EVENTS

MICE MARRAKECH
EXCURSIONS

• HALF DAY VISIT OF MARRAKECH

THE MONUMENTS

The minaret of Koutoubia Mosque, contemporary of the Giralda in Sevilla,dwarfs the city under its majestic height.It was named after the souk el koutoubiyyin, the bazaar of the book-traders, which is nearby. The hall-type mosque has 17 aisles and 112 columns covering a total floor area of 5400 sq.m (58,000 sq. ft) and is thus among the largest of its kind - 25,000 faithful can say their prayers within it.

El Bahia Palace was built as a harem's residence by the notorious Si Ahmed Ben Musa, Grand Vizier to Sultan Moulay el Hassan I. There are several cypress-filled courtyards, and the entire building is filled with smooth arches, carved-cedar ceilings, ceramic-tile lower walls and fountains, tadlak (shiny marbled) finishes, gibs (stucco plasterwork) cornices, and zouak painted ceilings.

SOUKS AND JEMAA EL FNA PLACE 

Covering over a square kilometre with their sprawling lanes, the souks enclose a variety of trades and individual sections. Although these can initially appear baffling to the visitor, the layout is in fact relatively simple

The walk continues through the souks to end on the famous Djemaa el Fna square a real court of miracles where gather every day at the end of the afternoon the snake charmers, Gnaoua black dancers descendants of former slaves, musicians storytellers, monkey showers, tooth pullers, water vendors and good adventure tellers.
Small restaurants are located in the square at the end of the day and offer all varieties of Moroccan dishes. The smells of grilled smoke, the sounds of the drums of musicians, the shouts of street vendors make this place a place where all the pleasures meet.

• HALF DAY MARRAKESH GARDENS AND RAMPARTS  

With an impressive length of more than 10 km, the city ramparts are among the main attractions of Marrakech. They are in very good condition, and quite impressive with height between 8 and 10 meter.

The Majorelle Garden designed in the 1920’s by the painter Jacques Majorelle, has been beautifully restored by the former couturier Yves St Laurent.

The Menara was laid out in the 12th century by the Almohads. Around 30,000 olive trees are set around a magnificent water pool. The well-kept pavilion house, the menzeh, was built much later in 1870. The first-floor open balcony offers a wonderful view over the large expanse of water towards the mountains.

• A DAY EXCURSION TO ESSAOUIRA

It is one of the destinations most run by tourist who for hours stroll through its streets with their range of souvenir and handicraft hops. The sqala, whose proudly dominate the medina, where Orson Welles shot the principal scenes of Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

Visit of the city, the Sqala, the port, the souks

Lunch at the Seaside 

Free time

Back to Marrakesh

A DAY WITH FOUR WHEEL IN THE HIGH ATLAS MOUNTAINS

 After crossing the fertile plain of Haouz planted with olive trees, orange trees and fruit trees,  the road reaches the Atlas whose snowy peaks in winter exceed 3000M and sometimes 4000m.  Thanks to a remarkable use of the water available in the wadis, terraced cultivation has developed in all the valleys,  under the earthen villages hung on the side of the hills. This vegetation has created a striking contrast with the aridity of the surrounding plains  and the red ocher color of the earth. Around these villages, the Berbers cultivate their plot of land in a traditional way as in the most remote times.

 Lunch in a Berber house  

 TEAM BUILDING 

 Make exchanges easier between organizers and  their collaborators. Make the cohesion and the collaboration better. Encourage engagement and cohesion. Build a balanced and powerful team. Create an environment of trust and understanding inside and between the teams  

EVENINGS

• THE EVENING AT PALAIS JAD MAHAL

The American architect who lived 20 years in India designed a subtle blend of Moroccan and Indian architecture exotic and colonial deco  combining woodwork and noble material  hand painted ceilings and floor with tinted cement. Curtains in the terrace fondled by the night breeze the water pools and fountains give the palace a majestic atmosphere. The view is flabbergasting with the Atlas Mountains in the background and the city ramparts and the Koutoubia tower just in front

 THE EVENINGAT THE PALM GROVE UNDER TENTS 

 We put at your disposal a virgin ground of 7 hectares in the Palmeraie of Marrakech, this ground is preserved and maintained with care in order to be able to stage there your evening in the middle of the palms. A Tent Village will be specially set up for your event exclusively in the palm grove bordering the desert about ten kilometers from Marrakech

• THE EVENING ATRESTAURANT PALAIS GHARNATA 

The Gharnata palace extends over a surface of 2000m².Ancient house built in the XVI th century. Grounds, walls, pillars and doors are the result of a craft wooden work of sculptured and painted cedar, mosaics finely chiseled and treated in seven colours, of powder stucco of marble and plaster, all done in accordance with the canons of the Arabic geometry.

