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| Traveling through the Middle Atlas mountains |
Today we leave for the Middle Atlas mountains, a region of folded mountains and high, windswept plateaux, vast forests of cork oak and cedar, and lakes and streams full of trout. This is Berber country and sheep and goat-rearing is the main occupation. We drive through the Berber villages of Imouzzer du Kandar; Ifrane, a fairy-tale town unlike any other in Morocco with white-walled French-style villas with steep red roofs and gables. As the altitude increases, we come to a bare, arid, sandy plateau with another range of mountains in the distance. We arrive in Arfoud, a city known as "the Door to the Desert."
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| Mint tea at the hotel |
We stay in the Kasbah Hotel Xaluca which was built with adobes, the traditional Moroccan building bricks, and it is a perfect place to relax and enjoy the moment. It combines tradition with modern amenities and is a fantastic place, situated among the dunes and palms. After dinner at the hotel we sit by the pool and enjoy some local music before retiring for the night.
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| Our room at Kasbah Hotel Xaluca |
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