The N9 highway through the High Atlas isn’t a road — it’s a series of impossible decisions about which direction to look. Hairpin bends reveal new panoramas every hundred metres, and the temptation to stop entirely is one you should probably surrender to.

Getting There

Fly into Marrakech and collect a rental car early. The drive to the Tizi n’Tichka pass begins in earnest about 60 kilometres south of the city, where the red plains give way to foothills.