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Banks with ATMs flank Ave Mohammed V, including BMCE and Crédit du Maroc.
Tichka Internet (Rue Zaid Ouhmed; per hr Dh6; 7am-9.30pm) Next to Hôtel de l’Avenir.
Getting There & Away
Bus Buses leave from Pl Principale, off Ave Mohammed V. Supratours stops through Tinerhir
en route to Marrakesh (Dh120), Ouarzazate (Dh50), Casablanca (Dh210), Erfoud (Dh55), Er-
Rachidia (Dh30), Merzouga (Dh80) and Boumalne du Dadès (Dh25). On other lines, there’s
frequent bus service from Tinerhir to Marrakesh (Dh100 to Dh110) via Ouarzazate (Dh40), and
to Casablanca (Dh175), Erfoud (Dh30 to Dh45, four daily), Meknès (Dh110), and Zagora
(Dh70) and Boumalne du Dadès (Dh15).
Taxi & Minivan Grands taxis to Ouarzazate (Dh50) and Er-Rachidia (Dh50) leave from the
eastern end of the town gardens, where you may also find taxis, trucks or pick-up trucks into
Todra Gorge (Dh7) and beyond to Tamtattouchte (Dh7 to Dh15). An 8am minivan runs to
Tamtattouchte (Dh15), Aït Haini (Dh20) and Imilchil (Dh40).
Todra Gorge
Being stuck between a rock and a hard place is a sublime experience in the Todra Gorge,
where the massive fault dividing the High Atlas from the Jebel Sarhro is at some points just
wide enough for a crystal-clear river and single-file trekkers to squeeze through. The road from
Tinerhir passes green palmeraies and Berber villages until, 15km along, high walls of pink and
grey rock close in around the road. The approach is thrilling and somehow urgent, as though
the doors of heaven were about to close before you.
Besides day hikes in and around the gorge (see the boxed text, Click here ), the gorge is
lined with palm oases and ruined kasbahs that are a photographer’s dream. If you want to push
on, you could walk back to Tinerhir through palmeraies in three or four hours. With a 4WD or a
couple of days walking, you can cover the rough piste west of Todra to Dadès Gorge.