For those with a reasonable amount of time in Fez, day trips are a great way to take a break from the Medina. The usual destinations are Meknes and Volubilis. However today we would like to suggest another town in the Middle Atlas with a country souq. Every week in Morocco there are more than 800 country souqs held. Usually, the name of the souq is the name of the day on which it is held. So being Tuesday, we headed to the Tuesday souq at Azrou.
Enjoy the beauty and fresh air of the Middle Atlas region in this Full day trip from Fes, located at a height of 1350 m in the Atlas mountain range.
In this day trip, you will also discover Azrou, a Berber village built at an altitude of 1250 m with houses of Berber tribes, first inhabitants of Morocco. Look at Berber men with their flocks, grinding flour, exercising their trades, especially tapestry and carpentry. If you are interested we will visit a cooperative running by women waving the Berber rugs to discover the secrets of this nice a middle atlas carpets.
A little further is the best-preserved cedar forest of Morocco, where you can see Barbary monkeys jumping. You can feed them peanuts and take some pictures. Along the cedar forest path, you could even spot the gray swirls of the Atlas or the wild boar.
We will stop for lunch at a local restaurant where you will enjoy a Moroccan traditional Tajjine, then continue our journey to explore Ifran or "Little Switzerland" and cross the flower-lined avenues and admire the French-style architecture of this spectacular little town.
