Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 10am-4pm daily Oct-Nov, Tue, Thu & Sun Dec-Sep)
Seven kinds of date are grown in the
Aufous oasis, and you can sample them all here. In the October-to-November season, the
women of this cooperative in Aufous will walk you through a date tasting (Dh20), and in
the off-season on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, they'll offer you tastes (Dh20) of nutty
tahalout
(date syrup) and natural energy bars made with dates. The cooperative is signed
on the main road past the village mosque on the left, next to the village commune.
Sleeping & Eating
Camping Tissirt
( 0661 35 82 19;
http://campingtissirtziz.free.fr
; GPS coordinates N 31°78.535, W 004°23.118; per per-
son/car/tent/caravan Dh15/15/15/30, per person incl half board Dh150)
At the edge of the
palmeraie
12km before Aufous is this palm-shaded camp with two appealing pisé bungalows and
meals of local
kalia
(spiced, minced mutton; Dh40 to Dh80). Showers (Dh10) and electri-
city (Dh15) are extra.
CAMPGROUND
€
Maison Vallée de Ziz
( 0661 53 31 93;
www.gite-detape.com
;
GPS coordinates N 31°45.835, W 004°12.220; s/d incl half
board Dh350/600; )
Ignore the rather featureless facade of this small roadside hotel and
walk through to the terrace for gorgeous valley views above the swaying palms. Steps
down into the
palmeraie
allow for frequent morning and evening walks, after which you
can collapse in enormous king-sized beds beneath cut-steel lanterns and oil paintings in-
spired by desert dreams. Mohammed and Said are desert guides, so excursions further
afield are easily arranged.
MAISON D'HÔTE
€€
Getting there & Away
Public buses travel from Er-Rachidia to a terminal above the Source Bleue spring from
7am to 9pm (Dh3.50). Any bus or grand taxi to Erfoud or Aufous can drop you at the
turn-off. When leaving, flag down a grand taxi from the main road.
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