A small and very good-natured family run hotel, with 23 unaffected but clean and comfortable rooms and two new luxurious suites overlooking the breathtaking views of the lagoon, all with bath or shower. It has an good restaurant serving a wide variety of sea food dishes. Its colourful gardens are lovingly tended and of course it is situated right next to the beach and has a pool (not heated). The hotel can arrange a local taxi to take guests on full and half-day excursions to places of interest.

In an attitude of defiant power, the brand new kasbah-mansion perches on the edge of its cliff, daring the wild-alive ocean to reach up the rockface and grab it. Nicole has put all her love of Moroccan buildings and finishes into her southern kasbah: floors are sensual-soft bejmat or old-style tiles, walls are beautifully smooth-hued tadelakt, the patio is wafer bricks, the double-height hall it topped by a great dome, the library is the quiet spot you may need from time to time.  Arches and high, carved antique Marrakchi doors are everywhere, a magnificent four-pillared fireplace brings extra punch to the dining room, the salon, with two more fireplaces, leads out to the great brick  terrace and the patio gives the house a perfect heart. Bedrooms, each in a different style (African, Fassi, Art Deco,...), have space and  comfort to spare, carefully-chosen furnishings and really super  bathrooms. Most have their own fireplace and terrace, too. And at every  turn, from every window, a view to die for. An ideal base for exploring  the coast, north and south, and the unsung delights of the Anti-Atlas.