Overview

Lying just a short distance away to the north and east of Marrakech is the Marrakech Plain and its surrounding Jbilet Hills. Lying only a short journey from the city, the world of Jbilet feels like a thousand miles away from the hustle and bustle of Marrakech. The Jbilet Hills are wonderful and are a very much under-explored area by visitors to Marrakech; they are a hidden gem, almost ATS’s secret. Life there is very rural and traditional farming is the norm. Many villages are found across the Marrakech PlaIn, blending in to their natural surroundings with their traditional pisé buildings (dried mud). Life may look idyllic here (and in many ways it certainly is - peace, solitude, nature, purity of air, etc.) but life is also a challenge. Rainfall is the key to this area’s survival and without adequate water both arable and pastoral farmers suffer greatly. In recent years and with droughts and climate change, water resources are a major challenge.