TheLongTone Says: JUST LOOKING OUT OVER FIGUIG Guide books mention 'La Platforme' in the ksar of Zenaga (the southernmost ksar, on the plain near the Algerian border) as a place to see the whole of Figuig from. I couldn't find this, nobody seemed to know about it & I would expect an elevated...
Hotel Figuig: Hotels in Figuig
TheLongTone Says: As far as I know this is one of only two hotels in Figuig (the other being a basic cold shower & squat toilets affair at the other end of the main drag)The Hotel Figuig offers nice clean rooms with good plumbing. I paid 100 dirham for my single en-suite. It is situated at...
TheLongTone Says: Figuig is emphatically not a gastronome's destination. In fact, your choice is limited to the Hotel Figug and a handful of cafes. There weren't even any vendors of street food. The favorite cafe withe the locals seemed to be the Salon du The 'les Palmeries', at the top of...
TheLongTone Says: Figuig is small enough to explore on foot. But the favoured local means of transport is the bicycle. The main street is thick with them, and the local custom sems to be that only the really timid use the handlebars. Hands are stuck in pockets. Of course, there's virtually no...
Everything necessary for life: .....but no frills
TheLongTone Says: Figuig is not a shoppers paradise. The shops that line the main street sell all the basics (including film) but choice is limited. I did discover the cheapest and roughest of Moroccan cigarettes (Kasbah, cheaper even than Casa Sports) for the first time in Figug,...
TheLongTone Says: Duh, it's the edge of the Sahara, its hot. This you know. Rough Guide describe it as like being inside a fan heater in summer, I'll believe them. I was there midwinter, saw in the new year there. What you also have to be prepared for is COLD At night the temperature...
TheLongTone Says: There simply aren't enough tourists passing through to make trapping tourists an even half-way decent living, unless thee local scam artist was out of town for some reason, & so missed me. If it's hustlers you want, try Marrekesh.....
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As far as I know this is one of only two hotels in Figuig (the other being a basic cold shower & squat toilets affair at the other end of the main drag)The...
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Figuig is an oasis situated well into the sub-sahara in the extreme south-eastern corner of Morocco. What is labelled 'Figuig' on the map is actually a cluster of fortified villages (Ksour) ...
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