North of town, Lahcen and Mouna's restored kasbah is a find amid Tinerhir's bleak hotel scene. Three simple rooms decked out in bold colours sit around an internal courtyard while terrace tables look out over a dense patch of palmeraie (palm grove). The food here is made with flair and features a bounty of fresh produce sourced from local farms.
Tours of the palmeraie and nearby villages provide fascinating insights, and hiking, climbing or horse riding excursions in the gorge can easily be arranged. You'll find it signed off the highway some 2km north of Tinerhir, at the start of the gorge in the village of Ichmarine.