L Atlas Asni

... from the traditional hayfever "cure" I had sniffed in a Marrakech pharmacy, was at least no longer leaking out here in the Atlas Mountains. The last bit of rock before the three and a half million square-miles of Sahara desert stretching into Africa on the ...

... We were hoping it would be 'all downhill' as some French tandem cyclists had told us the day before, and as beautiful as the Atlas Mountains are, they are really, REALLY cold in December. Much of the ride was on the West side of the mountain, hiding ...

Excursion to the Berber Trail with Lunch booked through expedia.co.uk for £50 a head "Venture high up the Atlas mountain range in a four-by-four and discover the region's majestic scenery and the old villages along the Berber Trail" It was ...

... to organise a 3 day trek to the Sahara!!! It was so unbelievable that I can't really describe it. We spent a night in the Atlas Mountains and then headed on to the Sahara which we arrived at in time for sunset Camel rides through the amazing red dunes. ...

Day 10 took us on a 5 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 ...

... thru by French engineers in the 1920s. Apparently they did so as a means of pacifying the notorious Glaoui ( the "Lords of the Atlas" ) who hitherto had controlled the old caravan route from Marrakech to the Draa & the South. The road is a wonder of ...

... looming before the bus stop trying to entice us into their cabs instead. It was only a short ride to our accommodation, the Atlas Asni Hotel on Avenue Mohammed V, which was previously known as Avenue de France, presumably because it was modelled on French ...

... Its mainly orchards and olive trees, with steps up to a pavillion and artificial rectangular lake, behind which is a back drop of the Atlas Mountains... beautiful. We sat for a while reading our books in the sunshine until the sun began to go down. These ...

... it would be trashed within minutes. The other pics are of the Avenue de France (unfortunately failed to capture the Atlas mountains sitting beautifully in the background), and the Palais de Congres, situated just up from our hotel. We watched ...

... toward Marrakesh via the highest point in Morocco, the Tichka Pass which offered an impressive landscape in the heart of the Atlas Mountain chain. Upon entering the "Red City, Marrakesh, we hummed the Crosby, Stills and Nash tune "Marrakesh ...

... be if chocolate were un-Islamic. And finally Maureen and Derek's travel tips: DO stay in the Berber villages in the High Atlas mountainsDON'T get carried away with climbing the peaks.  It would only end in tears and you miss out on meeting the ...

... small auberge, resting peacefully on a hillside above the village of Imlil, at an altitude of 1850m, deep in the Atlas Mountains. After a pleasant afternoon hiking in the surrounding hills and exploring the nearby village, I headed back to the ...

... markets, that you can get lost in for hours. After enduring the chaos of Marrakech for a few days I decided to head for the Atlas mountains for a little trekking. When I got off the bus in Asni, a village about an hours drive away, I was greeted by ...

... we both had mint-tea (a very very nice local speciality). Dinner was fantastic, afterwards making our way back up Mohammed V to our hotel. Tomorrow we are on a tour to Asni in the Atlas moutains, with a view of the highest mountain in the range at ...