Morocco - Taroundant

• best month: April
• stay
• La Gazelle d'or (30 rooms, stables) www.gazelledor.com 480gbp 1/2 board
• Kasabat Annour (right beside kasbah walls) latest opening in town, spa, old colonial house once home to colonel of French garrison www.kasabatannour 120euro B&B
• Dar Zitoune: a few km out of the center, twin towered facade of a kasbah but inside is series of well-tended garden of fruit trees & exotic flowers 120 euros B&B
• eat
• la gazelle d'or
• chez nada (roof terrace) avenue moulay rachid (no al)
• restaurant vala (avenue hassan II) (no al)
• Jnane Soussia (garden just outside walls, tented dining areas, roast lamb, order day ahead, no al)
• fly to Agadir (80km from Taroudant) hire a car (royal air maroc flies from heathrow via casablanca)