Taroudant, 90 minutes from Agadir, has everything visitors love about Marrakech – only with a fraction of the crowds.

Most visitors to Morocco want to see Marrakesh ... Today, it boasts a relaxed and pristine medina, or walled old town; a dramatic and undeveloped coastline; my favorite collection of museums ...

“Morocco is my happy place,” she says ... I like staying in the medina, the wall-enclosed old city, so I always remember to grab cash at the airport; if you’re staying outside the ...

I had been back in Morocco for less than an hour ... as are many of the donkeys and mules in the medina, with rubber pads cut out of old automobile tires; the corners of its mouth were rubbed ...

It’s early morning in Taroudant, southwestern Morocco, and the lively market ... spill into the narrow alleys of the old Medina. The streets quickly buzz with schoolchildren hurrying to class ...