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8 Hip Hotels in Morocco

Morocco has an enduring appeal in that you can have one foot in the groovy present and the other in the biblical past, whilst Marrakech has become one of the hottest destinations on the planet.

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  1. Angsana Riads

    Marrakech, Morocco

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    The overpoweringly exotic experience of staying in the heart of one of the world’s few authentic medieval cities.

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    • In step with the medieval authenticity of the Marrakech Medina, the hotel is a collection of six ultra-opulent riads.
    • In step with the medieval authenticity of the Marrakech Medina, the hotel is a collection of six ultra-opulent riads.
    • An architectural masterpiece distinguished by vivid, brilliant colours.
    • These are exquisite houses, not hotels, so the bar is wherever you want it to be. Whilst you are in residence it is your home.
    • Si Said features traditional Moroccan cuisine, and Bab Firdaus offers a Thai menu. Both are open to guests of the other riads, and each riad also offers an all-day in-house dining menu that includes salads, sandwiches and international specialities.

    Prices from:

    £499 pp in low season (winter and summer)

    £519 pp in high season (spring and autumn)

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  2. Jnane Tamsna

    Marrakech, Morocco

    Marrakech is a dream; but much as I love the city and its mad, medieval Medina, I prefer to stay in the Palmeraie – the vast and wild palm grove that stands between the city and the Atlas Mountains. The Palmeraie is beautiful and exotic, and it is quiet. This beauty and the quiet are amplified in a place like Jnane Tamsna – it is an oasis in the true sense.

    The gardens surrounding the five villas are extensive with five pools spread throughout. Even better, the interiors are as inspiring as the gardens. Both are a result of the proprietors. He is an acclaimed botanist, she is a renowned decorator and designer. There is a dining room, and it is frequented for breakfast, and in the winter it is augmented for dinner with blazing fireplace but meals are served in surprise places throughout the property.

    It is not a hotel, it is a fabulous collection of villas set in the splendour of one of the most beautiful gardens on southern Morocco.

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    • A collection of elegant bungalows set in five hectares of lush palm-studded gardens in the Palmeraie.
    • A collection of elegant bungalows set in five hectares of lush palm-studded gardens in the Palmeraie.
    • Exotic bathrooms and a beautifully pared-down décor set the tone for a sophisticated yet understated escape.
    • Jnane Tamsna is run like an aristocratic home. The bar is where you want it to be, and with five hectares of space that leaves lots of options.
    • There is a dining room but the true luxury of Jnane Tamsna is that meals are served in different places throughout the property.

    Prices from:

    £799 pp

    Incudes 1 free night

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  3. Kasbah Tamadot

    Atlas Mountains, Morocco

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    The views in every direction are inspiring, while inside the protective walls guests will discover beautiful gardens and an extensive and inviting complex of staircases and courtyards. There are 28 bedrooms and suites all individually designed using traditional Moroccan furnishings and antiques, with a hint of the contemporary.

    In the beautifully tended gardens, find the seasonal pool bar and terrace for light lunches, from which a grand staircase leads down to the infinity-edge pool and a gym. Past the two tennis courts you will find the herb and vegetable garden, where some of the ingredients are incorporated into the restaurant menus. Local and International cuisine is served at the main restaurant Kanoun.Unwind by the indoor pool, in the sauna, or perhaps with a spa treatment or traditional hammam in the Asounfou Spa.

    Kasbah Tamadot is a stunning retreat set at the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains, one hour from Marrakech.

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    • The award-winning Kasbah Tamadot was bought by Sir Richard Branson during one of his famous ballooning expeditions. The extensive grounds are filled with staircases, courtyards and gardens to explore.
    • The award-winning Kasbah Tamadot was bought by Sir Richard Branson during one of his famous ballooning expeditions. The extensive grounds are filled with staircases, courtyards and gardens to explore.
    • Named Jacaranda this Deluxe Room has views over the pool and gardens towards the Atlas Mountains. Featuring an antique ceiling and furniture, enjoy the sun rise over the mountains from the terrace.
    • An intimate fireside bar comes alive during the cooler months, during the warm months enjoy a pre-dinner cocktail at the infinity pool bar, or the rooftop terrace underneath the stars.
    • A stunning dining area complete with terrace dining, and breathtaking views, Kanoun restaurant serves delicious local and international cuisine. The infinity pool bar is ideal for al fresco lunches.

    Prices from:

    £899 pp in low season (winter and summer)

    £999 pp in high season (spring and autumn)

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  4. L’Heure Bleue

    Essaouira, Morocco

    Within the ancient walls of the medina in south west Morocco the Heure Bleue Palais sits majestically as a testament to the area’s glorious past.

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    • A blend of colonial style with modern comfort.
    • A blend of colonial style with modern comfort.
    • 33 rooms and suites all elegantly decorated to reflect the area’s African, European and Asian past.
    • The English lounge is as good as it gets for evening drinks whilst the roof-top terrace is a haven for daytime sun worshippers.
    • The exquisitely decorated restaurant presents a menu inspired by French cuisine and Moroccans’ love of lavish feasts! Essaouira is the country’s leading fishing port and, as such, expertly prepared fresh sea food is always in abundance.

    Prices from:

    £1,149 pp

    Stunning beach location

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  5. La Sultana Marrakech

    Marrakech, Morocco

    La Sultana is a palace; a small inner city palace known as a riad. It provides a taste of the exotic life that was once lived behind the walls of these intensely private palaces. At La Sultana, the impression created is of an authentic riad, once occupied by a European aristocrat, whose taste had become oriental, but not without dragging the odd antique and painting over from Europe. La Sultana is a fantasy, a luxuriously appointed, beautifully decorated page out of 1001 Arabian Nights.

