Reference RR100
This is a totally old school riad – designed in a disarming and totally enchanting bohemian style. It is has an incredibly relaxed and homely vibe – filled with all sorts of quirky and fun antique furnishings.
It is a grand home of 420m2 – built an impressive scale – with serious volumes.
It was formerly the home of the Alaoui family, relatives of Morocco’s ruling family, which accounts for its original grandeur.
It was restored with loving care by its utterly charming English owner – first as a private house – then it was modified into a sprawling medina hotel and enlarged with the purchase of a neighbouring historic Douriya.
It is rare to find houses in the Medina that boast such character and age. This is very much helped by the fact that it retains many of its original features such as its vintage cement tiling, original carved wooden ceilings and antique cedar double doors.
The style of the house differs from so many other riads – which are nowadays often over designed and almost a design cliche.
This riad – with its laid back and informal style – truly stands out – with its shabby chic vibe.
The riad currently boasts an imposing double entrance hall, an office, communal loos and staff loos, a proper kitchen, a vast dining room to seat 22 people, a vast colonnaded patio with a full on 7m x 3m pool and bhou and a towering 300 year old popular tree, a plant room, seating spaces aplenty, unrivalled multi-tiered terracing, six ancient suites and five additional rooms – including some private apartments with dedicated self-contained salons – and some private terracing too.
Trust me. It is all very impressive!
It is worth noting that the elevated upper terracing offers some of the best views across the Marrakech Medina I have ever seen.
The property is located 15 minutes walk from the Jemma Al Fnaa square – in one of the most historic and atmospheric parts of the old city, and has immediate car access and parking.
The business is being sold as an ongoing concern.
The asking price is 900,000 €.