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Program Itinerary
DAY 1
ON THE WAY
Sun. Mar 3, 2024
- Depart the USA.
DAY 2
WELCOME TO MOROCCO
Mon. Mar 4, 2024
- Arrive at Casablanca International Airport.
- You will be met at the airport and transferred to the hotel for check-in (hotel check-in time is generally not before 3:00 p.m.).
- Guided city tour of Casablanca (optional for early arrivals).
- 5:50 p.m. In the lobby, meet your tour educator who will accompany you on this journey of education and inspiration.
- Welcome orientation at the hotel with your Journey's Expert Educator.
- Enjoy dinner at a fabulous local restaurant.
Overnight: Casablanca, Morocco
Meals: Dinner
DAY 3
GIANT MOSQUES & ANCIENT RUINS
Tue. Mar 5, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel, followed by checkout.
- Visit the famous Mosque of Hassan II, one of the largest mosques in the world.
- Visit the Temple Beth – El, Casablanca's “main” and very much active congregation.
- Guided visit through the Arab world's only Jewish museum, the Museum of the Jews of Morocco, and enjoy a glimpse at the rich and colorful world of Moroccan Jewry.
- Packed lunch, en route.
- Continue to Fes, the most extensive medieval city in the Arab world, and the home of Jewish scholars and rabbis for hundreds of years.
- Check into the hotel, followed by dinner.
Overnight: Fes, Morocco
Meals: Breakfast, Packed Lunch & Dinner
DAY 4
MYSTERIES
Wed. Mar 6, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Enjoy glorious views of Fes and its Medina (Walled City) from the Borj Sud.
- Travel through time as we explore the long Jewish presence in Fes. Our tour will include:
- The recently-restored Ibn Danan Synagogue, one of the oldest and most important synagogues in North Africa.
- The El Fassiyin Synagogue, which fell into disrepair and was used as a boxing ring and carpet factory until it was recently restored with support from overseas funders and the Moroccan government.
- The Fes Jewish cemetery where we’ll hear stories of some of the city’s legendary rabbis buried here.
- Fes’s Medina is a dense maze of alleyways and streets and the largest car-free pedestrian zone in the world. The visit includes:
- A glimpse of local craftsmen at work in their shops as they weave, embroider, carve, and chisel using ancient techniques.
- A tour of the Madrasa Bou Inania (Islamic religious college established in 1351). It is one of the few Islamic sites in Morocco accessible to non-Muslim visitors.
- Lunch at our Riad before continuing on our tour:
- Take a look at an ancient center of scholarship. The University of Al-Karaouine is believed to be the oldest continuously operating university in the world. Non-Muslims can view it only from the outside.
- Fes is also known for its leather goods and the tanneries that provide its distinctive smell. We’ll visit the Chouara Tannery where traditional ways of making leather are still practiced.
- Return to the hotel.
- Dinner on your own and evening at leisure.
Overnight: Fes, Morocco
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
DAY 5
ROYAL RABAT
Thu. Mar 7, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel, followed by checkout.
- Depart for Rabat, Morocco’s capital. Our tour of Morocco’s royal capital will allow us to experience the huge role, historically and currently, that the king plays in Moroccan life.
- We’ll walk around the walls of Rabat’s Royal Palace, the primary (although certainly not the only) residence of the current king Mohammad VI. We’ll also visit the mausoleum of his father, Hassan II, who ruled over Morocco during the so-called “Years of Lead”. It was during Hassan’s reign that most of the country’s Jews migrated to Israel, Canada, and France.
- Lunch on own, en route.
- Explore the markets, jewelry stores, and grand old diplomatic complexes of Rabat’s Medina (Walled City).
- Check into the hotel.
- Meet students from Association Mimouna, an organization of Muslim students who honor the country’s Jewish traditions and promote Jewish-Muslim friendship.
- Dinner on your own and evening at leisure.
Overnight: Rabat, Morocco
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 6
MARRAKECH - ONE SENSE AT A TIME
Fri. Mar 8, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel, followed by checkout.
- Depart and drive to Marrakech.
- Lunch on own, en route.
- Spend time in the French Quarter and visit the enchanting Majorelle Garden of the French painter and botanist Jacques Majorelle and wander by paths and sparkling pools shaded by gorgeous trees and plants from around the world.
- Continue to the Yves St. Laurent Museum, which showcases the haute couture culture and accessories of this legendary French fashion designer, who lived for many years in Marrakech.
- Check into the hotel with time to freshen up and prepare for Shabbat.
- Kabbalat Shabbat services at the Beth El Synagogue.
- Private Shabbat dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Marrakech, Morocco
Meals: Breakfast & Shabbat Dinner
DAY 7
SHABBAT
Sat. Mar 9, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Shabbat services (optional).
- We’ll tour the Medina (Walled City) of Marrakech, also known as the Red City for the red walls that surround it. Highlights of the tour include:
- The Dar El Bacha Palace.
- The Madrasa Ben Youssef, a 16th-century Moroccan architectural gem.
- Lunch en route.
- Explore Djemaa El Fna Square, an enormous marketplace, which is one of Africa’s most astonishing sites. According to one theory, its name means an assembly of the dead and refers to the public executions that used to take place here. However, this is a place teeming with life. Enjoy a daily carnival of snake charmers, street vendors, musicians, and storytellers.
- At nightfall, we will mark the end of a special Shabbat with a communal Havdallah ceremony.
- Dinner on your own and evening at leisure.
Overnight: Marrakech, Morocco
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
DAY 8
CITY OF MANY LAYERS
Sun. Mar 10, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Dialogue with an English professor and a local Imam and discuss the role of the Imam in Moroccan society.
