Ifrane
A town built by the French in 1929 to look like a Swiss alpine village — chalet-style houses with steep tiled roofs, parks, and a clarity of air that no Moroccan city at lower altitude can match. At 1,665 metres in the Middle Atlas cedar forest, Ifrane is where Moroccans go to escape the summer heat and where the country's ski resort is located. The stone lion in the central square was carved by a German prisoner of war in 1930.
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Curated routes that pass through Ifrane
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Middle Atlas Cedar Forests
The cedar forests above Azrou hide Barbary macaques and trees older than the Alaouite dynasty. Four days at altitude, where Morocco gets cold and quiet.
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Middle Atlas Discovery
The range tourists drive past on the way to the Sahara. Cedar forests, lakes, Amazigh villages, the Barbary macaque. Five days where Morocco breathes.
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