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Ourika Valley
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Overview
Temperatures are cooler in the shadow of snowcapped High Atlas peaks, and this blooming valley a little more than 50km south of Marrakesh is the city鈥檚 escape hatch from the soaring summer heat. The valley is especially mood-altering from February to April, when almond and cherry orchards bloom manically and wildflowers run riot.
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Nestled in the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains, Anima Garden is a space designed by multimedia artist Andr茅 Heller. Surprising sculptures鈥�
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Four kilometres past Tnine, a discreet sign points up a dirt path into the Amazigh (Berber) village of Tafza, where the three-storey mud-brick ksar 鈥�
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Almost anything thrives in Ourika鈥檚 rich soil, including saffron, organically grown here from bulbs that are cultivated near Talouine. Saffron is a high鈥�
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These excavations, about 200m to the left off the main road, began in 2010 and have revealed ancient urban foundations, including a hammam, grand mosque,鈥�
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Jardin Bio-Aromatique d'Ourika
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The organic botanical gardens of a Franco-Moroccan bath-product company combining Amazigh (Berber) herbal remedies with modern aromatherapy make for鈥�
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Al Mutamid鈥檚 tomb is marked with an Almoravid-style domed mausoleum. It's signed right off the main road after the commune building, inside a garden鈥�
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