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(Riad Amazigh; 0524 44 07 93;
www.equity-point.com
;
80 Derb el-Hammam, Mouassine; dm per per-
son Dh100-180, d Dh620; )
Award-winning international hostel chain Equity Point spot-
ted a yawning gap in the market and set up one of their 'FUNtastic' hostels in the heart of
Mouassine. Here you get all the perks of historic-riad living - a private courtyard pool,
zellij
-tastic
bhous
(nooks) and ornate decorative effects from brass lanterns to carved ce-
dar doors - plus a convivial hostel crowd. Dorm rooms sleep six to eight and each has its
own bathroom. The hostel has a bar, a restaurant and no curfew restrictions.
Le Gallia
HOTEL
€
( 0524 44 59 13;
www.ilove-marrakesh.com/hotelgallia
; 30 Rue de la Recette; s/d/tr Dh350/ 550/780;
)
Madcap Djemaa el-Fna is around the corner, but the Gallia maintains the calm and
grace of another era with 19 comfortable, air-con/heated rooms with gleaming brass lamps
and marble sinks. Get tanned over rooftop breakfasts (Dh45), and chat in stuccoed salons
around bougainvillea-bedecked courtyards. Run by the French Galland family since 1929,
the Gallia is often packed with repeat visitors; book ahead by fax.
RIAD
€
Hotel du Trésor
( 0524 37 51 13;
www.hotel-du-tresor.com
; 77 Derb Sidi Bouloukat; incl breakfast s Dh400-470, d
Dh410-580; )
Not since the Rolling Stones tumbled down these
derbs
has Mar-
rakesh seen such rock-and-roll style. Fourteen rooms flank a cool whitewashed courtyard
with chequered tiles, a towering orange tree and mod Panton chairs perfect for posing by
the large plunge pool. Behind painted doors are walls of vintage mirrors reclaimed from
the Mamounia, crystal chandeliers over a red-velvet-padded bed, and in the terrace Blue
Suite, a soaking tub and gold-mosaic fireplace.
Hôtel Cecil
INN
€
( 0524 44 22 03;
http://djemaaelfna hotelcecil.com
; Rue Sidi Bouloukat; incl breakfast r without bath-
room Dh220, s/d/tr with bathroom Dh250/300/400; )
Cecil's twin courtyards in hot Marrak-
shi pink with a green-and-white
zellij
trim offer chic, modern digs minutes from Djemaa
el-Fna. Rooms with and without en suites are allocated their own courtyard. En-suite
rooms boast a slightly higher level of comfort and decoration with carved cedar wood
beds,
tadelakt
showers and reversible air-con/heaters. For those sharing bathrooms there
