Our fourth day in Morocco was spent driving through the Middle Atlas, from Fez to Errachidia, passing through Ifrane, Zaida, Midelt, the Ziz Gorge and past the the Hassan Eddakhil reservoir. We stopped for lunch at a super touristy spot, along with busloads of other travelers from who-knows-where. Luckily the food wasn’t bad. We took lots of (blurry) pics from the moving car, created a car game called “Ditch Donkey,” and stopped a few times for scenery. It was a long seven or so hours in the car.
Residential area around Alakhawayn University in Ifrane - looks like any suburb in middle America.
Wild turkeys on the side of the road, spotted the day before Thanksgiving.
Parc National d’Ifrane
Roadside sheep
Stop sign in Arabic
Macaque de berbérie (Barbary apes)
Donkey crossing the highway
The touristy restaurant had a couple of kitties looking for free nibbles. We did not oblige.
Nicole ordered a tagine - beef with prunes.
I chose couscous with veggies and chicken.
Random “hotel” sign in the mountains.
Maybe not so random hotel sign after all.
Ziz River
Gorgeous pool at our hotel in Errachidia
Dinner started with vegetable soup with our Ziz Valley guide, Tata.
Kefta tagine with eggs (I forgot to take a pic before we dug in and ate the eggs)
Fruit in juice for dessert