Kasbah Toubkal

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... food. More tagine for dinner, surprise surprise! No couscous this time though. In the morning, some of us hiked partway up Toubkal. Beautiful fresh air. Nice and cool, even though it was so close to Marrakech. I adore mountains. I wish I had the ...

... hour journey from the desolate anti Atlas Mountains, over the spectacular Tizi-n-Tichka Pass (2260m) and on to the scenic Toubkal National Park. Just out of the market village of Asni, we stopped into the restored Kasbah Tamandout, owned by Sir Richard ...