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The mountains are described in this book from north-east to south-west, as the general line of the mountains run, with a brief note on the southern ranges and Rif at the end. The southern ranges (the Anti Atlas, Jbel Sarho and Sirwa) do have adequate guidebook descriptions elsewhere.

I don’t know how often people ask me to give them ideas for a two-week Morocco visit. Of course they want to trek a bit, climb Toubkal, see the desert, ski, swim in warm seas and visit the cities of Fes and Marrakech. It is equivalent, I suppose, to someone wanting to visit the UK and see English cathedral cities, climb Ben Nevis, and see St Kilda, London, Shetland and the Irish islands, all in two weeks. Relax! And don’t even consider heading off for Toubkal the day after you fly in to Marrakech. Morocco can be such a tonic because, besides the exotic and the excitement, there is also a gentle timeless quality to life still. Westerners don’t realise how much of a pressure-cooker existence they endure. By operating as described, I watch group after group slowly relax and get in touch with reality again.