Moroccan food is probably the best-known of all North African cuisines, with Moroccan restaurants proving hugely popular with their atmospheric lanterns & heady cooking scents. Popular dishes include tagines & couscous, kebabs & roasts, fragrant salads, zingy vegetable dishes, mint tea & deliciously sweet pastries. Harissa
- a vibrant & hot spice mix
- is used extensively & the food is packed with flavour without containing too much fat. The recipes included in this book are traditional, but not overly complicated, & all ingredients used in the recipes can be purchased at most large supermarkets.

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Climbing in the Moroccan Anti-Atlas is Claude Davies’ Cicerone guide to the unique opportunities available in Morocco’s dramatic Atlas Mountains. The guide focuses on challenging routes near Tafroute (120km south-east of Agadir) in the Ameln Valley, set against the backdrop of the isolated yet beautiful region of the Jebel el Kest region. Weather conditions allow excellent climbing destinations in both the spring & autumn, allowing climbers extended trips to the region. The guide is organized into section outlining 25 crags in the the Tasfroute region in addition to a section on walking in the general area. A comprehensive introduction provides practical information on how to get to Tafroute & also the history of climbing in this area of Morocco. There are also notes on route grades & length, granite climbing, climbing on the quartzite & also on the north side of Jebel el Kest. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by labelled colour photographs of the possible climbs & each route’s name, allowing climbers to pre-plan each climb accordingly. ...

Moroccan Anti-Atlas North is a guide to rock climbing on the North side of Jebel el Kest. Details on 55 crags & over 650 routes, from Moderate to E6, spanning every genre of traditional climbing, from roadside single-pitch desperates to 800m alpine ridge climbs. The guide is divided into chapters on the areas of Sidi M’ Zal, Idaougnidif, Afantinzar, Samazar & Tanalt & Tagneze. Climbs & their wider landscape setting are described in detail, with ascents (and descent routes) marked on colour photographs & located on area maps so you can see which climbs fall in close proximity to each other. Approach & aspect are given as is advice on what time of day it is best to climb any given route & which area of speciality it fits into. Aswell as focussing on the climbs in the area the guide contains basic, background introductory visitor information on the broader trip, looking at subjects such as money, culture & climate as well as eating out & where to stay. ...

The Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook is not only an extensive list of useful phrases, but also an ideal tool to start getting to grips with a language & beginning two-way communication. Containing excellent sections on language basics such as numbers, question phrases, dates, phrase construction, grammar & pronunciation, as well as containing concise but well-rounded two-way dictionaries, Lonely Planet phrasebooks enable you to quickly & confidently construct your own phrases in addition to those given. The given phrases cover all the essential travel & tourism categories such as transport, communications, business meetings & accommodation, as well as in-depth categories such as health, food & social interaction. The phrasebooks are designed to enable more than just simple question-answer communication, allowing the start of two-way conversations ...

Moroccan Atlas in Trailblazer’s Trekking Guide series, with 73 detailed trekking maps, showing route times, places to stay & points of interests, including 13 town & village guides with town plans including Marrakech, Imlil, Ouarzazate & Azilal. Traiblazer’s guides are highly practical, informative & portable guides designed with the adventurous hiker & trekker in mind, & produced by one of the leading outdoor guide-book publishers. Each title in the series explores a range of popular trekking routes in some of the world’s most challenging terrain, encompassing areas such as the Alps, Atlas Mountains, Himalaya & New Zeal&. Designed with practicality in mind, each guide describes the entire trekking route in clearly defined stages, allowing trekkers to plan their route accordingly. Strong on both practical content & cultural & historical background, Trailblazer Guides include extensive commentary on sites along the way, including town guides & maps where relevant, in addition to cultural & social background, as trekkers hike through the landscape. in addition, there are detailed descriptions of camping & accommodation facilities & places to eat & drink en route, as well as boxed insets exploring a local tradition or custom. Detailed, large-scale trekking maps are included in each title – a unique feature of Trailblazer guides – which include important information on walking times, directions, tricky junctions, places to stay & eat & general points of interest. The guides are arranged in 4 main sections – Planning Your Trip, a country or region fact-file, Minimum Impact Trekking & Route Guides & Maps, & there are also mini village, town & city guides where appropriate. There is detailed advice & guidance on the route itself, practical information for the walker, budgeting, when to go, itineraries, what to take & getting to & from the route. in addition, informative sections on the environment, flora & fauna & walking safety seek to improve walkers’ experiences of the routes & get the most from their trip. A Minimum Impact Trekking section also informs readers of the economic, environmental & cultural impact of walking. Appendices give information on local language, health issues & a brief glossary of trekking terminology. ...

