Zaouiat Ahansal
Zaouiat Ahansal is in the High Atlas region of Morocco.
Understand
[edit]A remote High Atlas mountain town, Zaouiat Ahansal was founded in the 13th century by traveller and Islamic scholar Sidi Said Ahansal, who claimed in legend, was intended to establish a religious school where his cat leapt off from his donkey.
The town has a population of 10,000 people and is inhabited by nomadic Berber people, most notably the Aït Atta tribes.
Get in
[edit]Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Mastfrane Rock Cathedral (north of Zaouiat Ahansal). rises to more than 1800 metres high.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Cafe Restaurant Atlas, ☏ 212 648-177167. Casual Moroccan cuisine.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Gîte Farid, ☏ 212 661-158857.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]The oasis town of Tinerhir is close by.