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Khénifra
Town Middle Atlas installed on both banks of the Oum er Rbia Khénifra the color of his land, a beautiful carmine which stands beautifully against the blue sky. Because of its strategic location on the route to the Atlas, it has retained its old appearance of a military town.
A relay strategy. Khénifra long remained a small enclosure at the edge of the Oum er Rbia, where the winter sheltering a portion of the tribe Zaiane. At the end of the seventeenth century Moulay Ismail restored the kasbah neighbor and throw Adekhsane a bridge over the wadi. That's when the town becomes important. In the late nineteenth century, Moha or Hammou ez Zaiane appointed boss by Moulay el Hassan, becomes master of the region on behalf of central government.
An outbreak of independence. After having established a busy market, baths, a mosque, fondouks, etc.., He frees himself from the imperial tutelage. Attacking caravans, raiding the Meknes region until it adheres to the Berber movement and then to the holy war against the French. Entered the city in November 1914, they suffered heavy losses soon after (563 dead).
It was not until 1921 that they actually establish their authority, or when Moha Hammou is killed in battle against French troops.
Not much to see I Khenifra city step on the axis Marrakech Fes. A rise in the medina casbahs, barracks, the kisaria (market) and several zaouias. On the other bank of the Oum er Rbia near the bridge saddle of Moulay Ismail, the kasbah built by Moha or Rammou Zaiane ez, fortress, is now in ruins.
Souk on Wednesday, but the bazaar on Sunday, where they sell horses, is much more picturesque.
- To see even in the region Azrou (82 Km North-east); Kasba Tadla (99 Km south-west).
From Khenifra
1 - From Khenifra in Azrou by the source of the Oum er Rbia (104 km; Khenifra to take the road towards Ajdir CT3485).
6 km: we follow a lovely valley on the slopes covered with agaves and oleanders.
24 Km: let to right. the forest track to Ajdir.
29.5 Km: fork, continue straight.
- Turning right, you can reach Aguelmane Azigza (2 km), a lake full of fish in a beautiful setting of oaks, cedars and rocks.
The location is ideal for a picnic.
Beyond, the road runs along hilly plateau, interspersed with meadows or forests.
34.5 Km: A broad overview precedes a long and winding descent.
38.5 km: road leads over the valley of the Oum er Rhia
41 Km: bridge on the Oum er Rbia. Leave your wing for right
follow a trail to the sources of the Oum er Rbia (10 min walk), which spring cascading limestone cliffs. These sources vauclusian to flow very regular, lightly salted and populated with trout, formed by joining the wadi Fellah, the Oum er Rbia, the longest river in Morocco. It empties into the Atlantic Azemmour.
42 km, turn right
53.5 Km: two lakes along the road then enters a beautiful cedar forest. 84 Km Ain Leuh, large Berber village in a beautiful site, where Moulay Ismail built a kasbah in the eighteenth century summering The center is frequented by the Blessed M'guild some families still live as nomads in the region. Trading on Monday and Thursday. 97 Km: it catches the P24 road that we follow right
104 Km: Azrou.
2 - Khéuifra in Midelt (138 km, good asphalt road can be cut off by snow from December to March, leaving Khénifra south by road P24).
17 km: turn left onto the small road leading to El Khab, a large village clinging to the mountainside, offering stairways. Note the nearby mosque and a marabou-covered wood. El Kbab is a very active arts center (pottery, tanning, weaving). Souk on Monday.
In this village lived from 1928 to 1959 Father Albert Peyriguère, follower of Charles de Foucauld. He established a clinic, and wrote an important dictionary of linguistic psychology. His shrine can be visited.
Back from El Kbab, turn left to reach the road or P33 is still turn to the left On the right note the hilltop village of Azrou n-Year Lahcen.
45 km: Pass or Tauout promptly left, at 2070 m altitude. ; Beautiful view in the background.
Beyond the pass, the shrubby vegetation disappears, then the landscape emerges again in sight of Jebel Masker and generally snow-capped peaks Ayachi.
90 Km: Boumia (4 Km on the right) that can be seen on the right at the bottom of a basin dominated by farmed ridges of Jebel Ayachi (3737m).
108 km: Zeid, a mining (manganese). Crossing the plateau Avid by P21.
