One Day Tour Valley of Roses Morocco
Duration: 9:00am - 5:00pm 
Morocco Travel: In Luxury Toyota 4x4
English, Arabic, Berber, French Speaking Driver, Guide
Starting & Finishing Point: Your Hotel In Ouarzazate

Travel and trek to El Kellaa Des Mgouna's Valley of Roses in Morocco and discover where Rose Water is made Book a Tour or call (800) 787-8806). Let us be your guide to Morocco Travel. 

►Drive 140km away from Ouarzazate towards the perfumed Valley of Roses, just north of El Kelaa Des Mgouna. On the way to the Valley of Roses, your driver will stop for you to view the CappetFloraledistillation factories laid out in the small kasbah town that manufacture the entire nations products of eauderose. The rose water and other products such as hand and body soaps, oil, crèmeperfume and driedflowers are for sale and also popularamongMoroccans. The factories produce 3000-4000 petals a year. With ten tons of petals required to produce a few liters of precious oil, the harvest is understandably a labor of love and the culminating festivities of the annual Rose Festival are all the livelier for it.

►In the Valley of Roses will find miles of pink, smallPersianroses-cultivated as hedgerows dividing the plots of land. In spring, you can buy a garland of fragrant roses from one of the Berber children who line the route. If you are traveling in May then your guide will recommend you attend the annual Rose Festival held in the village to celebrate the NewYear’scrops.

►The Rose Festival is attended by local villagers and celebrated with traditional Berber  Music, food and dance. The Festival features an exhibition of local crafts and a street-parade with bright colorfulfloats made out of fauxroses whereby the Ms. Roses of El Kelaa Des Mgouna is chosen. The parade is an opportunity to view the famous Berber dance tradition of male drummers and female dancers who perform alongside the festivities.

►Once in the Valley of Roses, your tour will be a relaxed one exploring the streets of El Kelaa Des Mgouna’s shops and the local souk. The fresh mountain air in this part of southern Morocco has a hint of fresh roses which makes it a particular nice place to go for walks, short hikes and a long drive through the HdidaValley to the plateauof Imi-n-Louh. Your driver will stop along the way so you can meet the friendly locals, many who are nomads and spend their winters in the nearby caves. There are many photoopportunities in this Dadès Valley town of ancient kasbahs.

►Lunch options are dining on a petite terrace at KasbahItran, a local auberge that overlooks two large abandoned crenulated Jewish kasbahs and a river or at an outside café within the Berber Village of Bou Thaghrar set within Mount Mgoun. After lunch by foot or 4x4 you can explore nearby ruined kasbahs and learn about the history of the Valley of Roses. Next, go for a breathtaking mountain tour by pise and visit local villages and pastures of roses.

► Visit the historic fortress city of Tiliit near El Kellat El Mgouna (Valley of Roses), referred to as the Valley of Roses. Tiliit is the ancient city of the Jews in this region rich with unique flora and fauna surrounded by the grand Dades Valley. The Jewish city of Tiliit was once ruled by the Perez family from the end of the 15^th century until the regin of Moulay Ismail ins 1672.

►On the return to Ouarzazate, as you retrace the tracks of your roseperfumedjourney, you will be reminded of the history of the Valley of Roses whereby 10thcenturypilgrims who emigrated back to Morocco from Mecca brought RosaDamascena to the south. This ends your Morocco Travel experience.