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Taliouine

Taliouine (تالوين), is one of the main towns in Taroudannt, Morocco.

Understand
The word Taliouine is originated from the Amazigh word Talat which means a narrow stream flowing from a mountain. Talatin or Taliouine is the plural form of Talat, and the town is called so because of its geographical structure in which mountains and Talatin domain. Taliouine is located in the middle of Morocco between Agadir and Ouarzazate and it is about 70 km far from Taroudannt through the national road N10 to Ouarzazate. The town involves more than 14 rural communities with about 6000 popultation (Statestics of September 2004)

Get In
Taxis and buses are always available to and from Taliouine. From Agadir the taxi costs about 80 Dhs or less directly to Taliouine, or you may take a taxi from Agadir to Taroudannt for 30 Dhs and then another taxi from Taroudannt to Taliouine for 35 Dhs. However carriages and buses usually cost less. Whereas from Ouarzazate the price of ride is a bit cheaper because of its closeness to Taliouine than Agadir (30 km of difference).

Get Around
Once in the town, almost every place can be reached on foot or by bike.

Kassabat El-Glaoui
One of the main historic monuments in Taliouine and also the whole region, it is located in the heart of the town. The geometry of the castle is highly accurate and shows the intelegence and creativity of people of the time it was built (It was finshed in 1949). However the caslte is exposed to be collapsed t anytime as a result of the ignorance of the responsible authorities, thus tourists are nomore able to enter to the castle, but still they can wander in the surroundings and observe it from outside.

Tawkart
Another castle (not very far from the former) which is supposed to be an ancient jail where illegal people are prisoned for their breaking the law, this latter was held by Caïd El-Glaoui.