Tin Mal is an excellent sight, but it is pretty hard to reach if you don't have your own wheels. Tin Mal is loacted roughly half way between Marrakesh and Taroudant on the Tizi-n-Test Pass. It used to be a very...

Tin Mal is an excellent sight, but it is pretty hard to reach if you don't have your own wheels. Tin Mal is loacted roughly half way between Marrakesh and Taroudant on the Tizi-n-Test Pass. It used to be a very important place for the Almohads, who used it as a base to conquer the North of Africa and Spain. All that is left now are the ruins of the Mosque. The setting is lovely, however. This is one of the few mosques you can enter (maybe because ther no longer is a roof on it) as a non-muslim.

The trip to come here from either side is quite spectacular as well, and if you plan to combine Taroudant and Marrakesh in the same trip, taking the Tizi-n-Test is not a bad idea. The best thing to do would be finding a few other travelers who are thinking of making the trip team up and hire a grand taxi together. You will need to bargain a bit, but in the end it will not be more than twize the price of the bus fare - and a lot more fun.

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