Road of a Thousand Kasbahs

The N9 road through the Draa Valley passes more kasbahs per kilometre than anywhere else in Morocco — mud-brick fortified residences in varying states of preservation, from inhabited and maintained to spectacularly ruined. Each kasbah belongs to a specific tribe or family. The architectural vocabulary is consistent: crenellated towers, geometric geometric patterning in the pisé, arched gateways facing east.