Morocco Private Tour Near Perfection Review
It is difficult to describe near perfection--our driver, with a college degree in Linguistics, the sumptuous boutique riads and hotels where we stayed, the superb recommended restaurants reserved in advance, the detailed 15 page itinerary and the pre-arranged well-informed city guides. For two usually independent travelers, this birthday trip was pure indulgence and an unequaled delight. We're spoiled forever.
Alecia Cohen, the Director of Travel Exploration, is the most conscientious planner and gifted reader of client desires, both spoken and unspoken. She generates and responds to emails at all hours, making the process between the USA and Morocco seamless. Employing her superior knowledge and recommendations, we were able to research her suggestions and decide which restaurants and hotels were most appealing to us. We could never have arranged the experiences nor found the expert guides she organized.
We spent 12 days traveling around Morocco in a 4 wheel drive SUV with our driver, Mouhssine. Sometimes, we spent 8 hours in a day riding in the car, yet his company, knowledge, humor and skill made the trip an integral and enjoyable part of the experience. There was nothing he didn't know and couldn't do--in his generous, easy-going and conscientious manner. He was always prompt, including for our 4:30 AM pickup to go to the airport in Marrakech.
We ate our way through the souk in Fes on a delightful food tour, walked with a resident guide of Ait Ben Haddou where Gladiator was filmed, rode through the Sahara on camels named Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix to our luxury tent, spontaneously had leather jackets made to order, admired the eye-catching blue city of Chefchouan, dodged mules and motorbikes in the souks, and admired incredible tile decorated palaces and gates throughout the country. We were fascinated by the history, entranced by the people we met, but a least one of us regrets she did not shop enough... Throughout, we felt coddled, safe and impressed. Morocco was a revelatory experience, thanks to Alecia and Mouhssine.