We stayed at a very charming place in the Ourika Valley.  Each room was its own little house.  And the gardens around the area were all very pretty.  Workers were always working in the garden.  The place also had a nice pool and places to relax in the shade.  The food was amazing.  The drive to the hotel off the main highway was a slow 15 minute drive on a very bumpy rocky road.  It probably would have taken 5 minutes on a paved road.  Although we were out in the middle of nowhere, there were very little villages that we went through on the way to the hotel.  And the kids in the area seemed to have fun and you could hear them playing soccer and other games at night.  It was nice to hear birds and other farm animals. The room even had a ladder to the roof of the cabin where I was able to see sunset one of the nights. One down side was the rooster that seemed to cock a doodle doo all night long.  It was a very pleasant stay and a good base for a hike in the High Atlas Mountains.