Your carriage ma'am?

A competitor to the petit taxi (7MAD 3 person anywhere in the town limits) is the caleche which is preferred by many locals. They are also  popular with tourists and will take you on a 1/2 - 1 hour tour of the town for 50-100 MAD depending on your bargaining skills. They are certainly very popular with our guests. Sweetheart took a tour at dusk and was delighted when they stopped to buy and light candles to attatch to the caleche as headlights. They went round the medina and she was very taken with the "throne shops"; (traiteurs for your wedding feast). Madre went in the afternoon and circuited the town walls. She w2as struck by the cracks in the walls caused by the earthquake (now repaired courtesy of UNESCO) and the wadi although she did not get to see it in flood.
Some of the caleches are highly decorated with scenes painted on the back. Beloved took these pictures of some at yesterdays siesta. The horse seemed to be making friends with his couterparts outside the antique shop.



Caleche Taroudant





Model meets statue Taroudant






Caleche Taroudant