25-Nights Explore Spain, Portugal and Morocco: Coastal Waves & Desert Dunes - 18-to-Thirtysomethings

Explore Spain, Portugal and Morocco: Coastal Waves & Desert Dunes
Three countries, 15 cities, 26 days, and two continents packed with exploration, new experiences, and endless laughs. Forget the big coach buses and dive into Spain and Portugal’s most charming spots by local bus and train. Hop from city to city, soaking up the nightlife, culture, and food, before jetting off to Morocco for the next leg of your adventure. Explore the old-world charm of Fès, the blue-and-white beauty of Chefchaouen, and the magic of Marrakech. Experience the Sahara, hike the Dades Gorge, and take in the Atlas Mountains and Morocco’s northern coast. It’s the ultimate journey through Europe and Africa, with no worries — just unforgettable memories at every turn.

Highlights
Explore Moorish palaces and great Iberian cities, Sample some of Europe's best cuisines and indulge in tapas and wine, See traditional storytellers and magicians in local markets, Explore colourful souks and sample tanjia, Take a cooking class and go sandboarding in the Sahara, Learn how to surf in Taghazout, Explore the funky coastal town of Essaouira

Accomodation
The variety and local flavour of our accommodation is a favourite part of our 18-to-Thirtysomethings trips. Although the properties we use are simply furnished and with few facilities, we base our choices on location, character and cleanliness. We will stay in a mixture of hotels, hostels, and private rooms in local households. Some of the accommodation on this tour will be multi-share. This may involve 4-6 group members sharing and even (on rare occasions) dormitory-style rooms for the whole group. The majority of accommodation will have shared bathroom facilities. Where we use multi-share hostels, rooming requests of any kind cannot be taken. Note that most accommodation in Europe does not have air conditioning units in rooms. Air conditioning is not routinely installed in European homes and workplaces. However, nearly all hotels will provide a standing or desk fan for your room on hot nights. If you do not already have one in your room, please ask your CEO to organize one for you with reception. During the Morocco portion of this trip you can expect to stay in local hotels or pensions (with the exception of the start and finish hotels, which are often larger city hotels), which will vary a bit in facilities: some may not have elevators, air-conditioning or English-speaking staff, but most importantly all are locally-run, with some traditional character, and in excellent central locations to give you maximum time for exploring the sights. Please note that Morocco is a developing country and as such the infrastructure is not as reliable as you would expect at home. Expect quirky plumbing and the odd cold shower! For private accommodation please see tours in our Classic Travel Style.

Group Leader
This G Adventures group trip is accompanied by one of our CEOs (Chief Experience Officer). The aim of the CEO is to take the hassle out of your travels and to help you have the best trip possible. They will provide information on the places you are travelling through, offer suggestions for things to do and see, recommend great local eating venues and introduce you to our local friends. While not being guides in the traditional sense you can expect them to have a broad general knowledge of the countries visited on the trip, including historical, cultural, religious and social aspects. It is important to note that in Europe, all guiding is based around local guides all of whom are licensed to work only in a particular city. As such, our leaders are able to provide orientation walks which will show you the layout of each town and city as well as the location of local services such as post offices and laundromats, but are unable to legally share historical facts and figures in public places. If you wish to take a guided city tour in any location our CEO will do their best to help you arrange this and pay locally. In Morocco, in addition to a CEO we also use certified local city guides where we think more specific knowledge will add to the enjoyment of the places we are visiting - we think it's the best of both worlds.

Group Size Notes
Max 16, avg 14.

Meals Included
14 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 5 dinners

What's Included
Your Welcome Moment: Meet Your CEO and Group
Your Discover Moment: Barcelona
Your First Night Out Moment: Connect With New Friends
Your Big Night Out Moment: Lisbon.
Tapas bar crawl (Granada). Orientation walks in Barcelona, Madrid, Granada, Seville, and Lisbon. Enjoy free time in Rabat. Explore the blue city of Chefchaouen. Visit the medina and souks of Fès. Discover the bustling city of Marrakech. Dades Gorge walk. Camel ride in the desert. Traditional dinner and drums under the stars. Sand boarding in the desert dunes. Aït Ben Haddou kasbah tour. Guided medina visit in Marrakech. Surf lesson in Taghazout. Sunset beach bonfire. All transport between destinations and to/from included activities."