After the beautiful villages and cities we have visited over the past few weeks, Tanger feels a bit rough, and the low grey sky does nothing to help. However, once again a trip to medina and

Fes

These couple of lines will do absolutely no justice to this magnificent city for we only stayed here one afternoon.  We barely scratched the surface and decided Fes will be the ideal destination

Some 300 kms North from the dunes and the heat of Merzouga, we are back into the Haut Atlas and the thermometer drops sharply (8C!).  Azrou and Ifrane remind us of the Alps.  This is where the goods

Tour operators sometimes claim this is where Sahara begins.  Even if they are not quite right, it is difficult to argue such is the hypnotic power of this huge sandpit.

We arrived in the midst of a

We left the coast behind us to go inland into the valleys and on the plateaux of the Atlas, the majestic mountain range which separates the temperate North from the arid South.

The road crosses