WARP does       MOROCCO    JUNE 2-10, 2012  

$1995

For price details and reservation form, scroll to the end of the itinerary below.

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Let WARP member and anthropologist Susan Schaefer Davis show you her Morocco, the one she’s been praising for years!  Meet her friends and colleagues, enjoy weaving demonstrations and hands-on opportunities, visit women’s co-ops and have delicious lunches prepared by local women in tiny villages.  All this along with seeing the beautiful cities of Fes and Marrakech with a superb Moroccan guide; comfortable hotels, private coach and tasty cuisine combine to make this truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience – exclusively for WARP members.
Let’s do it!


HIGHLIGHTS

Susan Schaefer Davis as your Tour Leader

Meet local people in their homes and villages

Visit women’s co-ops

Weaving demonstrations

Hands-on opportunities

Visit mystical Fes and marvelous Marrakech

Comfortable hotels

Great food

Private coach for all transport

 

DAY 01   JUNE2            SATURDAY                   CASABLANCA – FES

Arrive from the US to Casablanca.  You will be met by our Moroccan guide and drive approximately 3 ˝ hrs. east to the fascinating city of Fes, the oldest intact Islamic city in the world.  It is the religious and intellectual capital of the country.  After checking into our hotel, we’ll meet for lunch and Susan will review the program for the coming days.  After lunch, our Moroccan guide will take us on an orientation drive round the city and to visit the shop of the Ben Cherif weaving family.  They have been weaving luxurious textiles since the late 1800s; their name on a fabric denotes elegance.  Dinner will be at the hotel.
HOTEL MINZAH ZELAGH                       LD

DAY 02   JUNE 3           SUNDAY                       FES – BEN SMIM - FES

Today we’ll drive a short distance out of Fes to the tiny village of Ben Smim for weaving, spinning and carding demonstrations by local women.  A rug exhibit is planned, displaying the talents of the women of the village.  There is also a small co-op to visit here, producing excellent herbal products—soaps, lotions and dried herbs for cooking.  We’ll take a delightful 20 minute walk along bucolic country paths, past lush fields and flowers, with goats and sheep and birds to serenade us.  We arrive at the farmhouse of Susan’s friends Habiba and Khalid and their parents, where lunch is prepared for us of delicious local fare.

After lunch we return to the city and begin our visit of Fes.  We go into the medina (old town), a labyrinthine UNESCO World Heritage site of narrow streets filled with artisans and cafes, stall after stall filled with jewelry, woodcarving, pottery, piles of spices and dried fruit and a myriad of other products.  A visit to the last working drawloom in Fes is the afternoon highlight.  Dinner is on our own, with suggestions by the guide.
HOTEL MINZAH ZELAGH                       BL

DAY 03   JUNE 4           MONDAY                      FES

After breakfast, we continue our sightseeing in this mystical city, including a visit to the Artisanat, a display of all the crafts of the country.  Free time for your personal exploration in the afternoon.  Lunch and dinner are on our own.
HOTEL MINZAH ZELAGH                       B

DAY 04    JUNE 5          TUESDAY                     FES

We spend the day in the medina, visiting the fascinating tanneries where men toil in the vats of dyes as in ancient times.  We’ll hear the clacking of floor looms before we see the men working them, deep within the walls of the medina, producing beautiful scarves and lengths of cloth which can be purchased at excellent prices (think gifts!).  Each neighborhood has a mosque, a pubic bath house (hammam), a fountain, a bakery and a Koranic school for young children—we’ll see it all, including kids playing in the narrow streets and women in their jellabas (long robes) shopping for ingredients for meals.  Lunch will be in the medina in one of the marvelous local restaurants.  Dinner is on our own.
HOTEL MINZAH ZELAGH                       BL

DAY 05   JUNE 6           WEDNESDAY                FES – SEFROU – FES

This morning we drive about an hour outside Fes to the town of Sefrou.  Susan’s friend Amina Yabis runs a women’s co-op that makes djellaba (long robe) fabric and rugs.  Her specialty is needle weaving buttons and making jewelry from them; some of you may have seen her displaying them at the Folk Art Market in Santa Fe.  We may have an opportunity to try these techniques ourselves!  The women will prepare lunch for us and we continue the interesting dialogue which always ensues about our different cultures, education, health, etc.

We return to Fes and continue sightseeing of the gorgeous bronze doors of the King’s Palace, stroll through the Jewish quarter next door and visit some fabric stalls owned by the same families for decades.  We enter the medina through a different gate and find ourselves once again in the enticing atmosphere of the busy medina.  Our day ends with a visit to a pottery workshop, to see how the famous Fes pottery is made.  There are many lovely items for sale.  Dinner is on our own.
HOTEL MINZAH ZELAGH                       BL

DAY 06   JUNE 7           THURSDAY                   FES - MARRAKECH

We bid farewell to Fes and begin the approximately 7 hour drive south to Marrakech, with several stops for lunch and lavatories.  We arrive in this world famous city, often called “Marrakech the Red” due to the soft red color of almost all the buildings.  With it’s backdrop of the High Atlas Mountains, often snow-covered, it is a stunning setting.  We’ll have an orientation drive around the city and, time permitting, have a stroll through the famous Jma el F’naa Square.  It is like stepping back 2000 years, with storytellers, snake charmers, whirling dervishes, acrobats, musicians, purveyors of herbs to cure your ills….and so much more!  We check into our hotel and have dinner at the hotel.  Lunch is on our own.
HOTEL GOLDEN TULIP             BD

