Sawadi Ecolodge

Skoura


An oasis within an oasis, 4 acres of organic gardens and a working farm make a bucolic setting for rammed-earth bungalows, with produce used to prepare delicious dinners (around €16). After visits to local artisans or kasbah tours, unwind with a steamy hammam or chilled white wine by the pool. They sell their own first-pressed olive oil and conserves too.

Follow white triangle markers from the road into the northern end of the oasis.


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1. Palmeraie

3.23 MILES

Skoura’s beautiful Unesco-protected palmeraie (palm grove) has been dubbed ‘Oasis of 1000 Palms’. Under the green canopy, a 15-mile patchwork of plots are…

2. Kasbah Amridil

4.42 MILES

One of Morocco’s grandest kasbahs, this 17th-century marvel once appeared on the Dh50 note. Signposted just a few hundred metres from the main road, this…

3. Musée Memoire de Ouarzazate

5.17 MILES

This kasbah-turned-museum showcases the history and traditions of Southern Morocco's Imazighen (Berbers). Anthropologist Abdelmoula El Moudahab will…

5. Musée de Cinema

22.95 MILES

This small cinema museum is housed in a former studio and exhibits a collection of old film sets, props and cinematic equipment, which visitors are mostly…

6. Taourirt Kasbah

23.01 MILES

Unlike other Glaoui-era kasbahs, Taourirt escaped ruin by moonlighting as a Hollywood backdrop (Sheltering Sky, Gladiator, Prince of Persia) and…

7. Atlas Film Corporation Studios

25.73 MILES

The first ‘Ouarzawood’ studio, established by Mohammed Belghimi in 1983, displays sets and props from movies filmed here, including Jewel of the Nile,…

8. Tifoultoute Kasbah

27.42 MILES

Built in the 17th century and extended by the Glaoui clan in the 18th, this commanding hilltop kasbah has now been converted into a privately owned…