HOTELRESORTIf you do suffer a thrown piston, you have two acceptable choices for sleeping.
Hotel Bouhlal €
( 0537 90 71 54; Rue 1, Hay el-Haddadine Echaouen; s/d/tr Dh80/120/150, air-con per 2hr
an extra Dh40; ) This is your best budget option, although located in a nondescript industrial
side street with nothing nearby. Inside, the rooms are clean, and the roof terrace a welcome
oasis. The shared bathrooms have hot water and a choice of squat or Western toilets. Friendly
staff can rustle up breakfast on request, but otherwise head to the Motel Rif for a meal.
Motel Rif €
( 0537 90 71 72; www.motel-rif.ma; r Dh250, 5-person apt Dh700; ) This odd, sprawling
blue-and-white complex on the outskirts of town – on the way to Chefchaouen, and 3km before
the road to Fez – fancies itself as a drive-in resort, with sun umbrellas by the pool, campervan
parking (Dh70 for two) with electricity and hot showers, a cavernous restaurant (set menu
Dh100) and a 35-hectare farm to provide it with produce. The large proportions of the concrete
block buildings makes it feel like a factory converted to hotel use.
There are several other budget hotels across from the Pl de L’Independence, all of which seem
to be competing for the bottom rung of a short ladder. Restaurant des Négociants (Place de
l’Indépendence) is the most popular eatery, but given the flies, you may end up staying in
Ouezzane longer than you wish.
Getting There & Away
Bus
Two dusty car parks on Rue de la Marche Verte, 50m northwest of the main square, function
as the bus station and grand-taxi stand. Get an early start when trying to leave Ouezzane, as
there are virtually no buses after 5pm.
CTM has buses to Fez (Dh50, two hours, two daily) and Tetouan (Dh40, two hours, one
daily) via Chefchaouen (Dh20, 1½ hours).
There are frequent non-CTM buses before 5pm, including:Casablanca Dh65, five hours
Chefchaouen Dh20
Fez Dh40
Kenitra Dh25, 2½ hours
Meknès Dh40
Tangier Dh50, four hours
Tetouan Dh35
Most non-CTM buses for Chefchaouen actually stop at Dardara junction, on the main road,
from where you can pick up a grand taxi (Dh10) for the final 10km into town.
Taxi
There are grands taxis to Chefchaouen (Dh30, 75 minutes) and Fez (Dh60, two hours). For