Anti-Atlas — Taroudant to Tiznit CoastRoad.
Distance
180 km
Duration
1 day
Climb
1,500 m
Anti-Atlas — Taroudant to Tiznit Coast Road.
The Anti-Atlas mountain range between Taroudant and the Atlantic coast via the Tizi Mighert pass. Less-visited than the High Atlas, these mountains have a rugged Berber character — argan orchards, saffron villages, and ancient granary buildings (igoudars) perched on clifftops.
Quick facts
SurfacePaved
Distance180 km
Days1
Total climb1,500 m
DifficultyModerate
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The route.
TaroudantStart · Start inside Taroudant's magnificent pink-ochre ramparts. Known as little Marrakech. Head south on the R105.
Tizi Mighert Pass (1,697m)Mountain Pass · The Anti-Atlas crossing. Views north to the High Atlas and south to the pre-Saharan plain.
Tafraout BouldersScenic Point · Rose-coloured granite boulders of unusual shapes piled around a Berber village. The Belgian artist Jean Vérame painted many of them blue in 1984.
Painted RocksPhoto Spot · The vivid blue and red-painted boulders from the 1984 art installation. Controversial but genuinely striking in the landscape.
TiznitRestaurant · Silver jewellery capital of southern Morocco. Good lunch at the central square.
AgadirEnd · End in Agadir on the Atlantic coast. Beach resort after the mountains.
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