Archive for May, 2010

• Tafraoute – Getting There

  Approached by beautiful scenic roads through the Anti-Atlas from Tiznit or Agadir, or on a newly surfaced and less traveled road from Igherm and Tata, Tafraoute is worth all the effort and time it takes to reach. The town is the center for villages built among a wind-eroded, jagged panorama of grani...

• Tafraoute – Moving On

  Leaving Tafraoute, follow the "new road" out past Agard Oudad, turning left around 3km south of the village. This road climbs over the hills, with superb panoramas back across Tafraoute and the Ameln Valley, to reach TLETA TAZRITE (15km from Tafraoute), which has a souk on Friday - not Tuesday as it...

• Tafraoute – Attractions

  To the west of Tafraoute, the road along the Ameln Valley crosses an almost imperceptible watershed into a valley. At Ait Omar, a piste heads north to TIRNMATMAT, a welcoming village. Around 200m beyond it, on the north bank of the river, are numerous carvings in the rocks, depicting hunters and ani...

• Tafraoute – Activities

  The Ameln Villages are built on the lower slopes of the Djebel el Kest, between the "spring line" and the valley floor, allowing gravity to take the water through the village and on to the arable land below. Tracks link the vil­lages, following the contour lines - and frequently the irrigation cana...

• Tafraoute – Eating

  In addition to the hotels (of which the Tanger, the Tafraout and the Salama all have reasonable restaurants, the range offering a vegetarian tajine among other dishes), there are a few restaurants in the town: Cafe-Restaurant Etoile d'Agadir. A great little place, serving classic tajines (lamb wi...

• Tafraoute – Accomodations

  The town has just five hotels, so it's wise to arrive early or book ahead to be sure of a room. The campsite, Camping Etoile du Sud, is ten minutes' walk from the center 066 09 84 03. A small, secure enclosure, with hot showers. It also has three rather musty rooms for rent. Hotelles Amandiers on...

• Tafraoute

  TAFRAOUTE stands at the edge of a rambling palmery - quite unexpected after a rather barren approach over the last few kilometers from both Tiznit and Agadir. It is a small place, created as an administrative center by the French, and little expanded since, as Tafraoutis prefer to stick to their ...

• Sidi Ifni – Activities

  Sidi Ifni has become something of a base for surfing and paragliding. Favorite spots for the former are on the main beach, just in front of the ten­nis courts, and another beach 100m south of the new port. Favorite paraglid­ing spots are the hills behind Ifni, and Legzira, a beach 111 north of ...