Skip to main content

Featured Post

Top 10 Places to visit in Morocco

Morocco Travel Series The Top Ten places to visit in Morocco Morocco is one of the most diverse countries the world and certainly in the recent years it’s growing out to become the No. 1 tourist destination on its own right. Today’s numerous economical flights, which now fly to over 6 cities in Morocco enable anyone to drop there and spend a great weekend in one of the beautiful cities of the country. No matter if you want to do a cultural exploration of the Islamic – Oriental- Northern African cultural heritages, if you want a culinary tour, or some days of Sun-Sea-Sand, you can now combine all these when in Morocco. In this article I would like to provide you some guidance on what I think are the top 10 things you shouldn’t miss out on trying or doing when in Morocco. Visit the Old District of Fez Fés Medina the world famous leather manufacture     Having the biggest, untouched oriental souk (Medieval market) quarter in the whole world (als

Top 10 Natural Wonders of Morocco - Part 6


Morocco Travel: 

The Top 10 Natural Wonders of Morocco


Ifrane – Morocco’s Switzerland



Ifrane, Morocco
Looking like a town in the Alps

The hidden ski and winter paradise



When I first heard of Ifrane and saw photos of it, it really took me by surprise. This place will luckily never be a tourist spot but its simple rarity makes it worth mentioning. Who would ever think, to find such a place in Africa? This time I'd like to introduce you to a very special place, that is called: Morocco's Switzerland. Ifrane.

To share a little bit of history, Ifrane was founded by the French in 1928 who colonized Morocco and held it under administration until around the late Sixties. And it’s no mistake people bring up similarities with the Alps, It’s because its climate makes it very similar to all the best resorts located deep or high up in the Alps, therefore it was used as a sort of a resort for the French colonizers an escape from the heat and a place where one can literally ski , enjoy snow, the clean air of higher altitude and feel like being in Europe.


Looking around, Ifrane also looks more like a European town. Located at an altitude of over 3000 meters in the Middle Atlas region, life is very different up there. If you look at the red roofs and European style mountain houses, you would never think for a moment, that this place you see is in fact in Northern Africa. Today, Ifrane is a popular travel destination for lots of people who live in the nearby cities and villages such as Fez or Meknes.











Ifrane is best accessible from Fez and Meknes as the nearest big cities: it takes around 2 hours to get there from there. There are local buses go up to Ifrane on a daily basis. If you would like to get there from a different city, 

If you would like to be visiting Ifrane from a different city, I suggest you to do it first getting to Fez or Meknes, which you can easily access by train or by bus ( not to mention Fez has an international airport if you plan to get there rightaway), then change to a bus.


Check out more photos of Ifrane on my Pinterest by clicking here.

Continue reading Part 7

Comments

Popular Posts