Kasbah Tebi — Hotel in caïdat de Amerzgane

Now THIS is an experience! Accessing the town of Ait Ben Hadu, and thus the Kasbah Tebi hotel, is as interesting as it gets! Have you ever had to...ford a river to get to your hotel room? Ait Ben Hadu as a whole is a step back in time to an authentic - and electricity-free - way of life. Each step through the low, babbling river that protects the ancient town is one step further back in time. It had just rained the night before we arrived, but the river is apparently otherwise dry or extremely minimal.

Kasbah Tebi has its own entrance to the city, so it feels like you are a private traveler stopping for the night on a trans-Saharan journey. It's so easy to slip into the veil of fantasy here as you explore the beautifully-restored structures and climb to the top of town and peer over the distant mountains, valleys, mosques, and towns.

Our room was lovely with a door out to a private balcony. When it gets dark outside it is absolutely pitch black inside given the thickly-walled architecture, but there are many candles in the room to light - and you can't beat the soft glow illuminating your stay. Dinner is the same - entirely candlelit. We had a lovely homemade tagine meal followed by a starlit walk by the river and around the village.

I would gladly let my imagination run wild again here on...

It is an impressive authentic kasbah. The host served hot mint tea and nuts on the terrace which overlooks the dry river bed over which you must walk with your bags from the car park in the village. On one occasion a staff member walked with me to the car park in the western part of the village to help bring my luggage at night. ||||Dinner was served in a candlelit dining room. There is no electricity, but guests are provided with lots of candles for the bedroom.||||A typical Moroccan breakfast was served on the terrace on ground floor. There is a pleasant roof terrace with views of ksar of Aït Ben Haddou. Kasbah Tebi provided us with a unique experience of old Morocco and I would recommend it to anyone wishing to see the authentic Morocco.||||I disliked the following: ||||1) There is no mains electricity. Kasbah relies on solar energy for a limited amount of power — once it’s gone, it’s gone; so ensure you bring a power bank with you.||||2) Although there was a wireless internet connection at the beginning, it stopped as soon as electricity stopped after the sunset.||||3) The cost of overnight parking is 10 dirhams.||||4) Both room and dinner are...

A stay of its own kind! We have never done anything like this before!

This bnb makes its honest attempt at getting you the most authentic experience of a Moroccan kasbah. You stay in a Kasbah of Ksar Ait Benhaddou. It is one of the only two Kasbahs where guests can stay overnight in the Ksar.

On top of this, they take it another step ahead by making sure that there is no use of electricity in the Kasbah i.e. only candles and gas lamps are used (hot water is available in the showers but no wifi). This is what makes it so special - you can actually feel how people must have lived hundreds of years back in these Kasbahs.

Other than this, the bnb has basic amenities and comfortable beds. The rooms could be slightly small but its worth it for the experience.

Dinner is always limited to menu of the day (offering choices for food becomes difficult for them because of lack of amenities), but they put in all their effort towards making that one meal as one of your best eating experiences in Morocco - candle lit tables with lip smacking Tajine and desert.

If you are planning to visit Ait Ben Haddou, you must consider staying one night here for...