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Dar Tayib $
Offline map Google map ( 0524 38 30 10; www.riad-dartayib.com; 19 Derb Lalla Azzouna; d
Dh500-850, ste Dh600-950; ) Marrakshi owner Latifa and French architect husband Vincent
bring on the Berber charm, from good-luck-symbol carpets to winking tinwork lamps on rustic
palm-beamed ceilings. The Yasmina room beats love potions with its canopy bed, tub and
mood lighting, while the Aïcha room lifts spirits with windows on the sunny derb and a cushy
platform bed.
Riad Magi $$
Offline map Google map ( 053 634230; www.riad-magi.com; 79 Derb Moulay Abdelkader, DerbDebbachi; s/d incl breakfast Dh650/980; ) Six refreshing rooms in shades of citrus and
sky-blue, with tadelakt tubs and a well-stocked library. Souqs are just around the corner, but
the world seems miles away under orange trees in this serene courtyard. Ask English-speaking
manager Abderrazak about on-site cooking classes and restaurants.
Hôtel Sherazade $
Offline map Google map ( 0524 42 93 05; www.hotelsherazade.com; 3 Derb Djemaa; s/dDh180/230, s/d with bathroom Dh220-500, ste 690; ) Conversation comes easily in this inn
off Riad Zitoun el-Kedim, run by a Moroccan-German family, with 23 rooms, sunny terraces,
and a mellow-yellow courtyard with a trickling fountain. Ten rooms have air-con and a couple
have slinky tadelakt tubs. Terrace rooms are bargains, but you’ll want earplugs to sleep through
the muezzin’s call and the breakfast rush (Dh50 extra). Light sleepers should ask for rooms in
the ivy-covered rear courtyard.
Hotel Belleville $
Offline map Google map ( 0524 42 64 81; 194 Riad Zitoun el-Kedim; www.hotelbelleville.ma;s/d/tr/q incl breakfast Dh250/350/500/600; ) Tucked right behind the Djemaa el-Fna, but
with nicer digs and more attentive service than higher-end hotels. What the nine rooms lack in
size they make up for in personality: canopy beds, bathrooms with zellij fixtures, and roof
gardens. Ground-floor rooms have fans, not air-con; request rooms facing the quiet courtyard.
Le Gallia $
Offline map Google map ( 0524 44 59 13; fax 0524 44 48 53; www.ilove-
marrakesh.com/hotelgallia; 30 Rue de la Recette; s/d/tr Dh320/500/765; ) Madcap Djemaa
el-Fna is around the corner, but the Gallia maintains the calm and graces of another era with 19
comfortable, air-con/heated rooms with gleaming brass lamps and marble sinks. Get tanned
over rooftop breakfasts (Dh40), 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.