Once I keep in mind my journey to Morocco, it’s instantly the attractive Moroccan landscapes that come again to thoughts and the sumptuous structure of the buildings. I spotted there’s now greater than a 12 months a circuit of every week in southern Morocco, accompanied by an incredible group of ten individuals, which I maintain glorious recollections. Again on my journey to Morocco…
We landed in 4 days Marrakech desert tours and we joined our resort within the early night. I had a foul night time as a result of the room was not remoted and our neighbors had a celebration till the top of the night time… Briefly, it was Marrakech!
The subsequent morning, we took the bus to the town of Ouarzazate. The highway that crosses the chain of the Excessive Atlas by the Tizin-Tichka go is lengthy and winding however the landscapes are very stunning.
We then took the highway of “Thousand Kasbahs”, positioned within the Dades Valley. We then see fairly clay villages, ksours, kasbahs, these are the attribute buildings of southern Morocco.
We went to the ksar of Ait Ben Haddou. It’s a UNESCO-listed fortified village, which has been used as a set for a number of well-known movies comparable to Lawrence Darabie, the Mummy and Prince of Persia. This is among the locations that struck me probably the most throughout my keep in Morocco.
The subsequent day, we sank within the desert a part of Morocco. The landscapes are arid and actually shocking. We typically meet wandering dromedaries in a big desert space, some sellers on the sly that come out of nowhere and we uncover the habits of Moroccans. I used to be shocked to see that water was nonetheless being collected from a properly, that girls had been washing garments within the waterways and that many villagers appeared to spend the day sitting in entrance of their properties doing nothing. And the preservation of meat, don’t speak about it!
We spent the night time in Tinerhir. Within the environment, one can uncover stunning palm groves. It is usually the place to begin for the dunes of Merzouga, my most stunning reminiscence of Morocco. We went at nightfall so the temperatures had been comparatively nice. The sundown was stunning, the images of the sundown within the dunes of Merzouga are seen right here.
In any other case, all through our keep, it was extremely popular, normally 40 °, even though we traveled in the course of the center of September. We had been in a position to seek the advice of the present temperatures and climate in Morocco through Meteovista. We had seen that it might be good and that the temperatures can be “regular” for the season. Meteovista provides local weather forecasts for France, Europe, Morocco and the entire world. We are able to solely hope that it will likely be sunny each journey!
The subsequent day, nonetheless below the attractive solar of Morocco, we stopped on the Gorges du Todra. It’s a pure web site the place the rocky cliffs are very excessive and shut collectively. Some climbers climb these partitions as much as 300 meters excessive. A slim path lets you stroll down these cliffs. A stream passes proper by.
We slept in Erfoud, “the capital of the date”, then we took the highway to Zagora. We handed via the Draa Valley, the place fortified villages and oases observe each other. Then we spent the afternoon and the night time on this outdated caravan metropolis which served as stage for individuals who had been heading in the direction of Timbuktu.
The subsequent day, we took the highway to Ouarzazate: the door of the desert. This Moroccan metropolis is positioned on the confluence of the valleys of Draa and Dades. The vacationers are quite a few and the souks don’t miss! It is usually the town of cinema: many movies are shot in Ouarzazate and the town hosts well-known actors throughout filming. We additionally found on web site the units of the film Asterix and Obelix Mission Cleopatra. It is good to see the cinematography in actual life nevertheless it’s disappointing to see how deserted they’re and in a sorry state…
In Ouarzazate, one can go to stunning monuments and kasbah adobe, together with that of Taourirt, a World Heritage Web site by UNESCO.
We ended our journey to Marrakech, the place we spent two days.