Morocco Travel Guide

BOUTIQUE    HOTEL

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HOTEL

»   »   Les Jardins de  Mouassine   (   Click   here )  Central Medina  location,   plunge  pool,   free    baby    beds.

»   »   Riad    Bledna  (   Click   here )  Toys,   board   games,  pool,   walled  garden  estate  outside Marrakesh.

»   »   Hôtel   Toulousain  (   Click   here )  Strollers,  kids    in  residence,  convenient  locale  –   pizza,  cafes,  laundry,    pharmacy    and

hammam  within  one block.

»   »   Riad    Eden    (   Click   here )  Family  rooms,  central medina  location,   board   games,  kids’   meals   on  request.

»   »   Riad    Julia   (   Click   here )  Babysitting,    plunge  pool,   extra   beds,   located in  medina  near    taxi    stop.

»   »   Les Deux    Tours   (   Click   here )  Pool,   hammam, suites  with    separate    rooms   for parents and independent-minded  kids    in  a

plush   Palmeraie   resort.

VILLE NOUVELLE

Many medina riads offer ‘only in Marrakesh’ experiences at reasonable rates, unlike most
generic, overpriced ville-nouvelle hotels. That said, ville-nouvelle hotels are handier if you’re
passing through town quickly, seeking disabled-accessible accommodation, or visiting in high
season.

Several ville-nouvelle budget hotels are neon-signed in Guéliz; best options are listed below.
Search online for deals, since midrange hotels can be bargains when booked as part of a
holiday package.

To taste some Marrakesh luxury without the bitter aftertaste of multi-digit guest-room bills, go
for drinks, dinner or a day pass at the Mamounia hotel ( Click here ), the grande dame of North
African hotels that has just undergone a multimillion-euro facelift.

Bab Hotel $$$

Offline map Google  map (    0524   43  52  50; www.babhotelmarrakech.com;  cnr Rue Mohammed

el-Beqal & Blvd Mohamed ed-Dahbi; d incl breakfast Dh1115-1450, ste from Dh2010; )
Upscale boutique hotels are new to Marrakesh, but the Bab Hotel may set a trend. Marrakesh’s
first boutique hotel is like sleeping in an iPod, with minimalist all-white rooms and a giant white
apple at the entry. Deluxe rooms have tubs, Nespresso machines, and movie channels on flat-
screen TVs; suites echo. Of the many amenities – spa, library, parking, bicycles, cars with
drivers – the chill-out lounges are the coolest ( Click here ).

Hôtel Toulousain $

Offline map Google  map (    0524   43  00  33; http://hoteltoulousain.com; 44  Rue Tariq   ibn Ziyad;

s/d with shared bathroom incl breakfast Dh140/190, d Dh230-280; ) An easygoing budget
hotel run by a kindly Moroccan-American family in a prime Guéliz location, with tasty
restaurants, boutiques, laundry, local travel agency and a literary cafe right at your doorstep.
Book ahead for private bathrooms, or spacious, cheerful 1st-floor guest rooms with classic blue
beldi (country-style) tile. When upstairs rooms get stuffy, guests hang out on patios under
banana trees.

Hôtel du Pacha $

Offline map Google  map (    0524   43  13  27; www.hotelpacha.net; 33  Rue de  la  Liberté;    s/d

Dh320/400; ) Novels beg to be set in this period-piece colonial hotel, with tall French
windows to catch breezes and neighbourhood gossip. Ground-floor rooms are smartly