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A journal from Morocco

Travel, culture and craft in Morocco

A journal of Moroccan travel, architecture and craft — from the medinas of Fez to the high passes of the Atlas.

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A small trekking group walking single file along a sunlit dune ridge, the stone hamada and a distant escarpment behind them

Erg Chebbi · walking the dune ridge

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Two ski tourers skinning across a snow bowl below a rocky cirque in the High Atlas, one raising both poles
Trekking
High Atlas

What Everything Costs, Part 1: The Mountains

Trekking, Toubkal, ski touring, mountain biking and the Atlas day trips — real prices in dirham and euro, how long each takes, and what is genuinely included.

6 min read
Terraced fields above an Atlas valley at sunrise in spring, young green barley on the upper terraces and bare tilled soil below
Journeys
Morocco

The Best Time to Visit Morocco, Month by Month

There is no single best month — there is a best month for what you actually want to do. Marrakech in August and the High Atlas in August are two different countries. A working calendar from people who guide in all twelve.

5 min read
Four people sitting cross-legged on the sand around a small fire at night in the Sahara, one clapping a rhythm
Journeys
Sahara & High Atlas

Meditation Travel in Morocco: Where the Silence Actually Is

Retreats sell stillness; the Sahara gives it away. Where in Morocco you can genuinely hear nothing, what the hammam and Sufi traditions offer, and how to build a contemplative trip without booking a package.

6 min read
A clay tagine with the lid lifted, beef with prunes, toasted almonds, sesame seeds and hard-boiled egg inside
Food
Morocco

Moroccan Cuisine Is Not One Cuisine

A Fez tagine and a Marrakech tagine are different dishes. The regional map of Moroccan cooking — Fassi refinement, Marrakchi smoke, Souss argan, Rif mountain food and the Saharan bread baked in sand.

5 min read

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Saddled camels couched on the sand at a desert camp in low orange evening light, dune slopes and tamarisk behind
Journeys
Morocco

What Everything Costs, Part 2: Desert, Cities and Culture

Sahara tours, camel treks, 4×4 raids, cooking classes, hammams, guides and transfers — real prices in dirham and euro, with the per-vehicle logic that makes desert pricing work differently.

6 min read
A wide dry riverbed running between weathered granite outcrops and green oleander in the Anti-Atlas
Journeys
Morocco

How Many Days Do You Need in Morocco?

Five, seven, ten or fourteen — what each length actually reaches, and the specific point at which adding a destination starts subtracting from the trip.

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The guide behind it

Aziz Mahmouch on a snow slope in the High Atlas in winter, wearing a climbing helmet and carrying an ice axe

Aziz Mahmouch

Founder & mountain guide · Marrakech

Aziz Mahmouch is a state-accredited Moroccan mountain guide and the founder of Lifetimes Travel. He has spent his working life in the High Atlas — leading treks, summit ascents and mountain-biking trips out of Marrakech.

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