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( 0661 23 87 89;
www.riadorangeraie.com
; 61 Rue Sidi el-Yamani; d incl breakfast Dh1450-1900;
)
Smooth and suave, with perfectly buffed
tadelakt
walls, massaging showers
(the best in town), sprawling rooms, and a generous chlorine-free pool. This place has all
the right moves, with five employees looking after seven rooms, a car and driver on call,
excellent breakfasts, soothing hammam treatments, a babysitting service and a pioneering
recycling program.
Ville Nouvelle
Hotels in Guéliz are handier if you're passing through town quickly or are seeking
disabled-accessible accommodation.
Hôtel Toulousain
INN
€
( 0524 43 00 33;
http://hoteltoulou sain.com
; 44 Rue Tariq ibn Ziyad; incl breakfast s Dh150-180, d
Dh200-280; )
An easygoing budget hotel run by a kindly Moroccan-American family in
a prime Guéliz location, with restaurants, boutiques, laundry, local travel agency and a lit-
erary cafe right at your doorstep. Book ahead for spacious, cheerful 1st-floor guest rooms
with classic blue
beldi
(country-style) tiles. When upstairs rooms get stuffy, guests hang
out on patios under banana trees.
Hôtel du Pacha
( 0524 43 13 27;
www.hotelpacha.net
;
33 Rue de la Liberté; s/d Dh320/400; )
Novels beg to
be set in this faded colonial hotel, with tall French windows to catch breezes and neigh-
bourhood gossip. Ground-floor rooms come with marble sinks and dark woodwork, while
those upstairs have art-deco tiles and turquoise bath tubs. The shadowy stuccoed entry,
hidden courtyard and salon club chairs add
noir
-novel intrigue.
HOTEL
€
Villa Marguerite
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GUESTHOUSE
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( 0672 41 82 64;
www.ilove-marrakech.com/villamarguerite
; 62 Blvd Mansour Eddahabi; d
Dh670-1010, ste Dh1235-1680; )
This classic colonial villa is located steps from fash-
ionable Rue de la Liberté in the heart of Guéliz. Hidden behind high walls is a flower-
draped patio with a small pool and a spacious house with seven rooms. Apart from the
