Azrou

Spain/Morocco 2014

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March 17th 2014
Week 3 Having left quite a good campsite in Fes, we stopped at an unusual site in Azrou which had been built by a Saudi sheik and looked like something from Disneyland! Apparently the apartments alongside the site are to be used for holiday breaks for orphans but were not open yet. The next stage of our journey took us through a very barren landscape leaving the green and fertile land behind ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Anti-Atlas

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more