Erfoud

Fortified desert town at the edge of the Tafilalt oasis — Morocco's date capital, a world-famous fossil market and the last town before the great dunes of Erg Chebbi

Highlights

• Date Festival: Every October Erfoud hosts Morocco's largest date festival — 40+ varieties of Medjool, Boufeggous and Jihel dates displayed and sold in enormous quantities
• Fossil Marble Workshops: The black limestone around Erfoud is full of 350-million-year-old Devonian marine life — visit workshops where artisans polish fossil marble into striking decorative objects
• Musée des Fossiles: A dedicated fossil museum showcasing the extraordinary diversity of ancient life in the Tafilalt region — some pieces are genuinely museum-quality

Top places

• Fossil Marble Craft Market
• Musée des Fossiles
• Tafilalt Palm Grove Walk
• Erg Chebbi Dunes Day Trip