Village walk · Telouet · Morocco
El Madani El Glaoui
?–1918 · a real person
An Atlas warlord turned vizier: courteous, watchful, proud of the cannon and sore about the court
Read what El Madani El Glaoui says
I am Si Madani El Glaoui, of the Ait Telouet. My father was qaid here; when he died, and my elder brother after him, the mountain became mine to hold. One winter a Sultan froze in my pass and I carried him down alive, and everything that came to my family came from that night. Walk with me through my village, and I will tell you what the salt road bought us — and what it cost.
6 stops · 1.9 km
about 35 min walking, 24 min listening at the stops — going inside is extra · Tap a stop on the map for a preview.
Where it takes you
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Best time to walk: Early morning or after 5pm; at 1,800 m the sun is hard and shade is scarce. The restored kasbah rooms are shown by a keeper, so come in daylight.
59 min · 1.9 km · 6 stops · medium
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Very sunnyBest time to walk: Early morning or after 5pm; at 1,800 m the sun is hard and shade is scarce. The restored kasbah rooms are shown by a keeper, so come in daylight.
The walk
A single line through Telouet, the High Atlas village whose lords once taxed every caravan between the Sahara and Marrakesh. Si Madani El Glaoui — chief of the Glaoua, later Grand Vizier — walks you from a village tomb to the great earthen kasbah his family raised. No puzzles: just a story told stop by stop, ending at the painted rooms that outlived everybody who built them.
Start here
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Begin in the village at the small tomb of Sidi Ouisâdan, east of the kasbah. Stand facing the tomb with the village behind you.
DirectionsWhere El Madani El Glaoui takes you6 stops
Best from stop 1 — the story is told in order. Tap Start here on any stop to begin there instead; the guide will catch you up.
