It’s a two hour drive inland to the walled town of Taroudannt. The walls, dating from the 16th century, run for 5 kilometres and completely encircle the town. They certainly look ancient, as the photos show, but it’s the wonderful old brush that’s had three new heads and two new handles: they keep patching them up. The original building material was pisé, a mixture of mud and gravel and that starts to erode quite quickly with winter rains but we noticed that current rebuilding works appear to (sensibly) include concrete in the mix.
We toured the town by calèche, a horse(nag!)-drawn carriage. This was interesting but not riveting, apart from the tanneries that merit a separate section (next).
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