The secret Moroccan valley with fruit trees, flowers and crystal-clear pools

The secret Moroccan valley with fruit trees, flowers and crystal-clear pools

I’ve visited Paradise Valley many times. Slicing through the edge of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, this date palm-filled cleft was long a popular day-trip destination from Agadir, close to where I live. However, in recent years it has lost its appeal, thanks to low water levels caused by an extended drought.   The mountain run-off that pooled into natural oasis had stopped flowing, turning the clear pools murky and stagnant. In spring 2025, I sat w…