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Take the scenic drive to Tanalt
angiebabe Says: The road to Tanalt goes from near the far end of the Ameln valley and its turn off is signposted and heads up over Jebel Kest to the villages and dramatic landscape behind.Very scenic with typical red and pink mudbrick houses and kasbahs, many perched on terraced hillsides...
Stay overnight out at Tiwadou/Tiouadou
angiebabe Says: A Fantastic drive out to the Afella Ighir - ie the beautiful gorges of Ait Mansour and then on further along the way the hillside ksar villages of Gdourt, which I had a great adventure visiting following tracks through holes ie falling down buildings...though not necessarily...
angiebabe Says: A lot of almonds grow around the Anti-Atlas so the area around Tafraoute is well known for its beautiful almond blossom season - and in particular the festival that is held to celebrate the blossoms and their forthcoming crop - this is held anytime from mid Feb to the first...
angiebabe Says: 30km from Tafraoute is the beautiful gorge of Ait Mansour with majestic orange cliffs towering above palm trees - with often spectacular shapes and formations and sightings of the remains of granaries and watchtowers on top - with river flowing down through providing a cool...
Maison berbere Traditionelle, Tazekka
angiebabe Says: 4 storey traditionelle house that was lived in by the same family for about 400 years until about 5 years ago - though recently turned into overnight accommodation for tourist guests.....this is in an excellent old mainly uninhabited ancient hilltop village amongst huge...
angiebabe Says: Not only a picturesque area with its pink rocks and buildings, and prolific almond blossoms to be seen all around the area during the month of February along with its famed Almond Blossom Festival, the area of the Ameln Valley, Jebel El Kest, is fast becoming a centre for...
Restaurant La Kasbah: good specialty dishes here
angiebabe Says: Somehow this tip was deleted but since then read a review about this restaurant in the Footprints guidebook and was very impressed or humoured to read the writer recommending this restaurant wrote exactly what Id thought and written here! (several years apart though so no...
Restaurant La Kasbah: good menu and local cuisine here
angiebabe Says: good local cooks cooking traditional dishes - also cooking dishes such as delicious Kalia from the sahara - any special requests let them know and see what they can do for you - good price - I had 3 course meal for 90 dirham with mint tea included - delicious meal for a good...
sachara Says: The local people use their donkeys to ride themselves, but also for transportation of all kind of goods.So we saw this woman walking beside her donkey. Her donkey has to carry a load from the field, problably not very heavy, but huge in relation to the size of the donkey...
sachara Says: On our way from Agadir to Tafraoute we didn't see much traffic.The local people used their donkeys for going around in their area.So we saw a lot of donkeys in the fields, on the sidetracks, but also on the mainroad.So we saw those four women passing by on their donkeys with...
Maison du Troc: get your classic and special carpets here
angiebabe Says: Lots of rugs and carpets to choose, newly made from the usual carpet production places in Morocco such as Tazenakht or old and special ones often locally made from around the area - could be made from camel or sheeps wool, or cactus silk - they all can tell a story and be an...
angiebabe Says: this is a shop where locals have recommended to buy from if wanting Argane or items of a local nature to give them support - particularly known for good quality Amloul which is a drink or spread that is a mix of good percentage argane and honey argane oil for cooking or for...
Babouche souk in town centre: Buying red babouches in Tafraoute
angiebabe Says: The embroidered or unevens unembroidered red and yellow babouche/shoes seen around the locality are a specialty of Tafraoute. Red for women generally and yellow for men. They also come in black of course but the most typical specialty for Tafraoute are red and yellow and...
worn by locals all over Tafraoute area: Red Embroidered Babouches
angiebabe Says: Spend some time in TAfraoute and you will eventually realise that the black skirt and scarf with varying colours and designs of embroidered edging is not the only trademark but also the red or yellow shoes/babouches worn by both men and women.The women though tend to wear an...
sachara Says: During our visit we could walk around and have a look inside the building.The people were very friendly and tried to explain us the working of the machine and the total process.In the souq of Tafraoute it's possible to buy the locally produced olive and argan oil.
sachara Says: Near Tafraoute we visited a local house. The lady of the house welcomed us and in the yard we could watch a working oil press.In this area the local people made oil of olives, but also of argan.The argan tree grows only in the southern part of Morocco. The argan tree is the...
Drive up to the village of Anergui in Ameln valley
angiebabe Says: The highest village in Jebel El kest that looks over the Ameln valley is Anergui - am told its not a frequented road as many people dont know its there - and true no traffic whatsoever on our way up or way back down....and just a few shepherd people on the steep...
angiebabe Says: All over Morocco throughout the year there are festivals in celebration of something happening - there are the established remembrance ones for events that are on the annual calendar - such as Throne Day, the Green March day, birth of Prophet Mohammad and so on - then there...
sachara Says: We liked the colours of the area round Tafraout. Not only the colours of the natural landscape, but also of the buildings in the villages.The most Berber villages have nice earth colours in ocre, umber, red and pink and are in perfect harmony with its surroundings.The houses...
sachara Says: The rockformations and the palmtrees are a perfect ambiance for a walk or a picnic in the shade of the trees.We liked the varied landscape at a large scale, but we discovered here also a lot of variation at a small scale.And if you like, it's easy to climb the pink rocks.
Plan a Tafraoute vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Tafraoute locals
Right on the 1.100 M high Col de Kerdous is in a former Kasbah the hotel Kerdous.The views to all sides are stunning.If you don't stay in the hotel, it's worth...
Q: We are coming in December. I'm hoping it will be warm(ish) at least in the daytime but may be cold at night. Can anyone recommend...
A: We were in Tafraout in Spring, and stayed at the Hotel Saint Antoine, not the prettiest of buildings but they offer climatisation, which could mean central heating as...
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Tafraoute is 130 KM south east of Agadir in the Anti Atlas. Tafraoute is easy reachable in an one day tour from Agadir, like we did in 1992. There are also hotels in the area to stay for the night or...
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Tafraoute with its pink rocks and houses
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It takes some getting there but however you approach Tafroute you won't be disappointed, every road cuts through spectacular landscapes. It's a beautiful, friendly place with plenty of stunning places...
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Tafraoute is a very relaxed town located on the Amlen Valley and surrounded by the Anti Atlas mountains .It is a perfect place for hiking in the hills and berber villages around it. The town can be......
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