Les 3 chameaux — Hotel in caïdat de Mirleft قيادة ميرلفت

We were early in the season and I loved the idea of antiques in a former Foreign Legion Fort. I booked a suite for 2 nights to explore the south coast, expecting a lot. The drive up to the hotel is difficult, we were convinced we'd taken a wrong turn, not helped by someone living out at the bottom of the hill. Whilst its obviously not all the hotels access roads, they could attempt to fill in some pot holes.||||We arrived just as large group of Spanish motorcyclists did. We were shown to our room, and started to settle in. I realised I needed the wifi code, plus we'd discovered there was no hot water, so I went to reception. The French owner was in the office, I initially asked for both in English and he told me he spoke no English, I then repeated myself in my basic french, which he also told me he did not understand - very odd as although far from fluent I had managed to make myself understood elsewhere in Morocco, including twice when stopped by the police for "speeding". Eventually he found someone who understood my french and the staff member went off to the room - him stopping to do something on the way. Lo and behold, he turned the taps on and hot water. I saw him out, and turned the taps on again - no hot water. My guess is their systems couldn't cope with all the rooms being full calling on the hot water at the same time, so why not just say so? We had no problems the next night when only 3 or 4 rooms were occupied. ||||The room itself was OK, some interesting decor, BUT glass in one of the internal doors was broken in 2 places, and oddly the bathroom had bath with a shower attachment with nowhere to put it, meaning you had to sit in the bath and hold it over you with no screen or curtain to stop splashing the floor. Pretty dangerous if you forgot to clear the water up. ||||And my final gripe - apologies - but the toilet brush looked like it had been it use since the time of the legion. Just reinforced our view that this was...

We didn't stay here, only ate dinner, but found it to be very good. Les 3 Chameaux is situated along a rough unmade up road above Mirleft and has a beautiful view overlooking the sea (although being Feb., it was dark when we arrived and too cold to sit outside). There was a very welcoming log fire lit which warmed the attractive dining area, where the tables had flowers and petals were strewn on the tablecloths. Dinner was excellent - a lobster soup followed by a very fresh, crisp dressed salad, with dishes of lentils, beetroot, aubergines and potatoes and carrots. After that came a fish tagine for my husband and a meat one for me, well-seasoned and cooked with prunes and cinnamon. Pudding was a French apple tart. The service was friendly and wine could be bought - a very good evening. Highly recommended and...

We loved everything about this place. High above sleepy Mirleft, overlooking the town and the ocean, sits les 3 chameaux, an old army fort turned luxury hotel. We (family of 3) had booked a suite, with a major bedroom, a second bedroom, a separate seating area with old chesterfields and a fire place (lit for us every night), and a terrace overlooking the valley. We enjoyed drinks on the terrace seeing the sun set, then went indoors for diner beside the fireplace. The restaurant is beautifuly decorated, Maroccan style at its best. Add to this a wonderful (heated! great in early spring) swimming pool and super attentive and frinedly staff, and you understand why we can highly recommend this pace and...