Source Bleue de Meski

A crystal-clear natural spring emerges from desert rock near Errachidia and forms turquoise swimming pools shaded by date palms — an oasis of improbable beauty at the edge of the Sahara

Highlights

• Turquoise Desert Pool: Spring water wells up at constant temperature through limestone and fills a series of strikingly turquoise pools shaded by date palms — natural swimming open to visitors
• Ancient Ksar Ruins: Above the spring stand the ruins of a 17th-century ksar (fortified village) once garrisoned by French Foreign Legion soldiers — striking roofless rooms and arches
• Ziz Valley Location: The spring sits at the edge of the Ziz Valley oasis — one of Morocco's great date palm landscapes stretching southward to Erfoud and Rissani

Top places

• Source Bleue Spring Pool
• Ksar Meski Ruins
• Ziz Palmerie Walk
• Pharmacie Errachidia