A journal from Morocco
A journal of Moroccan travel, architecture and craft — from the medinas of Fez to the high passes of the Atlas.
Erg Chebbi · walking the dune ridge
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Pink granite, almond blossom and the last tribes to submit to France. How a remote Anti-Atlas basin became one of Morocco's wealthiest villages without any of its money being earned there.
Fifteen hundred kilometres of Atlantic, and almost everyone stops at Essaouira. Oualidia's oyster lagoon, Taghazout's points, the red arches at Legzira, and the bays south of Sidi Ifni that nobody reaches.
Tourism that leaves money where it lands. What solidarity travel actually means in the High Atlas and the south, how to tell it from marketing, and the honest limits of what a visitor can change.
Trekking, Toubkal, ski touring, mountain biking and Atlas day trips — indicative starting prices per person, how long each takes, and what is actually included.
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Sahara tours, camel treks, 4×4 raids, cooking classes, hammams, guides and transfers — indicative starting prices, and the per-vehicle logic that makes desert pricing different.
Ourika, Imlil, Ouirgane or Asni — four very different days sold under one name. Which valley suits which kind of visitor, and how to avoid the waterfall coach crush.
There is no single best month — there is a best month for what you actually want to do. Marrakech in August and the High Atlas in August are two different countries. A working calendar from people who guide in all twelve.
The guide behind it
Aziz Mahmouch
Founder & mountain guide · Marrakech
Aziz Mahmouch is a state-accredited Moroccan mountain guide and the founder of Lifetimes Travel. He has spent his working life in the High Atlas — leading treks, summit ascents and mountain-biking trips out of Marrakech.
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