Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Place al-Alaouyine
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(Place Assarag)
During Moroccan holidays, the
grand place
is like Marrakesh's Djemaa el-
Fna in miniature, with storytellers, snake charmers, escapologists and performers working
the crowds.
SQUARE
Activities
La Maison Anglaise
CULTURAL TOUR
( 0661 23 66 27, 0528 55 16 28;
www.sites.google.com/site/cecumaisonanglaise/activities
;
422 Derb Af-
ferdou)
Excellent guides and activities including trekking, Berber village visits and
homestays, wildlife trips, cookery lessons, and visits to the soap-making and beekeeping
cooperatives they support. Day trips to the valley at Afensou in the High Atlas involve
walking through olive groves to a swimming hole.
Calèche
You can tour the ramparts in a calèche. The horse-drawn carriages gather just inside Bab
el-Kasbah, on Pl al-Alaouyine and at other prominent spots. A one-way trip across town
should cost roughly the same as by petit taxi, although the driver may disagree; don't pay
more than Dh20. For a one-hour tour, including the medina, a circuit of the ramparts and a
small tannery, don't pay more than Dh100.
CARRIAGE TOUR
Trekking
Taroudannt is a great base for trekking in the western High Atlas region, including the se-
cluded
Tichka Plateau
, a delightful area of highland meadows and hidden gorges (two days
minimum). The
Afensou
and
Tizi n'Test
areas are ideal for day walks. Agencies in town of-
fer treks; insist on travelling with a qualified guide. Charges start at about Dh350 per per-
son per day, including transport and picnic. In addition to the trekking guides available
through accommodation,
Abdellatif Abassi
( 0670 59 13 88; abdelroudana@gmail.com)
is uncer-
tified but recommended by readers, and can organise mules and village homestays.
TREKKING
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