Around Marrakech, the rural Berber markets are held once a week, each on a fixed day, and the name of the souk tells you which day. Souk Tnine Ourika is on Monday, Souk Tlat Ait Ourir on Tuesday, Souk Larbaa Tighedouine on Wednesday and Souk Khmiss Tidili on Thursday. Farmers come down from the villages...Read More
Tagine is the easy answer. The useful ones are what a meal actually costs, how to eat street food without regretting it, and what happens when you say you are vegetarian in a country where the word means something else.Read More
The blue came first, in 1937, on a villa that had been white. Here is where the colour came from, what is true about the trademark story, and the practical side of visiting: online only tickets, opening hours, and the one day the YSL museum shuts.Read More
Three to four days is the honest answer for most first visits: two for the city and one or two for the mountains or the desert. Here is what one day, three days, five days and a week each make possible, and what you have to leave out.Read More
The valley opens 30 kilometres out of Marrakech and Setti Fatma sits at 60 to 65. What the drive is really like, where the waterfalls are, when the water is strongest, and how much time the valley actually needs.Read More
The name is Amazigh and means the act of grinding grain, the water comes off High Atlas snow, and 87 per cent of the river flows in winter and spring. What to know about Ouzoud Falls before you book.Read More
A 5 a.m. pick-up, about 40 minutes in the air over the palm groves with the High Atlas on the horizon, and back by mid-morning. What the four hours actually consist of, and who should not book it.Read More
Imlil is 65 kilometres from Marrakech, about two hours, and works perfectly as a day trip of 8 to 9 hours. Toubkal does not: at 4,167 metres it needs two days and a night at the refuge. What each option actually gets you.Read More
Ait Ben Haddou is 190 kilometres from Marrakech, close to four hours over the Tizi n'Tichka pass, and the day runs 10 to 12 hours. What the ksar is, what was filmed there, and whether the private or the budget tour suits you.Read More
Morocco in autumn is the season we recommend most often, and the one visitors ask about most: “is October a good time to visit Morocco?” is one of the questions we receive every week. The short answer is yes, and October is probably the single best month of the year. Is October a good time...Read More
