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Africa has always been a desired travel destination for so many global trotters around the world. And when your finger falls on Morocco while you are tracing the globe, we would like to invite you to Ourika valley. It is definitely one of the best places to take in the scenic beauty the country has to offer.

After your delicious well renown Moroccan breakfast at your accommodations (hopefully one of the authentic Riads), we begin the pleasant ride to the Ourika valley. The picturesque view, lush greenery, the cool breeze, hardly make the one hour ride seem that long. Our first stop would be the infamous village of Setti Fatma. Though a tourist hub, the energy and the hustle only adds to its charm. (Yet, just FYI, it never gets crowded.) The village is beautiful and welcomes you with so much warmth, it seems impossible to not fall in love with it. This is the ideal place to “shop till you drop” as you find the best of artifacts here that serve as perfect souvenirs. The place houses restaurants that serve scrumptious food. After making most of our time there, we headed towards the most exciting part of the journey-The Seven Falls!

We are excited to introduce our Guest writer Sarah Birmanns. Sarah has traveled to Morocco and wrote
an absolutely fantastic 3 part article about her experiences in the country. We will be featuring her article
posts one at a time, as they are so engaging and full of information. You will definitely need some time to
process it all!
Let us introduce Sarah.
She is a teacher, artist and writer and has loved travel ever since she studied abroad while in college and
accidentally met the pope. She has been to over 40 countries and writes about her adventures in Greece,
the UK, France, Jordan and Morocco with her husband Peter.
Part 1.
“I read and quoted Edith Wharton’s 1920 travelogue of her time in Morocco often while we were there –
we spent a full month in the country and it was such a surprising place, shocking, generous, patient and
disturbing, all at once. When one thinks of Morocco, one tends to imagine it through a particular lens –
Islamic, African, Berber or French. But in fact, it is all four and much more…