Mirleft Cultural Cove

Hello families! How is your summer going? I've seen lots of beautiful pictures of families enjoying their travels in the last few weeks.🥰

Here at Mirleft Cultural Cove Moroccan Worldschool Hub in Southern Morocco, we've been having a fabulous summer as well! Our beautiful coastal town has had the most lovely weather and our brand new hub space has hosted birthday celebrations, game nights, live music, bonfires, late night swims, and many new activities for our hub participants.

We'd love for you to join us so we can continue having amazing adventures in August! We are currently running one week sessions so more families can discover the magic of Mirleft 🥰 If you're still looking to make special memories this summer, contact me for more info about our hub sessions. Welcome to your family in Morocco!! 😍😍😍

The Mirleft Cultural Cove Moroccan Worldschool Hub staff has been having the most amazing summer with our kids! We have been throughly enjoying our new hub space and celebrated multiple birthdays with music, food, and late night swims!

Along the way, we've bonded even more as a team, which is definitely my favorite part 🥰 Yesterday, we went out to lunch together and I tried grilled sardines for the first time. 🤯

Come join the crew! If you have no plans for August, we'll still be in full summer swing and Mirleft is an amazing community to be a part of 🥰

Send me a DM for more details!

Today, we visited a mountain village where we had the privilege to experience lives lived far differently than the ones we know. We saw how much sweat goes into harvesting wheat by hand and how hard it is to grind wheat into flour. We witnessed wizened old ladies who still wake up at 4 AM to release the sheep and goats for grazing, who feed their chickens kitchen scraps to make them grow strong and healthy so they can lay the best eggs. We imagined what it would have been like to arrive to these mountains centuries ago and decide that this was a good place to settle. We cooked using old school methods and hand harvested veggies. We were a tiny bit uncomfortable and a little bit bored at times, because we had to sit patiently while the village worked it's magic.

At the end of the day, we were tired, we were fully of dust, we needed a donut stop. But we had a day that taught us not only about rural Morocco, but about ourselves.

July in Mirleft: warm days, ocean breezes, and a week your kids will actually remember!

We still have a few spots left. If you're a worldschooling family looking for something real this summer, come spend a week with us. Message us, join our Facebook group Mirleft Cultural Cove Moroccan Worldschool Hub, or WhatsApp me directly to get more info!

I'm from Wisconsin in the Midwest of the USA; not exactly diverse. I never in a million years thought I'd end up loving this small coastal town in southern Morocco. The only thing I really knew about Muslims or Islam was what we as Americans heard on the news after September 11th. So it seems odd that here I am, six years in, and Mirleft feels more like home than anywhere I've lived.

I tell people all the time that I never expected to fall in love with Morocco, especially as a single mom. But I've found a village here. This town is special in a way that's hard to explain until you've been here. My kids have been loved here and have known what it means to be raised in community.

If you're worldschooling and you're anywhere near Morocco this summer, come spend a week with us. July still has spots. We'd love to share our community with you!

Marrakech, Casablanca, Fez....they'll always be worth seeing. But it's not where you go if you actually want to meet the real Morocco.

Mirleft is a small town on the coast where people aren't performing for tourists. The connections you make here are real. The food you eat is what people actually eat. The pace is slow enough that your kids can take it all in instead of just surviving it.

We've watched families arrive stressed because they had no understanding of the culture and leave soft because the community took them in. That's Mirleft doing what it does...because the town's slogan "Mirleft, Never Left" is real. Will you join our club?

Eight years ago, I pulled my kids out of the traditional school system to get away from school shooting threats, bullying, and issues like my son being told he couldn't check out a book he wanted to read from the school library because it was above his reading level. 🥴 We decided to try worldschooling because how much more could you learn through actual experiences?

Six years ago Morocco stopped feeling like a destination and started feeling like where we live.

My kids have grown up knowing what it means to be somewhere as a guest, to show up with respect and curiosity, and to build real friendships across language barriers and cultures. That didn't happen in a classroom. It happened in places like Mirleft.

That's what I want for your kids too. Someplace where they feel part of the community. That's what Mirleft Cultural Cove is truly for 🥰

Something that can happen while worldschooling is that it can be lonely.

Even if you're in a beautiful place and you and your kids are having incredible experiences, you might also be the only foreign family in the area who doesn't speak the language and isn't sure where to buy the things you need. As a single working parent, it can also feel like alot when you're trying to balance getting out and exploring the area vs. putting in work hours. Life on the road is beautiful but it's not always easy.

My experience as a single working parent is part of why I built Mirleft Cultural Cove Moroccan Worldschool Hub the way I did. We provide time for single parents to work while their kids are well taken care of and exploring the culture. It's a place where your family isn't just passing through, you're actually part of something; you're part of our big, chaotic, Moroccan family and the amazing community of Mirleft!

We have spots left in July. Come find your people and perhaps you'll join the "Mirleft Never Left" crew as well!

Still looking to experience Morocco this summer? Join us at our new Hub space at Mirleft Cultural Cove 🥰

📍 June 22nd – September 4th: "Summer Taster Sessions" allow for families to join us short-term.

Families can book a minimum 1-week taster session at:
• €150 per child per week
• €135 per sibling per week

🏡 Limited In-House Family Spots Available (First Come, First Served)
All in-house options are suitable for up to 4 people and include access to pool and play space after hours. These are rooms within the Hub Space with a shared kitchen, living room, and multiple outdoor spaces:

• 1 Basic Room with shared bathroom (175 Euro/week)
• 1 Room with en suite bathroom (280 Euro/week)
• 1 Private Room with en suite bathroom + two private balconies (490 Euro/week)

🏠 Apartment Options (First Come, First Served)
We also have 2 apartments available in town, each suitable for 4–5 people (280 Euro/week).

Once these options are filled, families will need to arrange their own accommodation via Airbnb or Booking.

If you’re thinking about joining us this summer, reach out early. Spaces are limited! Please DM or send me a message via WhatsApp (+212) 0687 584-619 to chat more!

Before I left the US, I had no idea that living abroad long term would end up looking like regular life. Except regular life somewhere I never dreamed I could go. I bet most traveling families know what I mean.

You still have to figure out dinner. The kids still argue. Something always needs fixing. You still have hard days where everything feels too far away and too complicated.

But then you look up and you're in Morocco or someplace else you only imagined seeing someday. Maybe you're surrounded by people who've become your family. And somehow that makes all of it feel like exactly where you're supposed to be!