Red mosque in Adai village near Tafraoute.

Simon Urwin

Southern Morocco & Western Sahara

The Souss Valley, where goats climb argan trees beneath the sun-baked Anti Atlas, draws a line across Morocco. South of this fertile valley, the pace of life in mountain villages and Saharan gateways is seductively slow.

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  • CrocoParc

    CrocoParc

    Agadir

    If anyone in your party is partial to a reptile, it's almost worth making a special trip to Agadir to visit this park, absolutely teeming with Nile crocs…

  • Maison Traditionnelle

    Maison Traditionnelle

    Anti Atlas Mountains

    The 3-storey granite, palm and argan house, some 400 years old, was inhabited by 20 family members – three generations – until 1982. The owner, Mohammed,…

  • Palais Musée Claudio Bravo

    Palais Musée Claudio Bravo

    Taroudant

    This particular palais defies categorisation: it's a hotel, a museum and the former residence of deceased Chilean painter Claudio Bravo, who selected the…

  • Calligraphie Tifinaghe

    Calligraphie Tifinaghe

    Anti Atlas Mountains

    Poet and calligrapher Moulid Nidouissadan paints Amazigh (Berber) proverbs and colourful compositions from natural inks. Free to every visitor is a…

  • A kasbah or Qassabah is a type of medina, Islamic city, or fortress (citadel).

    Kasbah

    Agadir

    Offering superb views, the hilltop kasbah 7km northwest of the centre is a rare survivor of the 1960 earthquake. Built in 1541 and restored in the 1740s,…

  • Musée Saint-Exupéry

    Musée Saint-Exupéry

    Southern Morocco & Western Sahara

    Tarfaya's main claim to fame is its association with the French pilot and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. In 1926 he began flying in the airmail service…

  • Rock Engravings

    Rock Engravings

    Anti Atlas Mountains

    The village of Tirnmatmat is the furthest from Tafraoute of the Ameln Valley's 26 villages, and features interesting rock engravings of various animals…

  • Carved Gazelles

    Carved Gazelles

    Tafraoute

    The most easily accessible examples of prehistoric rock engravings found in the Tafraoute area are the Carved Gazelles, 2km away in the village of Tazekka…

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