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.
The full list is long and half of it is filler. What genuinely rewards your time in the medina, what to skip, and what to do in the evening when the square turns over.
Hospitality in the Atlas is a real obligation, not a performance — which is exactly why it can be strained by visitors who do not know what is being offered.
A medina market is not a random sprawl. It is organised by trade, by smell, by noise and by proximity to the mosque — and once you see the logic you stop getting lost.