House for Families with Berber Taste not overlooked Haven of Peace !!!

We spent a few days at this stunning location with our 3 children. Everything was perfect - the house, the garden with its flowers, birds and tortoises as well as the small local village. The gardener Hakim was lovely and makes the best Tajin you can imagine. Hakim made our holiday really special! Thank you for a wonderful week. Next time we stay much longer!!!

Wow what a beautiful place to stay. The huge house is situated in the countryside, 30 minutes from Marrakech centre. Situated in acres of beautiful flourishing gardens which are well kept, a crystal clear inviting pool and sun lounge area. The gated property is secure and not overlooked by anyone. There are bikes you can borrow (we just cycled within the gardens), a pool table and football table. The house comes with pets (they don’t live in the house but within the gardens). There is a dog, a puppy, cat, tortoise, turkey and chickens. All kind, very gentle and extremely well behaved (they don’t step foot inside). We played ball with the dogs but if you are not an animal person they will mind their own business and just lie down or roam the gardens. We spent a week here but wished we had booked longer. At the airport we were greeted by our guardian Hakim. We hired a car and he came with us back to the house to make sure we arrived safely and at the right house. Hakim is a wonderful, kind man. He doesn’t live on-site. Instead he comes to the house in the morning and the afternoon to check if you need anything. He was also our guide so he took us on excursions – some that he suggested and others we did. Hakim will also cook for you (I would strongly recommend that you take him up on this as his dishes are delicious). At the end of your holiday he will present you will a bill for the ingredients he brought for your meals. It is customary to tip him at the end of the holiday. For meals cooked you would pay 5-10 euros / 50-100 dirhams per meal and then for everything else you would also tip him between 5-10 euros / 50-100 dirhams. What you decide to tip is really how involved he is as your guide. We will definitely return!

We had a wonderful time here and can't recommend it highly enough. We were a group of 3 adults and 4 kids, there was plenty of space and the kids absolutely loved it. There was plenty for the kids to do - they loved the pool, huge garden and tortoises. Wifi was good (essential with 4 kids to entertain!) and the house was very well equipped. The owner and guard went out of their way to help us with transport etc and the house was spotlessly clean. I can't think of a single negative regarding the house, it was perfect

There are no words to fully express how much our family enjoyed our 2 week stay in this beautiful villa. Morocco is truly amazing. We were greeted and warmly welcomed at the airport by the owner’s family who arranged transport from the airport to the villa, and the taxi driver became our regular 'chauffeur' which took away our worries concerning travel from A to B. The caretaker took care of us above and beyond his duties. I highly recommend for you to request Abdul Hakim to cook as his food was amazing. The villa with all the amenities (oranges trees, pool, and mint) were an absolute delight. The children truly loved the pool, eating fresh oranges plucked from the tree and making mint tea picked from the garden. I would heartily recommended to everyone to rent this villa. Hopefully if we ever go to Morocco again we would certainly like to book this villa again. I would like to say a big thank you especially Yasmin, her dad and Abdul Hakim for making this an enjoyable stay. The Ali Family

The house is great, it's large and well equipped en it was a delight to be welcomed and assisted by the local caretaker who helped us with the initial requirements such as shopping and the introduction to the city but also cooked authentic food and took care of the fantastic pool facilities. He speaks no english and a little french but we were mostly able to easily communicate with him using a combination of different languages and handsignals. He was a true delight to have around for a relatively inexpensive cost. There were a few downsides to the stay: - the neighbours dogs were barking through the night so make sure to bring earplugs. - The villa is also built to keep the summer heat out and there is no centralised heating so the bedrooms and bathrooms were quite cold in the mornings with no way of heating them. There are however two fireplaces in the livingroom and kitchen that are good at keeping you warm in the evenings in the winter months where the temperature drops at night to under 10degrees. - Also not all the lighting throughout the house is connected which is a minor hassle as the house is otherwise a delight and comfortably equipped with a lot of modern comforts such as a dishwasher, microwave, waterboiler, coffeemaker, juicer, toaster etc etc etc. All in all a big thank you to Nicole, although the cost in the winter I would suggest to lower as better value for money. We recommend and would gladly stay here again during a warmer period.

Coming from Holland we think it's best to write in English so more people can read it. We very much enjoyed staying at this very big and complete house, all comfort you need is there very nice large garden, tea house, barbecue, washing machine, many rooms, very complete kitchen, nice beds and more bathrooms and toilets then you need. and with air conditioning in most of the rooms it's really worth the money. Hakim the guardian is at your service 24/7 but very discrete. You hardly notice him gardening or looking after things, very very nice man and his wife can make the best Kuskus around! If you have any question or problem, he will take acre of it right away. An oases in a already green valley very close to Marrakesh and the Atlas mountains you will have a spectacular view from the upper levels. The swimming pool is as clean as can be with fresh water from their own well. so not chlorine , just plain crystal clear water( a bit cold the first day but we had almost 50 Celsius so it was a welcome place to cool off a bit. One remark.. the top floor airco's can not keep up with that kind of heat. Be aware of the dog Harlem he is soooo sweeeeet. you want to take him home for sure! Harlem needs half a day to get used to you but don't worry he loves his ball to be thrown away and play with you. Buy a bag of dog food and he is your forever friend who guards the place, likes your company and greets you when you get back from a daily trip. And buy some kitten food for Hakim's little cat as well, she is very shy but a bit of milk and some dry cat food will give you another friend as well. You need a car to get around when you stay here for sure, it's a remote place where you get all the rest you need. Mr ASSOUAN the owner is a very nice man and easy to communicate with in English also, always answers very quick to any question. so the end of the story is , a big 5 star from us fam du Bois Netherlands