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Le Paradis du Safran
A green pocket the city kept · Ourika, Morocco
4.6★Rating
211Reviews
$$Price level
Sep–Jun. The farm takes a summer break and does not reopen until 1 SeptemberBest time
The experience
An organic saffron farm and garden at Km 31 on the Ourika road, built up by Christine Ferrari, who left a corporate life in Basel for the valley. Beyond the saffron beds there are medicinal-plant borders, tropical fruit orchards, a herd of donkeys and a troop of peacocks. The set piece is a barefoot sensory trail across different natural surfaces, ending in herbal foot baths and organic argan oil, and then a saffron-scented tisane made from eleven aromatic plants. Allow a couple of unhurried hours; it is about 50 minutes' drive from Marrakech.
A Swiss-run saffron farm where you walk the garden barefoot and finish with your feet in a herb bath.
saffron farmbarefoot traildonkeys and peacocksslow
It's only worth the detour Sep–Jun. The farm takes a summer break and does not reopen until 1 September. Turn up outside that window and you're looking at a different place; we'd rather say so than sell you the photo.
Where it is
Ourika, Morocco · Douar Takaterete, Km 31 Route de l'Ourika. Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
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Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.
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