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Read about the newly-opened Marrakesh-Timbuktu Exhibition Gallery on Lonely Planet's website

A guide to the Marrakesh-Timbuktu gallery - Lonely Planet Find everything you need to know to follow a caravan journey across the Sahara between two legendary destinations at the Marrakesh-Timbuktu gallery.

Where will you be for the next total eclipse of the sun on 2 August 2027? Tangier is the perfect spot, where it will last almost 5 minutes. But be quick, accommodation is already at a premium.
Photo: US National Park Service

Do you dare descend the 520 steps into North Africa's deepest caves? Just opened after 10 years of safety upgrades, the Friouato Caves in the Tazekka National Park, near Taza north of Fez, Morocco, are a speleologist's dream. See link in bio for more information.

Heading for Volubilis on your Moroccan adventure? Look out for the newly discovered board game carved into the step of the cold room of the Roman bath house (see full story at the link in bio).

Bert Flint’s remarkable collection of Afro-Berber art collected over a lifetime visiting many remote places we can no longer access, invoking the caravan routes across the Sahara from Morocco to Timbuktu, is now relaunched at the exquisite Marrakesh-Timbuktu gallery in the medina. Don’t miss it. See link in bio for details.