Formerly a foundouk (hotel for merchants) of the Commercial Union of Indochina and Africa, a sort of French version of the Dutch East India Company, Dar L’Ouissa lay in near-ruins for many years after the French owners left the country when Morocco gained independence. The family has now returned and restored the foundouk, with its pleasing white-washed walls and palm-tree filled courtyard, entered through a grand decorative arch and overlooked by three stories of filigreed balustrades. The rooms themselves are fairly simple and European in décor, but perfectly comfortable, whilst eating in the restaurant beneath the gorgeous vaulted ceiling is a real highlight of a stay here.