Ifrane is located betewn fes and Azrou , 1650 metres above sea level, in the midst of a vast clearing in the heart of the mountains lies the resort of Ifrane (founded in 1929). With its splendid Royal Palace, its houses with their sloping roofs, its carefully … maintained gardens and its snow-capped peaks, it is reminiscent of a Swiss mountain village and is on its way to becoming the preferred winter sports resort of the Moroccan elite. The town also boasts Morocco’s only Anglophone University, Al Akhawayne and is an excellent base for hikers and trout fishermen summer and winter alike.