Riad Due

Style

Ravishing riad reinvention

Setting

Souk central

Riad Due’s four colourful contemporary guest rooms offer the perfect mid-Medina retreat for runaway couples in search of secrecy, and the huge roof terrace – with its roving masseuse – is the ideal place to relax in the sun and escape the scuffle of the souks.

Facilities

Номера

Four: two suites, a junior suite and a deluxe room.

Checkout

Noon; check-in, 2pm.

Больше сведений

Rates include Moroccan breakfast and afternoon tea.

Also

Massages are available on the roof terrace when sunbathing becomes too strenuous, and the hammam and gommage treatments on offer will leave you suitably radiant for the Marrakech nightlife.

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Спа

At the Hotel

Roof terrace, in-room spa treatments, library, CD selection, free WiFi on the patio. In rooms: flowers, candles, incense, free bottled water, air-conditioning.

Our Favourite Rooms

Suite Zan is the queen of the quartet, with a huge free-standing copper bath tub, a sprawling chaise longue, and over-sized lanterns on either side of the colourful king-size bed. There’s an impressive bathroom, with double sinks lit by Moorish lanterns, hidden behind a sliding red panel. Suite Adbel on the ground floor is similarly spacious, with a lovely carved wooden ceiling and blue-black marble floor and, in the bathroom, a choice between a marble tub and a walk-in shower that’s open to the sky. The hand-carved toilet door has been salvaged from a house in Fez. In the riad’s Junior Suite, Samir, the bed features a headboard converted from an old door and, strikingly, has no legs, so it seems to float on top of an wooden panel. Deluxe Room Kamal is the smallest in Riad Due – very cosy, with a sculptured plaster ceiling.

Poolside

There’s a lantern-lit deep-sea blue plunge pool in the courtyard – ideal for cooling off, if not for serious lane-swimmers.

Packing Tips

Big, floppy hats will help keep the heat at bay when you’re snoozing on the roof terrace – Due provides Pananams. Don’t forget to note down the phone number of Marrakech’s premier personal shopper, Laetitia (+212 (0)74 217228).

Also

Pets are welcome. Smoking allowed throughout. Parking nearby costs around €2 a night. A fast-track immigration service at the airport is offered (MAD1,200 for one guest, MAD1,800 for two, MAD2,400 for three); this service must be requested when booking.

Дети

Free cots for under-5s, and extra beds for under-15s are €30 a night; extra beds for older guests are €50. With a day’s notice, babysitting can be arranged with a local nanny (€5 an hour).

Галерея

Food & Drink

Top Table

Ask for a spot as close to the pool as possible so you can watch the lantern light play upon the water.

Дресс-код

Cooling casuals.

Hotel Restaurant

The riad’s chef, Fatouma, serves up dynamite tagine, pastilla, couscous and other Moroccan marvels, but is also confident with European cuisine. Meals are served under the sky in the courtyard.

Hotel Bar

A selection of drinks is available in the courtyard or on the roof terrace throughout the day.

Last Orders

Breakfast is available until 11am, lunch until 4pm and dinner from 7pm to 9pm.

Planes

The nearest airport is Marrakech’s Menara Airport – fly there from the UK and elsewhere in Europe with British Airways, Royal Air Maroc, EasyJet and Ryanair. From the airport, a one-way Hyundai H1 mini-bus transfer for two people is MAD210; a one-way transfer in a Hyundai Sante Fe SUV is MAD280.

Trains

The Moroccan state railway, ONCF, runs inexpensive (but limited) services to Marrakech from Casablanca, Fez and Tangier. Look for TCR (Train Climatisé Rapide) trains to guarantee an air-conditioned journey in summer.

Automobiles

Driving in Marrakech can be horn-filled and hectic, but if you insist, hire a car from the airport. To reach the hotel, follow Avenue de la Menara to the city centre. Parking is available nearby for €2 a night.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Take a cooling dip in the hotel’s plunge pool, or get schooled on Moroccan art and design in the well-stocked library. Enjoy the tranquility of the hotel’s courtyard with a glass of mint tea, before heading out into the heady madness of the Medina. Shop for babouches, spices and scarves in the souk stalls, stop to watch the performers in Djemaa el-Fnaa square and marvel at Koutoubia Mosque – the tallest building in the city.

Jardin Majorelle is a must see for its vibrant colours and skyscraping cacti, and the Yves St Laurent Museum shows how the French designer restored the garden to its glorious state. The Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (or MACAAL) showcases local talent. We also like the insightful Women’s Museum, close to the riad, and the House of Photography. And, after all that exploring, you should treat yourself to an invigorating hammam session at Le Bain Bleu.

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