Some 5km east along the main road from Agouti is the village of Tikniouine, a key stop for gourmet treats and cultural immersion. The cooperative was formed in 2005 by plucky young women who secured EU funding to start cultivating organic walnuts, collecting mountain wildflower honey, and making their own mild, aged cows-milk cheese, which tastes like a cross between gouda and emmental. At the co-operative’s centre, which now employs 17 women full-time, you can sample and purchase the products. It is signposted off the main road 50m down a rutted track.
If you're trekking and don't have room to carry jars of syrupy mountain honey, you can buy the honey and nut oils at www.apanart.fr.
