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Chez Youssef

3.0 star property
Slopeside fun with restaurant and bar/lounge

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Property grounds
Shower, free toiletries, hair dryer, towels
Hiking
Terrace/patio
Bar (on property)

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Air conditioning
  • Laundry
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast included

Room options

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Premium bedding, individually decorated, blackout drapes, soundproofing

Family Room, 2 Queen Beds

Highlights

Soundproofed
Individually decorated
Air conditioning
Connecting rooms available
Washer/dryer
Renovated in 2020
Blackout drapes/curtains
Premium bedding
  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Premium bedding, individually decorated, blackout drapes, soundproofing

Double Room

Highlights

Soundproofed
Individually decorated
Air conditioning
Connecting rooms available
Free cribs/infant beds
Washer/dryer
Renovated in 2020
Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

About the neighborhood

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Merzouga Centre, Taouz, 52202

What's nearby

  • Erg Chebbi - 1 min walk - 0.0 miles
  • Lake Dayet Srij - 20 min walk - 1.1 miles
  • Igrane Palm Grove - 7 min drive - 3.4 miles
  • Dar Gnaoua Bambara Khamlia Cultural Center - 9 min drive - 5.4 miles
  • Souqs of Rissani - 37 min drive - 23.2 miles

Getting around

  • Errachidia (ERH-Moulay Ali Cherif) - 123 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪restaurant tenere - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Hotel&Restaurant "Trans Sahara - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Café Restaurant Rimal - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Cafe Merzouga - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Cafe Nora - ‬9 min drive

About this property

Chez Youssef

Guesthouse in the city center, remodeled in 2020
Free full breakfast, a free daily manager's reception, and a rooftop terrace are just a few of the amenities provided at Chez Youssef. Skiers and snowboarders can spend time on the slopes at this guesthouse offering ski-in/ski-out access and ski storage. The on-site restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Free in-room WiFi is available to all guests, along with a coffee shop/cafe and a garden.
Other perks include:
  • Free self parking and valet parking
  • Free train station pick-up, bike rentals, and luggage storage
  • A 24-hour front desk, a gift shop, and a reception hall
Room features
All guestrooms are individually decorated, and boast comforts such as 24-hour room service and premium bedding, as well as perks like free WiFi and air conditioning.
Extra amenities include:
  • Bathrooms with showers and free toiletries

Languages

Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free train station pick-up shuttle
  • Free self parking on site
  • Free valet parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Free daily manager's reception
  • Hosted evening meal available daily for a fee of MAD 84; reservation required

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Library
  • Playground
  • Ski storage
  • Ski-in/ski-out access
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • In-room washer/dryer
  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Shared refrigerator

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Multilingual staff
  • No housekeeping service
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • On the boardwalk/promenade
  • Picnic area
  • Rooftop terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 1 building
  • 1 floor
  • Built in 2008
  • Communal living room
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Reception hall
  • Renovated entire property - January 2020
  • Traditional architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Individual decor
  • Soundproofed rooms
  • Washer/dryer

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:30 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 7 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for MAD 110 per night

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: MAD 34.10 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.
  • Shuttle transfer per adult: MAD 50 (one-way)
  • Shuttle transfer per child: MAD 0 (one-way), from 1 to 15 years old

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Rollaway bed fee: MAD 110 per night
  • Laundry fee: MAD 50 per day
  • Hosted evening meal: MAD 84

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts major credit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
Property Registration Number 52000GT0192

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Chez Youssef
Chez Youssef House
Chez Youssef House Merzouga
Chez Youssef Merzouga
Chez Youssef Guesthouse Taouz
Chez Youssef Taouz
Chez Youssef Taouz
Chez Youssef Guesthouse
Chez Youssef Guesthouse Taouz

Frequently asked questions

Is Chez Youssef pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Chez Youssef?

Self parking and valet parking are free at this property.

What time is check-in at Chez Youssef?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:30 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at Chez Youssef?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Does Chez Youssef provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle.

Where is Chez Youssef located?

Located in the heart of Merzouga, this ski guesthouse is within 1 mi (2 km) of Erg Chebbi and Lake Dayet Srij. Igrane Palm Grove and Dar Gnaoua Bambara Khamlia Cultural Center are also within 6 mi (10 km).

