Rest of Morocco
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Beyond Fez and Marrakech I was able to visit Ifrane in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Ziz Valley, the Sahara Desert, Dades Gorge, a village in the High Atlas Mountains and Essaouira on the Atlantic Coast. Ifrane is a small city that is very modern and European. It is located 1600 meters above sea level which provides a great respite from the heat of Fez. There is a lot of building going on in Ifrane and I understand it is becoming a vacation place for the elite of the United Emirates. We only used to Ifrane as a place to buy beer, wine and other goodies before heading on. Nearby we stopped at a village of maybe 100 nomadic residents that have settled at an old dump site.