Morocco Photography Holiday (6-16th March 2024 – click here for more info and full itinerary) – 2 spaces available

 

Please note – these holidays can book up well in advance (even for 2024/5) – if you’d like to secure a place on a holiday please go to the La Maison Anglaise website – click here

 

Morocco is a gateway to Africa, and a country of dizzying diversity. Here you’ll find epic mountain ranges, ancient cities, sweeping deserts – and warm hospitality.

Traditional Life. Morocco has over the centuries woven its ties to sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the wider Middle East into whole cloth. Its mixed Arab and Berber population forms a strong national identity, but an increasingly youthful one, taking the best of its traditions and weaving the pattern anew – from the countryside to the city, from the call to prayer from the mosque to the beat of local hip hop. Morocco has a hundred faces and sounds, all ready to welcome the traveller looking for spice and adventure.

Mountains & Desert – From Saharan dunes to the peaks of the High Atlas, Morocco could have been tailor-made for travellers. Lyrical landscapes carpet this slice of North Africa like the richly coloured and patterned rugs you’ll lust after in local cooperatives. The mountains – not just the famous High Atlas but also the Rif and suntanned ranges leading to Saharan oases – offer simple, breathtaking pleasures: night skies glistening in the thin air, and views over a fluffy cloudbank from the Tizi n’Test pass. On lower ground, there are rugged coastlines, waterfalls and caves in forested hills, and the mighty desert.

Run in partnership with: La Maison Anglaise Garden Ecolodge (Taroudant)

 

The area around Taroudant, our base, offers a diverse landscape. There are endless photography opportunities including Moroccan life, culture and landscape and all within easy reach in our comfy minibus. We will always be accompanied by a guide from La Maison Anglaise to facilitate getting us to the best opportunities for shots. Your tutor Graham will always be on hand for tips, tricks, 1:1 tuition and advice

 

• Taroudant is is not frequented by many tourists so you will see the “Real Morocco”. it is also very accessible from Agadir airport  – about a 50 minute drive. From Marrakech airport  – about a 3 hours drive on the new motorway

• the flight from London is about 3.5 hours’ with a good choice of cheap flights

 

La Maison Anglaise Garden Ecolodge guest house is located just outside the ancient walled market town of Taroudant in the fertile Souss Valley between two mountain ranges: the lofty High Atlas and the parched Anti-Atlas bordering the Sahara. Away from the principal tourist trails, it is an ideal place to enjoy an attractive, genuinely Moroccan environment and to soak up the local culture and the sun. Even in winter, the day time temperatures are 20-26˚ C falling to only 8-12˚ at night

• award-winning eco guest house located just outside the old town offering special interest holidays

• excellent locally-sourced fresh meat and fish and some of the best vegetarian food in Morocco (including vegan and other special diets)

• highly-qualified friendly staff and guides

• wide variety of authentic activities in town and countryside including free time to relax on the roof terrace in the sun or shade or wander into town and browse in the souks

• highlights include excursions to stunning mountain locations where few other visitors set foot

 

These holidays can book up well in advance (even for 2024/5) – if you’d like to secure a place on a holiday please go to the La Maison Anglaise website – click here

 

Morocco is a gateway to Africa, and a country of dizzying diversity. Here you’ll find epic mountain ranges, ancient cities, sweeping deserts – and warm hospitality. Morocco has over the centuries woven its ties to sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and the wider Middle East into whole cloth. Its mixed Arab and Berber population forms a strong national identity, but an increasingly youthful one, taking the best of its traditions and weaving the pattern anew – from the countryside to the city, from the call to prayer from the mosque to the beat of local hip hop. Morocco has a hundred faces and sounds, all ready to welcome the traveller looking for spice and adventure.

 

From Saharan dunes to the peaks of the High Atlas, Morocco could have been tailor-made for travellers. Lyrical landscapes carpet this slice of North Africa like the richly coloured and patterned rugs you’ll lust after in local cooperatives. The mountains – not just the famous High Atlas but also the Rif and suntanned ranges leading to Saharan oases – offer simple, breathtaking pleasures: night skies glistening in the thin air, and views over a fluffy cloudbank from the Tizi n’Test pass. On lower ground, there are rugged coastlines, waterfalls and caves in forested hills, and the mighty desert.

 

Run in partnership with: La Maison Anglaise Garden Ecolodge (Taroudant)

 

The area around Taroudant, our base, offers a diverse landscape. There are endless photography opportunities including Moroccan life, culture and landscape and all within easy reach in our comfy minibus. We will always be accompanied by a guide from La Maison Anglaise to facilitate getting us to the best opportunities for shots. Your tutor Graham will always be on hand for tips, tricks, 1:1 tuition and advice

 

• Taroudant is is not frequented by many tourists so you will see the “Real Morocco”. it is also very accessible from Agadir airport  – about a 50 minute drive. From Marrakech airport  – about a 3 hours drive on the new motorway

• the flight from London is about 3.5 hours’ with a good choice of cheap flights

 

A wide variety of contrasting environments are accessible from the town: mountains, valleys, urban, rural and coastal

Our partner – Holidays with Heart specialise in holidays off the beaten track using their own excellent guides and drivers. You’ll always spend a few nights at the guest house in Taroudant and then continue on a 3 or 4 night tour through some of the more spectacular parts of Morocco