From Marrakesh, we drove south and passed some funny artistic park – Anima – by Andre Heller. It was expensive, we went anyways.. 😛
The next stop was the river in the valley.. we probably took the first exit, they had a good guy who just waved us down that hill and to that restaurant. We has a big Tajine at obvious tourist prices, but Moroccan people were tourists, too, there, so whatever.. After the food, we walked a bit – without guide haha.. and it was easy but also boring enough. We climbed up and down some rocks, and finally went back to the car.
On the way towards Imlil, we stopped in some roadside tourist / souvenir shops, looking at pottery stuff and carpets, then had a coffee somewhere and finally got to the apple town! Unfortunately, no apples were sold anymore in the street. Not sure if that’s because of the season or the time of the day. We followed google maps, and it brought us exactly to our hotel – or rather the main square of the village that is a ‘big’ empty space / parking for about 4 cars. We got a spot, then took our stuff and walked up the stairs 🙂
We were welcomed with tea, and asked when we would like dinner.. it was still sunny outside but got cold very soon when the sun didn’t reach the village anymore. Inside, everything was covered in multiple carpets, and there was a wood oven. Our (tiny! haha!) room was downstairs and I had to bend down a few times on the way to not hit my head 🙂 Each floor has it’s own balcony.. and we met other people staying there. The guy didn’t really trust our shoe-choice for hiking, but recommended maps.me to find routes.
The next morning, after breakfast, we started our big hike – from our village uphill and then on to Imlil. The way up was easy, but continuing along the edge of the hill was sometimes rather scary – we could see the road quite a distance below us. And there was nothing to hold on to.
In Imlil we had some shitty food, better tea 🙂 went to see the waterfalls (slightly underwhelming.. we skipped the second one). The whole village is offering guided hikes and the equipment needed for those. Then we walked back home along the main road. There was close to no traffic!