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Black Wheatear
Bowed but not broken, yet!
If you want good solid advice, I would not go anywhere near the Soleil Blue. It is an extremely over-rated hotel where the rooms and just about everything else leaves a great deal to be desired!! So what that it is supposed to maintain a bird-log, I would rather spend a decent night and sleep in a clean room and have use of a bathroom that works. Kasbah Tizzarouine is an excellent choice in Boumalne and overlooks the town but is on the fringe of the desert email: Kasbah.tizzarouine 'at' menara.ma
I have only stayed in Riad Hotel Erfoud, clean and inexpensive, but have stayed twice now in Auberge Kasbah Derkaoua and stake my life you would enjoy it there. Not as expensive as most literature mentions, and only 30 minutes from great birding sites for many Moroccan rarities. Not sure of email addresses, but sure you can search on the net.
Great place to go for birding!! Have a good trip.
I have only stayed in Riad Hotel Erfoud, clean and inexpensive, but have stayed twice now in Auberge Kasbah Derkaoua and stake my life you would enjoy it there. Not as expensive as most literature mentions, and only 30 minutes from great birding sites for many Moroccan rarities. Not sure of email addresses, but sure you can search on the net.
Great place to go for birding!! Have a good trip.
Black Wheatear
Bowed but not broken, yet!
CGJ said:
No problem. Just for the record Soleil Bleu rooms were dirty, the pillows and bed felt like they were filled with lumps of coal and I won't go into the bathroom here!! It is worth mentioning I guide in Morocco 5/6 times a year, so I know the areas of Boumalne and Merzouga as well as any. If you need further advice please PM me and would be happy to advise as best I can. I get no pleasure downing hotels etc., in a public forum, I can only tell it like it is!!!!!!
Hi
Couldn't agree more with Black Wheatear about the 'avoid soleil bleu' posts. stayed there a few years back and it was the dirtiest/worst hotel we used on the entire trip. The food was poor and expensive, almost no running water (no hot water at all) and all the two staff were intersted in was chatting up a couple of female Italian students (must admit they were pretty good looking, especially the dark haired one ).
The birding though was excellent, albeit a bit smelly round the rubbish dumps and watch out for the feral dogs in the same area. Generally reasonable/good hotels were easy to find and a little bit of schoolboy french should sort out any probs. we used the rough guide to find hotels and apart from the 'soleil bleu' didn't have any problems.
HTH
Nick
Couldn't agree more with Black Wheatear about the 'avoid soleil bleu' posts. stayed there a few years back and it was the dirtiest/worst hotel we used on the entire trip. The food was poor and expensive, almost no running water (no hot water at all) and all the two staff were intersted in was chatting up a couple of female Italian students (must admit they were pretty good looking, especially the dark haired one
). The birding though was excellent, albeit a bit smelly round the rubbish dumps and watch out for the feral dogs in the same area. Generally reasonable/good hotels were easy to find and a little bit of schoolboy french should sort out any probs. we used the rough guide to find hotels and apart from the 'soleil bleu' didn't have any problems.
HTH
Nick
