Auberge Le Maquis

Ourika Valley


A warm welcome awaits at this 11-room, family-style getaway and launching pad/finish line for bikers and trekkers. The local management makes meals (mains Dh60 to Dh90) feel like dinners among friends, and there’s a play area where kids can cut loose. Don't miss the fossil and mineral collection (from Jean-Pierre's desert forays) in the restaurant.

The inn also arranges plenty of treks and excursions, including to the Yaggour plateau petroglyphs (from where you can descend to the Zat Valley) and mule treks for little ones.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Ourika Valley attractions

1. Ecomusée Berbère

3.6 MILES

Four kilometres past Tnine, a discreet sign points up a dirt path into the Amazigh (Berber) village of Tafza, where the three-storey mud-brick ksar …

2. Safranerie de l'Ourika

5.02 MILES

Almost anything thrives in Ourika’s rich soil, including saffron, organically grown here from bulbs that are cultivated near Talouine. Saffron is a high…

3. Jardin Bio-Aromatique d'Ourika

5.1 MILES

The organic botanical gardens of a Franco-Moroccan bath-product company combining Amazigh (Berber) herbal remedies with modern aromatherapy make for…

4. Anima Garden

7.6 MILES

Nestled in the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains, Anima Garden is a space designed by multimedia artist André Heller. Surprising sculptures…

5. Al Mutamid Mausoleum

8.07 MILES

Al Mutamid’s tomb is marked with an Almoravid-style domed mausoleum. It's signed right off the main road after the commune building, inside a garden…

6. Aghmat Archaeological Site

8.28 MILES

These excavations, about 200m to the left off the main road, began in 2010 and have revealed ancient urban foundations, including a hammam, grand mosque,…

7. Petroglyphs

9.54 MILES

A signed open-air petroglyph site sits just at the entrance to Oukaimeden, with carved illustrations of pastoral life and geometric patterns first…

8. Source Sidi El Wafi

14.42 MILES

Follow the flow of locals across the bridge below Tighdouine and up a short track across the valley to the southwest to this small spring said to cure an…