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puter with a slow internet connection. Ask for rooms with garden views; if you're sensit-
ive to hard beds, opt for softer foam mattresses on the floor. Breakfast is Dh20 and lunch
or dinner Dh60, plus drinks.
GÎTE D'ÉTAPE
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Gîte Intimou
( 0670 71 47 12; Ikhf-n-Ighir; per person incl half board Dh250)
So new you can almost smell the
yellow and pink paint job drying, Intimou has five sunny doubles and triples and one large
dorm room. All of them share the gleaming black-and-white-tiled washing facilities,
which include two showers and two toilets. You'll find it on the hillside on your left as
you head north, opposite the sign for the Association Ikhf-n-Ighir.
Gîte Timit-La Maison Imazighne
( 0641 53 34 80;
www.highatlashome.com
;
Timit; dm/d incl breakfast Dh70/200)
This historic Ber-
ber home is a breath of fresh mountain air with family-friendly dorms and brightly painted
doubles. Your host family lives in the rear courtyard, and can arrange birdwatching excur-
sions, treks and botanical hikes. Meals are served family-style on cushions in the living
room, under a painted ceiling.
HOMESTAY
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Touda Ecolodge
GUESTHOUSE
€€
( 0662 14 42 85;
www.touda.fr
;
Zaouiat Oulmzi; adult/child incl full board Dh395/195)
Quite lit-
erally off-the-beaten track, Touda is located down a rutted
piste
in the village of Zaouiat
Oulmzi, 5km east of Ifrane and the Tizi n'Tirghist pass and 4km west of the seasonal Lac
D'Izoughar. Here you'll be overwhelmed by magnanimous Berber hospitality, plentiful
home-cooked meals, impromptu fireside music sessions and stunning treks in the foothills
of Jebel Azourki (3677m).
Dar Si Hamou
( 0667 64 48 62;
www.nuancesmarocaines.com
;
Tabant; per person b&b/half board Dh200/250)
Set
around a pretty garden courtyard with undisturbed views over emerald-green fields to
snow-capped M'Goun beyond, Dar Si Hamou is Tabant's first 'stylin' guesthouse. Pristine
white linens on cosy duvets offset minimal Berber-chic decor of saffron stencils, ochre-
and-red-striped woollen cushions and painted chests, while hungry trekkers keep warm
around the free-standing fireplace in the salon.
RIAD
€€
Ecolodge Dar Itrane
INN
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