Jerada Mining Heritage Walk

Jerada is a former coal-mining town on the high plateau of the Oriental — the town that once fed the kingdom's furnaces with its anthracite, and that has lived, since the mines wound down, the hard transition that comes when the work that defined a place is gone.

Atalayoun is the place to read Marchica as water, shore and planned waterfront in the same walk. From the peninsula, changing angles reveal the lagoon's scale, Nador's urban edge and Gourougou behind it. The activity should be a paced public-realm circuit led by a birding or landscape guide, not an implication that every marina, hotel or private development is open. Stops can cover lagoon restoration, water exchange, wintering birds and the choices involved in developing a sensitive shoreline.

Angad is a guaranteed-origin wine appellation in Morocco’s Eastern wine region. Its inclusion broadens the beverage map beyond Meknes and Casablanca while avoiding a common mistake: an appellation is not a brand and does not prove that a restaurant’s unnamed pour comes from the zone.

The Maghreb Film Festival makes Oujda a meeting point for feature and short films from across the region, with screenings accompanied by discussion, competition and professional exchange.

Figuig's palm harvest is meaningful because it sits inside a three-level garden and water system, not because dates can be sampled on demand. This locally coordinated programme follows the actual agricultural window announced by hosts. Components may include a garden walk, explanation of date varieties, a consented demonstration of sorting or storage, an irrigation lesson and a meal using products genuinely available that day.

Figuig Oasis Slow Itinerary in 6 Days connects Oujda, Bouarfa, Figuig.