DAY 07   JUNE 8           FRIDAY                        MARRAKECH

After breakfast, we begin our day with a visit to the exquisite Majorelle Gardens, purchased and renovated by the late French couturier Yves St. Laurent.  We’ll spend the entire day strolling through the medina, so different from that of Fes.  It is still filled with artisan stalls, antique shops, cafes, etc. but has a flavor all its own.  We’ll visit the museum of Dar Si Said, featuring many crafts from the country and the private collection of Bert Flint, a Dutch art historian who collected artifacts from the rural areas, including rugs, caftans, tools and jewelry, housed in a charming renovated riad (former private home).  Lunch will be in the medina.  Dinner is on our own.
HOTEL GOLDEN TULIP             BL

DAY 08   JUNE 9           SATURDAY                   MARRAKECH

Today is free for you to explore on your own, or with our guide.  Later in the day, Susan will take whoever is interested to the rug auction deep in the medina where merchants buy and sell rugs from all over Morocco.  Lunch and dinner are on our own.
HOTEL GOLDEN TULIP             B

DAY 09   JUNE 10         SUNDAY                       MARRAKECH-CASABLANCA

We have an early morning departure for the 3 ˝ hour drive to Casablanca to catch our flights back to the US.                                    B


PRICE:

            15-20 people in double accommodation                     $1,995
            If fewer than 15 people register, the price will be requoted
            21-25 people in double accommodation                     $1,795

Single supplement:    $480
Not including international airfare

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This program has been developed by

SUSAN DAVIS and NOBLE JOURNEYS  www.noblejourneys.com

For further information please contact
Susan Davis at sdavis@uslink.net or Joan Noble at joan@noblejourneys.com

 

RESERVATION FORM

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Available only to WARP members.  For membership information, click here.

WARP DOES MOROCCO

June 2-10, 2012

$1995    pp in double based on 15-20 people                 $480 single supplement

If fewer than 15 people register, the price will be requoted.

Make check payable to, and mail reservation form and deposit to:

NOBLE JOURNEYS
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Tucson, AZ 85712

(800) 566-9228    or     (520) 271-2011      
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NOBLE JOURNEYS (NJ) organizes, promotes, and sells travel programs and travel services that it purchases from other suppliers. The suppliers are independent contractors and are not agents or employees of SUSAN DAVIS (SD)/ NJ. They supply services that include, but are not limited to, transportation, accommodations, meals, and excursions using local guides. While we endeavor to make travel arrangements with reputable suppliers, SD/NJ is not responsible for the willful or negligent acts and/or omissions of such suppliers, their employees, agents, servants, or representatives, including, without limitation, their failure or inadequate delivery of services. All travel and arrangements are subject to the terms and conditions specified by the suppliers, air carriers and/or applicable governing laws. SD/NJ and the suppliers providing transportation or any service can accept no responsibility for losses or additional expenses due to but not limited to delay, inconvenience, changes to or cancellation of itinerary, sickness, weather, strike, war, quarantine, terrorism, defects in vehicles, breakdown in equipment, any act, omission, negligence or other causes beyond their control. All such losses or expenses will be borne by the passenger, as tour rates provide for arrangements only for the time stated. SD/NJ is not responsible for expenses incurred by trip members in preparing for the trip (i.e.: air tickets, visa/passport fees, equipment, medical expenses, individual transfers, etc.).

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SD/NJ may cancel the trip at any time; a full refund of payments sent to them will be returned to clients who paid.  Final payment is due 45 days prior to departure. If client cancels without written notification to NJ by 60 days prior to departure, the deposit is forfeited. If client cancels in writing 59-46 days prior to departure, $350 will be deducted from the deposit to cover administrative costs. If client cancels 45 days or less prior to departure, there will be no refund. There are no refunds on any service/activity during trip which client chooses not to use.

ARBITRATION

Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the performance thereunder, including without limitation any claim related to bodily injury, property damage or death, shall be settled by binding arbitration in Tucson, AZ, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association and AZ law. This agreement to arbitrate does not waive or modify the liability relates contained in the foregoing paragraph.

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 As a condition of acceptance each participant understands and has agreed to all information above and the following release of liability. I/We have carefully read the schedule of activities, requirements, the “Conditions and Responsibilities” provided by the brochure, and I/we are aware that the tour involves the risk of personal injury, death or loss (damage) to property. In consideration of the benefits derived by the trip, I/we voluntarily recognize and accept all risks thereof. I/we understand and agree on behalf of myself, my dependents, heirs, executors, and assigns, to release and hold harmless SD/NJ and any of its officers, employees, agents, or representatives, from any and all claims, including but not limited to liability for delays, monetary damages, illness, injuries, death, or for the loss of or damage to property resulting directly or indirectly from any occurrences or conditions. I/we agree to abide by the conditions set forth under the “Conditions and Responsibilities” and other sections as stated herein or elsewhere published. I/we affirm that I/we are covered by medical insurance which is valid overseas. I/we affirm that I/we have not relied on any additional oral or written representation of SD/NJ or their suppliers for executing this release. I/we further acknowledge receipt of this release and I/we understand and accept its terms and conditions. Any questions I/we had concerning this release have been answered to my full satisfaction.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

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