Dar KamalChaoui

The facilities are clean, neat, pleasand with very nice artwork. Kamal and his wife Jalili are wonderful host. The food was suberb Moroccan cooking. Kamal is passionate about where he lives = the town, the area and his country. To say we learned a lot would be an understatement. We took advantage of the Kamal's tours and his getting us there and to our next stopp. The souk tour was a highlight but the other tours were very rewarding as well. We left feeling we had gotten to know Morocco a whole lot better. Thank you Kamal.

Probably the only thing that was a problem was the need to pay in cash = with tours and dinners it meant several ATM stops = but that was a small thing compared to what we gained.

Super friendly little guest house. Made to feel very much at home by Kamal and his Wife. Delicious food and very comfortable bedroom. Town also a bit off the usual tourist route and also an interesting friendly place

The home-cooked breakfast was delicious. All prepared from local fresh products. We especially enjoyed the family-style dinner where we shared travel stories with fellow travelers.

Excellent hosts! Kamal and his family are wonderful. I have travelled a great deal around Morocco and have never met a host/guide more knowledgable or passionate about his village/country. The room, meals and tour were top notch. The town of Bhalil is also a unique spot worth a visit.

All was great!

Firstly, the hosts were exceptional and VERY accommodating. My partner was sick the entire time, so we were very bound to our room which put a damper on our plans. They really took care of us and made sure we had what we needed. Kamal even took me to the pharmacy to get medicine. I enjoyed sharing stories with the other guests around meals. Parking was very easy and not too far the house. I loved the decor of traditional art and furniture, which for people who are new to country can give a very authentic experience of a mountain village in Morocco. The food was delicious and freshly prepared. The bed was very comfortable.

The was a plumbing issue in our room—a leaky pipe which created a wet floor most of the time we were there. We tried turning off the value as instructed, but the bucket under the pipe would fill up none the less. As a business owner, I know things happen which are less than ideal for the guest experience. It was just a small annoyance. This was my 6th trip to Morocco, and while the food was very good, I found it to be expensive compared to other places in the country....I would compare it to a five-star restaurant in Casablanca, but it was more a traditional rustic homemade fare that would have been half the price anywhere else in the area. Breakfast was included but it was also light, not the usual Moroccan bountiful breakfast you would find in most places.

A real gem easily accessible from Fez with true Moroccan hospitality. Kamal recommended a fabulous day trip, yes we did have our car but his advice was invaluable. The couscous Jalila made for Friday supper was superb, as was the company at the table with Kamal and two other guests. A truly memorable evening.

clean and classic great food gracious hosts comfortable rooms

We had short but amazing stay, the place has unique feeling and perfectly matches the towns cave atmosphere. Kamal and his wife are magnificant hosts who went out of their way to help us plan rest of our trip and greeted us with one of the best meals we tried in whole Marocco.

Kamal's guesthouse is beautifully furnished and decorated, the food is superb - the best I ate during two weeks in Morocco. Although I only stayed one night, the guesthouse and village would have repaid a longer visit since Kamal is knowledgeable about the area, its history and economy, and offers a far more interesting and unique range of day trips than a typical hotelier. I would particularly recommend him to anyone practically-minded who is interested in learning about, for want of a better expression, "how things work". For instance, we drove out to a lime kiln on a nearby hillside to find out how the traditional lime whitewash is made which coats a number of the local buildings, and we went to watch a joiner at work and discussed local carpentry methods, the different kinds of wood, and so on (especially interesting if you are into woodwork and have already visited the Nejjarine Museum of wooden handicrafts in Fes). The highlight for me, however, was going with Kamal to the sheep souq at Guigou in the Middle Atlas - this really was a fantastic experience and even though, in theory, I could have rented a car and gone there by myself, I would have missed out on a ton of information from Kamal, translated conversations with the Berber shepherds, and would have had to have driven through the mountains in the middle of the night in order to arrive at the souq in time. A splendid experience, and also a great place to buy things at dramatically lower prices than what one would pay in the city.