Historically, Tamegroute is an important centre of learning and religion due to its famous Sufi Zawiya, one of the most influential – and in its time one of the largest – Sufi orders in the Islamic world. Next to the main mosque, the graves of eight marabouts (religious teachers), are visited by patients from all …
Driving on our own through the desert – a good idea? We hoped, yes, when we left Merzouga. We had spent 2 nights around Erg Chebbi with a lovely sundowner on the dunes together with a fellow traveller. Before we even had reached the end of the tar road, we were stopped by a local, …
We had accepted the offer of a guided tour through the desert, which took us close to the Algerian border and finally to Erg Chebbi, the highest sand dunes of Morocco. On the way we found some fossils, had great views and finally drove over the dunes, around Erg Chebbi and finally to Mezourga, the …
From Midelt we took the classic route south, taking us through the Ziz gorge, which provides a fantastic landscape along the route. We saw the first mud-walled houses. Later, we decided to take a detour through the desert to reach some strange buildings. We stopped in Errachidia at the Marjane supermarket for some provisions and …
After we had left the snowy heights, we took a gravel route to the Moulouya reservoir with the Atlas mountains in the background, where we spent the night. The next morning we drove to Ahouli, to explore the valley of the mines. We first reached an abandoned village for the workers of the mines, which …
We left Fez on a Sunday, and looked forward to a relaxed tour into the mountains. What we hadn’t considered: while it had rained in Fez, it had snowed in the mountains, and it felt like the whole city was out and about to enjoy it, which led to chaos on the roads, with accidents, …
We stayed at the Diamante Vert Campsite in Fez, where we weathered a rainy and grey day, like many other campers. But the following day, it was sunny again, and we took a taxi to explore the spiritual and cultural capital of Morocco. We started at the Bab Boujeloud, the Blue Gate, and wandered through …
Meknès is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco, the other ones are Fes, Marrakesh and Rabat. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknès became the capital of Morocco during the reign of Sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif (1672–1727), son of the founder of the Alaouite dynasty. Sultan Ismail created a massive imperial palace complex and endowed the city …
Leaving from the reservoir, we were not in the mood for a big city, therefore we decided to visit Volubilis first. It took us a while to get there, but the weather was good, and we crossed a nice landscape and came through many villages. Built in a fertile agricultural area, Volubilis developed from the …
After leaving the coast at Oued Laou, we drove through impressive mountains of the Rif massiv, until we reached Chefchaouen, the “Blue City”. We could park above the Medina and walk down from there, where we immediately immersed into the blue of the alleys. We walked up until the waterfall above town, just that there …
