The snow-covered High Atlas above a walled farmstead

Beyond Marrakech · by car, south

The High Atlas: a journey from Marrakech

Toubkal National Park, the village of Imlil, the kasbah hotels and Oukaïmeden, about an hour from the city.

The back story

  1. The back story

    The High Atlas: Imlil, Toubkal and the mountain valleys

    High Atlas·In depth

    Toubkal National Park, the village of Imlil and the kasbah hotels beneath North Africa’s highest summit, about an hour from the city.

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What to see

  1. Above Imlil

    Kasbah du Toubkal

    Imlil·Mountain lodge

    A hilltop lodge at 1,820 metres above Imlil, 60 km from Marrakech, with eighteen rooms.

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  2. The “soft breeze”

    Kasbah Tamadot

    Asni·Hotel

    A retreat at the top of a valley with views of Toubkal, an hour from Marrakech.

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  3. Bronze Age rock art

    Oukaïmeden

    High Atlas·Mountain resort

    The high resort for hiking, with rock carvings of the Bronze Age.

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