Local life
A Day With the Locals: Berber Home, Bread and Tagine
Shop the souk together, then cook and eat in a Berber family home at the foot of the High Atlas: bread from the oven, tagine, and the village school.
- Duration
- Approx. 8 hours
- Languages
- English / French
- Getting there
- Hotel pickup
- Group size
- Up to 30 people
The experience
About this trip
This is not a tour of a place so much as a day spent with people. We start at a souk, buying what is in season, then drive out to a village at the foot of the High Atlas where olive, almond and palm trees cover the slopes.
In the family house you are shown the Berber breakfast: mint tea, bread, honey, argan oil and amlou. Then the real work starts. Wood is collected for the oven if you want to help, vegetables are peeled, the tagines are put together, and the bread goes in to bake.
While it cooks you see the rest of the village, including the old medersa with its classrooms, dormitory and dining room. Then you sit down to what you helped make. Afterwards there is time to walk and look over the landscape before the drive back.
Why this one
Highlights
- Shopping together at the souk for what is in season
- Berber breakfast: mint tea, bread, honey, argan oil and amlou
- Baking bread in a traditional wood oven
- Peeling, preparing and cooking the tagine yourself
- The village medersa, with its classrooms and dormitory
- Lunch in the family house: salad, meat tagine and fruit
Your day
How the day runs
09:00 Pickup
We collect you from your hotel and drive to the souk.
09:30 The souk
Shopping together for whatever the season and the region have to offer.
10:00 Toward the village
The drive out, with a photo stop and some background on the region.
11:30 Arrival
Visit to the Berber house and the breakfast ritual of mint tea, bread, honey and amlou.
12:00 Firewood and the oven
Collecting wood to light the traditional oven, for anyone who wants to join in.
12:30 Cooking
Vegetables peeled, tagines built, bread baked in the oven.
13:00 The medersa
The old village school: classrooms, dormitories and the dining room.
14:00 Lunch
Moroccan salad, meat tagine with vegetables, fruit and water, eaten in the family house.
15:00 The village
Time to walk, meet people and look over the landscape.
17:00 Return
Back at your hotel.
What is included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off (Agadir, Taghazout & Tamraght)
- Transport for the day
- Guide for the day
- Berber breakfast
- Lunch in the family house
- Visit to the village and the medersa
Not included
- Extra drinks
- Personal purchases at the souk
What to bring
- Comfortable shoes
- A hat or cap
- Sun cream
- A camera or phone
- An appetite
- Cash if you want to buy at the souk
Know before you go
- Around eight hours, 09:00 to 17:00
- You are welcome to help cook, but nothing is compulsory
- Not suitable for wheelchairs; the village ground is uneven
- Breakfast and lunch are both included
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to cook?
No. Helping is voluntary. If you would rather watch and take photographs, that is fine, and you still eat.
What do we eat?
Berber breakfast on arrival, then lunch of Moroccan salad, a meat tagine with vegetables, fruit and mineral water.
Is it suitable for vegetarians?
Say so when you book and the tagine can be made with vegetables only.
How long is the day?
About eight hours, from 09:00 to roughly 17:00.
Is it wheelchair accessible?
No. The village paths and the house are not suitable for wheelchairs.
Can children come?
Yes. Children usually enjoy the bread oven and the animals more than the adults do.
Ready when you are
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