Dar El Mandar

Middle Atlas


Dar El Mandar means 'house with the beautiful view', and what a view it is. Guests staying overnight in the three rooms get treated to Berber music and stargazing under the night sky. Two of the rooms drink in the panoramas from the patio.


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