    Working in partnership with The office for Historic Monuments for three years, La Sultana has created a riad of exceptional beauty, authenticity and luxury, incorporating all the traditional architectural elements that have made the Marrakech Medina so distinctive. Each of the twenty eight rooms are rare and beautiful and sophisticated and although they share a common approach they are all different.

    An aristocrats palace in the heart of the thousand year old Medina.

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    • La Sultana is a palace; a small inner city palace known as a riad. It provides a taste of the exotic life that was once lived behind the walls of these intensely private palaces.
    • La Sultana is a palace; a small inner city palace known as a riad. It provides a taste of the exotic life that was once lived behind the walls of these intensely private palaces.
    • Each of the twenty eight rooms are rare, beautiful and sophisticated
    • A drink on the roof terrace at sundown, a cocktail in the privacy of your suite, a drink by the pool. A riad was originally a house, and in your house you do as you like.
    • La Sultana has an in house Moroccan chef and the enjoyment of dishes such as lamb and honey tagine or Fois Gras cooked with apples from Ourika

    Prices from:

    £855 pp in low season

    £975 pp in high season

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  6. La Sultana Oualidia

    Essaouira, Morocco

    La Sultana is a palace on the coast – an imposing structure of arches, terraces, domes and private spaces that cascade down a steep hillside to a splendid lagoon. It is a place of luxury in the style of A Thousand and One Arabian Nights.

    This tiny fishing village is possibly the most engagingly beautiful spot on Morocco’s entire Atlantic coast. It is blessed with a sandy lagoon, imposing dunes, crashing surf and no tourists.

    Despite its imposing size, the hotel has only eleven guest suites which are better described as apartments rather than rooms. The ambience is open and spacious and the detailing is authentically Moroccan. The ceilings are lined in Oleander, the walls are of stone and tadelakt and the wooden furniture is painted in traditional fashion. It’s an exotic variant on the idea of a beach hotel.

    An exotic hideaway situated on one of North Africa’s most beautiful and least known beaches.

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    • La Sultana is a place of luxury in the style of A Thousand and One Arabian Nights.
    • La Sultana is a place of luxury in the style of A Thousand and One Arabian Nights.
    • The ambience is open and spacious and the detailing is authentically Moroccan. It’s an exotic variant on the idea of a beach hotel.
    • Set in its own round thatched pavilion, the bar is halfway between the hotel and the beach.
    • Adjacent to the lagoon, the restaurant has a sweeping, view of the lagoon, the surrounding dunes and the Atlantic Ocean.

    Prices from:

    £895 pp in low season

    £1,025 pp in high season

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  7. Riad El Fenn

    Marrakech, Morocco

    Situated within the courtyard walls of one of the city’s largest riads, Riad El Fenn combines an English flair for expat lifestyle with a healthy respect and admiration for Moroccan style and tradition. The secret to El Fenn’s lifestyle is to offer an abundance of spaces to retreat and to call your own: lush gardens and terraces, a snug salon with a fireplace, a roof terrace with day beds, a plunge pool on a private terrace and lots of hidden corners to disappear into.

    When it comes to dining the approach to food is to keep it simple. Emphasis is on fresh produce, delicious ingredients and a purposefully limited choice. At Riad El Fenn they understand that you want to eat well but you do not want to be bombarded with choices and when it’s time to relax with a drink, since Riad El Fenn is more of a home than a hotel, the bar is literally where you want it to be, on the roof, in the courtyard etc.

    A big historically important town house, with three pools, a spa and a private cinema on the inner edge of the Marrakech Medina.

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    • Riad El Fenn combines an English flair for expat lifestyle with a healthy respect and admiration for Moroccan style and tradition
    • Riad El Fenn combines an English flair for expat lifestyle with a healthy respect and admiration for Moroccan style and tradition
    • In keeping with the exotic nature of Marrakech, each room is different in terms of its colour scheme, layout and décor
    • The bar is literally where you want it to be, on the roof, in the courtyard or in your room... but there is also a dedicated bar on the ground floor next to the restaurant
    • The approach to food is to keep it simple, fresh and made from local produce only

    Prices from:

    £925 pp

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  8. Villa De L’O

    Essaouira, Morocco

    Situated within the old city walls, Villa de L’O would once have been a nobleman’s town house. Unlike the fisherman, who still paint their craft in bright vivid colours, the interiors are a muted affair. It has the ambience and the patina and the style of a mansion that could have belonged to a retired officer of the British Merchant Navy.

    The style of the rooms is a seductive mix of Oriental (in the old fashioned sense of the word, i.e. exotic) and colonial: a masculine, neutral palette that seems quite appropriate for a rugged stretch of Morocco’s coast. The look and style may be romantic and retro, but the experience is completely contemporary. Large, powerful showerheads, spacious open plan, contemporary bathrooms and all entertainment and communication technology are standard for all the rooms.

    A historic eighteenth century mansion with a Casa Blanca (the film) ambience, inside the old city walls of a historic Portuguese port on a spectacular stretch of Atlantic coast.

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    • Situated within the old city walls, Villa de L’O would once have been a nobleman’s town house
    • Situated within the old city walls, Villa de L’O would once have been a nobleman’s town house
    • The style is a seductive mix of Oriental and colonial: a masculine, neutral palette that seems quite appropriate for a rugged stretch of Morocco’s coast.
    • There are four different lounge spaces to choose from
    • The ambience for dinner is glamorous and exotic a bit like the history of the town.

    Prices from:

    £759 pp in low season

    £799 pp in high season

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