Hotel Al Kasbah

Journal

Notes from the house

On earth and how it is rammed, on what the kitchen cooks and why, and on the country around the walls.

A rammed-earth wall showing its layers

Craft

How a wall is rammed

Sixty centimetres of earth, ten centimetres at a time. What our builders taught us in three years of putting the kasbah back together.

Read the story
The kasbah above the beach

Around

A day in Rabat, twenty minutes away

A table of fish, tagine and salads

Table

Why we cook harira on Fridays

The Orange Tree Court

House

Three courtyards, three hours of the day