Hôtel Al Manader

Dadès Valley


This modest hilltop hotel comes with five-star views over a palm-filled valley, earth-coloured villages and mountains beyond. The 11 simple bedrooms come with bathrooms and terraces, four have air-conditioning. Friendly staff are quick with hellos, mint tea and home-style Berber cooking (set menus Dh120). They can also arrange a guide to take you to the gorge (from Dh200).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Dadès Valley attractions

1. Aït Youl

3.85 MILES

Those art-deco tourism posters you’ll see all over Morocco showing a red-and-white kasbah in a rocky oasis aren’t exaggerating: just 6.5km into the gorge,…

2. Gorge de Miguirne

4.99 MILES

Cresting over a small pass, 14km from Boumalne, is the hidden gem of Gorge de Miguirne, which joins the Dadès Gorge from the south. It offers a fine half…

3. Tamellalt Valley

5.31 MILES

Eighteen kilometres from Boumalne you'll find these extraordinary red rock formations that look like wax, melting right into the green carpet of the…

4. Lac Izoughar

28.4 MILES

At the very upper (northeastern) end of the Aït Bougmez Valley, the seasonal Lac Izoughar is a favoured watering hole for the nomadic Aït Atta tribe…

5. La Source de Taghia

29.04 MILES

Water cascades out of the cliff face and down a rocky hillside at these small springs just south of Taghia. It's often a good spot to sit and observe…