Worth getting out of bed for
Highlights the best Atlas Mountains has to offer, from art and culture to fun-packed activities; we've even found the most inspiring place to enjoy the views from.
- Viewpoint
- Beautiful views are everywhere. In spring, the patchwork of colour on the hillsides is food for the soul.
- Arts and culture
- The Tin Mal mosque, beyond Ouirgane, dates from 1153, and is one of the only mosques a non-Muslim can enter (except on Fridays, when prayers still take place). It was restored in the Nineties, and is historically extremely interesting – but you'll have to read up before you get there, since there's not so much as a leaflet to be had inside.
- Something for nothing
- Fresh mountain air! The people up here live on so little, you won't be looking to get anything out of them...
- Shopping
- You can watch Berber barbers and donkey traders at work at the Saturday souk at Asni. The textiles you'll find for sale in the hills can be of good quality.
- And...
- Atlas Sahara Trek, 6 bis rue Houdhoud, Quartier Majorelle (+212 (0)24 31 39 01) is a reputable agency that has been running trips out to the High Atlas for many years.
Diary
- August A four-day moussem in Setti Fatma is a reasonably accessible traditional fair, in a village famous for its seven waterfalls.
