Passing through two worlds - Marrakech/Mountains

I know you have probably all had enough of looking at snow, but we love it. We love to escape the city and head for the mountains as they loom ever larger on the horizon. This particular day was even better. We awoke, thick fog outside, jumped out of bed into our salapettes, dog in the boot, hundreds of jackets and gloves and off we went. It will burn off we thought, the fog and clouds never last very long in Marrakech. We were wrong and what was more thrilling was the fact that as we climbed the sharp winedy road with huge boulders balanced either side, like an aeroplane we came through the dull clouds and out into blue sky and brilliant sun. Talk about privileged I though, feeling ever more guilty as I knew we had clients in the riad who hadn't ventured up into the sunshine.

It was a special day for me as my daughter had her first ski lesson and loved it, one of those days of motherhood I had been waiting for. I can't wait until we can ski together. It was strangely warm though and it was obvious a big thaw was on as we saw little mountain waterfalls cascading down.


At Zamzam we can ring ahead for you for weather checks, book you a restaurant for lunch up there and organise the transport. Boot and ski hire available and lots of good ski instructors if you want a lesson. There are also tons of tobogans for children.