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stuccoed lobby and lounge (complete with piano), rooms are contemporary in style with
terrazzo floors, large queen-sized beds and polished-concrete bathrooms, many of which
have baths.
Breakfast is rather disappointing, but with one of the best Moroccan bakeries,
al-Jawda
(
0525 433897;
www.al-jawda.com
;
11 Rue de la Liberté;
8am-7.30pm)
, just around the corner,
eating out is easy.
Le Printemps
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HOTEL
€€
( 0524 43 96 04;
www.hotelleprintemps.com
; 19 Ave el-Mansour Eddahbi; d Dh600-800, ste Dh1500;
)
The wood-fired poolside pizza restaurant was so successful, Le Printemps in-
vested upwards creating 110 luxurious new rooms with scalloped balconies overlooking
central Guéliz. Plump, divan beds with Mediflex mattresses and soft suede throws sit
amid acres of space beside en-suite bathrooms clad in shiny marble. Still, it's the locally
popular restaurant and poolside pizza that makes this place a real winner.
WORTH A TRIP
ETHICS & AESTHETICS: FELLAH HOTEL
Part Berber farm, part modern-art installation, part spa resort and community outreach program, the
Fellah Hotel
(
0525 06 50 00;
www.fellah-hotel.com
; Km 13 Rte de l'Ourika, Tassoultante; d
from Dh1900; ) , southeast of Marrakesh, defies easy definitions and that's exactly
how they like it. The visionaries behind the concept hope that the hotel, with its chocolate-coloured
adobe-style villas framed picturesquely by High Atlas peaks, will become a meeting place between
resident artists, travellers and the local community of Akara, who are engaged through activities and
classes at the
Dar al Ma'mûm Foundation
(
www.dam-arts.org
)
.
The latter, housed in the comprehensive library in villa 7, collaborates with Unesco through the
Aschberg program, which defends mobility for young artists, who are regularly hosted in one- to
three-month residencies and contribute to the Fellah's dynamic cycle of poetry readings and musical
jam sessions. No wonder guests wandering the cactus-flanked gardens or floating in the heated pool
exude an air of quiet contentment that can't be wholly attributed to the Wat Po Massage Centre or a
round with personal trainer, Freddie, in the sunken boxing ring.
Even nonguests can feel the love by booking in for lunch or Sunday Brunch (Dh250), when day-
dreaming by the pool never felt so worthwhile.
