Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Oued Laou
Don't let Oued Laou's dusty main street lined with slapdash construction fool you - it will
all look like Martil within a few years. For now, waterfront budget rooms and cheap beer
and food along the new corniche back a very long, empty beach to make it a backpacker
paradise, especially in summer. There's nothing to do aside from watching the fishermen
haul their boats in the morning.
The road from Chefchaouen to Oued Laou has recently been upgraded and the journey
is now reduced to a little over an hour.
Sleeping & Eating
Hotel Oued Laou
( 0650 18 43 38, 0655 21 37 89; Blvd Massira; s/d/tr Dh200/250/300)
There are several new
budget hotels to choose from, but this is the best. A new road splits it from its cafe-res-
taurant on the beach. Get a room with views to the sea.
GUESTHOUSE
€
Aramar
(Corniche; mains from Dh60; noon-11pm, closes earlier out of season)
The best of the fish restaur-
ants along the corniche, the Aramar does a tasty platter of
poisson friture
(fried fish) for
Dh80 while you watch the fishermen on the beach.
SEAFOOD
€
Information
9am-midnight)
Opposite La Plage Restaurant but unlikely to be
Cyber Costa
(per hr Dh5;
open out of season.
Getting There & Away
If you're driving from Chefchaouen turn off the main Tetouan road at Dar Ackoubaa,
11km north of Chefchaouen. It's a wonderful drive past the large hydroelectric dam and
through rolling hills and the stunning Laou Gorge. Coming from Tetouan, the Rocade N16
hugs the dramatic coastline for 140km all the way to El-Jebha.
Three buses a day connect Tetouan and Oued Laou (Dh25, two hours). There's also one
bus from Chefchaouen (Dh20, 90 minutes), which continues along the coast to El-Jebha
(Dh35, five hours); the return service leaves El-Jebha early in the morning. However, at
