Adventures in Morocco

 

In December 2008-January 2009 we visited Morocco, with stops in Casablanca, Rabat and Fes. In Fes, we picked up a rental car and over the next ten days, drove through the High Atlas Mountains, visiting Ifrane, Azrou, Zaida, Midelt, Er Rachidia, Tinerhir, Boumaine-du-Dades, Ourazate, Ait Bendahou, Agdz, Nekob, Taliouine, Ouled Berhil, Taroudant, Imouzzer, Essaouira and Marrakesh.

We returned to Morocco in December 2009-January 2010. We flew in to Fes and visited Sefrou, before taking the train to Marrakesh. From there, we traveled south and visited Inezgane, Tiznit, Tafraoute, Mirleft and Sidi Ifni.

 

The King's Palace in Fes

 

 

 

The casbah in Rabat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The home where Rabbi Moses Maimonides lived in Fes 1166-1168 CE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A home in the High Atlas Mountains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A camel next to the road near Er Rachidia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A caravansari in Fes, where traders would stop for the night

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the seaside in Rabat

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barbary apes playing in the snow near Azrou

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A view of Fes from the heights above the city

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rachmad offering us freshly baked bread in Nekob

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ait Bendahou

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A storch's nest on a minaret in the Dadas Gorge

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scenery near Er Rachidia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A casbah in the Dadas Gorge

 

 

 

 

 

A merchant in a roadside market

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The seawall in Essaouira

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Place Jemaa el-Fna in Marrakesh after sunset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Riding camels on the beach at Essaouira

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the souk in Marrakesh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Koutoubia minaret in Marrakesh at sunset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goats in an Argan tree near Tafroute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the city gates of Sefrou

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A view from the crest of the 4400 foot high pass at Kerdous on the road from Tiznit to Tafroute

 

 

 

 

 

 

A view of Mirleft and the Atlantic Ocean from the old French fort above town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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