cuisine Morocco has to offer
in this evenings Dine-A-Round program at the following restaurants:
Imilchil Al Mounia Le Cabestant
La Mer Le Petit Rocher
Prices include round trip transfer from the hotel.
Day
3
MOR
401
American breakfast in the hotel
MOR 402
Prepare for a full-day Tour of the Imperial
cities of Rabat (the capital of Morocco), and Meknes which has
been called the Versailles of Morocco. Sights of Rabat include
the Hassan Tower, Mohammed V's Mausoleum, the Kasbah of the Oudayas,
ancient Roman ruins and the Old World Market. Then it's on to the fabulous
walled city of Meknes to see the Place el Hedim, Bab Mansour and other
legacies from Moulay Ismail. Lunch is included in this fascinating look
at history.
MOR 403
Unwind at this evening's one-hour reception
with hot and cold hors d'oeuvres.
MOR 404
An elegant Moroccan dinner will be served for
your final night in Casablanca.
DAY 4
MOR 501
Enjoy an early American style breakfast to
be ready for your flight to Marrakesh.
MOR
502
Arrive at the fabled Palmeraie Palace or La
Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh for a leisurely luncheon buffet in an oasis
like setting.
The afternoon and evening is free to explore
this ancient inland city between the Sea and the Atlas Mountains.
You'll can explore the sights, sounds and culinary delights of
Marrakesh on their own and familiarize themselves with their new surroundings.
DAY
5
MOR 601
Enjoy American breakfast in the hotel.
MOR
602
Today's tour takes you to the southwest coast
to visit Essaouira. As a pirate enclave for Europeans it offers
an unusual mix of Europe and Africa. Enjoy the lovely dunes
and beaches, and see the spectacular 17th century fortification
network with its bronze cannon. Designed by a French architect it
reflects the blend of cultures so unique here. Lunch with mineral
water, tea or coffee is included.
MOR
603
Enjoy the finest cuisine Marrakesh has to offer in this evenings
Dine-A-Round program at the following restaurants: (Net Cost Per Person
includes transfers)
-Yacout -Stylia -Dar Fez -Douiria -La
Belle Epoque
DAY
6
MOR 701
Begin the day with an American breakfast in
the hotel.
MOR
702
This morning your city tour takes you to Djemaa-el-
Fna (the city square featuring a never ending show of story tellers,
dancers and acrobats. You'll visit Koutoubia with its 12th century
minarets, the sumptuous Bahia Palace and the beautiful Saadian
Tombs. Marrakesh will truly dazzle you.
MOR 703
Tonight is the gala Fantasia Dinner under a tent with Moroccan
entertainment food and drink. Start with an exotic Moroccan dinner featuring:
Harira
(soup)
Mechoui
Royal (grilled beef or lamb) Couscous with vegetables
Fresh fruits
Moroccan mint tea
Enjoy
the entertainment featuring the delights of North Africa; belly
dancing, mini caravans of camels & horses, folklore dancing
and an exciting display of horsemanship as desert warriors put on
a show you'll always remember.
Small groups of dancers swirl through the tent between courses
bringing the show right to the audience. The folklore dancers
are dressed in the authentic garb of the Berber desert and Atlas
Mountains. All in all, it's a magical night of images
and emotions that will stay with you for a lifetime.
DAY
7
(Departure Day) MOR 801
An early buffet breakfast will be served bringing
everyone together for their final morning. MOR 802 Deluxe
air-conditioned motor coaches will transfer everyone back to the
Marrakesh airport for the flight home.
What others say about our service in Morocco
April 8, 2007
Lebes (Berber greeting) or sbah ikheer (Arabic for good morning)!
Spring break is about over and it's back to work tomorrow. It will be
a shorter week at CAS for me because on Thursday I'll be leaving for
the Optimal Match Conference (SPED and Technology) in Rabat. Last year
I
attended the conference in Madrid, Spain. I'm eager to see if the teachers
from Rome, Paris, and Barcelona who I met last year will be attending
this year. It is great to network with other teachers and find out about
their programs plus hear about new and innovative strategies. The presenters
are from the US.
Paul is currently enroute between Casablanca and Amsterdam with arrival
due in the US at about 5:30 tonight and then back to work for him tomorrow.
We had a fantastic week of touring and seeing more of
Morocco - a truly remarkable country with beaches, mountains, deserts,
and everything in between in a relatively small area. Paul will send
from his email account a number of pictures which might give you an
idea of
our experiences this past week.
Trekking in the Amizimiz area while seeing the Atlas Mountains with
its picturesque landscapes and Berber villages was quite remarkable.
Our guide Said served us Moroccan tea and a lamb tagine for lunch in
his
home. As you can see from the photo they also decided to dress us up
in the typical Berber attire for lunch.
We continued on with the drive through the High Atlas Mountains crossing
through the Tizi N' Tichka Pass and descended down through the Draa
Valley stopping to see ancient Kasbahs (fortified palaces) and to the
caravan-town of Ouarzazate (movie site of The Mummy, Black Hawk Down,
Babel, Syriana, Lawrence of Arabia, etc.). Enroute we stopped to hike
up Ait Benhaddou and up the sandstone hill which has been the site for
a variety of movies including Gladiator. People still live in this UNESCO
World Heritage village including Uemna and her husband. She invited
us in to see her cave dwelling in the side of the hill and shared delicious
home-grown almonds.
Our next two nights were spent in the desert. The first night was at
Zagora and in the middle of a sandstorm. Paul thinks that I probably
have never been so grouchy upon awaking in the morning after a night
spent trying to breathe while attempting to sleep in our nomad Berber
tent amongst a haze of blowing sand. I think that the sand is all out
of our ears by now. The next night after some fun camel riding we enjoyed
a night on the Merzouga Desert in a deluxe tent under the stars.
Both nights we had our own private concert with talented musicians and
dancers entertaining us with traditional Gnaouan music and delicious
Moroccan cuisine.
It was interesting to study the information displayed on Paul's GPS
in the mountains, deserts, etc. In the photo you can see our Moroccan
friend and Paul discussing the merits of such equipment. We read in
one
of the tour books that it is difficult for tourists to locate their
reserved auberges (lodging accommodations) or tent sites and that they
are encouraged to call ahead for the GPS coordinates in order to locate
the correct place in the Sahara Desert.
Riding out into the golden dunes near Merzouga on camels to see the
sunset was so much fun while watching four-wheel-drive vehicles zipping
up and down the sand dunes (some in preparation for the Dakar Rally).
All too soon it was time to start the travel back to Casablanca via
Fez.
On one of our stops we fed peanuts to the Barbary apes near Ifrane.
Staying in the Riad Dar Al Andalous was an experience of seeing more
of the history and culture of Fez. Here we had one more example of the
challenges of communication in a foreign country. Paul asked if he should
pay for a Coca Cola and before he knew it he was being enthusiastically
escorted into the kitchen to meet the 'cook' (Coke).
Living and visiting in an international setting is truly
an exciting and stimulating experience.
A week after leaving Casablanca via train we arrived back in Casa with
our very informative and helpful driver Hamid. Now, we have the memories
and the pictures (and a few souvenirs) to enjoy of this
adventure in another area of incredible Morocco.
Our time in Morocco is fast approaching an end with one last trip
before returning home to Minnesota. At this point we are thinking of
exploring more of Spain and the Moroccan coast of the Mediterranean.
M'a ssalama (goodbye - Arabic)
Paul and Dixie
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