About us

Since 2007

Rosalind welcomes you to one of the loveliest locations in the delightful fishing and surfing village of Taghazout. For twelve years I have welcomed guests to this house with its four delightful apartments: Albatross; Bougainvillea; El Baraka and Shems.

Our team, Mohammed and Mr. Fantastic, go out of their way to help you settle in, feel comfortable and explore the area. Here our guests can relax and enjoy the sea views and sounds. All four apartments overlook the gorgeous beach with its traditional blue fishing boats. We have combined Moroccan culture and modern comforts to create a really pleasurable stay for all of our guests.

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My love for Morocco started many years ago in Tangiers; the smell of the large bunches of coriander brought down from the mountains by the colorful Berber women from Chefchaouan Chefouan sitting outside the large Souk to sell their wares, their hospitality, their kindness.

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I was renovating an old farmhouse in France during the early years of 2000 when I happened to catch a BBC program about buying and doing up property in Morocco. My Aunt had left me a small sum and I was inspired by the idea of buying somewhere in the sun and brimming somewhere which was just with swimming in the most beautiful and colorful decorative artisanal work. The thought of being able to design my own encaustic tiles, choose delicately woven fabrics, filled me with excitement – and the overwhelming feeling that and the overwhelming feeling that anything was possible

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So first came the first decision was where would I find this magical spot. Soon my partner (or husband as he was) and soon my partner and I were on the plane out to Agadir to scour the coastline for something that seemed to fit our idea (or dream)idea. We were already in the rental business in France so we knew what our clients dreamed of – sun, sand and security was high on their list.

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We hired a car and set out on our adventure. Very soon we were aware that it was not going to be that easy. A lot of villages were pretty inaccessible and those that weren’t were often very basic fishing encampments. So having traveled down South to the then crumbling Sidi Ifni and then North to Essaouira a certain gloom descended on us despite the beauty of the countryside and the glorious Atlantic.

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It was on our return from Essaouira that we thought we should look again at Taghazout. We had seen it from from from passing along the road but had not stopped to explore. It was love at first sight. This small hidden cove with its beautiful blue fishing boats. Strange and non-uniform houses of different colors and architecture stretching down to the beach through winding and crisscrossing paths, steps leading down to the beach. A whole new world compared to the bustling road that stretched along the top of the village.

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We went to a café on the top road where we met Mohamed and a small, keen-eyed man who was the local estate agent. From there we were taken around various options but nothing was quite right. Then, here we were in True Iwwlit with Mohamed calling out to someone in a house upstairs – a window flew open and there was Jimini. Asked if he was still interested in selling his house the response was positive, and we were shown around.

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The first floor was where his family lived, the ground-floor housed his sister and some other residents. The second floor was let out to holidaymakers. Upstairs there was another floor that was incomplete. The whole place was in a pretty bad state but the views were fantastic and the decision to buy it was instantly made!

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In addition, added to the complexities of buying property in Morocco was the added issue of the Deeds - there were ir being none no Deeds with the houses in Taghazout. However, there was a proper Contract which enabled people you to buy and sell and we met a delightful Notaire down in Agadir who explained everything to us.