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Abdullah and I hanging after the haggling...which I truly suck at...haha..Hadn't originally planned on heading to Azrou, in fact I had never even heard of it. When the need to get out of Fès became so great I began researching other interesting places in the area and came upon this one. My original plan was to take the overnight bus from Fès to Merzouga and the Sahara (9 hour bus ride) but then decided to break up the journey a little...
Definitely a change of gears from Fès; fairly small, quiet (with the exception of the mulititude of car alarms going off incessantly in the parking lot outside my room..ugh...) and certainly more laid back...
The thing I noticed most by the end of my journey was the fact that I must have had "sucker" written across my forehead, and it all started here... Within five minutes of checking into my hotel I had purchased a carpet! Now I can't lay complete blame on the merchant, Abdullah, as this town is known for its Berber carpets and they were certainly my favourite of the lot, but now I had to carry it for the next three weeks... Fortunately it folded and rolled up to the point that I could
Hotel des Cedres
...where I meant to spend one day and ended up sick in bed for four...ugh... fit it in my pack but it certainly added some weight...
His cousin Hassan then offered to take me hiking in the mountains, among the famous cedar forests to see the Barbary apes...and off we went... Great hike, the "apes" are actually monkeys but cool none the less... finished off with dinner at Hassan's....
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Theresa
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Brought back memories
Very nice to see the pictures. My husband is from Morocco, from Azrou and I had been there 3 times in 3 years ,once living in Azrou for 5 months.Your site made me smlie with happy memories.Thanks.