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Il Diario

Trekking, deserto, montagne e le strade che li collegano — scritto dal Marocco, al ritmo reale del paese.

11 articoli corrispondente a sahara

Cancella
Saddled camels couched on the sand at a desert camp in low orange evening light, dune slopes and tamarisk behind
Itinerari
Morocco

What Everything Costs, Part 2: Desert, Cities and Culture

Sahara tours, camel treks, 4×4 raids, cooking classes, hammams, guides and transfers — real prices in dirham and euro, with the per-vehicle logic that makes desert pricing work differently.

6 min di lettura
Four people sitting cross-legged on the sand around a small fire at night in the Sahara, one clapping a rhythm
Itinerari
Sahara & High Atlas

Meditation Travel in Morocco: Where the Silence Actually Is

Retreats sell stillness; the Sahara gives it away. Where in Morocco you can genuinely hear nothing, what the hammam and Sufi traditions offer, and how to build a contemplative trip without booking a package.

6 min di lettura
A clay tagine with the lid lifted, beef with prunes, toasted almonds, sesame seeds and hard-boiled egg inside
Cucina
Morocco

Moroccan Cuisine Is Not One Cuisine

A Fez tagine and a Marrakech tagine are different dishes. The regional map of Moroccan cooking — Fassi refinement, Marrakchi smoke, Souss argan, Rif mountain food and the Saharan bread baked in sand.

5 min di lettura
The earthen kasbah of Aït Ben Haddou in late afternoon light, tiered mudbrick houses rising above the dry riverbed
Itinerari
Marrakech to the Sahara

A 7-Day Morocco Itinerary That Isn't Exhausting

One week, honestly assessed. The classic Marrakech–Sahara–Atlas loop, what it costs you in driving hours, and the three ways people ruin a seven-day trip by adding one city too many.

4 min di lettura
A fortified cliff granary built into an overhanging rock face high above a gorge, its stone storeys following the ledge
Trekking
High Atlas & Anti-Atlas

Trekking in Morocco: Which Route Is Right for You?

Toubkal, the M'Goun traverse, the Anti-Atlas, the Sahara and Jebel Saghro compared honestly — by days, altitude, difficulty and what each one is actually like underfoot.

5 min di lettura
An open field of wind-rippled dunes with scattered tamarisk, the kind of erg terrain a raid crosses on piste
Itinerari
Southern Morocco

Raid 4×4 in Morocco: How the Real Thing Works

Not a desert excursion with a driver — a multi-day convoy crossing the ergs on piste, navigating by GPS and roadbook. Routes, vehicles, sand technique, permits and what it actually costs.

8 min di lettura
A camel caravan crossing a dune crest at golden hour, long shadows striping the rippled sand in the foreground
Deserto
Marrakech to Merzouga

Sahara Desert Tours from Marrakech: 2, 3 or 4 Days?

The most-booked trip in Morocco, and the one most often booked wrong. What each duration actually buys you in dune time versus road time, and why the two-day version is a mistake.

5 min di lettura
A line of ski tourers skinning up a broad snow slope in the High Atlas, bare brown ridges and a valley visible far below
Montagne
High Atlas

Ski Touring and Splitboarding in the High Atlas

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.

7 min di lettura
Vast rippled sand dunes near Merzouga stretching to the horizon under a pale sky
Deserto
Sahara

Erg Chebbi or Erg Chigaga: Choosing Your Sahara

Morocco has two great sand seas and they offer genuinely different trips. One you drive to on tarmac; the other costs you sixty kilometres of off-piste to reach.

3 min di lettura
A desert bivouac at dusk — a lit canvas tent, a family sitting by the fire on rugs, dunes behind
Deserto
Sahara

What a Bivouac Actually Is

The word covers everything from a rug on the sand to a tented suite with plumbing. Knowing which one you have booked is the difference between a good night and a long one.

2 min di lettura
Saddled camels resting on the sand at low sun, dune slopes glowing behind them
Deserto
Drâa Valley · Sahara

Nomad Trekking: Walking the Desert the Old Way

Before the 4×4 transfer and the fixed camp, the desert was crossed on foot at the pace of a loaded camel. A handful of routes still work that way.

3 min di lettura