Riad Hida (or Hotel Palais Riad Hida, to give it its full title) was an absolute gem of a place to stay. It's about 40kms from Taroudannt at Ouled Berhil (often shortened to Berhil). We spent two nights here and were sorry it wasn't longer. Berhil is a shabby looking town and we wondered what we'd let ourselves in for, especially as the signpost directed us up an local, unmade road in the middle of the town, which felt as though it went on forever with no sign of anything other than local houses. In reality we probably drove for about 5 mins up the road. However, once we got there, we couldn't have been more surprised. Riad Hida was the most fantastic oasis; peaceful, quiet and tranquil place to stay. The staff were wonderful, friendly and made us feel very welcome during our stay. We ate at the restaurant both evenings (breakfast was included) and the food was good local fayre. We were surprised to be offered beer and wine at very a reasonable price. Their olive oil is the best we've tasted - we were told it's produced on their own estate.
They were flexible and accommodating enough that we were able to tell them in the afternoon what we would like for dinner that evening and they prepared it for us.
There is a large, modern swimming pool set in amongst the delightful gardens with peacocks roaming around. There are several places to sit and relax, read, play cards etc. We believe the riad was orginally a mansion for a rich man and were initially offered a room in the old mansion but it didn't have air con so we asked to move, which wasn't a problem. In fact nothing was too much trouble.
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Hotel Palais Riad Hida, Ouled Berhil, Taroudannt, Morocco
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