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.
Skinning up 4,000-metre peaks with the Sahara on the horizon. The season, the routes off Toubkal and Oukaimeden, avalanche reality, what to bring, and why Morocco is the most underrated touring country in reach of Europe.
Older than the High Atlas, lower, drier and almost empty of visitors. Painted rock, almond terraces, and granite the colour of rust.
The blue town is genuinely worth the trip and takes about a day. The mountains it sits in are the least-visited range in Morocco and take considerably longer.
Two thousand two hundred and sixty metres, a hundred and eighty kilometres of switchbacks, and the moment the country changes completely.