Residence Rosas

Getting There: Arriving in Ouarzazate and finding Rosas couldn't be easier. All taxis have a flat rate of 4 dirham per person during the day and 6 dirham at night. Every taxi driver we used knew Rosas and as Ouarzazate is so small you will be there in a matter of minutes. It also has a big sign outside (unlike some accommodation in Morocco) which is above a café. The hotel is through the café, if you can't find the door then a member of staff (and all of the patrons) will point you in the right direction. The Room: It was a huge apartment. There are only two of us and we had two bedrooms. The kitchen is simply furnished but enough for light cooking. Air conditioning was great and there was a balcony even though the amount of furniture in the room blocked its use. We had a problem with the bathroom (the toilet wouldn't stop running) and they moved us immediately to another apartment (even bigger!). Extras: THERE IS NO WIFI IN THE APARTMENT. For those that kind of thing is important, it only works down in the café attached to the hotel. Breakfast is the best one we have had in Morocco, a choice of tea or coffee, bread with jam and butter and two chocolate pastries. It is all served in the café downstairs whenever you chose to head down. Location: It is slightly out of the centre of town but Ouarzazate is very small and you can walk to all the key places within 15 minutes. We explored the whole town and the area around the square is where everything is located, this means you are a walk away from all Ouarzazate has to offer (plus the cheap taxi rates if you are tired). Staff: The staff spoke limited English but this was fine as they tried to be as helpful as possible. It is a family run hotel and some of the family come to the café to use the internet and will suddenly leap up to assist you if you are looking for the hotel owners, it can be disconcerting at first to be dealing with a customer cum staff member, but it is all fine with the owners. Only one problem with the staff, the older gentleman when we were paying for the room was reluctant to give 60 dirhams in change. We cannot decide if he was bad at math or trying to cheat us this amount but each 20 dirham note came from his hand at a snail's pace eventually him waving us away still 20 dirhams short.

I can recommend this hotel to those who travel by car - perhaps the entire families. The hotel is located in a residential area of town, that's why it seems not convenient for those who rely on public transport. you should walk to the city center with markets, shops and restaurants about 20-30 minutes. This is aparthotel, and I see in it its advantage. We booked double room, and got an apartment with two separated rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom with WC. In bedroom there are two beds for adults and one for children, in living room - three sofas, table, TV. The kitchen has everything you need for cooking.

At first, on our arrival to Ouarzazate, we supposed (because of its very cheap rate - 20 euros for double-room) that the residence is located quite far. But then it turned out that to the city center with markets, shops (among them two supermarkets; in one of them named "DIMETRA" they even sell alcohol, although at expensive prices) there is just a kilometer. It was a surprisingly nice hotel - probably the best of those we have stayed in during this trip. Spacious rooms, new furnishings and equipment, and fully equipped kitchen. However, the kitchen, as now I understand it, belongs to two rooms at once. And our good impression was explained by the fact that there only several guests in the hotel and we got in fact quadruple instead of booked double-room. Disadvantages? The breakfast like in all Morocco was a little bit poor (although breakfast represents a huge advantage for the aparthotel ). And in order to have dinner, we should walk this kilometer to the city center and back.