• THE EVENING AT RESTAURANT PALAIS SOULEIMAN

Considered to be one of the most beautiful examples of civil architecture in the imperial city of Marrakech, the Soleïman Palace showcases the work of the most skilled artisans of Fez and Marrakech, who devoted years to both its construction and decoration. With its intricately engraved cupolas, illuminated ceilings, walls covered with multicolored zelliges and delicately carved plasterwork, and dreamlike atmosphere, the Soleïman Palace offers the visitor a gracious invitation to travel back in time and enjoy a full cultural experience

MICE FES 

EXCURSIONS

• VISIT OF MEDINA

one of the world last pockets of medieval civilisation, it is peppered with palaces, and madrasas, their blank walls concealing intricate interiors and packed with the still busy workshops of ancient industries.

In 1976 Fez old city was declared a World Heritage site by Unesco which in 1980 launched a programme of restoration.

A whole day in the medina to visit Souk el henna; place Nejjarine with the beautifully restored 17^th century fountain; the fondouk Nejjarine of the 18^th century turned into a museum devoted to carpentry techniques and tools; The Moulay Idriss II zaouia; the Kissaria, covered market selling luxury goods; the Attarine Madrassa. The University mosque of Kayrouyine, largest mosque in Africa until Hassan II mosque was built in Casablanca; the Kayrouyine library; the Chouaras Tanneries…

Lunch at Moroccan restaurant

Continuation in the afternoon by a drive around the ramparts, bab boujloud, the gates of the Royal Palace, the Merinid tombs and the potters’ district.

• A DAY EXCURSION TO MEKNES AND VOLUBILIS

Visit of the Ismailian capital famous for its 40 km long wails, visit of the Bab Mansour, the royal stables …

Lunch in Moroccan restaurant

Continue to the ruins of Volubilis

Visit the house of Orpheus with several mosaics, the Therms of Gallienus, the Capitol, the Basilic…

DAY IN THE MIDDLE ATLAS AND SEFROU ET BHALIL

Departures to Ifrane via Imouzzer stop at Ifrane the famous ski station in the middle Atlas

Continuation to the cedar forest: walk

Continuation to Sefrou

Berber city located about thirty kilometers from Fez, Sefrou is known since the twelfth century. It is then a meeting point between the north of the country and the valley of Tafilalet in the South.

Sefrou is today an important agricultural center that shows the richness of its productions during the Cherry Festival in June.

 Lunch at a farm near SEFROU “Terre de trace”

 Afternoon departure to Bhalil: a few kilometers from Sefrou by a road that climbs in the middle of fields and olive groves, we arrive at Bhalil, famous for its troglodyte dwellings.

  TEAM BUILDING 

 Make exchanges easier between organizers and  their collaborators. Make the cohesion and the collaboration better. Encourage engagement and cohesion. Build a balanced and powerful team. Create a environment of trust and understanding inside and between the teams.

EVENINGS

•  		PALAIS MENEBHI 

The Mnebhi Palace Is one of the most beautiful and ancient monuments in the imperial and historic city of Fez. In the late XIXth century, the finest Moroccan craftsmen and artiste of the age spent fifteen years erecting this magnificent edifice. The palace, the product of such devotion and expertise, was destined to play a major role in the history of Morocco. It housed the defense minister under Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz and was at one time the home of Marshal Lyautey. The country’s very first French lessons were given in this palace and it was also here that France and Morocco signed the protectorate treaty in 1912.

• PALAIS DE FES DAR TAZI

 One of the most refined tables. The setting lends itself perfectly to a gastronomic stage of choice, be it at lunch time,  in the shade of the terrace, or at dinner time, for some romantic moments at the foot of the medina.

• RIAD EL YACOUT

Riad el yacout is a traditional residential home that has been carefully restored to provide hospitable, comfortable and affordable luxury accommodation

This house was built by a famous researcher and professor at quaraouiyine university in the 16^th century

In the year 2000 the current owners bought this property and spent years to restore the riad, ideally situated in the heart of the medina
 

• RIAD SHERAZADE

Authentic and refined, Les Jardins de Sheherazade offers you a unique gastronomic Moroccan table which became a reference in Fez

This restaurant welcomes you in a luxuriant environment to discover an inventive and ancestral cuisine typical of Fez, cultural and gastronomic capital of Morocco.

