The Weekly Berber Market

More than a Souk, it is a festival

The mean fruit & vegetable market for local Berbers in The Atlas Mountains

A day with The Berbers!

Spend the day with a Berber farmer and learn how people here deal with water daily. Help with the harvesting and pick up the ingredients for an organic lunch

Where

Around Marrakech and in the feet of the Atlas Mountains only a few kilometers away

When

All week with the exception of Thursday. From early morning to late afternoon: 9 am- 4 pm

Who

Local farmers, local merchants, visitors and villagers from the surrounding area

Fresh, Local & Organic

With dozens of villagers around the berber market is the mean trading gathering for the locals. Once a week they bring what their plots of land was generous to offer them to sell it and buy what necessities they need. Spices, dry fruits as well as meat and other goods even from outside is for sale here.

Either walking, with their mules, driving, using taxis or public transport; locals reach the most important day of the week: “Souk” weekly market.

Visit this weekly market and learn about part of the Berber culture and heritage

The weekly Berber market is a social meeting too. Here friends and family members meet to socialize, congratulate each others for a newly born baby or to invite for a coming event like a wedding, circumcision or the return from Mecca after achieving Hajj.

In parralel of being a trading market, the locals find in the Souks their hairdressers or barbers, tooth pillars and herbalists. Here you can have a lamb or beef barbecue from the early morning freshly slaughted sheep or goat in the neighbouring abattoir.

As the journey to reach the weekly market is far, during this day people visit the local council for any administrative papers or a hospital nearby for a health check. It is a day of holiday for the local farmers where all the needs of the week have to realized and to get the mean supplies.

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Spend the day with The Berbers!

With a visit to The local weekly market

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Escape

BE GUIDED BY NATURE

Today we will take you to live the daily life of a Berber family. Socialize with the ladies cooking in their traditional kitchen, Follow either men or women to the fields harvesting, feeding their animals, plowing the land and irrigating. Our journey starts in Marrakech. First, we drive you to visit one of these fascinating Berber markets. After our driver will bring you to our eco-house located in the middle of a beautiful landscape in the slopes of the High Atlas Mountains. We welcome you with a beautiful peppermint tea. Then we introduce you the whole activity. After we meet a local farmer who will take you on a wonderful journey. Our local guide will be always with you for any information and to facilitate and communications with the locals.

Flow of the Day:

Our activity takes place in the outskirts of the medieval archaeological town of Ghmat located only 45mn away south of Marrakech on the foot of the High Atlas Mountains. Being in the mouth of Ourika valley and the Haouz plains the area enjoy beautiful heritage roots, lush green and fertile land and majestic view of the mountains.

9 am drive from Marrakech.
9:45 am visit the weekly Berber market
10h45 arrive at our eco-house. Welcome Peppermint Tea
Socialize with the locals
Walk with the farmer. Assist if you wish or enjoy this cultural social experience entertained by our guide
Lunch.
4 pm drive back to Marrakech.
5 pm drop you at your hotel