The Ourika Organic Aromatic Garden is open to the public for discovery visits featuring the region’s aromatic, medicinal, and ornamental plants.
Visitors can wander freely through the garden, enjoying its exceptional setting as a peaceful place to rest and relax. Open your senses to nature.
Guided tours are also available.
Discover the virtues and secrets of the garden’s fifty or so plant species, some of which are endemic to the region.
Learn about the properties and uses of these plants, along with their essential oils and hydrosols, in beauty, health, cooking, and home décor… as well as how their applications have evolved from traditional practices to modern-day uses.
The price of the self-guided visit from the garden is 35 MAD or €3.5 per person.
Children under 12 have a preferential rate of 20 MAD or €2
The price of the guided tour is 80 MAD or 8 euros per person
During this visit, we will introduce you to the benefits and various traditional uses of the region's aromatic plants in aromatherapy, herbal medicine, cooking, healthcare, beauty, and cuisine.
Allow 30 minutes for the guided tour.
allow sufficient time for the guided tour
During this workshop, you will take part in a ceremony preparing Moroccan mint tea and Moroccan tea with aromatic herbs.
A host will be there to provide all the explanations relating to these important cultural ceremonies.
Alongside the self-guided or guided tour, visitors have the option to take part in a foot bath with bath salts Nectarome aromatisés à l’huile essentielle d’Oranger Amer (Bigaradier).
An herbal tea made from eight organic plants from the garden will be offered during this foot bath, for optimal relaxation and well-being.
The foot bath can be complemented by a relaxing foot massage performed with a massage oil Nectarome with argan oil and lemon verbena essential oil.
A Henna Workshop can also be organized for visitors.
During this workshop, explanations about henna and the Moroccan tradition of henna body art will be presented.
The henna preparation will be done in front of the visitors.
A traditional henna artist (nekkacha) will create designs on the hands, feet, or arms of visitors who wish to participate.
The Ourika Bio-Aromatic Garden offers its visitors the opportunity to discover a traditional craftsmanship of the region : bread making.
Two types of bread are prepared during this workshop :
• Made from barley mixed with nigella seeds
• Made from wheat mixed with anise seeds
During the workshop, each participant will be able to make their own bread. The specific use of these seeds in the preparation will be explained, along with the various local preparation techniques.
This workshop is followed by a bread tasting made with various local oils pressed in the garden (argan oil, sesame oil, olive oil), as well as the different local preparation techniques.
In this Gastronomy Workshop, we offer you a total immersion in the Moroccan gastronomy of the region. Learn to cook various couscous or tagine recipes from the local traditional culinary arts.
The tasting of the prepared dishes is planned at the end of the workshop.
Among the dishes offered are:
- Veal tagine with potatoes, peas (seasonal), and olives
- Veal tagine with onions, tomatoes and raisins, flavored with cinnamon and aromatic herbs from the garden
- Mixed vegetable veal tagine
- Chicken tagine with lemon flavored with saffron
- Couscous
Argan oil has been extracted from argan nuts in Morocco for thousands of years.
We offer garden visitors the opportunity to attend a traditional stone-mill demonstration of its production.
Visitors will also learn what argan oil is, where Morocco’s argan forests are located, and the history of this endemic tree.
We will also present the different extraction methods available today, the difference between roasted and unroasted oils, and the different possible uses of this extraordinary oil.
