At Ouarzazate, the Dadès Valley separates from the more southerly Draa. As you continue toward Skoura, the palm-filled Dadès, sandwiched between the High Atlas and Anti Atlas mountain ranges, becomes studded with old mud-walled kasbahs, abandoned and slowly melting back into the earth. Northeast of Skoura is a major rose-growing area, which celebrates a rose festival annually in early May.

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