AUBERGE LE MAQUIS — Hotel in caïdat de Sti Fadma

The Auberge le maquis offers what so many other hotels are missing: |A REAL marrocain experience in a family atmosphere! ||We went on a great tour with Hicham, where we found 10000 of fruits just growing along the way and had the honour to visit his home where he kindly invited us for a freshly picked vervaine/peppermint tea.||Soukeina, the daughter of the hotel owner Saida, showed us a holy place where religions come together and helped ous to buy a Tajine pot for a great price at a local pottery guy. He even let us try out the pottery thing and we made some souvenirs. ||The cook at Le maquis is fantastic, there was not a single meal that didnt taste great and the costs are cheap compared to Marrakech. We even had the chance to get a cooking class with the cook himself.||The Auberge might not have the fanciest rooms but the experience one gets here is unpricable! ||They even had little kittens...

Less then an hour from Marrakech, this very comfortable auberge is located in a magnificent garden on the slopes of the High Atlas mountains. We didn't intend to stay and initially just stopped for a coffee. But by late afternoon, after having walked around in the Ourika valley, we decided to go back to the auberge to spend the night there. Although the french-moroccan owners were away, we were warmly welcomed and hosted by the very friendly staff, and dinner was superb. Probably the best tajine poulet citron I have ever had in Morocco. Next day, we went to Oukaimeden and visited some remote valleys in the mountains. Auberge Le Maquis is definitely the perfect gateway to the High...

We picked Auberge le Maquis as a base for our mountain visit, avoiding the expensive ski resort at Oukaimeden, and it proved a convenient base for both the resort (it took about an hour to get up to Oukaimeden from here) and the Ourika valley. Our room was simple and clean, with plenty of hot water in the shower. We ate in the hotel restaurant and the food was good - a different vegetarian option on each of our two nights despite there being only one on the menu. The gardens are attractive, and although located next to the road we had no problem with traffic noise at night. It is useful to be able to speak a bit of...