KASBAH LES NOMADES

Skoura (سكورة) is an important palm grove located 40 km east of Ouarzazate in southern Morocco. It is an essential stop on the road to Dadès, the aptly named “road of a thousand kasbahs”, which leads to El-Kelâa des M’Gouna, the Dadès valley, Boulmane and the Todgha gorges.
It crosses arid plains and oases against a backdrop of harsh mountainous landscapes, where semi-nomadic shepherds graze their flocks. The rammed earth still has citizenship there and even if some kasbahs are in ruins, there are still some well restored and others being restored. Some can be visited and others will be able to welcome you with Berber know-how.
This is how you can stop off in Skoura at the kasbah Auberge-restaurant Les Nomades, or make it your “port of attache” to be able to discover the different splendors such as Aït Ben Haddou, the Valley of Roses, the Dadès and Todgha gorges or even you will have the possibility of going to bivouac for a few days in the desert, visiting the surrounding sites or hiking in the ‘Atlas.
Famous for its many kasbahs, including that of Amerhidil which can still be seen on old 50 Dirham banknotes, the palm grove has many douars (villages), whose inhabitants live mainly from agriculture: dates, olives, almonds, fodder crops such as alfalfa, barley and other fruit trees (apple trees, apricot trees, fig trees, pomegranate trees, etc.) Some artisans perpetuate ancestral traditions such as potters and basket makers.