What sets Nkob apart from every other village in the Drâa is the sheer number of kasbahs — the fortified mud-brick family compounds typical of pre-Saharan Morocco. They cluster along the slope above the palmery, with crenellated walls and tall corner towers giving the village a skyline that looks, from a distance, like a small city of towers.
Most kasbahs are still owned and lived in by the families that built them, though a few have been converted into small auberges. A morning walk through the lanes — there is no entrance fee, no formal route — is the best way to see them; the ridge above the village gives the panoramic view used in most photographs.