- Explore the Mellah (Jewish quarter) of Marrakech, with a chance to visit:
- The Slat el Azama Synagogue. Although few, if any, Jews now live in the Mellah, this synagogue is still active.
- The Jewish Cemetery of Marrakech.
- Savor the flavors, spices, and foods of Morocco in a cooking workshop at a women’s cooperative and enjoy a sumptuous lunch of your own making.
- Free time to explore Marrakech’s enormous marketplace on your own.
- Dinner on your own and evening at leisure.
Overnight: Marrakech, Morocco
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
DAY 9
BERBER LIFE IN THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS
Mon. Mar 11, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Enjoy a spectacularly different view of Morocco in the lush and dramatic Atlas landscapes of the Ourika Valley for an unforgettable Berber experience and an eye-opening, hands-on adventure.
- Experience the world of the Berbers, an indigenous people of North Africa, in the village of Agounsane. Explore this remote village and visit the charity preschool center where the local children are educated.
- Find out about the local economy and learn about changes and continuity in the Berber way of life as you walk through the farmed terraces to see the ancient irrigation system and the subsistence farming methods.
- Get your hands stuck into wet clay in a ceramics workshop and try weaving a colorful kilim with the local women.
- See the traditional method of baking bread and try your own hand at this ancient skill.
- Afterward, sit down for a Berber lunch including tajine dishes, the slow-cooked savory stews that for centuries have been the taste of North Africa.
- Return to Marrakech after a stunning day in the Atlas Mountains.
- Our farewell to Morocco dinner will include the chance to share experiences and discoveries that have inspired us during our journey.
Overnight: Marrakech, Morocco
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
DAY 10
RETURN TO THE U.S.
Tue. Mar 12, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel, followed by checkout.
- Return flight to the USA.
Meals: Breakfast
RATES & LODGING
participants
30+
Cost p/p in double room
$8,195
Cost p/p in single room
$9,995
Cost of accommodations for pre & post nights including breakfast and all taxes:
- Casablanca: Four Seasons Hotel $590,- per night per double/single occupancy room.
- Marrakech: La Mamounia $1,140,- per night per double/single occupancy room.
*All rates are subject to availability. Registration closed
Casablanca: Four Seasons Hotel
- Nights: 1
- Hotel Website
Fes: Riad Fes
- Nights: 2
- Hotel Website
Rabat: Fairmont La Marina Rabat-Salé
- Nights: 1
- Hotel Website
Marrakech: La Mamounia
- Nights: 4
- Hotel Website
What to expect
- 8 nights' accommodations.
- 8 days of touring with an English-speaking local guide and J² tour educator, 7 days of touring in a luxury, air-conditioned bus.
- Individual transfers to/from the airport on arrival and departure.
- Daily breakfast, 4 lunches, 1 packed lunch & 4 dinners.
- Water on the bus.
- Gratuities to local Moroccan site guides.
- Porterage at the hotels.
- All site entrance fees & program fees as per your final program.
- Credit card fees.
- Flights to & from Morocco.
- Early check-in in Casablanca (Rooms are available for check in from 3:00 p.m.).
- Airport transfers.
- Bus on Shabbat.
- COVID related expenses, including tests.
- Evening transportation when dinner is not included.
- Amendments to the program: In the event that any sites, programs or meals etc. are added to the program, an additional fee may be required.
- Personal extras: Items of personal nature such as laundry, wines, mineral water, beverages, coffee, tea, food other than the table d’hotel menu, passport and visa fees, insurance, and foreign port taxes, unless otherwise specified.
- US and foreign airport taxes, Q fuel surcharge and border taxes when applicable.
- Gratuities (with exception of driver and local sites guides): Recommend guidelines for tipping are provided in the terms section.
- Please review our terms & conditions (T&C’s) or request that we send you our full T&C’s. Until you do that, here is the small print, and other stuff you may want to know:
- Validity | All prices quoted are based on exchange rates as of the proposal date and are subject to change without notice. Rates are per person and are based on shared twin room occupancy.
- How to Make a Reservation | The quickest way to make a reservation is to register online or contact us by email. We accept VISA, MasterCard, and American Express credit cards. A non-refundable deposit of $1500 per person is required in order to complete the registration process.
- For any assistance with this registration process or other trip-related queries, please email Customer Care: [email protected].
- Payments | The balance of your payment is due 90 days before your trip begins, or as specified in your invoice. You will receive an email reminder 2 weeks before this date. Various payment options are available as follows:
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- Domestic bank wire transfer | Payment should be wired in the same currency that is listed on your invoice. Please add the name of your group or invoice number as a reference and forward a copy of the transfer receipt by email. The bank transfer should clearly state the beneficiary’s name on the wire transfer.
- Please use the following information: Investors Bank 101 JFK Parkway, Short Hills, NJ 07078 ABA Routing Number: 221272031
- Beneficiary Instructions: For the benefit of J² Adventures. Account number: 1001858331
- J² Adventures reserves the right to automatically cancel your reservation on that date and it may be subject to reconfirmation should the final payment not be received.
- Cancelation Policy | All cancelations need to be made in writing. The cancelation fee depends on the date when we receive written notification of your request to cancel your booking. Please note that the deposit is non-refundable.
- Cancelation fees | Cancelations made 90 or more days prior to departure incur the loss of the deposit. Cancelations made 89 to 46 days prior to departure incur the loss of 50% of the full trip cost. Cancelations made 45 days or less prior to the departure incur the loss of 100% of the full trip cost.
- Cancelation fees may also include: Hotel or supplier cancelation fees. J² Adventures reserves the right to adjust its terms of payment, including cancelation policies and initial deposits.
- Protect your investment for $495 p/p: Should you cancel your trip up to 5 days before your departure for any reason, our POM program offers you a trip refund. Call 888-230-6008 or e-mail: [email protected].
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