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If you're up for a little adventure, you can bike your way some of the High Atlas' most beautiful and wild terrain. out of Marrakech on the road to Ouarzazate. Just a few meters after crossing the Tichka pass, you'll come to a roa leading to the village of Telouet. Take this road. Before you will be one of the most stunning sights in the Atlas: the Glaoui Casbah, a rambling complex of buildings, competing for grandeur with the High Atlas peaks themselves. A true Moroccan castle. The Glaoui brothers, Madani and Thami. were Berber clan leaders who, through a savvy political move. were made Caids (regional overlords) of all the land between the High Atlas and the Sahara. They ruled from 1893 until Morocco's independence in 1956. For more information on these amazing brothers. �1 . . . Gavin Maxwell's Lords of the Atlas. Another great route is from Telouet to Ait Benhaddou. You'll pass a spec Casbah with a long list of film credits, including Lawrence of Arabia and Jesus Nazareth. A piste veers south of Telouet to a large village called Anemiter, where can replenish your supplies. spend the night or hire a guide for extended trips into Atlas. It's 35 kilometers from Anemiter to Ait Benhaddou-a roughly 1 Q-hour bike ride. Some of the ride is along the Ounila River, where verdant green valleys snake below and arid mountains pierce the azure sky above. At the end of the trail. dive into I J.\LlDeroe Al Baraka, a hotel and cafe in Ait Benhaddou, for a fantastic glass of atey be nanaa (mint tea). GET A MOUNTAIN BIKE FROM MARRAKECH MOTOS. ROYAL AIR MAROC HAS DIRECT FLIGHTS TO MOROCCO. CALL 212-687-2600, ., 75