Having read reviews of hotels in Casablanca for a one night lay over I plumped for Gite Nadia because it seemed closest to the airport (besides the seemingly terrible airport hotel). The car journey was 50 minutes in heavy traffic not the 30 mins billed so I may as well have gone into the city centre. On arrival at 10.00pm, there was nothing to eat or drink and no shops nearby, luckily water in room. Room smelt of smoke despite being non smoking. First mouse size cockroach appeared 5 mins after entering room and was dispatched by the owner. Second appeared 10 mins later when I was alone, even bigger and refused to be caught so kept me company, somewhere. Towels were threadbare with holes in the shower mat.
I was only there for a very short stay, I may have had a better experience had I been there longer as the staff were extremely nice and helpful, even rustling up some food for me to eat before a 6.30am departure.
Be warned, the taxi transfers to and from airport cost as much as room so doubled price of the stay and making it far from reasonable.
