Dar Zemora

Style

Hollywood colonial

Setting

Lush gardens and palm groves

This Palmeraie boutique hotel in Marrakech is an expansive domain, with six-metre-high ceilings. The sleeping and lounging zone of Dar Zemora has punched-metal wall sconces, a stone fireplace (lit every evening), jewel-coloured rugs, and French doors leading to the elegant garden.

Facilities

Rooms

Three rooms, two suites and a pavilion, all very private and looking out on the gardens.

Checkout

Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Check-in, 2pm. The hotel can arrange for you to use a shower to freshen up if you have a late flight, and the hotel try to accommodate early and late comers as much as possible.

More Details

Rates include breakfast, afternoon cake and tea, and mineral water.

Hotel Closed

Closed every year from late July to late August.

Free Internet Access

Laundry

On-Site Restaurant

Spa

At the Hotel

Hammam, treatment room for massage, aromatherapy and reflexology, library, free WiFi in all areas. iPod docks and DVD players are available on request.

Our Favourite Rooms

Zahara suite has a lovely terrace, wooden four-poster and fireplace. The Perla suite is on the roof, with open fireplace, marble bath and big private terrace. Bebra has a hand-painted bathroom ceiling and traditional brass fittings.

Poolside

The heated pool is shaded by palms and surrounded by gardens, parasols and teak sundecks.

Packing Tips

Layers in winter; swimmers.

Also

Airport transfer for £20 (highly recommended). Private parties of up to 14 adults can book the whole property. Call for specific details of wheelchair access.

Children

Welcome. Baby cots are £35 and can be added to Mecila, Zahara and the Pavillion. Extra beds for under-13s are £75 a night can be added to Zahara and the Pavillion. Babysitting is available on request. Under-sixs must dine before 7pm.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

Weather permitting, round the pool by candlelight. In winter, by a roaring fire in the Omar Room.

Dress Code

As though you’re at home.

Hotel Restaurant

If you want a to feast on the first night, let the hotel know before you arrive; otherwise you can decide whether or not you'd like an evening meal at breakfast. A two-course lunch is served daily. In the evening dinner is served at 8.30pm. Jamila prepares a modern, three-course Moroccan dinner every night except Sunday, when a traditional Moroccan four-course feast is served.

Hotel Bar

None as such: you can relax with a drink wherever you choose.

Last Orders

Dinner's always served at 8.30pm, but late arrivals can order ahead for a light supper.

Room Service

24 hours, but drinks only after 9.30pm. Staff will whip up light meals for late arrivals, if requested in advance.

Planes

The drive from from Marrakech Menara Airport should take 20 minutes (it’s 10 kilometres) (www.onda.ma/ONDA/an). There are direct flights directly from London, Paris and Madrid, but those arriving from North America will need to change.

Trains

From the main station in Marrakech, regular trains run to other major Moroccan cities, including Tangier, Casablanca and Fez.

Automobiles

The hotel is in the Palmeraie, a 15-minute taxi ride from the Medina and souks. Dar Zemora can arrange transfers from the airport for their guest. There are hire car desks at the airport, but the hotel recommends you take their transfer option as it’s tricky to find.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Genteel pastimes are the order of the day at Dar Zemora: melt into a supine state in the hammam, or grab a mallett and challenge your Mr or Mrs Smith to a game on the croquet lawn. The hotel's superlative staff can arrange more full-throttle pursits: hikes in the Atlas Mountains, horse and camel rides, tennis games, golf tournaments, quad biking and even hot-air ballooning, or a guide to help you unravel the slender, crowded alleyways of the Jemaa el-Fnaa's souks.

Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt

This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .