Tizi n Tichka
Tizi n Tichka is a mountain pass road in Morocco.
- Type: Mountain Pass
- Country: Morocco
- Length: 2,265 m summit
- Opened: 1930s
Overview
The pass road between Marrakech and Ouarzazate over the High Atlas at 2,265 m, engineered by the French in the 1930s. Switchbacks thread adobe villages and argan? walnut groves. The gateway to the kasbah country of Ait Benhaddou.
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