Excursions · Ourika
Ourika Valley and a Berber Table
A river valley, a table under walnut trees, and the first ridge of the Atlas.
The road south leaves the plain within twenty minutes and starts to climb beside the Ourika river. You stop where the argan and saffron cooperatives sit, then continue past villages built in pisé the same color as the hillside behind them.
Lunch is laid on a platform over the water at Setti Fatma: bread baked that morning, seven-vegetable couscous or lamb tagine with prunes, walnuts from the trees overhead. Afterwards there is the walk to the first of the seven waterfalls, half an hour up a rock path, or a slower hour in the village with a guide who grew up in it.
The valley runs ten degrees cooler than the city. It suits families, and it suits a first look at the mountains when there is only one day for them.
Your comfort and privacy
- Private — your party only
- Prayer stop included
- Children welcome
- Arabic-speaking guide
Valley restaurants serve visitors through the day, quietly. The meal can move to an iftar table instead.
Pairs well with
Experiences our concierges put alongside this one — for the hour they run, the direction they lie in, or simply because they suit each other.
Anima Garden by André Heller
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Lunch at Kasbah Bab Ourika
A hilltop table above the Ourika Valley, with the High Atlas closing the far side. Halal kitchenPrayer stop includedSuits three generations From 110 USD per person