Come to us, to the edge of life, from the snowy mountains of the High Atlas, over the stony plains of the Anti Atlas to the green Oases and the beautiful Casbahs in the Draa Valley. This was the legendary Caravan Route from Marakech to Timbuktu. See the river Draa disappearing in the desert - the great Sanddesert begins...ride a Camel, sleep a night in the desert with the nomades in their tent...and watch the incredible Sahara Sky with millions of Stars, Nebulas and Galaxies at our Star Terrace.

The owner of the Small Elegant Hotel Stargazing Sahara Sky is Fritz Koring. He wanted to build a hotel like a Kasbah, in the traditional way of this region. It took 4 years and some stamina to build and finish... In 1998 he opened the hotel (formerly known as the Kasbah Hotel) as an accomplished synthesis of the Saharan landscape, its specific colors and arid sanddunes with the unexpected comfort of its interior. Then inspired by the black Saharan sky he installed SaharaSky, the first private observatory in North Africa. Equipped with state of the art GPS amateur telescopes.

The personnel are local Berbers. The restaurant serves authentic berber cuisine. The hotel bar offers the best of Moroccan wines, beers and international brands of liquor.
It was not always easy... I am proud, that my hotel belongs to the 100 leading special places so close to the Sahara Desert.

In the year 2004 the hotel was awarded the SEH seal and is a proud member of Small Elegant Hotels since then.

Fritz Koring says: "Be my guest - and feel the charm and myth of South Morocco!"

All rooms and prices include:
Half board (breakfast and dinner), bath/shower, hot water, aircond.cool+heat, large terrace, suites with view over desert.
* Prices plus tax tourist 5DH pp./ night (* 1€ = app. 11 Dirhams)

Main feature of hotel is now its observatory with hi tech GPS telescopes. We offer - after dinner - observations guided by the hotel astronomer Patrick (belge) at 100 Dirhams pp.