Worth getting out of bed for...

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)524 31 39 01) is a reputable agency that has been running trips out to the High Atlas for many years.