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Beaches
Its coastline stretching from the Mediterranean to the Sahara, Morocco packs in beaches for every taste
between its coves, cliffs, boardwalks and ports. Some are fit for family fun, others wait for development to
happen, and many are untrodden apart from the odd surfer and migratory bird.
Marabout's Beach
With its eponymous saint's tomb and savage rocks, this is the most dramatic of Mirleft's
half-dozen Atlantic beaches. (
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Agadir
The city is a concrete grid, but its long, curving beach, clean and well lit at night, will have families
scrambling for buckets and spades. (
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Yellich
Facing a small Mediterranean island you can walk to; visit Yellich and Cala Iris' other beaches be-
fore the fishing village becomes a resort. (
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Tangier
Escape the city on a day trip to Plage Robinson, at the northwestern extremity of Africa's Atlantic
Coast, or Ksar es-Seghir on the Strait of Gibraltar. (
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Deserts
Morocco's Saharan expanses are some of Africa's safest and most evocative places to experience the great
desert. Not only can you see curvy dunes and harsher
hammada
(stony desert), you can also meet blue-
robed Berbers and try the nomadic lifestyle.
Erg Chebbi
This classic Saharan sandscape, its dunes rising to 160m, can be explored by camel, 4WD or
sandboard, followed by a night in a Berber tent. (
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Figuig
It's worth trekking east to Morocco's oasis par excellence, with
palmeraies, ksour
and views of Al-
geria. (
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Erg Chigaga
Enlist a 'Blue Man' in M'Hamid, where dunes nuzzle against the guesthouses, to find this
40km stretch of sand mountains reaching 300m. (
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Drâa Valley
Timbuktu-bound caravans once passed through this desolate valley; now you can board a 'ship
of the desert' (read: camel) to palm-shaded oases. (
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Mountains
With Berber villages nestling beneath snowy peaks, the High Atlas is one of the world's most awe-inspiring
mountain ranges. Whether you want to climb, trek, experience rural life or just escape the rat race far below,
Morocco's other mountains are also worth exploring.
Jebel Toubkal
Trek to the top of North Africa for thin air and views across the High Atlas. (
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Ameln Valley
Stay in a traditional village house among
palmeraies
and the gold-pink Anti Atlas. (
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