House #4: Eco Dômes
More pictures on their website (incl. the inside of the domes) and on their Facebook page.
Location. Located a bit outside Sidi Kaouki. Exact location is 31.387012, -9.813566 (the domes visible in the satellite image version). At the beach with no houses in between, only 400 m empty space so effectively, a private beach that is a 5 minute walk away [source].
Transportation:
- to Sidi Kaouki (2.5-3 km): by vehicle 7 min, by bicycle 15 min, walking 40 min [source]
- to Essaouira (20-21 km): by vehicle 20 min; by bus from Ouassen and Sidi Kaouki twice daily (8:00 and 17:00 ) [source], by bicycle 60 min (own guess), by electrical bicycle 40 min (own guess)
Description. Contains in total 6 bedrooms “and the dopest living room in Morocoo” (@unknown_author). It could fit 15-20 people, according to the house manager / maintainer and their Facebook page. The inside of the domes “is super nice … much surprised” (@unknown_author). Consists of:
- main house with the big living room and a view on the sea
- the two geodesic domes (sleeps 2-4 people each)
- fisherman’s cabin (sleeps 2 people)
- a berber tent (sleeps 2-3 people)
- a hamam (hot tub; the white house in the pictures)
Suitable for organizing the festival in the place and the attached garden.
Condition. Seems to be quite new. Their Facebook page only started in August 2017.
Equipment. Fully furnished. The whole location uses dry toilets (means probably composting toilets with urine separation) and they recover the waste water from the shower, so only natural detergents are allowed, which are also available on-site. [source] They also use a solar thermal hot-water maker (see the lower right in the first picture above.)
Price. We have no confirmed information about this so far, so we put what we have only into the access protected section above…
Owner. See the contact infos section (access protected). For publicly available information, see their AirBnB user profile.
Comments.
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“Do you have a personal favourite house so far?” – “Yeah man, the domes.” – @unknown_author
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“The domes seem to be a very good fit, they offers also a very different ways to organize, and privacy for women.” – @hazem
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“I like the domes, they are quite aligned to the OpenVillage “DIY life” vision, with their dry toilets and recycling showers.” – @matthias
Questions.