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Chez Youssef Reviews

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 51 out of 52 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 52 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 52 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 52 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 52 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

9.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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Excellent stay, very clean and beautiful facilities, very attentive staff, specially Youssef, food is also very good.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Simple, charming, and comfortable property managed by Youssef and his wife. Youssef was so welcoming and hospitable. We ate dinners cooked by Youssef's wife in their beautiful courtyard for a truly warm and authentic experience. Youssef also arranged a sunset camel ride for us one evening which was so memorable. Amenities are lacking but we were tired from our drive arriving from Fes so we were there just to relax and enjoy the desert area. My husband and I were sick from something we ate in Fes and Youssef made us a home remedy drink that helped. Youssef's kindness cannot be beat! Highly recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

claude

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Une nuit de fraîcheur avant de gravir les dunes

Excellent accueil par Youssef lui-même qui est aux petits soins et d’excellent conseil pour les activités à toutes heures. Il est le designer de ce petit hôtel où on se sent si bien. Il est aussi très bon cuistot et parle plusieurs langues! Et toujours avec sourire et humour.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

FABIO RIGUETI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

ESPETACULAR!!

SIMPLESMENTE ESPETACULAR...NAO PERCA TEMPO EM PROCURAR OUTRA OPCAO, ELE NOS DEU TODAS AS DICAS E NOS PROPORCIONOU UMA NOITE EM UMA CABANA BERBERE...RAIZ!!! CAMELO, POR DO SOL, JANTAR, NOITE BARRACA E CAFE DA MANHA !! TOP!!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Francois

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Au-delà de nos attentes!

Notre séjour a été au-delà de nos attentes. Youssef est sympathique et attachant, toujours à l'écoute de nos besoins. Un grand merci!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

気の利くオーナー

この施設の一番のお勧めは、なんと言ってもオーナーのユーセフさんのすばらしい”気配り”です。先に先に気を配って、客に不要な心配をさせません。 砂漠の近くにある伝統的な建物としては、清潔に保たれています。エアコンも効きました。
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

YUJU

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely hotel and host

I was welcomed from the time i parked my car. Youssef is a great host. He welcomed me with delicious cookies and mint tea. he also turned on the heater in the room for me. i feel very warm from both the environment and also from Youssef. I love how Youssef decorates the rooms and public area. The breakfast is awesome as well. i highly recommend you to stay with Youssef.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Tout était excellent! En tout point ! le lit ultra confortable. Nous avons pris le repas à l’auberge, succulent. Youssef nous a organiser une nuit dans sont campement en tente berbère , authentique et extraordinaire. Merci Youssef pour ta gentillesse. Et abordable! Ce fut le point fort de nos vacances. Celine et Christian 🙏🐪❤️
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Paula

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Excelente experiencia para ir al desierto

Excelente, el mejor lugar. Su dueño y las personas que trabajan con el son muy amables y acogedores. El lugar es limpio y muy bonito, la comida deliciosa y te asesoran muy bien para poder ir al desierto, para mi fue una experiencia increíble, estaba viajando sola y me orientaron muy bien. Lo recomiendo de todas maneras, al lugar y el tour al desierto, que es una experiencia única y que vale la pena hacer. Volvería sin dudarlo, muchas gracias por todo!!!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Parfait!!

Nous avons tout adoré de notre séjour chez Youssef! Merci pour le si bel accueil:)
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kei, JAPAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

nice hotel

people are friendly. location is good. dinner breakfast are also good. youssef,he is a good guy. i like this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jason, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Too good to be true

Sometimes things appear too good to be true. When I booked this place the day before, there were not many decent places left on Expedia for Merzouga, and I did have bad experience before that some fake people post high rating reviews on a property that disappointed me badly. So I was highly skeptical. But I was happy that I was proved wrong. Youssef is such a wonderful host, he picked me up from the bus station at 5:30am in the early morning and put me to the comfort of his living room sofa to catch up some sleep before the guests checked out. I never slept on anyone's sofa including mine for 3 hours. The breakfast is both healthy and filling, with eggs, omelette, fresh orange juice, fruits and different breads, such a nice treat in his sun drenched beautiful courtyard. He also arranged the sunset camel tour for me, and I was able to spend a magical night in a duvet covered bed in a tent. The room of course is very comfortable and clean. Too bad due to the over night camel tour I was only able to spend a couple of hours in the actual bed. :) The next morning he started early again to prepare breakfast for me when I returned from the desert and help me with my luggage back to the bus station. I have stayed in so many places in the world, but rarely I have had the real feeling that it is the home away from home. This time it was, in the desert of Morocco. Thanks Youssef, if I ever come back again to Merzouga, you know where I will be staying.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Stella

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel is the best out of all the places I stayed in Morocco in 3 weeks of time. It very cute, very pretty, very clean. The owner is super nice as well. We didn’t arrange for pick up. We arrived late by the bus. The owner was worried so he came to the bus station to pick us up. The next day, he let us hang around the hotel until we got picked up by the desert trip in the later afternoon.

