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room and TV. Air-conditioning was being installed at the time of research, so expect
slightly higher prices.
Hôtel Afrah
( 0536 68 65 33; 15 Rue Tafna; s/d Dh70/120; )
The tiles and plasterwork in the lobby lend
some traditional Moroccan flavour here. Self-contained rooms are a bit boxy, but other-
wise this is a good budget choice.
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Hotel Al Manar
( 0536 68 88 55; hotelalmanara@menara.ma; 50 Blvd Zerktouni; s/d Dh360/420; )
Centrally
located, the Al Manar is suitably towering for its name. Functional and practical decor:
rooms are fine value, although avoid the darker, small-windowed interior rooms.
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SOLAR SAHARA
One thing the desert has in copious amounts (apart from sand) is sunshine, and in November 2009
Morocco revealed a US$9 billion investment plan to generate 20% of its energy from solar energy by
the year 2020. Much of it will be produced in the Moroccan Orient, the region running along the Al-
gerian border from the Mediterranean to Figuig. The upgrading of infrastructure on the highway south
of Oujda (proclaimed from dozens of roadside billboards) points to the money pouring into the region.
In addition, a great deal of investment is earmarked for the Ouarzazate region.
The programs are being financed by private investors as well as the World Bank, the European In-
vestment Bank, and Spain, France, Germany and Saudi Arabia.
Hôtel Ibis Moussafir
( 0536 68 82 02;
www.ibishotel.com
;
Pl de la Gare; s/d Dh612/684; )
Bang in front of you
as you leave the train station, the Ibis has all the up-to-the-minute facilities and comfort-
able rooms you'd expect from this international hotel chain - you could be anywhere (or
nowhere) in the world.
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Atlas Terminus
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