Anti-Atlas Mountains road trip – Taroudant to Tiznit
byOn tour exploring the Anti Atlas Mountains Continuing our road trip with Wild Morocco we spent a few days traversing the Anti-Atlas Mountains from…
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Ait Mansour Gorge and the painted blue rocks
byBlue Painted Rocks, Tafraoute I have a real problem with ‘modern art’. Whether it is dissected cows or gutted grand pianos on show in…
Chez Amaliya – at home in the Ameln Valley
byCome and discover what it’s like to stay at Chez Amaliya! Under the watchful eye of a pre-Cambrian quartzite lion, Chez Amaliya was the…
Snakes, boars and lions – hiking the Ameln Valley
byThe wild boar meant business. Blocking our path more effectively than even Gandalf would have done, he gave a haughty snort of derision and…
A Moroccan botanical garden stay at Dar Al Hossoun, Taroudant
byDar Al Hossoun I’m not sure what first attracted me to Dar Al Hossoun. Perhaps it was the impressive garden landscapes, the promise of peaceful…
Tizi n Test road trip – Tin Mal to Taroudant
byThe night watchman eyed them warily from his lofty perch up in the crumbling tower. It wasn’t every day that visitors bothered to stop…
Trying out a Morocco tour company – Wild Morocco
byI sat companionably chomping on apricots with Hubbie and our Wild Morocco tour company guide, Salah. It struck me that eating these delicious little…
I Rocha – an Atlas Mountains guest house
byI was floating in the pool, my vision full of rocky desert peaks glowing in the sun against an achingly beautiful blue sky. If the…
Riding into battle in Ouarzazate
byWe sat astride our trusty steeds, praying our nerve would hold and the day be victorious. I subconsciously adjusted my helmet for the fourth…
Top things to do in Fes
byThere can only be one place in the world where, in a tiny 20 metre stretch of alleyway, a shopper can tick the following…
The road to Telouet
byMorocco is a world-class place for road trips, with everything from precipitous mountain passes to dusty desert pistes, a journey in this magical land…
Chebbi or Chigaga: which is the best Moroccan Erg
bySo you’re going to Morocco (great choice by the way), and fancy yourself a wannabe T. E. Lawrence. After all, what can be more…