Wednesday, July 3, 2024

2024 SMDC Morocco Trip & Mediterranean Cruise

In February, we went to Morocco for a 10-day land tour. It was organized by P&D Travel (Europa Holiday). Morocco is a destination we have checked into several times previously. Thanks to Ben Ou’s coordination with P&D Travel. The itinerary was as the following:

2/26/2024 - Travel from Houston to Morocco 

2/27/2024 - Arrive Casablanca

2/28/2024 - Visit Casablanca and then visit Rabat 

2/29/2024 - Asilah, then Tangier

3/1/2024 - Tetouan then to the blue city Chefchaouen

3/2/2024 - Travel to Fez

3/3/2024 - Travel to Ifrane, then Erfoud, then Merzouga (Sahara Desert campsite) 

3/4/2024 - Sahara Desert Sunrise, Todra Gorge and Ouarzazate

3/5/2024 - Altas Movie Studio, Ait Benhaddou, then travel to Marrakech

3/6/2024 - Jardin Majorelle, Bahia Palace, El Base Palace and back to Casablanca 

3/7/2024 - Left Morocco and flew to Barcelona

After the land tour, we flew to Barcelona. We did a 1 day self guided tour to see many  attractions in Barcelona, and then we embarked onto the Sun Princess for a 10 days Mediterranean and Greek Islands cruise.

3/9/2024 - Barcelona, Spain (Embarked onto Sun Princess)
3/10/2024 - Dock at Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Self walking tour of Palma
3/11/2024 -
At Sea
3/12/2024 - Dock at Messina, Sicily, Italy; Self walking tour of Messina
3/13/2024 -
At Sea
3/14/2024 - Dock at Athens (Piraeus), Greece; Self walking tour of Athens
3/15/2024 - Dock at Kusadasi, Turkey; Self walking tour of Kusadasi
3/16/2024 - Dock at Chania, Crete, Greece (original itinerary was Santorini, Greece); Joined Princess excursion to visit Rethymnon

3/17/2024 - At Sea
3/18/2024 - Dock at Naples, Italy;  P
rivate Amalfi Tour to visit Sorrento, Positano, and Amalfi / Capri, Anacapri and Blue Grotto Day Trip

3/19/2024 - Dock at Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy; De-embarked Sun Princess; Flew back to Houston

Princess changed the scheduled stop at Santorini on the day we embarked. This was the 2nd time in 2 years for us that Princess changed the most favorable port at the last minute (they skipped Lofoten, Norway port in 2023).

Highlight photos from these two trips are:

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