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For a standard
double room per
night with taxes
and breakfast
if included.
under Dh500
Dh500-1500
Dh1200-2500
Dh2500-3500
over Dh3500
Palais Rhoul
The Palmeraie and Further Afield
!
Jnane Tamsna
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Dar Zemora
beautiful pool, lots of
terraces and a
hammam
.
A mini-bus shuttles into
town three times a day
should you wish. d
264
Ouled Ben Rahmoune,
40,000 • 0524 30 03 02
• www.caravanserai.com
•
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Amanjena
This coolest and
most elegant of the
Palmeraie villas has
featured in an array of
international fashion
magazines but there's
plenty of substance here
too - surrounding fruit
orchards, vegetable and
herb gardens provide the
all-organic produce for
the kitchen. d
Douar
Abiad, La Palmeraie • 0524
32 84 84 • www.jnane
tamsna.com
•
Built in the 1990s as
a private villa and set in
three acres of gardens,
this hotel has just three
exquisite suites and two
equally fantastic, massive
bedrooms. The marble
baths are the size of
sarcophagi.
d
Rue El
Andalib, La Palmeraie
• www.darzemora.com
•
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Palmeraie Golf
Part of the ultra
exclusive Amanresorts
group, the place resem-
bles a film set of an
Oriental epic. Accommo-
dation consists of 39
private villas, some with
their own walled gar-
dens.
d
Km 12, Route de
Ouarzazate • 0524 40 33 53
• www.amanresorts.com
•
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Kasbah Tamadot
Palace and Resort
This large five-star hotel
on the northern edge of
the Palmeraie with a golf
course attached, also has
pools, gardens, tennis
courts, restaurants and a
popular nightclub. d
Circuit de la Palmeraie
• 0524 30 10 10 • www.
pgpmarrakech.com
•
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Palais Rhoul
@
Ksar Char Bagh
This maddest of
Marrakech accomm-
odations is a virtual
recreation of an
Alhambran palace court
on a grand scale. It's all
about excess - from the
heated pool to the cigar
salon. The hotel offers a
pick-up service; guests
are picked up from the
airport in reconditioned
London taxis. d
La
Palmeraie • 0524 32 92 44
• www.ksarcharbagh.com
•
One hour's drive
south of Marrakech, this
former residence of a
tribal leader was taken
over by Richard Branson's
Virgin company and
transformed into an
exclusive and expensive
retreat.
d
BP67 Asni
• 0524 36 82 00 • www.
virgin.com/kasbah
•
)
Kasbah du Toubkal
An opulent, sunken
residence straight out of
a James Bond movie, its
gardens are vast and
shared by just 20 rooms.
The hotel has two restau-
rants - and one of the
world's best
hammams
.
d
Km 5, Dar Tounisi, Route
de Fès • 0667 35 35 40
• www.palaisrhoul.com
•
&
Caravanserai
£
Les Deux Tours
A landmark piece of
architecture by Charles
Boccara, this is a
beautiful walled retreat
of interconnected villas
in lush gardens. The
softly seductive rooms
make lavish use of
Boccara's trademark
tadelakt
, not to mention
the lawn-fringed pools.
d
Douar Abiad, La
Palmeraie • 0524 32 95 27
• www.les-deux tours.com
•
A few miles further
from Tamadot, the
Toubkal is at the foot of
North Africa's highest
mountain. Rooms here
range from £20 a night
for dormitory beds to a
suite costing 12 times
that much.
d
BP 31, Imlil
• 0524 48 56 36 • www.
kasbahdutoubkal.com
•
to
A conversion of
several village dwellings
north of Marrakech, this
is the place to hole up
and leave modern life
behind. The mudbrick
architecture is simple but
oh-so-chic and there's a
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For more information about Kasbah Tamadot and Kasbah du
Toubkal,
see pp89 and 93
.