The menu is composed by classic dishes from the Moroccan gastronomy as well as inventions from the Palais Sheherazade inspired by historical books from century old thinkers.

You will get to taste our specialty “The couscous with 7 fruits” which have been praised by prestigious gastronomic critics and international press.

You will appreciate your lunches and dinners in the open sky patio of the magnificent arabo-andalousian garden with century old palms and luxuriant vegetation. The zellige columns adorned with sculpted plaster, white marble fountain, chiseled copper chandeliers, giant vegetal wall with intoxicating sents and high quality furniture will transport you centuries away to the era of 1001 nights.

MICE CASABLANCA 

EXCURSIONS 

• VISIT OF CASABLANCA

Casablanca fascinates the visitor by its richness and its culture. Its wide avenues and its sea coast like Riviera. The architecture, art deco and Moorish at the same time hide treasures: cupolas, view-points, columns, mosques: it is a decoration of the Mediterranean over the Atlantic littoral

El Habous District

This district which combines between the Moroccan architecture, the standards of urbanism and the modern comfort, excites quickly all the visitors of Casablanca. One found there many craft shops coffee Houses and bookshops One find everything: traditional clothes, scrap merchant, jewelers, bookshops well provided by Muslim Books, stores of the Moroccan furniture, small shops, olives and spices salesmen, markets, etc. all was rebuilt on the plan of the old medina’s: alleys, archway as the sympathetic small places where we can Rest or to locate 

Mahkama Dar El Bacha 

Concentrated refinement in the heart of the district of Habous, Mahkama Pasha is a real attraction. A synthesis of traditional Moroccan arts, this building, which today houses the headquarters of the Casablanca-Settat Region, was created by architect Auguste Cadet. With a large courtyard and two main patios in the style of ryads, it contains mainly a masterpiece of classical Moroccan aesthetics. Carved stone capitals strongly resound on the walls, pavements and ceilings, many Moroccan decorative elements such as zellige, zouak and plaster. The expert hands of the best maalems of the Kingdom have worked doors, knockers, cedar wood ceilings of the Middle Atlas and Kenitra, gray and white marbles of the Rabat region and coated with Safi. Lined with galleries, the courtyards house a chiseled stone fountain and a garden

The Hassan II mosque 

Completed in 1993 and located on a platform overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the iconic Hassan II Mosque is the second-largest mosque in the world, and one of few open to non-Muslims (through selected guided tour opportunities lasting around an hour each). The mosque, which can accommodate up to 25,000 worshipers, offers Muslims the chance to pray on a glass floor, giving the unique feeling of praying directly over the sea.

• VISIT OF RABAT

Placed on the Atlantic side, in North-West of Morroco, Rabat is the result of a fruitful dialogue between the Arab-Muslim past and the occidental modernism.

This place includes the "new city", created and built under the French Protectorate in from 1912 to 1930, including royal residence, colonial administrations, residential and administrative units,

We also find old parts of the city that sometimes come from 12th century. The "New City" represents one of the biggest and the most ambitious urban project from 20th century in Africa, probably the most complete.

Stop at the Hassan tower, to visit Mohamed V Mausoleum, visit of the Kasbah of Oudayas and the ramparts of the Medina, then The Royal Palace main entrance

EVENINGS

• RESTAURANT BASMANE 

Say the guest is warmly welcomed isn’t true because it’s more than that, a duty raised to virtue according to secular Moroccan tradition.
A virtue the Basmane spontaneously celebrates so as the guest remains as he should always be: The home’s lord.

• RESTAURANT LA SQALA 

The Sqala, a real historical monument and architectural heritage Casablanca, offers a typical Moroccan cuisine. Modernity and tradition come together in this mythical place with Moorish decoration. Located behind the ramparts of the old medina, La Sqala remains a space of life and cultural activities where you can enjoy the Andalusian garden and attend an oriental music recital

• RESTAURANT LA MER

Exceptional place, the restaurant LA MER is today one of the gastronomic institutions in Casablanca, located at the boulevard la corniche, the restaurant welcomes you in an elegant and refined decor the dining room, will enchant your lunches and dinners due to the spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean, The restaurant also offers private dining, for your business meals, and one of the most beautiful terraces in the area. The restaurant team will do its best to offer you a magical and unique moment

• RESTAURANT LE CABESTAN

This chic and trendy restaurant has spectacular views of the sea and the rocks. Offer varied and refined dishes. Nice welcome. Good value for one of the hippest restaurant bars in Casablanca.