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Taroudannt Pick up Chleuh silver jewellery, influenced by Saharan tribes and Jewish silversmiths, in the
souqs. ( Click here )
Fès Festival of World Sacred Music In June, Morocco's premier music festival features international
names and intimate concerts by tariqas (Sufi orders). ( Click here )
Marrakesh Shop beyond the souqs, alongside design fanatics in Quartier Industriel Sidi Ghanem, and col-
lectors in the hip art galleries of Guèliz. ( Click here )
Carpets Compared with the cities, towns like Ouarzazate and Tafraoute have cooperatives, ensembles and
shops that are low-pressure spots to bag a tasselled souvenir. ( Click here )
Tangier The American Legation Museum contains the 'Moroccan Mona Lisa' and a wing devoted to Paul
Bowles, William Burroughs and the Beat writers' associates in Tangier. ( Click here )
Off the Beaten Track
Morocco's small towns and picturesque villages are ideal for unwinding and meeting the locals over mint
tea.
Afella-Ighir The road to these oasis villages is little visited; in Tiwadou, stay in an auberge with a local mu-
seum. ( Click here )
Agdz Watch other travellers hurry along the Drâa Valley from your relaxing vantage point amid the
palmeraie (palm grove) and mudbrick kasbahs of Agdz. ( Click here )
Imilchil The Middle Atlas village is famous for its marriage moussem (festival), but the journey there is
stunning year-round. ( Click here )
Midelt Between the Middle and High Atlas, visit the surrounding villages and kasbahs, enjoy the mountain
views and leave with a carpet. ( Click here )
Tarfaya Clean up in a tented pool hall near a shipwrecked ferry, and watch the Saharawi world go by.
( Click here )
Around Essaouira Leave the crowds in the medina and follow the surf trail south to Sidi Kaouki and
Taghazout. ( Click here ) ( Click here )
Food Adventures
Morocco offers culinary adventures from couscous rolling to eating camel tajine.
Fez On a culinary course or walking tour, pack your tanjia (slow-cooked stew) at the butcher's, then leave it
to cook in the hammam's woodfired oven. ( Click here )
Desert food Learn Saharawi recipes or the secrets of elaborate traditional couscous at M'Hamid's Saharan
retreats. ( Click here )
 
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