Morocco has long been a mythic l&, firmly rooted in the European colonial imagination. For more than a century it has been appropriated by travellers, explorers, writers & artists. It is just these images & imaginings that are now being reconstructed for nostalgic consumption. In Moroccan Dreams, Claudio Minca examines this aestheticised re-enactment of the colonial, exploring the ways in which Moroccans themselves have become complicit in the re-writing of their homes & lives. Richly illustrated, the book provides a fascinating journey that will engage & delight all those enamoured of Morocco & its extraordinary geographies. ...

This is the first English-language guide to winter walking, climbing, scrambling right across the Moroccan High Atlas of North Africa from Taroudant in the south-west to Midelt in the north-east, all accessible from Marrakech. Covers 40 peaks over 3000m, including Jbel Toubkal in the central area, Ighil Mgoun in the east & Jbel Tinergwet in the west. Routes suitable for experienced winter walkers only. The High Atlas mountains of Morocco have mountaineering potential galore. With 7 peaks over 4000m, & myriad other remote, little-climbed & poorly mapped summits, the region offers countless challenges for experienced winter climbers & scramblers looking for adventure. This guide outlines 50 routes on 40 peaks, all over 3000m, graded for remoteness, navigational difficulty & commitment. All routes are illustrated with colour sketch maps & photo-diagrams & also included are a basic English-Berber glossary & full information about the mountain refuges. ...

Morocco at 1:1, 170, 000 on an indexed, double-sided, waterproof paper & tear-resistant map from ITMB, with street plans of central Tangier, Rabat, Marrakesh & Casablanca. Relief is depicted by altitude tinting & spot heights in highland regions. Sand dunes, wadis, salt flats, oasis & waterholes are also shown. Road network

Includes:: selected minor roads & tracks, with locations of petrol stations & intermediate distances indicated on main routes. District boundaries (but not names) are shown & a range of small symbols denote landmarks & tourism features, e.g. sites of interest, antiquities, forts, mosques, parks & reserves, etc. The country is presented as east & west sections, with a generous overlap, &

Includes:: Western Sahara & the Canary Islands. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1



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A rather large map, principally showing most of the country, with more detailed insets of four popular regions & a more generalized map of the whole country
- including Western Sahara. A wealth of road information is here: surface condition & usability in bad weather, difficult or dangerous sections, gradients, high passes, impassable sections, scenic routes, fords, bridge load & height limits. Intermediate road distances are shown on most routes. Railways, ferries, airports & airfields are also marked. Relief is shown by hill-shading, with peak heights marked. National parks & forests are shown & symbols indicate a range of tourism features & landmarks eg. hotels, locations with fuel & repair facilities, custom posts, ruins, forts, religious buildings, mountain refuges, winter sport sites, viewpoints, palm groves, water holes, etc. Administratiev boundaries are indicated & mines, oil pipelines & wells are included in the detail. There are no latitude & longitude lines & the map is not indexed. The whole of the country is represented in an inset at 1:4, 000, 000 scale, & four regions are shown in more detail at 1:600, 000. These are Marrakesh & the High Atlas; the Mid Atlas (from El Kelaa des Sraghna to Boulemane); Meknes, Fes & the Rif; the region of Casablanca & Rabat. There is information on climate & a glossary of useful words. Legend is in French, English, German, Spanish & Arabic.
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Clear & attractive road map with street plans of Marrakesh, Agadir, Rabat, & Casablanca. Relief shading & spot heights indicate the topography. Road network is very clearly presented, although lacking some of the information which may be useful in areas such as the High Atlas, e.g. gradients or opening times of mountain passes. Places of interest, including national parks, oasis, etc. are very clearly marked (some of the symbols are not explained in the map legend!). The map has no geographical coordinates. The coastline south of Agadir is shown as an inset at the same scale as the main map, plus the Western Sahara at 1:5, 000, 000. The map

Includes:: street plans of Marrakesh, Agadir, Rabat, & Casablanca which highlight main places of interest (disappointingly perhaps, the bar where Sam played it again is not included). Both the main map & the four street plans are indexed.

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