Kasbah du Toubkal

... 3200m above sea level). We walked through a wooded area and the small village of Aroumd (Armed), which had an impressive Kasbah du Toubkal (now a hotel) overlooking the valley below. We continued on up the hill and across a wide stony river valley, where ...

... a Berber village covered in snow in winter, 2 hours up and out of the city. Our accommodation was the old and rustic Kasbah du Toubkal(a local warlords summer castle) run by the Berber community, this was such an enchanting place. We were met in Imlil by ...

Tue 22nd I am writing this entry from a small atrium at one end of Kasbah du Toubkal, our accommodation in the High Atlas Mountains, the highest peak in northern Africa. There is a set of floor to ceiling sliding glass door leading from this atrium out ...

... as that is the main means of transport.  A few of us set off for the 20 min walk up the hill to the Kasbah du toubkal, a former holiday house of the local ruler that has since been renovated by a UK company.   We climbed all the way to the ...

... weeks of harsh desert conditions it's most welcome. I decide to make up for all this unexpected luxury living by climbing Jebel Toubkal, Morocco's highest mountain at 4,167 metres. I set off next day, driving up into the High Atlas to a mountain village ...

... say it's no problem, deemed an honour to serve their God, including that of our guide Ibrahim, who took us up Jebel Toubkal.  Not a drop of anything passed his lips during the day and prayers were observed and attended at night.  Calls to ...