10/10 Excellent

Maggie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had the best stay here in Morocco, everything was well organised and the breakfast was our favourite at chez Youssef. Ended up staying one more night here because it was simply amazing! Highly recommend this place!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Valeriya , France

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Great place!

We loved our stay at Youssef's house. The location is great, very close to the desert and to the center of the village. House is very cute and lovely. Our room was big and very clean. Shower and toilet are good. You can't expect anything better is a small village near the desert really! Youssef is very nice and he was always there if we had questions. We also loved our breakfast, very tasty! We also tried dinner one night, it was absolutely amazing!!! Big big thanks again to our wonderful host and all his family! Shukran!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Tomoko

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オーナーが最高

メルズーガでの砂漠ツアーのために1泊だけしました。 【良かった点】 ・今回のモロッコ旅行中でNo1の朝食。特に熱々のオムレツが最高。 ・シャワーの湯量が豊富で熱々だった。 ・オーナーのユーセフさんが明るく、いつも気遣ってくれて楽しく過ごせた。旅行前に砂漠ツアーのことを相談した時も、返信が早くてプランの検討をしやすかった。砂漠ツアーも私たちにとっては妥当な値段だった。チェックアウトの朝、水を購入しなければならないと考えていたら1本（2Lボトル）プレゼントしてくれて、とてもありがたかった。 ・年末の滞在だったがエアコンがあり、快適に過ごせた。 【気になる点】 ・部屋の照明が若干暗め。ただ、それ以外気になることなし。 全般的に、大変満足のゆく滞在だった。出来れば数日のんびりしたかった。もしメルズーガに再び行くことがあれば、必ずこちらを利用します。
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Julian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Chez Youssef was such a wonderful place to stay in the desert. Youssef was hospitable and informative and his house was comfortable, the bed was the best we have slept on in years!! The Tajine he made us for dinner was the best one we ate during our trip.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

ali

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great! Really enjoyed our day, attentive host, great facility.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Takuya, Kawasaki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

皆さまの口コミ通りの素晴らしいホテル

他の方の書かれている口コミがあまりに大絶賛なので、ほんとかなとちょっと疑問に思いながら行きましたが、本当に素晴らしいホテルでした。 部屋はきれいで、ホットシャワーも使えWi-Fiもストレスなくつながります。 何よりオーナーのユーセフさんのホスピタリティが最高です。 是非体験してみてください。
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

GANG

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玩的很开心

老板很热情，宾至如归，很喜欢这样的感觉，很满意撒哈拉之行
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Youssef - Sehr freundlich und super hilfsbereit!

Kleine, gemütliche Unterkunft im typischen Lehmhaus mit mehreren Zimmern, Aufenthaltsraum und Innenhof. Youssef führt das Haus mit seiner Familie - er ist sehr freundlich und super hilfsbereit! Das Haus liegt mitten im Ort, ist aber durch die Beschilderung leicht zu finden. Parken kann man auf der Strasse direkt vor dem Haus. Von hier aus sind es 1,5 km (5 Min mit dem Auto oder 20 Min zu Fuß) zum Parkplatz vor der großen Düne von Merzouga. Youssef bietet auch Übernachtungen im Wüstencamp an.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Highly recommend Chex Youssef!

Youssef is a very gracious and accommodating host with a great sense of humor. The fresh, homemade meals are very delicious and his breakfast is very delicious as well. Chez Youssef is a very clean and quiet place to relax and recharge before heading out in to the Sahara. It's a 5 minute walk to the bus station or other cafes. I highly recommend Chex Youssef for anyone traveling to Merzouga. Talk to Youssef about desert adventures. He is extremely knowledgeable and can be of great assistance.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Quiet, clean and charming. Recommend!

Very comfortable, clean, good food, good host, good wifi... just a few minutes walk in to main part of town and bus station. Recommend and would stay again...