Welcome to a very special holiday location… Sawadi !

Sawadi is a Riad Guesthouse in a Kasbah in the heart of the palmeraie of Skoura, close to Ouarzazate in southern Morocco, and at 15 kilometer from the Atlas Mountains.

Staying in Sadawi is an exceptional rural experience and allows you to discover the wonders of the area between Atlas and the desert : the canyons of Todrha and Dadès, Ouarzazate, Zagora, the road of thousand Kasbahs, the Atlas, etc.

Sawadi is established in a farm of 3,3 hectares (420 meters of length and 125 meters for the greatest width). The ground is very raised with olive-trees, fig trees, apple trees, palm trees, etc. The production is mainly market-gardening and there is a very recent sheep-fold. For your peace the tourists capacity of Sawadi is limited to less than 20 guests. A swimming pool with overflow of 75 m2 and a restaurant are exclusively reserved to our hosts. Around your accommodation you will find :

-Tourist Zone
-Southern wells reserved for domestic water
-Northern wells reserved for Agricultural irrigation
-House of the farmer
-Sheep fold
-Olive Grove

Morocco is special, a stay in a Riad is lovely… but a stay at Sadawi takes you out of the ordinary.

Discounts of 5 to 10% for longer stays. See our rates below.

Location

Sawadi is located in the palm plantation  of Skoura. It is in this palm plantation that the celebrates of Amerhidil  is , high historical place whose image illustrates the Moroccan bak notes of 50 Dirhams (the old one with the king Hassan II). Skoura  is an agricultural village located at 40 km in the East of Ouarzazate on the road which leads to the Valley of the Roses and the canyon of Dadès  This road is often named in the tourist guides "road of the 1 000 kasbahs.

To arrive at Sawadi, it is initially necessary to join Ouarzazate:

• For people in a hurry: by plane, there is at least a daily flight from Casablanca (in evening), or direct flights from Paris Orly (Royal Air Moroc and sometimes Corsair). After it takes 40 minutes to arrive on our premises (possibility of hiring a car or service of reception by our care).

• For the in love ones with beautiful landscapes: by the road since Marrakech from where you will leave in direction Meknes - Fèz, then after 10 km turn right towards Âït-Ourir. You will cross the Atlas by the collar of Tizi-n-Tichka  at the altitude of 2 260 m.
Count 4 hours without stop... much more according to affinities. Envisage 4 films in 36 exposures or 128 Mo for digital camera. Do not forget to make a hook by Telouèt  and a halt at Âït-Benhaddou  before arriving.

Amenities:

The restaurant is the central place of the village Sawadi, it has of a vast shaded terrace, a granse interior chimney (lamb barbecue, grills, etc.) in outside baker's ovens (in Morocco one uses 2 types of furnaces according to the nature of the bread wished).
Much more than one place where to take its meals, the restaurant allows the training and the discovery of the Moroccan kitchen.
Our hosts will discover there how to prepare skewers, tajines and couscous, to choose spices.
The restoration is in the continuity of the ecological spirit which animates Sawadi.
The products which our visitors consume come mainly from our farm.
By tasting the tajine our visitors can see the piece of the ground where the vegetables were gathered.
The swimming pool has dimension of 12 meter x 6 meter and a depth of 1,10 meter to 2,40 meter


Roomtypes:

All the buildings of the resort of Sawadi site are designed by respecting local Berber architecture. The walls are out of cob with windows with narrow embrasure. This ancestral technique makes it possible to preserve, inside the parts, freshness during the summer and heat in winter.
The ceilings are in visible beams of eucalyptus or poplar, with roof-boxes in reeds braided on three on five levels. For conformity with the safety requirements of the buildings open to the public, a concrete structure is drowned in the cob walls.
The Sawadi site includes only 3 dwelling houses: for 6 to 7 people, two others with 2 joint rooms. Every detail was studied to ensure you a maximum of comfort while preserving the local authenticity. There is hot water and even the electric heating (one already saw snowflakes in January, but really very small…)
All the technical equipment (electricity and plumbing) is to the European standards. For used water, we into force do not use traditional "the well absorbing" in Morocco. They are treated in septic tank with filter spreading not to pollute the ground water. This system of treatment is also to the European standards. Sawadi is one of the first lodging of stage of Morocco to reach such a level of respect of ecology.

Prices

High Season :

The high season rate is 8% higher than the low season rate and will apply to stays during:
- November 1st to November 7th
- December 20th to January 5td
- February 7th to March 9 - April 4th to May 8th
- October 24th to October 31st All other dates are low season.

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