138 km: Midelt
Town Middle Atlas installed on both banks of the Oum er Rbia Khénifra the color of his land, a beautiful carmine which stands beautifully against the blue sky. Because of its strategic location on the route to the Atlas, it has retained its old appearance of a military town.
A relay strategy. Khénifra long remained a small enclosure at the edge of the Oum er Rbia, where the winter sheltering a portion of the tribe Zaiane. At the end of the seventeenth century Moulay Ismail restored the kasbah neighbor and throw Adekhsane a bridge over the wadi. That's when the town becomes important. In the late nineteenth century, Moha or Hammou ez Zaiane appointed boss by Moulay el Hassan, becomes master of the region on behalf of central government.
An outbreak of independence. After having established a busy market, baths, a mosque, fondouks, etc.., He frees himself from the imperial tutelage. Attacking caravans, raiding the Meknes region until it adheres to the Berber movement and then to the holy war against the French. Entered the city in November 1914, they suffered heavy losses soon after (563 dead).
It was not until 1921 that they actually establish their authority, or when Moha Hammou is killed in battle against French troops.
Not much to see I Khenifra city step on the axis Marrakech Fes. A rise in the medina casbahs, barracks, the kisaria (market) and several zaouias. On the other bank of the Oum er Rbia near the bridge saddle of Moulay Ismail, the kasbah built by Moha or Rammou Zaiane ez, fortress, is now in ruins.
Souk on Wednesday, but the bazaar on Sunday, where they sell horses, is much more picturesque.
- To see even in the region Azrou (82 Km North-east); Kasba Tadla (99 Km south-west).
From Khenifra
1 - From Khenifra in Azrou by the source of the Oum er Rbia (104 km; Khenifra to take the road towards Ajdir CT3485).
6 km: we follow a lovely valley on the slopes covered with agaves and oleanders.
24 Km: let to right. the forest track to Ajdir.
29.5 Km: fork, continue straight.
- Turning right, you can reach Aguelmane Azigza (2 km), a lake full of fish in a beautiful setting of oaks, cedars and rocks.
The location is ideal for a picnic.
Beyond, the road runs along hilly plateau, interspersed with meadows or forests.
34.5 Km: A broad overview precedes a long and winding descent.
38.5 km: road leads over the valley of the Oum er Rhia
41 Km: bridge on the Oum er Rbia. Leave your wing for right
follow a trail to the sources of the Oum er Rbia (10 min walk), which spring cascading limestone cliffs. These sources vauclusian to flow very regular, lightly salted and populated with trout, formed by joining the wadi Fellah, the Oum er Rbia, the longest river in Morocco. It empties into the Atlantic Azemmour.
42 km, turn right
53.5 Km: two lakes along the road then enters a beautiful cedar forest. 84 Km Ain Leuh, large Berber village in a beautiful site, where Moulay Ismail built a kasbah in the eighteenth century summering The center is frequented by the Blessed M'guild some families still live as nomads in the region. Trading on Monday and Thursday. 97 Km: it catches the P24 road that we follow right
104 Km: Azrou.
2 - Khéuifra in Midelt (138 km, good asphalt road can be cut off by snow from December to March, leaving Khénifra south by road P24).
17 km: turn left onto the small road leading to El Khab, a large village clinging to the mountainside, offering stairways. Note the nearby mosque and a marabou-covered wood. El Kbab is a very active arts center (pottery, tanning, weaving). Souk on Monday.
In this village lived from 1928 to 1959 Father Albert Peyriguère, follower of Charles de Foucauld. He established a clinic, and wrote an important dictionary of linguistic psychology. His shrine can be visited.
Back from El Kbab, turn left to reach the road or P33 is still turn to the left On the right note the hilltop village of Azrou n-Year Lahcen.
45 km: Pass or Tauout promptly left, at 2070 m altitude. ; Beautiful view in the background.
Beyond the pass, the shrubby vegetation disappears, then the landscape emerges again in sight of Jebel Masker and generally snow-capped peaks Ayachi.
90 Km: Boumia (4 Km on the right) that can be seen on the right at the bottom of a basin dominated by farmed ridges of Jebel Ayachi (3737m).
108 km: Zeid, a mining (manganese). Crossing the plateau Avid by P21.
138 km: Midelt
