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Towns /Cities / Sights around Marrakesh: From TANGIER, DON'T FORGET to...
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  • From TANGIER, DON'T FORGET to explore CAPE SPARTEL - the extreme North-Westerly point of Africa, close to the famous Caves of Hercules and Cape Malabata. Photo Below: That's me having a blast right here in beautiful CAPE SPARTEL.


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    Towns /Cities / Sights around Marrakesh: Visit the lovely city of ...
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  • Visit the lovely city of TANGIER. Tangier has been called the Gateway to Morocco and has been designated as the country's summer capital by the late-King Hassan II. Overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar with a view of Spain's southern coast, Tangier is set upon a spectacular bay and has been a magnet for travelers and celebrities (the likes of Liz Taylor) for centuries! Photo Below: That's me walking along the tree-lined seaside area... here in Tangier.


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    Towns /Cities / Sights around Marrakesh: And yes, NEVER leave Morocco...
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  • And yes, NEVER leave Morocco without exploring the ancient capital city of FEZ.... That's me standing outside the Palace gates. If you want to know more about FEZ, please check out my 'MOROCCO' travel page. Thanks!


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    Towns /Cities / Sights around Marrakesh: Tin Mal - mosque open for non-Muslims
    Tin Mal Mosque in the High Atlas - Marrakesh
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    Tin Mal Mosque was built in1153 by Abd el-Moumen, the successor of the founder of the Almohad dynasty Ibn Toumert. Tin Mal village became the spiritual capital and artistic centre of the Almohads. After the decline of the dynasty, it became again a simple village in the High Atlas and the mosque deteriorated and became more or less a ruin. Nowadays it is largely restored by the UNESCO - there is still no roof - and a rare opportunity for non-Muslims to visit the interior of a mosque in Morocco. Coming from Marrakech along the Tizi-n-Test road we followed after the village of Ijoukak the N’ffis Valley. After a couple of hours driving suddenly the mosque appeared, standing on a hill in the valley. It looked from a distance more like a fortress than a religious building. I seemed like the caretaker was waiting for us, because he welcomed us immediately after leaving our car. He showed us around in the mosque with its impressive interior: beautiful arched pillars of pink stone and plaster stalactites, the original Mihrab with nice decorations, the cedar wooden doors now replaced by new ones, some original water pipes and the nests of two owls. The interior was severely damaged and just the Mihrab and the colonnade in front of it are well maintained. The rest of the pillars were rebuilt. It was so interesting walking around, getting an impression of a Moroccan mosque and shooting pictures as well. The mosque still doesn’t have a roof and the sun was shining into the building causing mysterious shadow patterns from the horseshoe arches. From the car park we had stunning views of the snow covered mountains of the High Atlas and the green N’ffis Valley. Information Tin Mal Mosque is situated about 10 km’s south of the village of Ijoukak, about 100 km’s from Marrakech along the Tizi-n-Test road. It takes about two hours of driving. The mosque is open daily except Fridays and we had to pay a small entrance fee of 20 Dirhams (December 2007). We visited Tin Mal with a ‘grand taxi’ on our day trip to the pass.

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    Towns /Cities / Sights around Marrakesh: Telouet - in the middle of nowhere
    Telouet, seen from the kasbah - Marrakesh
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    Just the drive from the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass road (coming from Marrakech you have to turn to the left about 5 km’s from the pass) is quite an adventure. It is a narrow road, mostly sealed and on a couple of places we had to drive through a dry stream. We were passing a couple of Berber settlements, all with red/pink houses and people working on the fields, before reaching the tiny village of Telouet. It lies on an altitude of 1800 metres and is surrounded by snow-capped Atlas Mountains in fantastic scenery. Telouet has two ‘faces’: the one along the ‘main’ road with some shops (carpets, gifts) and cafés/restaurants and the other off road is the real village with a school, mosque, narrow ‘streets’ and little more or less mud huts. After we parked our car immediately a guide, named Aissa, offered his services and we walked with him through the village, saw the old slave quarters, where still descendants of the slaves of Pasha el-Glaoui live and passed the Mellah River on our way to the Kasbah. Back in the village we had a cup of tea, visited a carpet shop and had a lunch in one of the restaurants (see tip). Telouet has also two small hotels. On Thursdays there is a weekly Berber market in Telouet. What a peaceful and quite place, such a difference from the hustle and bustle of Marrakech. Directions Turn off from the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass road (signposted) and follow the narrow road into the valley for about 20 km’s.

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